The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-09
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"My soul and body, sir" said John,
the guide, ''never zee such luck in all
my life; most a. bad as we had two
years ago when We was camped away
down East by the head Of Martins
river. You remember, sir, the night
we saw the little fire in the woods
close by, when there was no one there
TO make it7 Very curious that was
can't make that out at all. What was
1t, do you Think"
"Perhaps ghosts making a fire,
John,' said I.
Eyes, sir, mebbe; some of our peo-
pie believe in ghosts, sir very foolish
people, some Indians"
"Don't you, Johnl" + -su
ooh no, sir. Inever seed no ghosts. l
have seen and heard some curious things
though. was hunting once with
two gentlemen near Rocky Riyer-you
know the place we'll, sir. We were
all sitting in camp; winter time, Sir;
pretty late, about bed time. The gen.
tlemen were drinking their grog, and
VIC were smoking and talking, when
we heard some one walking, coming
up to the camp. Hello said one OF
the gentlemen, who can this lie at
this time Of nightr' Well, sir, we
stopped talking, and we all heard
the man walk up ~ the door. My
soul, sir, we could hear his moccasins
crunching on the hard, dry snow quite
plain. lie walked up to the door, but
did not open it, did not speak, did not
knock. So, after q little while, one
of us looked -out-nobody there no.
body there at all, sir. Next morning
there was not q track on the snow
not q track-and no snow fell in the
night. Well, sir, w stayed there q
fortnight, and most every night VIC
could hear O man In moccasins walk up
to the door and stop /; and If we look
ed, there was no n there, and he left
no tracks in the snow. What was it,
do you think, sir2"
Don't know, John, 1 I'm sure" 1
said, sunless 1t was some strange effect
of the wind upon tho trees"
"Well, sir, I seed n curious thing
once. / was hunting with o gentle-
man-from the old country, ! think
he was-my word, sir, q long time ago
-mebbe thirty years or more. My
soul and body, sir, what q sight Of
moose there was in the woods in those
isysi and the caribou run in great
herds then ; all failing, now, sir, all
falling. We were following caribou,
right fresh tracks in the snow; we
were keeping q sharp lookout, ex-
when I looked up and saw q man
The caribou had gone. He was not
more than two hundred yards off,
could SEQ him quito plain. He had on
q cloth cap and q green blanket coat,
with o belt around the middle-not q
leather belt like we use, sir, but a
wooden one like what the Frenchmen
use in Canada. There was o braid
down the seams of his coat and round
his cuffs. I could see the braid quite
plain. He had no gun, nor axe, nor
nothing in his hands, but just stood
there with his hand on his hip, that
way, right in the path, doing nothing.
"'Our hunting all over SIR l said
to the gentleman I'VE may as we'll go
home.' why, what is the matter,
John3' says he. why, look at the
man, there, right in the track; he's
scared our caribou, guess Well sir,
he was very mad, the gentleman was,
and was for turning right round and
going home; but / wanted to go up
md speak to the man. ( He stood there
oil the time-never moved. / kind of
bowed, nodded my head to him, and
no kind of nodded his head, just the
Same way to me. Well, / started to
go up to him, when up rose great
tat cow-mooso between him and me-
Look at the moose, Captain said /.
Shoot herp Good Heavens, JohnP
he says, IF lido l shall shoot the man,
loop No, no, sir, never mind,'I cried,
Are OF the moosep Well, sir, he up
with tho gun, fired, and .downed tho
moose. She Just ran o few yards,
pitched forward, and fell dead when
The smoke cleared of the man was
gone could. not see him-noMhercA-
my soul and 6odyl what's become of
the man, Captain?' / says. Dunno.
John perhaps he is down, too says
be. We'll, SIR says'I, you stop here,
and I-will go and look; mebbo he is
dead, mebbe not quite dead yet
Well, 1 went up to the place, and
there was nothing there-nothing but
= little pine tree, no manat all, l went
all round, sir-no tracks, no sign of q
man anvwhere OH the snow. WhaA
WINS 1t, do you think, sir, we saw"
swell, John,n l replied, ~ think
thnt was a curious instance OF refrnc-
ton"
"Oh, mebby," says John.
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