Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-08-25
NOTES AND QUERIES.

the MORNING APPEAL Office with a visit yes
ter' il. forenoon. The Cap'n IS man of good
sta,are-say five feet nine or ten, and, as
near as one might guess (for an Indian s
basrdless face is always guess, he is rising
forty. in years Of white man had his
wrinkles and sub-wrnkles, we should gauge
him up in the ffties.) Mrs. Bob Is Of nedi-
uIn size, we'll Drowned, chubby, matronlike,
IN uDpretentious and homestead woman Of
somewhat near thirty, and like Mrs Hayes,
wears her hair SO as to cover her ears. The
baby is still in arms, but is OF singularly
polite and good natured sort. Altogether the
trio showed for something quite assuring in
regard of the responsibility of the Piute fam
iiy. Cap'n Bob came in to say that the In
dian Pow Wow would last for FIVE nights
longer We and he counted the nights, as
per calendar, and it was, as we discovered,
q still undecided point whether the festivities
should close on or before next Tuesday even
ing. At all events, We discovered that the
Copn had mixed up his conclusions along
with a very serious thought of circus going
and seeing the elephant Also his mind
seemed to dwell on Dan De Quille-which
seems natural like, for Dan is known far and
wide for his aboriginal structure and desirable
qualities. You and Cap'n Joe of the Wash
oes, good friends" We limited. ooh yes,
good friends" replied Bob. In some of his
more ambitious flights we thought we detect
cd something of an involved and not entirely
lucid manner Of delivery. This was especi-
ally observable when Bobs face assumed
supernatural expression of nonchalance and
matter of course ness-as if his English was
of the fluent and spontaneous sort. At those
times he has fashion of closing his eyes and
eleyating his chin and looking unnaturally
profound. We have noted something of this
superhuman look of wisdom on paler faces,
when their owners ventured out OF their
depth into a wild sea of words and ideas,
fathomless and shoreless, as it were. But
when the Cap'n let his own genial nature
shine through his honest face his smile was
really charming, SO frank and unaffected was
lis manner We inquired after Naches, and
Bob said he was on his Humboldt farm.
N-innemucca, he said, was ''up North.
wouldn't they let him and his braves into
the circus free? we asked. eyes, in Virginia
City" he answered. and then, as if having
found the right trail, he let it be known that
he was away from home and accustomed
walks; and the hint was taken and the red
man went away with the white mans small,
subsidiary tribute in his pocket, facing to-
ward the doing places of cold victuals
and drop of hot coffee Deprecates
Whishey, does honest Bob, and says his
fellow Piutes have steered clear of fire water,
since their coming to the Pow Wow....
Speaking of Indians, Jim Lambs lumbar
regions are better than they were, and he
once more may be seen doing duty among
the pots and pestles at Fosters. Tough bit
Of mutton tnat Lamb, but by no means
wanting in good leather, Hope his old
back viii quit plaguing him ,. Andy
Wright came in yesterday. He went OH
with Doc Benton and party and has been up
in Hope. Valley and adjacent paris. He
represents the party as at Yanks yesterday, |
with a tendency to head towards home |
Andy regards the Doc as the 6 boss. trout
fisher. Thinks he can catch trout any |
wherein bucket, bath tub-anywhere, |
in short Some pork will boil that way.
... We heard gentleman who loves the
sports Of the field say, that he meant to |
spend a month in the mountains west OF
Neek's Bay, hunting deer and grouse and
training bear He'd better look ont that |
1iister Grizzley don't trap him ...,.. Sorry |
10 find our obliging and gifted locum teaens,
Mr.. Otto GREENWOOD down with the doleful |
d13nns and SO much under the weather as to |
he off duty at the Mint. Trust to see his |
beaming eve looking at our bereaved copy |
hook before long 1--WE have reason fol
believing that there will be beginning OF
actual operations il grading and track: laying |
hence toward Wellington's this near-comlne
Autumn. If our belief is well founded, |
there will be some months Of well-pald work |
in store for the working men Of these parts,
and, what is. of no less Importance, an early
connection of Carson with the prosperous
end promising south.