The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-01-09
TERMS, $500 PER YEAR

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-Es5,Eer- chasing the antelope and
'-----. Ny interest revived Ia this
pom, after the pr1t.ac-r.l ~!.eIe" was
broken, and .o'as days Wt would wan
der many miles OUT o. tire plains. Joe
was i-@e- cL ioJl. a.2 could walk al
G-E long without t-- .af5G -I-- "
. fatigue. Dc1lE.oaair I would take
nim up behind me- .H, .a gen orally
insisted upon va. ing. aga ! iet him
have his way. II was ar.,-dlJ~iv So
liciLGa5 about Iv comfort and con
E-Hien-e, and every Gay ! was delight
ei with the d-vel5Du-iit Of u-r Eh-z
% IN H.s .charsetl.. ''. .....
rIiad. and WAS :. ......- AID
sof;-H,sricf as q chiia. Ilc had. TOO.
40 air .f raiEalrv and coJrsesy aJoat
E.Gs. s.a,@h vas peculiarly engaging.
aud E--l@d Ee,Iiug Ju- the oppor,uui-
- e. max himself % real cYurlieE. 7
'ri-.' f.. iadUc- him To eat with ur.
ra- si. -esld not be prevailed 10 do 50,
always staIdiug BY nae with defereH-
t!si ar, :u.. anticipating al! Iny wants.
] was greatly astOnisire1 at his general
decOrE.G. End OfJenei wondered where
he acquired his gentle eHd often digni-
fed manners. never having noticed
such cl.gTa", eTistiCs IN any other In
dian. al tHe reward lie asked for his
faithful services was kind treatment.
and assurdH--s from me that / apprg-
ciated him.
lie came CIe day where | was cieaE-
ing nay pistols, the perfect personiiica-
ton Of cOm!aissera-i0G and grief /
observed that h= Was deeply disturbed.
bat waited for him 70 speak
Finally he said: -fuwEees soon get
"I "aT-!'1-h big Mixing their paInt
now. Ia.f-ld-ed c!ieI have L. IrAFe
lore long, or Pawnees taEe scalp u
pdIe-IacaI clieI. joe can save ptic-
faced chleI II ne stay, bu- VIII tell MN
when to leave.
After this ! frequently heard him
muttsrlnS to himself. heard him
say, one morning:
-Pawneas heap kill psle-faces Ghen
get War-pMnt on. shan Xii pale
faced chief, far Joe viii s4ye hiia. Joe
VIII never see pale-face1 chef aitcr ~
runs away from P2WnHH braves. Poor
Joe. Poor Joe.
Then he would weep bitterly. setul-
ing 10 suffer the most poignant sorrow.
y week Or ten days after THIS warn
ing he came 10 me and SAID:
"PL.e-tacc chief must close his wig
VAN ana go where the pale faces are
thick rs the leaves on the trees tmeaIl-
ing Fort heaTney, where q large NUM-
Der Of soldiers were statIoned).
The. Pawnee braves have got ON
WaT-palnt and their piumes, and many
rancnmen and stage-mea be sent to
happy huntIng-5rOunds. Pale-ta"ed
chief has been Joc,s brother. " hen he
goes away Joe VIII 20 too lOr Joe has
told the Great Spirit ne Will never
take any more scalpS from the pale
faced chiefs brothers. Pale-iaced
chleI must go away.
had made up my mimi To 60 when
Joe gave the final warning Tor II never
entered my head t2 douDt ms word
about the threatened outbreak OF the
Pawnees.
! asked ior reiiei, anu young, man
about - years OI age WAS sent doNil
the rOad 70 take my place. L was call
ed a coward Tor desiring 10 leave, Dut
l felt as strongly as / ever felt any
thing ln my lie that L was ueeln9
from place where certain death
awaited me IL L rcin-Ined. L made
preparations to leave that night on the
same stage that brought my relief
\ short time before dark Joe bund-
led up his blankets and the little me
mentOs | had given him. l had beau
tiful little lvory-frdmed lOOlllng-glasS,
and, knowing how loaglngly he had
looked upon 1t all the time he had been
with me, l gave II 80 him, together
with 4 photograph OF myself. \ mlSer
never glzed upon his boarded piles OF
gold mere lovingly than Joe dld upon
these simple glfJs. W lth tears stream
ing down his cheeks he SAID good-Dy, |
and struck out across the sterile plains
bearing a burden Of grief. L watched (
has recedlng form disappear IN the
gathering gloom, and wondered If, dur
ing the lonely Indians soJourn with
lle, had succeeded IN lnStlllInS INTO
his mind any new ideas bearing upon |
human life!
An, the savage has soul as well as |
the saint, and Joe. rs he wandered on |
and thought or what his white broth
er' had told him during the time they |
had occupied together on that little /
isolated "dObey on the plans, doubt 4
less 1elC MS humble heaTt tRrlll Win I
emotions he had neye; before eXper- .
FENCED: L boarded the Eastern stage .
JhaJ nISht, leellng conhdent that the
next lew days would be With late. /
l warned the ranchmen and stage
as We passed along OF