River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-09-27
The Heathen's Advent at Boston Town
Black Hills.

woke up one morning and found a China
man walking around with has kit on his
shouldcr,cvery old. miner was dumbfOund-
ed. Il had been generally understood
that Boston Town" wouldn't wait min
ute before shooting the first Chinaman
who dared to show his head in camp, and
this traveller ought 20 have been posted
He coolly went about trying to discover
whether the diggins were rich or poor.
and nOdding Familiarity to every miner
who showed his head. Ii took the camp
just four minutes TO realize the situation
blow the ralIying horn,and
Resolved. That there is one Of them
burned Chinese in camp, and il is our
duty to teach him a great moral lesson
Lung Sing went out q there like a
tornado. his sheet-iron- ,,an banging the
back Of his head az every jump. and his
heels digging up perfect shower Of gray
4 None of the bullets fred 1T him tool.
effect. and breakfast was hardly eaten
before the incident was forgotten The
Chinaman was out there 10 make stake
lie knew all about the Indians. but when
chased out of Boston Town" lac pushed
right ahead over the frontier and up the
hills. and when he struck yellow he was
-four miles in advance Of any camp. Lung
Sing wasn't one OF your dirt-Washers or
gravel pawer.but hc went for qjIartz-rock
and kept q loose eve squirting around for
nuggets lie halted where he die. he
cause he was far enough trOi white
miners, near enough Ia HE Indians, and
the place offered q secure retreat II was
cave extending into the Hill or range
since christened Baked Potato" Tue
hole was large enough for three men to
enter abreast, and the cave WAS cUt MP In
a curious shape Twenty feet from It's
mouth It slit into three caves. each wind
ing around in "a half circle. and after
short time Lung Sing discovered that
each Of the three had an outlet ON the
hill, but not within half mile Of each
other. ALE light, he unused as he made
ready to take possession in the name of
the Celestial Empire, sale light; Injun
man come If h. wantc, Lung Sing no
laid"
There was rich quartz rock in the cave.
In one month after being occupied By
party Of six white men il had PANIED out
Sc, 200. Lung Sing knew that he had
struck big thing, and his mind was
made up To stay there, Indians or no In
dians. In the afternoon Of The second
day after he began work the Chinaman,
who was working by torchlight. felt a
twitch Ut his pigtail. and he glanced
around To discover an Indian warrior be-
side him. some Cinnamon would have
PLAYED calf at once, but Lung Sing was
working for $500 per day. At the sec
.Ond jerk Un his gueue he seized his torch
and thrust it into the face of his capt0r,
and the next instant he was Tattling his
canoe-toed shoes down the dark passage
with noise like horse galIOping on a
plank sidewalk When he climbed out
on the hillside and looked down, he saw
a score OF Indians around the mouth OF
the cave, and one of them was hopping
around is If he didn't feel we'll. LING
Sing sat there behind a bush and
chuckied and grinned for an hour, and
when the redskins departed lac went to
his work again. sagely musing:
III Iniun nance link m diam fcOl he
find outeet'
They we're certain 20 come again. He
had no arms except little shotgun and
ahatchct, but he had come TO stay. The
idea OF his busting. out o. that because 4
few hundred Indians might object to his
presence was too absurd To contemplate.
lie stretched a score of bark strings across
the mouth Oe the cave. and then connec-
back to his work This last string ran
along the roof and over stone splinter
ani held up u stone which mus; fall to
thc floor, iii any one attempted TO dis
place the strings across the mouth of the
cave When hi had finished this work,
and satisfied himself that IL could be de-
pended on, the Heather drew down las
left eve. sianted his Aat over on his ear,
zs.-,Fa.g f1.- .,frl -o,-.rr- ,~,Arrrsfrr-
I'm bully old pigtail with glass
eve
The redskins wCTn't at aii pleased si
the way they had been cheated. and the
next morning whole carload Of them
Z. turned II the cave. having torches 70
explore f. when they SGw the bark
strings across It's mouth it diju't remind
them Of . woman's corset. bul they sJls-
pectej tran, AMI fooled around for tive
il saret hoUrs Meanwhile Lung-Sine
vas piayiug hammer and pick. bringing
down ninety per cent Of gold with every
tan per cent. of ~;cnr Hcbai struck j
rich and
tie thought ut bi- .al across t.e Sea-
And H. wondered if she was tu;c;
He thought of his dad who had ID bad
And his mother who was always blue
Spat," came the stone which be ha,
Hxed up as q signal-hcll, and the long
eyed Heather scored for start and 90
away IN fine style. The Indians halle,
IN the mouth of the cave TO peer arOUn,
and light their torches, and during thi
delay Lung Slug WASN'T stopping 90 pla,
marbles on the floor OF the cave. III
emerged from the same cavity Is before
little damp under the collar. but j
prime condition. Tie was making hi
ieft eve wink cutely at his right, AM
figuring up the profit of his morning
work. when he heard the Indians coming
They had divided into three bands ant
followed the three passages, and II wa
tine Tor Lung-Sing 10 be kissed for In
mother. He got. Instead Of making 10
Boston Town or " MeasliS City, b
Slid down the mountain side ana entere'
his cave bv the front door. The Indian
had brought along almost a wagOn-loai
Of drv grass and weeds. expecting 70 hav
10 smoke him out. There was stronl
draft through the cave, and when IN
Heather discovered the grass. and say
that none Of the savages had remalne
behind. he nearly wreRched himself {
pieces 10 carry cur a suddenly eonceivc
Ian.
IL ella course Of seven 81 eight inln
ute= IL had carried the grass 70 the poln
where tie cave splii, and choked eac
passage - Tar a. the material would q
Then Re pulled out his matchbox an