, 1879-07-17

CnfchtilH the Accent Of Ills Arcll.cnumF, Ehtle uo
DOESN'T SEQ him 30 readily as other animals.
themselves undcr the leadership OF inc Sos.
poral, who exercised the duties Of comHahuis.H
officer With great dignity. a,ll without rcfpest @
10 persous as l'o ordered nc Cap.a, A. nn,n m +,
htyle TINT would have mado rccs9ita nnF
s,aml on end which order they obcyc1 prompt
" They moved r. co.tnn' ,.n, II cGun' fs to % isI
from r. nj ihs leader, moved by ilc loft flank, and
hore sotlarcjy down on tho herd at u rattlinE
pace preserving sltch linz as never expect 70
eaua'e ~ Tlse 4ss eatter and savo. v
which aticnd our cavalry'cl'argcs' Ihe hno
sped forward ....
WITH MurrLED HooTs,
an Il vore,-conforming % one man TO !ho
Yarf,s in front OF tic centre Of the Ifnc. such
pictuso OF the typIcnl savage a. 10 seldom seen.
This eiargo made nrolound tn,pression on tic
officers, WIN were ~ this time thoroughly In
cartridges In bis belt, the balance being No. 0.
The bir, stupid b1nsts looked at us awhile,
md, finally realizing their danger, Started at
full speed, and Immediately disappeared 10 tic
sys rsi ssar ss our y ss ''y orke so ,t1o, a G o
deep ind but little more n width, and euilsred
them on the upgrade, when the engagement
became general. The Corporal was the t!rst
ono who cnnRht the herd, alld he soon knpcked
down lhrce fine ones. Those who think an In
dian pony can putrnm good American horse arc
mistaken, for the Captain and Lelstensnt were
onong tho iirst to get to work. The Lteutal.ant
went for line cali aud missed hin. Ths Cap
tain knocked down flnc alf,-the second ole
down. Then, daahtng into tic main ncrd, tile
Lieutenant knocked down tf'e COW. Tile
Captain tackled btg bull. nntf, his horse bcl,nv.
Ing badly, missed him with Ills last bucss.cnrt-
ridge; but, keeping cloeu on thu heels of his
man, all going NJ a tremendous pscc, hc
threw in o couple Of CARTRIDGES OF No.
shot, got one load OF tllese into tl'c butlale'e
fight, when ha shot him at twenty yards with
the othc1 load, just behind the shoulder on tho
left side, low down. Some Of the shot, stnall as
they we're, penetrated between the ribs into tho
heart Of the animal,
AND KILLED n1M.
Some Of yonr, sporting readers will think there
is !naccurncy IA my family; but can't help It,
4 cleanup showed that twenty beasts had
been slaughtered. wondered huw tile lndians
would oct thclr meat Into camp, but soou found
there ID intfd0 .nnd outside OF buffalo. except
the boncs, put them OH a .,nte puBy, himself on
top, and go fivo or six miles to can,p, with tic
greatest cnse.
then moved up the Kiowa Mcdicinc-L Lodgc;
but, finding nothing there, bore away to Duck-
Ponds Crcck, lound eight moro cn route, md
took them IN. In this chase the Mctlssnc-slan
and smashing hin, up badly about ti.e ribs.
They put some white poi1tL OH his noeo anl
about him generally, but he could not travel
with us, and had to be left behind with hss fatn-
iiy, to return to the post by slow stages.
At this camp buffalo were ruported, mud
about twenty mcn turned out to kill theru but,
when they reached the ground, they found two
young bucks, who Ind been seut opt as scouts,
cbaanX the gatnu on their own nccouut. The
others tore of their clothes and
WHIPPED THEN.
We then moved farther to the vost: found
seven buffalo, which wcrc bagGed. In this
chase the Corporal'E pony foil nild skinned him
up badly; besides, he was so long picking him
self up that he cot nothing.
on to tho lcad Of kiowa Creek. was riding
with tho Corporal, rhcn suddenly his faco lit
up, and, po!ntInE to some Indians eenaItng
.qn @ SaS yd 'F US rs miles .aM bS s"g5, S,,d b. Il '
they had rounded up their stock, Tic bucks
sat on the grass In scmt.ctrc!c, with tho man
who had been sent In from tic slxnaling party.
.whon1 Te will call tue scout,-for tho central
figure. It was plain to 10 seur from tile ex-
prcssfons Of all their commentaries that they
were about to enter on enc OF the most serious
duties oe their lives. The Scout held the pipe.
49, u..,,, rh,.- I.t :. a.. ...tlsI - - "
tiG M aeuu'? tleM II ato l'e !n!ooic OF tne ring.
% ~ oyes "cas fNsaen .n on ~ intently iof q lew
nonenls N1,a nnt't t tHe SMOKE began to
cntl up from lt. Ihcn buck from tho other
s1on We.seu 10 III ana YIN great ceremony
" p'ek'sa 'so,' T. up ann ~ t1o scouts rape. Alter
az nnnoh uaa su1okeu, tao econt mada his
issela.!on rs 20 Ihe Mhcreaoouts and number OF
tno Dunal1. on WHICH ano1cet no Aati becn ~
Silent - ule Gsase uF 10 mat tisao' Ao cloaed
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offha'so THANKS TO GOD
1or delivering tue Eamo INTO tlclt hands, IN u
dramatic nnd very impressive style; to whlcl.
they all responded heartily and In one voice.
then rose nnli atripped for action. On bc!nl,
informed BY the interpreter OF what the ccrc-
monI hatl sonsiatcd. some one suggested That
thcY sioalu pave waited Tor the result to
WHICH no replied that they would depend on
their own ca1orts Tor SUCCESS, having madc good
medicine.
Ilss wRs Wild, rude way OF doing religion,
ana In che OF tlle widest places ever saw but,
tor square worship Of tho living God, pure mud
tlmpls, thla little band OF untuturcu kayages
would have compared !avornbly with manr tlnu
congregations u! THIS land who wouldn't co1l-
sidcF them worthy TO touch the hcm Of their
garments. l alu no Judge Of such n,nttcrs; but,
l an sure II Beerner could haro seen thls, ho
fA R%Atz Il