The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-17
INDIAN INCIDENT.
How the Indians Didn't Scalp a
TenderfO0t.

Editors Herald:
The days of Indian scares and mar.
row escapes are, or should be, laid |
gently away in the past. The bad |
scare and subsequent hairbreadth |
escape which is given below is true
in every particular. / send it to
YOU thinking it may prove interest
ling to Old-timers and serve as les
lson to those who contemplate a trip |
to the Yellowstone National Park. |
The people in this western country
have learned by sad experience that
Indians are bad medicine. Strangers
who come here never dream that in
many of these pleasant valleys once
stood the Wigwam of the noble red
man. From force Of habit they
the red men) look upon many peo-
pie as intruders. l4o has been taking
items, and other things, from the
white man for 80 long time that in
some respects he far surpasses his
white laborer. The sun had kissed
the tips of the Wasatch Range and
left her smile upon the western sky
as the evening train came tearing
over the Sand Ridge, bearing fer the
first time a certain passenger to this
city. Seth Coffee came to this hard
town with his life in his
hand to further the inter
ests of mercantile house
having It's headquarters in New
York. The young man soon made
himself known, and was booming
things when he received notice to
go to Montana. Coming to Salt
Lake was enough, but to go sway
up north" seemed more than he
could stand, but duty called him
and he would go.
Purchasing revolver; he packed
his grip, and without knowing the
, dangers he would meet, started
north. Nothing of note occurred,
| and soon the hero of this. sketch
, found himself at Ross Fork. Here
the festive Indian eats government
beef and monkeys around with
everywhere to lay his head.
Charley Holt, of Shilling s. Holt
keeps q supply store at this place.
Saturday is generally a busy day
with Charley, and he does not care
to stop work and listen to those i'm.
pressiYe strains which emanate
from the chin. Our hero tackled
him, not knowing this, anG
9 was not long in letting
8 people know that he was tender
about the feet. The first question
: he asked was "are the Indians baC
here?" A reply in the negative wa
not enough and as they filed into til,
store to do their trading Seth's hal
, went up and his hands seemed t.
d clutch at the atmosphere. Whel
y closing time came the Indians lef
the store and our hero was show
to room in the log house ad joining
Merciful heavens the last man il
left the door open with all thos
Indians roaming around. Thi
thought grew to be a fac
in The MUD of our hero
the cold sweat started to his bro,
, in great drops and got there i
2.2215. Taking his revolver fro1
his valise (they always carry thel
! there he put it under his pillo,
Il and calmly % and gently lai
awake to wait result
HE had not waited long when
heard footsteps and as they can
nearer and nearer his hair stoC
Estraighter and straighter until
n pulled. The form of an Indian no
Y appeared at the door, and our he
covered him and several 9th
objects with his trusty, but wave
ing revolver. The murderous bra
approached the bed and with
grunt asked for match. Think
the politeness; wished to do b
scalping by candle light. Set
with that GOODNESS for which he
noted gave him match. The ba
litter struck light and then for t
first time discovered that his j
tended victim was armed. Leavil
the room he went to another, a.
ere long Seth heard him feignil
sleep. But our friend, of the I
volYer, was not to be caught aisle
so he kept watch through the sile
hours of the night. The ne
morning our friend saw the saI
Indian about the place, and @
casionally caught a bad look frC
ga him. Murder was in his e
~ and Seth kept careful wat
y all day lest he should bessurpris
- and killed in cold blood. The trs
was due at o'clock and patien
did our hero watch for an opportI
ity to get to the station, about
mile from the store and Il
cussed red skin. Finally the
dan went some distance from
house and lost himself to view
hind the corral. Now, thought
Coffee, will leaYe,Iand suiting
action to the thought he skipI
around the house and walk
rapidly about al 100 yards he pul
out his revolver determined to
game.
Nothing but the interests of
firm which he represented led /
to quicken his pace. These ca
up before his mind in such "a
4 G. succession that he soon broke j
In a dead square run. AS the W
@ he flew past the wigwams
stopped not to listen to the bark
of the dogs as with a whiZ t
were rudely awakened from t