Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-20

army, with stripes OF gilt OralQ, not US
ual on fatigue jacket, which showed
he was a sergeant. =.
found that he was regularly en-
listed man in a corps of guides or scouts.
He had really had rank as a sergeant in
one or two expeditions, and so the Off
GERS humored him by letting him wear
the symbols of the rank. q
T" Yes," he said, in wretched English,
"Vermilion 60 two, three, four days to
the east, into the hills .sha'iH'
And, not to tell you of the difficulties
in our agreement, it was settled that we
should ride together, first to his own
tribe, or sub.tribe, which he was going
to visit, and then he would be my guide
to the region for which had the Span
ish titles. Nothing could seem fair
er than the bargain. 81 t'+3"i'< 't'''tf !.
But the next morning, when met
him by agreement at the camp, half an
hour before sunrise, found he would
not start, although everything seemed
ready.
ssStore shut, he said" store shut !;
all store shut last night. Store open
store open-all store open by-and-by.n
.!a demonstrated vainly; offered sugar,
tobacco, and even, whisky from the
Government stores, which I thought
would honor my demands. Nothing
would do but we must wait and wait till
nearly eight O'Clock, and then ride back
into Prescott, from which I had just
come, for him to go to a particular store
in Mcdowell street
1 was at Vermilion's mercy; so had
to 90. And then had to sit on my
horse in Mcdowell street, holding YER
Millions horse, for long half-hour,
while he made his purchases. 1t was
nine o'clock before we started, when we
might have left Prescott out of sight
before six. Nor could make him tell
why we stopped there, till we came to
his home. "a 4
This was on the evening of our fourth
day, and very hard riding it was, too.
We came to a range of hills which
seemed to me very cherries, when Yer
million dismounted and made what he
told me was a ''peace smoke" Then
he babe me wait and watch the smoke
while he rode forward alone. In a little
while he came back with another In
dian, who had child on the saddle be-
hind him. The man was Vermillion's
brother, his name, suppose, was yell
low Ochre, and for aught know the
boy was Ultramarine. was introduced
with great form, and we then rode seven
miles more through very deep canyons,
till we came to the most perfectly de-
Tended place for a village. There were
clefts in the rock to enter by, and others
to retreat by, but a space within-yes,
as big as Boston Common-of green
grass, with pretty stream running
through it, and high stone walls all
around, one or two hundred feet high. /
We were received with all the honors.
There was shouting and singing, and
every sign of joy. I was presented to
big chiefs and little chiefs, and in Span
ish and in English and in Apache we
made protestations of eternal love to
each other. Not till these ceremonies
were over would Vermilion take me to
one side, where, as it proved, his own
wife and his own children waited for
him. 1t was a simple home enough.
One side was made of sandstone rock
twenty feet high, and the other side by
a large scrub. oak, the branches of
which touched the rock. One or two
large boughs had been cut from other
oaks to thicken the shade. The ground
had been scooped out to make a place
for some grass which was thrown in for
a bed. n Il .f-sfe y.s~aG -.ys3
Vermilion's wife was glad to see him,
I am sure. She told me so afterward.
But she made no sign of joy. She did
bring forward with genuine motherly
pride their daughter, little girl of six
years old. The child was. exquisitelv
dressed in deerskin perfectly white, with
very, bright embroidery, and with a cer+
oil 0f nh. oh,
sh ;aiaife stcsl- s-aet
vermilion lifted the child up off the
ground, and made no pretense of con-
cealing his pleasure that she was so tall
and well. Then he. went back to his
die, and produced that mysterious par
eel which had SO excited my wonder
ever since we left Mcdowell Street on
morning. The child's mother |
was eager by this time, took the knife |
he offered, and cut the cords of the par
eel. An India-rubber cover came off |
first,. then to their amusement and |
sheets and sheets of wrap |
ping paper, and at last, in all the glory |
Of silk and satin and ribbon, and span |
gle, doll with wax head and staring
The little girl screamed with delight,
and her screams were taken up by all |
the family. ,.u .s4yE Il snr
Indeed, it was not three minutes be- |
lore the house and we were the center |
Of crowd of Indians, clamoring with |
curiosity, and eager to see the wonder |
Of which the fame was spreading all |
through the encampment. |
That doll, as Lulu afterward made me |
certain, must have been the twin of !
Patty. While I was sitting grooming in
he saddle, holding the two uneasy |
horses in Mcdowell street, Vermilion
had been looking through the whole
stock of the Prescott dealer, till he could
match Patty s accomplishments in every
particular. 4 ....r,ss.sF n = .gsH i
On the morning after our arrival the
excitement the doll had created had
a little, and I made Vermilion I
ell me the whole story. I had found
before this that he spoke Spanish suffi-
GENTLY well, and with little difficulty / /
could make out the whole. 's t ''-,.' =, +. /
He said that before the General came
Town to Sweet-water. Guleh, the camp