The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-09
COL. BLUTON.
Why He Could Not Run q Newspaper
 m the Indian Territory.

Col. Thomas Hutton returned from the Indian Territory the other day. where he went ;o establish hunoteu> ne,. >,,a,sI When he Jeff lA,,lc Rock ,a engage Tn the enterprise. he looked young and vigorous. but when he came back he looked a> though ten additional year> had settled spon hum.
 N hat ~as your rNpericnee. elcnel :, asked a member ot >ootAl CIT, ic gath. cred to welcome the return of the di>,,n. guishcd newspaper man.
 Pretty rough. >ir. pretty rough. You see. some tune ago hali-brecd. named Bill tegle. came down here and during conversation remarked that good hu. mornus newspaper was greatly needed m the na,lon. He sad the fact that the indians never had chance ,o laugh gfeatls retarded theu enlllf.tion. siescd the iaea .i once had never attempted humorous wrlting. haNing worked al ms lrte on agHcul.uIal departments. but -5is9-lsal tilat ;hts would be an 4d, ant4ge ,u ,Aat would be fesh We'll went EgKle became partner and translator the S1de oi the sheet ~s,> Etlnted ln Ens h>h and the other sale III { hefokee iIlled up the hfat ts>uc ~lth puu> and mother-in-law chppinrs. Nene of the If dians had come around to laugh aih ne. but ha~ they will roar. l thought. when the paper comrS uJi, ,,,tla r,,.t.,ne men rolling un the srA,, and women chut king tn eSoe>>tte siee h4fed :, haN io afrA thc paper around. Nei'aiea by the pf"spee ,sof :, ,t,ud h,i remained iu the eitse nal, Weut out and found everything qute'. apptoa,h he'd an cid man aad asked
 =, How dit >as ii.r my paper =
 Sh MAHc sssa fao' l,ashrd, h.., he di'n'' srailo.
 ts..lc ,.ud that everything vn,il4 come out all rlrh, and ady1>ed me ,o writc a long funny a'tlcle about sore prominent Indian ~ho had been dead snme tune. kand of reIntn.>c ei,ec as II were. Well the next issue ui the pa per contained an aItteie showing hos. Nlg- glel.,il an old chci. had on,e wfes,led vith all enormous buek and how when the fgh, was otcr all that was left of the deer was piece nf horn Di,, about hlg enough for knife handle tggIc sad that |, would ucklc cYer man m the '.'s'.sss and that NC would gc, 4 ;hou>and cash subse uber>. \ short tune after the paper had been gwen to the eafuef. ,ai ii the ottlce waiting to take down the , J,t1~esfs4l-ls.eklag Indian entered and adsanung slowly. s-d
 White man Write thlsF putting h,, forehn.er on the Cherokeed sers,on of the deer hgh;.
 .Ies
 Does de white man 4ay i, $ true / 2
 0h no. replicd. glad of an oppor, ,unIs io show my orginaliiy. made | 
 Then the white man says,f :, a l.e / z
 ~'lcs. Eltcred
 And he kne~ !, ~4s lie hen ne wrote II
 .Yes."
 "'Wili he wr,e more ie ike 'ha, 7 T
 ~'Oh yes ye sir
 He d,d no, reply. ba, Iflng his soo, he kicked me oh. he kicked me ou, of the house, kggIe suggested that I'd bet ter declare | Ia be the truth and io sisck io l. About ten minufes af'ersards an other powerful Indian entered
 V hte man ~ri,e this< e
 Yes sir
 = Does the ~hie man say II ,s true / :"
 =. Oh yes. SIT
 Wifi ,ke ~hi;e man write more truth like ,his<
 '''Dh yes- SIT, oh ye..
 He approached the door and stood for Hhlle as though IT deep thought Then. returning. he kicked me until l d,dn', exactly kno~ when he stopped Oh no. 1 couldn', stand ,ha, kind of hu- morous ~ohk, and quietly ~i,hdre~, sat- istied tha, the Indians are not funny peo- pie
 4 neatly dressed young mar entered s xr.re and cad .n rsizsi.-e of Arx