The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-02

fFrusn the Chicago Tribune.
IL was up in . saloon IN West Van
Buren, street He was gaunt Young
man. whose face hadn't been washed
for tao mouths. and who wore his hair.
long brhind He WAS stirred in a sloach
hat. buck skiu breeches. . red flannel
shir: open ~ the neck and rough coat.
He bed four revolvers and a bag knife in
his belt " ben four dry goods clerks
came in in group aud ordered so,n-
beer. the first dr. goods clerk said TO the
harkeeper:
Say. John, who i, tha. Gus. over
yonder :"
That" said the bsrkeeper droppiu z
his voice into M awe-struck whisper.
"sha, is Butler Ben, the Wild Trapper
of the great plains Ask him 10 drink.
Perhaps he will
Til. first dry goods clerk did so, and
the .rapper replied:
wall. strsnger. scein' "A its you I'll
Just take so,ne ire water As / hrerd
old Red Tail say TO Spotted Cloud. it's
a mighty long time between drinks
Here's TO us. and he ingulfed dose of
whisky.
You are" said the first dry goods
clerk. CONNECTED with the trspper bus
iness e
''In the scalp and grizzly line" said
the second dry goods clerk.
Your "reminiscences of personal
character would. l doubt not, be ex-
citing aud interesting" said the third
dry goods clerk.
Wall, no" said the trAppcr; II
never drink when I'm off the war trail
II kinder makes me ugly, yer see, and
I'm apt To drop my cutlery l killed
seven up to St. 10. Mezzouri onst.-
seven men that was talking - friendly
to me as Imout be 10 you; but sorter got
riled-wall. gimme some more whisky"
Your hands" said one Of the dry
goods clerks. has often been stained
with human blood -
stranger. she hev. The fust time
you come up and see me At my wickiup
in Montana second lodge on the right
beyond the Yellowstone river-and IN
snSe you turn TO the left this side Of the
big boulders three thousand miles this
side. Ask any Injun and tell him yer
p,nnt ter see BUTLER Ben, aud IF he
don't sceip yer. he'll show yer the road
plum strait. I'll show yer Old Bulls
eye, my rifle She's old kaintuck stock
likewise the barely and is sixteen
feed long. and whenever | wipe out a
white man l make notch on tho bar
rel, aud there's oil the way up
on one side and nine feet on the
other went up to your graveyArds
at Calvary and 6rsecelaDd. They're
a good deal like my private grHveyards.
more posies and statures and so on.
though they ain't as spacious. Now.
ist about three msnths ago l turned
loose in bar room down in Lafayette,
Arkansas, aud the Coroner WAS kept
busy for three days afterward attending
to seven inquests And this WAS just
because darned skunk stood up al the
bar aud improved his mind with my
conversation and asked mo il / would
take"
Here one Of the dry goods clerks
caught BluFicr Ben's eye and stam-
mcred out an invitation 10 fill her up
again. Mr. Bluf'lcr Ben irrigated him
self. aud in reply 60 n question concern
ing his solution of the Indian question
said
"Injuns. Wall. no; never keep
count of the reds wipe out. l used
TO " ben l WA, young aud sort of vain,
but grew out'n il. suppose ! have
not taken the trouble TO lift the hsr of
the last $50 or 300 Indians I've killed.
Before that l WAS kinder particular
that way, and took SO many scalp.. that
ba,t the Frisco chignon market, and
seventeen dealers in false hair went
Into bankruptcy Injun is poor trash.
Gimme me ~ ~hole tribe of EN-. and
III whip 'e,n oas IS fast As can load
my eveivcrsnd put il to my shoulder"
Here he ss'pss~ed again and was
promptly sefreshod. Then he con,in-
| asd
II tell you. boyss II you want TO see
the choicest< country on the foo,stool.
Jest you gosto them Or Black Hills.
The only thing sgiH the country is the
bufIaios They hatch here and when
! they they aks te fight it's awful to see
| them in cioa,is ~ think YOU can't see
the sun, and when they light they chew
| up garden vsssss aid sour apples. ana
corn. aud railroad ties. and potatoes.
and telegraph poles But there's gold
| in the Hack Hills I've secn it my.
self When you get down 10 the bed
rock you strike $50 aud *20 pieces and
yur wash cut eagles and dollars in
streams. and up in the roots Of the
grass YOU hni small scrip and nickies.
No Nuggets "a know on, though
heard AZ Shyan Of one worth tl6j.
| 600"
Thus. with Anec,lote and information.
| Bluff ler Ben whiled away the time.
| Wheu the four dry goods clerks had
| settled for the drinks their bill amount
| I'd To Is 65 He bade them All affee-
tionste farewell. snd made them prom
ise 10 cali st his tapee if ever they were
| in Montana. When they had gone out
the barkeeper paid out his twenty per
cent commission on drinks sold through
his ins,rumen,sli,y and told him 10
| recollec, next time that il wa, grass
| hopprs thst flew not buffaloes