, 1876-08-22
JOAQUIN Miller. ..Tllo Red.Shilt and Top.
Boots Story.
10, tue Poor Indian.-.A Fierce and E1o'
uucnt Defense.
A Now pocm-.-DOn Carlos md
Ills KUtnntlcc.

se.y0tiun. swell, why d. YOU hsk1 Should
YOU tllEuk IT WIS MY erccia' person."
~ Should think tlt' was pocL."
Tic E,lcss was d YcIy shrowd one. It scas q
poet and very special onr. It was joaquin
Miller.
..Joasusn Millcr!n in sssscato notes Of sur
pr,sc. "You don't say sol'
lido"
"Joaqu'n Miller! Why thought you knew
TINT he wore IFS hair 0r his shoulders, stld-
au1-lal general qstecr l0oa, unlike anybody
clfe. Why, Iuercr was go surprised IN my life.
Joaquin Mti'erf"
And this is only tie usual expression of Tic
usual surprise of ant concerning tho author df
tlc Songs OF tic Sictras md Run!and, whcn
be Is met Il, this vicinity We all thought we
we're to sec specimen Of a 1alfelviiizcd Rocky
Mountain savage. 1Iadr't he lived With thu in-
dtans9 lladn'L he written bouls about 'cm7
A book where 1,c confessed to liking tho red
skins, mud believing In tllesn' Didn't VIC all
read, two tr three or four years ngo, that this
GAME joaquin went to SEQ the
DUCHESS or SUTHERLAND
IN red shirt and Ills trousers tucked into Ills
boots, and tint he talked wild sort OF dalctt
made up uf Comnnchc anil AIotlocl And itn't
NC all believe this story witl, the sublime fall,
Tint We believe every story that tic newspapers
fell!
many newspaper stories of this kind, which llaYe
not come true, It Ia only far that another Kind
Of story now should be told which las rome
true. and 50 will relate my own experience in
meeting this snn Of The sunlands. 1t was only
The Other evening, and though 1t was not on The
cliffs or the avenue. It WAS not q hundred miles
away. Perhaps With my mind filled with the
Wild border etorlcs VI Cun,ancl!c aud Slodoc, and
The Interesting tate Of the top-bouts aud red
shirt, ctpec,eu ueayen.kiows-what eoml,lna-
this gentleman should appear before me. And
50. when sec tlis young man Of "lnctlium
Height AMI medium bufll,h clothed fashsonably
in black, ! get 10 tnlcatfou ot tic personality
tile. very colnlnov name of " Mr.. Miller"
Aud commonplace conversation logs tn be-
tween b1r aI'ller's friends ind myself with the
cninmcndAhlt cc!crityof such conversations, anil
| ect no ]Elit Until suddenly, fn some turn OF
Tic talk, with no hint from anybody,
JOAQUIN!
Gaslle. atross me. eased round gradually from
amoyJng tale Of moving household gods nntl
goode, litter th!s asl,.an wltl view probably Of
consciousness of tac few minutes Just f,assed, I
<kpeAk OF the Custer tragedy with i'll tho proper
hurEor wh[ct, one boru all bred with ancestral
hatrcd and disbelief for MIR. La could be IL
pecteJ t, slo. It was one Of thosu funny slips
HoeSAuf3 ~tsA ~ AHFtH>4 ttS' ~
the result. And the result here asa not belle
tradition. Presto! ny. dumb visitor, hitherto
unntcrcBtet ~ tho friendly co1lmonplaccs,
blazes torth. Wlsat no YOU know, "lat does
snybotiy here ~ thc East know, o. tue Indian ~
ho cxclalms. You know nothing only through
Lllc newspaper, and tho white man 1nakcs tic
Newspaper. The 1n11au has no newspaper. Tie
ln4ian originaliy IS honest. lie learns tricktry
nnd thscXlng from the white niat'.., lie Is the
llcis like the Arab. You 70 to visit III. 1ndian
ss u.s. isles'd md }nu ars welcome 1or Us long US
y9u may stay. 70 be sure, y Isn't much, but
W.T. is INV IL yua tat eTg rust ursa te stories 0ro
.nan % who scaIIas a1'd nnt tlr lnllnnl It i tue
wnIte illnu VINO lles! Inc white man >, whp IL
hran dast ~ steay af'eoae "Ss'e Inv 4nooaa aas
I'll Thsn asIt tsinE it;; out
.a rase shat sat,l,ot ncet civi1lzatson as It ap
9aenea, anu fGceNe u, at!a benefit by IT. and
It pa ~ H. Hs W.! u tiIe same uIet must 70 1naef
. ~ - WV tcG"su VI All LINE. ElfIiikat'on' r.
.iuiIi.a,y saG uy opponena "i,h seora. lou coli II
n,AnV ,i,. !. 14,a. eni rgihue faee, anu
r;s':s I;os T. H. ~. -. ~! maan on iis OVID IT.
tleaiy W snpetN?f insshti nov wouid y1u IKE
" nAso n lose'sn '1te Gems mere, nnu s!'sPute
3ou" iSltHI"1,i uu nisfe 5uu out ~ ~ - Lear
W. ~ ~ & y. e1s 1Maah 4ese, Mno KNOW notA-
inf about hIm! When an Invading army concs
ILL.,. ILL., nG% n.,'i country u Me io1esS una the
tnss tnsss' % Mno saay ahu Ease IN 70 H. lo lionier
tnose Wno are 1iie eoantry, 80 farther back to
etss1nn e, tE!elnseyes. And this Is tAo way with
ILL., tne 1i!atan. y. ,; oM uont nleet Ing tfue lnulnn
t Htlc ~ tlloto basket-setlhg crcntures. Tho H.
q'a' III las rs vi M to Moehy MOUNTAINS Wltn h1s gun.
'ie uas ~ y" ..,I'. nsMspatoa, M haa no tneatret
I'll. ~ nsoA9 HlssIhHts ~ AA'ueh HHA'
LIE 1a,s soeGLy !, US Woflu, his amusement u
neIe'I,1araWlilt5 afclt on ta's carpet with lbs
H. "'uho 'he eatnlrhFe hc tnds Ills soelal
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