The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-12-24
BAKE'S BACK.
He Arrives from the Clutches Of
the Rio 0rundo.
Something About Lipans, Rattle
snakes and TarantulaS.

0OW0S0uU8 AOOOS osP0uO0 4So
snakes and Tarantulas.
"HELLO!
Thunder and blsses. wake up!"
A stamping Of feet Jared the building.
the door Aes open, and just - ne thought
Of another Franks Hall accident. and w.s
frsnticaIly ende.voring to lock the paste
BOT up in the cafe, Gen. Montgomery and
his big pipe stesmed into the .anctnm and
gracefully rounded 10 On one wheel until he
srugly ancborrd in . chair.
Alter 4 warm welcome, We remembered
that Solomon aid, "business before pleas
ure and q common school education made
him rich, % We drew = pencil in three mo-
tions and fred the following m.terrog atoms
Repor,er-Where are you from, Bake?
Observation-Disclosures miles from lh.
Rio Gr.nIe, and about 400 fr"m Austin.
Rep-wh.t do you call il!
Mont-Dnn't call it-'tvouldnt come, il
you did. But il 10 say out beyond the
pale Of civilization in the unorgani.ed por-
ton Of Wessern Texas, south of Llano E.
tac.do, or Staked PI.ina.
R~p-What have you been doing on,
there?
Mont-Silser mining.
Rep-I. il rich 10 that mineral!
Mont-P:enty Of it.
Rep-Tell % something about the coun'
try.
Mont-WeIl, it Is about 1000 miles from
nowhere, comparatively, no settlements and
NO whites beyond IN occasional hunter OF
trapper The climate IL beautiful and it ID
perpetual Summer.
Along the streams and in the valleys the
land il rich and ,illable; but large por-
ton of it IL sand and rock. The Lipan'
infest that country, and they are the mo~'
treacherous ret of red devils alive-they
beat the Apaches.
Rep-Is there much Wild game there?
Mont-Gxme! The country in alive
with it, Of all kinds. from bufi.!o 10 grass.
hopper. And % to turkeys there are mil
lions of them. / saw one roost there which
they had inhabited tor years. 1t vas oveI
mile in length, and guano was At leasi
three feet thick on the ground. We lived
principally on turkeys. They were 10 thick
YOU could knock 'em doGn with sticks
We cut oG their breasts and cooked them
separate, and then stood the frames up OF
sticks at the FIRE and turned them slowly
around to broil.
Why, dog gone it. I've est 90 mucf
turkey I'm ashamed to look one in the face
And feel like flying up to roost every
time I zee q desd limb!
The buff .lo range all over that country
To ordinary seasons they follow the watel
courses and springs, but this season water j,
plenty and they roam At v'll.
Rep-How about the Mexicans-do they
make any raids over there nOwr
Mont-No, DIG ia acting in good faith
and has troops guarding his aide Of tn
border to restrain them. Our army il do
ing the ssme thing The only trouble il
occasioned by those treacherous Lipans.
Rep-How are our soldiers - Indian
fighter?
Mont-They are better buffalo hunters
than they are Indian 6Shters. But the
Raneer are the boys that % axe the Indian,
hustle. Capt. Clark command them. They
arc all picked men and regul.r Indian
fighters. They get $40 per month for mar
and horse, and are ~ expert that they car
follow . trail At full sa'IoP. They have
lately ADOPTED blond hounds to follow the
red raacal.-they are sure to run them into
the chapp.rrl in q very short time.
Rep-There vas an Indian raidine party
through there some time aRo. vas there M,
Mont-Yes. They came within Eve
miles Of where I was When I at.rte,
home. Capt, Clark and party OF Ringer
came With me . short distance. Wher
near Painted Rocks an old man came mp to
q. and eaid the Lipana had killed his hor.e
1.-THE old cue ought to have been killed
himaelf for being out there all alone.) W.
rode up to where the no ~ lay and found
that ia throat had been cut by a leopard.
Rep-Any leopsrds out there?
Nont-Dead loads Of en- and other var
uiu,a. R.ttleanskea thicker than bumhls
bees and t.rantnlsa till you cant rest Bn
the s,ream. are full Of 6.h, and there's tn,
dead loads of Wild honey. lHere B.ke'
tongue ran out and fourislbed lovingly
around his lef, ear. - If in remembrance oI
something good.
Then Bike. pipe vent out. an the inter
view terminated in the same old hunt and
fu.s for tobacco that vas wont to ma q
thinea interesting in days axone.
He IL up on . visit to his family and Il
spend the holidays. Every ounce Of super
fluous 6esh Ia gone. and he ID the perfect
picture Of health.
An incident on the Rall.
A eentlemsn related 10 BAzoo reporter
day or two since, IN incident Ut which HI
w.a an eye witness and which is sell worti
recording One day during the late cold
sn.p he Was on . passenger train on the
Atchi.on, Topeka 4 Santa Fe road. going
north to Humboldt. Az the train thunder.
ed on iia way through bitter storm and
approached bridge No. LIS. over Scatter
Creek, about Eve miles socth of Humboldt,
the engineer suddenly saw . woman upon
the bridge. with basket Of proviaions in one