The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-11-17
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GAfHA1 ~ ANiHA VI ~ ~ ~ = 80 ~
came In withr cd paint sticking to
ears and blue paint around his eyes
and nose, which looked as though
feeble attempt had been made to
wash 30 OH. while a rooster feather
stuck through his hat, and a bead
morcasin was on one foot and a
rubber Shoe on the other.
80. I am all buSbO0. Bushoo.
hat is Indian. ! am on the war
.lath, and / am uo angel this week.
.19iis i smy week 1T. 1t beats all,
don't it, how different fellow feels
at different times. For the last
two weeks ] have been 50 good
that il made me fairly ache, and
once that Buffalo Bill show was
here, with the Indians, and butia-
,cs. and cowboys, and steers. am
all broke up. We ave had the
worst time over TO our hose that
ever WAS. Iou see. all Of us boys
III the neigiiburhoood wanted to
have a buffalo Bill show, and pa
gave us permission to use the back
ward, and he said he would come
Out help us. You know that Bos-
tom girl that was visiting at our
house. with the glasses ON!
Well, she went home the next day.
She says this climate is too wild
tor her. Iou see, we boys all fix
up as Indians, and we laid for
some one to come out of the house.
to scalp, the way they did in the
show. We heard rustic Of female
garments. and we all hid, and
when the Boston girl came out to
pick some pansies in mas flower
bed, we captured her. You never
see 4 girl so astonishcd as she Il
We yelled 'yip-yip' and | took
hold Of zone Of her hands and ny
chum took hold of the other, and
her bangs raised right up, and her
glasses fell off and she said 60,
you howwid things W. took her
TO our lair in the hen house and
tied to a tin rain water conductor
that came down by the corner of
the barn, and then we danced a
wal dance around her, and yelled
'ki-yi,' until she perspired. / took
my tomahawk and lifted her hair
and hung it ton the chicken roost,
and then | made aspsech to her in
Indian. | said The pale faced
maiden from the rising sun is III
the hands of the Apaches, andthey
yearn for her gore. Her brothers
and fathers and u%ncles, and the In
dian agents, have robbed thc child-
rem Of theforest oftheir army blank
cts and canned lobster, and the red
man must be avenged. But we
will not harm the pretty maiden ey-
cept to burn her at the stake.
What has she to say! Will she
give the red men tatfv, or will she
burnt just then pa came out with
81 cjsiern pole, and he rescued the
wNitcmaiden. and said we mustn't
b. 60 rough. Then the girl said
she would give rs all the tatfy we
wanted. and she went in and ma
E";cled Us from the back window.
"a Aa watched us roo a coach, and
he raid 1t was first rate. The man
that collects the ashes from the al
Ley, with 4 horse and wagon. when
had last loaded up. and got On the
wagon. when tWoof my Indians
took the horseb BY the bits, and four
OF lis mounted the wagon and rob
bed the drive Of a clay pipe and =
pocket. comb, and a kl lie, bat lie
saved his ashes by promising ney
cr to reveal the names Of the rob
beers. Pa Just laughed, when he
ave the ash man back his kite
and things, and said he hadn't SO
much fun in along time, Then we
were going to lasso Il wild Texas
store, and ride it, the way they did
IN the show, and pa said that was
where he anne in handy. He
said he could throw a lasso Just
like a cowboy. We got my chum's
pas COW out of the barn, and drove
her up the alley, aud pastood there
with a clothes line, with a big
moose in the end. and he headed
off the COW and threw the lasso.
Well, you'd a dido to see pa sweep
things out of the alley with his
pants. The COW vas sort of scared
when we drove her up the alley,
cause | guess she thought it was
time she Was MIXED, and when pa
stepped out from behind the barrel
and throw,d the rope around her
neck, | guess she thought it was all
day with her, for she turned and
gallopcd, and kicked up and beller-
ed, and pa did not know enoughto
let go Of the rope, First pa follow
eel the COW down the alley sitting
down, and about a bushel of ashes
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