, 1880-11-07
Bill NJe Gives His Reasons for Declfu
Ing an Indian Agency.

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LARAMIE CITY, ". r., Nov. I'll see by tn
Western press that my name has been suggested
to tho Secretary OF the Interior as q suitable
one for the appointment Of Indian Agent 1T the
| CncomPahgre Agency to succeed Berry; and.
! while must express nv grateful acknowledge
| ment for the apparent faith and childlike con
| tdence reposed in me BY the people Of Colorado,
I distinction.
In g ths first place ny other duties VII not ID.
present in my journalistic work. and should
there be u falling OF In my chaste and pict-
! urcsque contributions to the press the great
sIseLng world Of literature would be surprised
t Again, could not entirely lay aside this class
! OF work anyway, even were TO accept the posi-
! in the most Opaque gloom and perfect calm
! would be annoyed, know, by the war-whoops
Of the savage when he got to playing croquet in
at INC through the window while / was compos-
ing poem | am perfectly positive that would
get restless and the divine af1stus would cease
The true poet loves secluston and soothing
rest rest That is the secret Of bis even number.
r yae and ane
Sweet Singer OF Michigan. What could any Of
them have done with the house full Of children
OF the forest who were hankering for q fresh
Further than this, have not that gentle mag
netic power over the untutored savage that
my seit.command and kill him. would lose my
a shoos .nso fet e an I'd
mangle them horribly il they refused to dig the
potatoes, or got rebelltous and wouldn't do the
Then would have to hunt up a suitable MILL
tary post 200 $40 miles away and stay there till
che popular feeling in the tribe had cooled down
Then, again. the Utes would invite mo to at
tend the regular social hops during the winter,
and wouldn't know what to do, for itwould BE-
know the first haure OF the war-dance.
dance like club footed camel, anyway, and
91e Void up re n aa se a e
and chop some large irregular notches In ms
with broud-ax.
exceedingly dress. and everything ts 80 all-tred
tcco1ettc, whatever that Is. would probably
insist on wearing Il lvcI-p pad or q chilbaln. and
and would be Waf1-hower, and they would
call me perfect, dudene, would laugh at tho
@ WY my myee,Pad % vas enI end ID ; you'd e. hone
affair.
So that perhaps 1t would be just as well to
fife Of the ostensIble humorist may not be %
fraught with untrammcled nature and sylvan
retreats, and wild, picturesque Gallons: snd
the top Of your head and feel that it is still on
deck. and, although wealth may not come pour
us you may desire, YOU know that II sou eau get
enough to eat from day to day. and dodge tho
VtEsiancc Committee nnd the celluloid pie, you
are comparatively safe.
Besides all this, nm afraid am not in proper
spiritual shnpe to 20 among the Indiana Sup.
pose that on some s0fteucd, mellow, HutuMnA1
day they were nil clustered about me with tho
bacon grease and war paint on every chiidlka
countcnnnce, and while l stnod there In tho
midst Of all the autumn spteDior with the wnods
clothed In all the gorgeous apparel OF the de-
ceased year, telling them or the beauties Of tn-
dustry, and pence, and tho glad unfettercd HE
Of the huckwhent promoter. while read
passage OF Scripture to them and was explain.
ing 1t and they were looking I'D into my faco
with their great tawnlike eyes. al. at once
one Of them should playfully shoot my
wife-nll the wife had too-or my
hired girl! Tho chances are about even that
would throw down the Bible and hy into an u1~
governnble rage and swear. and be just us harsh,
and rude. and unreasonable as could be. Thea1
after hAd hammered the Immortal soul OUT %
the entire tribe. aud nv wrath had spent itseHt
would probably bitterly regret 1t all.
q IT Ut no use. can't accept the position.
I've been In rhe habit OF swearing Mt the sprin{
poet and the " constant reader too long. and
know just as well as my one how 1t units mo
for every walk OF life that requires neekness
and gentle Christian forbenrnnco. BILL NYk-