Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-03-26

to Toe. Joe will tell Pawnee chlel
obout pale.faced chief, and make him
Give pale.faced chief heap squaws' y
mistrusted him at first, fearing that
he would run off with my horse and
firearms. but in time learned TO trust
him implicitly and became very FOND ol
him. The sequel to my story Will prove
how worthy he was Of my confidence
An! what a royal time we had TO-
cether. chasing the antelope and puma
10. Ny interest revived IN this sport
aftel the protracted silence was oroken'
ond some DAYS we would wander many
miles out on the plans. Joe was iieet
Of foot and could walk all day long
without the least sign Of fatigue oc.
casionally l would take HIM up Oen'"o
mo. but he generally insisted upon
walking. and l let him have his way
He was particularly solicitou8 about my
aor,c,rt and convenience, and every DAY
, ,,os deliobled with the developm en'
ofnew phases in his character 1e ""0
o. noble mind. and was as sympathetlc
and soN.bearted as a child. lie had'
,oo on air Of chivalry and courtesy
about him, which was peculiarly Gu
ra,ino and needed nothing ouO 'ne
opportunity to make himself " real
oonr,ier. tried to induce hlm 10 ea'
,.;,, me- but he could not be evailed
,,non to do so. always standing by me
,'i,b q deferential air, and anticipating
all nv wants. l was greatly asIonl'neu
st his general decorum, and often wo1,
dared where he acquired his gentle ana
cfreu di.niticd manners, never haVlns
noticed such characteristics in any other
indian. All the reward he asked Tor his
f,i,bfu services was kind treatment
and assurances from me that l appre-
cialed him.
he came one day where was clean
ius NY pistols, the perfect personlnga-
ton ofcommiseration and grief. oo'
served that he was deeply disturbed
but waited for him to speak.
Finally he said, 'Pawnees soon get
on war path big. Mixing their paint
now Pale.faced chief have to leave
fore long, or Pawnees take scalp ol
n,lc.faced chief. Joe can't save pale
faced chief if he stay, but will tell him
when to leave
After this 1 frequently heard him
mullering to himself. heard him say
one morning:
.pawnees heap kill pale-faces when
get war-paint on. Shan't kill pale
laced chief. for joe will save him. Joe
will never see pale.faced chief after be
runs away from Pawnee braves. roor
joe Poor Joen
Then he would weep bitterly seeming
10 suffer the most poignant sorrow.
4 week or ten days after this warn
inc he came to me and said:
,pale-laced chief must close his Wig
wan and 90 where the pale-iaces are
thick as the leaves on The trees (meah-
inc Fort Kearney, where large num-
ber of soldiers were stationeD'
THE Pawnee braves bave got Oh
war paint and their plumes, and many
rancbmen and stagemen be sent to the
happy hunting grounds. Pale-iaced
ch,efhas been Joe's brother. When ne
goes away Joe will 20 too, tor Joe mas
told the Great Spirit he will never take
any more scalps from the pale-iace'
chiefs brothers. Pale-laced chiei mus'
20 away
had made np my mind to 90 when
Ioo gave the final warning, for 1t never
entered my head to doubt his wore
.Lont the threatened outbreak OF INT
Pawnees,
1 asked for a relief, and young mai
about twenty years OF age was sen
down the road to take my place. was
called a coward for desiring TO leave
but 1 felt as strongly as ever ieit any
thing in my life taat was fleeing from
nloce where certain death awaited mt
fI remained. l made preparations u
leave that nighs on the same stage ina
brought my relief.
A short time before dark Joe bundled
up his blankets and the little memen
toes had given him l had beauu-
ml little ivory framed looking-glass
and. knowing how longingly he ha'
looked upon it all The time he had beer
with me, ! gave 1t to him, together VIII
a photograph of myself. A mlscr never
gazed upon his boarded piles OF s0l'
more lovingly than Joe did upon these
simple gifts. With tears streaming
down his cheeks he said good-by, ant
struck out across the sterile plains
bearing a burden of grief. l watched
his receding form disappear in the ga'h
erlng gloom, aud wondered il, during
the lonely Isdlan's sojourn with me-
had succeeded in instillng into his mln'
any new ideas bearing upon human life
All, the savage has a soul as well al
the saint, and Joe, as he wandered OIL
and thought Of what his white brother
had told him during the time they hat
occupied together that little ISOLATED
dobey' on the plains, doubtless fel
b,s humble heart thrill with emotions
he had never before experienced,
boarded the Eastern stage that night