The Red Cloud chief., 1882-05-18
The BLIZZARD or Siberia.

hing Burran. a distant relative al
| NoNicrn BLIZZARD. Is the great orr 81
Siberian travelling. He /, apparent,
delighted when he comes down and
finds the earth all covered with the
light frr's'n PARTICLES Of snow. all ready
'n be blown AMI driftei about h;,her
and thith"r wherever his Wild fancy
wishes. He rav",- III delight nj tn,
mischief he is enabled 10 accomplish
Unchecked and uuhillrn. Callina his
companions about him the entire fami-
y III th' BnrranS. he begins hiS work.
tIrSt. he just blows the snow PARTICLES
!rI>urc!y over the wide plains. - Il lie
would lk" - level of tho entire conn
try tn a dead n~trno;ouy. So he blows
u over the po>t-roaiS until il has
reached the level Of the SURROUNDING
PLAIN, fondly imagining in his >,upid
mind that the slrd"c and caravan
drivers Will loScthcir way and Get sinc,
fast IN the drifts. But his r,rn has
been anticipated. and dead hrlShwnoI
has been planted all along the route.
winch the drIf' cannot cover. and tho
Nrn.chik can see where L. steer his
slcdgc quite rs well a if It wc~n
N summer time. "nut know
a place" ~ thinks - himself
= where the foolish human bcinrs
have not taken anv precautions.
There is the road through he wood.
Wonder: this | viii block up with \ heavy
drlit, 50 hat the dull-headcd vemschik
WI nave Ia make 4 dctour Of four or
I'VE miles IN order 10 get on the road
again. This done King Burran h,Irrics
along ulI Of Cl"e q the next VILLAGE.
mere II a post station. he thinks To HIM
>"f' and the traveller must pass through
the streets in order 10 get a change 81
horses. Il will make il warm for him"
he soiiioquizcs. and then proceed. "a
carry all tho snow hr can Gather I'm
from the plains and tn piic it in hu~a
mountains along the village streets AMI
AGAINST the peasants houses. II will
make IT dinicr.t' he saws. mot only
Tor Inc traveller to proceed. hut | viii
gave the poverty stricken peasant some
'h'hS better II DO than Ia 90 out and
render our friend in the >lcire any as.
Sistanoc. So. having filed the streets
ne proceeds Ia ill the farm-vari level
with the hou>etops. "Ah. there are the
good mans cattle shivsring under N.
board ence. Forty degrees of Rcaumur
J. certainly too much for them. Will
sIhS them a nice white covering where-
win they may keep themselves warm"
an" then he proceeds 20 bury up the
poor man : cattle 50 that they haveto lie
Jug out IN the morning. some dead and !
some ailre. This done, he goes on hi. {
way rejoicing, piling up a few more !
uTli'S on the route from his wanton ex-
ntFrance of spirits, and then he diSsp-
pears northwari again. This seems In
the spirit in which the storm kin,- 7
ioes his Siberian work. and woe IN Tho I
unfortunate traveller who follows close :
ipon the monarch's heels. a. Won mas. :
these siberian post-rpads YOU can I
i"t he!p thinking that old BUrran Is in r
ne haort OF playing practical Jokes upon /.
ycmSchiks and travellers. so 1
Is his method of proc,dure II
villages through which we nasseJ :"
turing the last two days of our tourney II
rom orenhurg 10 Omsk were iiteruv a
made level with the surrounding nla;ns =
farm-yaris being filled with N. n
~" 'has could not lie piled into the 9,
sutetS or up against and over I"
ohe-storied Lighthouses of the place a
= were fortunate, however. in comiur "
LAY OF Two after the visi, Of the Old IL
an anu only once had our driver 10 II
long detour 10 avoid the drifts u
l 4 snort stretch Of forest road: spd b
my once did he catch US in his wild W
afhe OF snow-drift, and l NAV fa,,er i
lNsei mat VT escaped with ONLY \ r
MINIMUM OF delay. -Siter.Gs Cor. n al
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