The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-04-24

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Tie Interest taken Ia tls EiKdays'
walking tournsments las spreAd oser
the entire country. The next contest
promises 10 be even more interesting,
for a Crow Indian, from Montana, viii
enter the lists against Hart, Pegram.
Dobler and others. The Omaha Repab-
liaan, Of the twenty-second contained a
lengthy article on the Crew Indian,
from which we quote. The reporter
eonyersed with the gentleman having
charge Of the Crow. The latter said /:
you see,~ continued he, ..that
there's big money in those New York
walking-matehes. The last one was
won BY Hart. n negro. ! Was in Mon
tana at the time. looking up some min
ing interests, and u day OF two after
wards ] received a telegram from an
old sporting friend Of mine in New
York, telling me 10 visit some Indian
tribe at onc and secure the best walker
and runner Of the tribe and bring him
ON 10 New York To walk him for the
o'Leary belt lie stated that he be-
lieyed that an Indian, accustomed TO
walking and running. could beat 4 ne
gro any time, and big money could be
made By aadodge Of this kind. l coin
cided with him, and saw at a glance
that a match with a negro, an Indian,
and n lot Of whites would draw better
than the Black Crook. So / posted of
with n guide TO the Grow Indians, and
through an interpreter I found the boss
Crow Of them all. and here you see
him. They call him Uhsah-wuck, or
Fieet-of-foot, which Is shortened into
fleet-foot. And he Is the fieetest-foot-
ed Indian Of all the Crows or any other
American tribe, in my opinion. lie
has won every race he eyer took part
in, and the Indians have more foot
races than any body. I tried him walk
ing and running for n few days. and l
tell You he astonished me. He can beat
any man that has yet appeared before
the public. lie has q great reputation
among the Indians asa racer, and his
wind Is splendid. In fact he has an
Indian name. which translated into
English Is ''The-man-who-never-gets
tired lie understands perfectly well
what | am taking him east for, US l have
explained II all to him through my in
terpreter here, Mr.. lie Bots, who has
been among these Indians nearly all
his life. lie Bots is to see that Fleet
foot gets ten ine horses and n certain
percentage Of the money he wins.
when we left the agency l bought
him that new suit of clothes that he
has got on, SO that he would not attract
as much attention as he would In his
native costume. But when he walks
the match he will appear in his full
Indian rig. This win help draw a
crowd. Col. Spears, the man for whom
1 am bringing this Indian 10 New York,
will back him to any amount IL l tell
him to do 1t. He will rely OF my judy
ment for that, and l propose to advise
him TO put up heavy on the redskin. I
am going to chance n few thousand
myself on him and advise all my friends
to wager all they can conveniently
spare. The Indian may possibly win
us a hundred thousand or more. In q
three-day's walk which he made on a
circular track which l had staked out
and prepared, he beat the best record
by more miles than l carr to tell you,
and he was as fresh rs a morning glory
when he finished the last mile. Ididn't
have time to walk him six days. But
l had seen enough to convince me that
he would prove a bonanza, and so I
closed the bargain with him and hur-
ried of with him and the interpreter.
l want to get to New York as quick us
possible 80 as to train him on q good
track and get him accustomed to the
city. Hello /! there goes the bell, and
the conductor says all aboard. Well,
here we go; the train Is moving; good
bye. You'll hear from this redskin
again."