, 1881-08-27
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:. on Monday last party Of four buck Tn
oans passed the bridge a. Tho.n Ho,,o~ :,
'ne F" arm Springs road, soin, toward. n
summit When /. few miles from the Spring
% 'ne high plateau they stopped and ar
faYed themselves in their war costume an,
pu. on ominous black, red. yellow and whit,
f4in.' 'hus indicating that they were on !,
mission not wholly peaceful. The secret q
-, matter was the Indians were going .t
nght a duel They we're two young Ian.
"as' named respectively Mox-Mox.W,,.b
meaning In the LApwai tongue two knives
.na sh'minicum, the forks of the river They
'Aa seen down to the Umatilla Reservation
=" 'ia't' and while there had both fallen in
,oSe with an Indian squaw named Tow.x;.
n'A the two Indian beaux went dead in
,''e with the alluring redskin, and accord.
ing 10 the Indian custom, each tried 70 buv
ner OF her parents in ponies and bor,rs
The price was
TWENTY PONIES,
hich was not hig gh considering tha. sb.
was stout strapping squaw, capable of
hAv'ng and taking care of papooses. Conse.
quentiy both the beaux were willing To nay
twenty ponies and the question naturally
came up which one It should be. The case
was referred to the girl, but she would not
decide as she liked them both equally well
They wers both fine looking Indians well
matched and proportioned. As Tow.wi.l,tz
would not decide which TO make bspuy. her
Two swans agreed to settle the matter in
hghting. So they started on Monday morn.
ING, bringing with them two Indian friends
70 act as unpires and bottleholders. We
VIII retraee our story to the summit. where
We find the Indians all bedecked in war
paint and feathers. After donning their
war paint they went to an open and level
spot at the head of the north fork of the
Omatllla, and then laying aside all weapons,
except two wicked looking tomahawks, they
mounted their ponies and tackled one an.
other with great fury. After circling and
Whooplng around as sort of preliminary
exercise, the combatapts came to close quar-
ters, when
MoXMOx-w.LsH
Delivered a fearful blow with his tomahawk
at Shiminicum, who slipped to one side. and
the blow fell on the head of his pony, knock.
ing the brute to the ground. As the horse
was falling to the ground, Shiminicum
struck at his opponent cutting fearful
cash IN his leg; another Well directed blow
threw the remaining horse hors de combat.
lhe Indians being both dismounted, they
feil to and whacked and banged away at
each other, without much serious effect till
hnaliy from exhaustion they both fell back
upon the grass and glared upon each other
IN silence. The spirit of peace, compromise
and Cancellation stole over them, and Mox-
Mox- Walsh proposed that if
sHIMIyIcUM
Would give him five ponies, two knives and
revolver he would throw up the sponge
and let his rival have the girl without furtb.
er trouble. This was joyfully agreed to,
and without further pariey the war paint
was washed of, and the party returned to
the agency. Shiminicum, the triumphant
and love e-farOred, will probably be united to
his Tow wi-litz, and Mox.MoY. Walsh, con-
eiliated by his fine ponies, two knives and
revolver, will rejoice in happiness second
only to the bride and groom. The incidents
were related to our Pendleton correspondent
by one of the Indians who attended the fight
I". 60" ND, - VI an Indian duel which We. can
recall fn memory