The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-02
Aa.es, Cr1pplse e lnll.as

Aa.es, Cnpplss aaA indians
Much has been said against mulea
but while they stand rs synonym fol
stubbornne S, they may also e quoted
as examples of patient endurance, and
the mule is und up edly the connecting
link talfhough often the missing oneJ
between civilization and the Distant
mining camps Of the mountains. A
pack train Of thirty animals JUST return.
ed rom the mining district excited our
compassion. Zach mule was laden
with four bales of hay ed in the mid
die, viii h i ade him look like an AMI
mated bunch of top-Onions. the bu bs
sticking out in every direction. They
are wise creatures, and patiently await
their turn to be relieved FROM their
heavy burdens, with too FIRE uently
are found to hs7e CALLED. ;he desh, re-
moving great n $ " hair and ska
and lea ng ghas,tf wounds. Turned
out into the open terl to shift for tn IN
selves. ti.ey seem IN harbor no resent
ment against thei< drivers for tbs cruel
treatment, though they d splaJ q nat l.
al reluctance to come under The saddle
the next time, and are not easily caught
with chat.
We remark the great numbers of
crippled and deformed persons in every
part of the West, particu ~ y n ar the
mountains. This is said to be the re-
suit of accidents in tue mining d stricts;
md a, so o p sure to extreme cod in
the higher latitude, where amputaton
( fro en- limbs often becomes necessa-
ry. " husky has much to do with this
terri lie result.
The Nez Perces Indians and Lapwais
Whose reservation is on y twelve miles
from Lewiston are constantly to be
seen in the street. and they add very
much to the gayety OF the place. their
rainbow hurd attire. with the snowy trap
pings of their ponies, being marked
eature anon the sombre colo cd coun-
try wagons of the farms. With red old
s'luaws and pappooses. men and maid
ems. in companies of half q do en- are
10 be seen every here; but we look n
va n FIR types of the storied ''noble red
man'-he is not here. Neither do we
ind the tabled beauty Of the dark eyed
maiden. Personal cleanliness is SO
largely an element in beau y that en-
the fine eyes do not harm us, and as q
rule the faces to which they be ong arc
:c"N.se - preston and heavy In
feature. ine Ia k of adm ration seems
mutual. The squaws appear to en- oy
their life and look contented so we
withhold the comparison that we are
wont to bestow upon the degrad ID of
the gentler sex. An incident will seryt
to show Their queer notions of trade.
A uaw came down from reserva-
ton to purchase nineteen bags of -four.
which cost seventy-fiye cents ach, and
&c ordin to Indian custom. she would
only buy one at a time. Small
change is almost unknown and
nothing less than dime is ever used.
She paid for the trst "a k of flour
as it was placed on p my ba k, q Ill
yer half do lar and silver quarter.
For the second bay she handed out sill
yer dollar; the miller giving her back
the quarter w ich she had paid or the
first bag. The third sack was paid for
n the same way rs the fl st by half
and a quarter. and he fourth by sill
yer dollar. she receiving the same quar-
ter in change each time and adding a
a half dollar to it as each alternate bag
was rec ived and so the whole nineteen
bags were paid for, the same quarter
dong duty for each. When a s.luaw
brings in anlet full of SIX rs of ami
mails trapped oy the family, she will sell
only one at time and must rece We the
Irce before she will allow a second one
TO be looked at.
We supposed that the Indians were
confined to their reservations. but this 8
a great mistake. The reserva ion is q
place to which the red man can retreat
when he chooses, without danger Of be-
ing molested. A white man has no.
RICH there; but an Indian is privi-
legged to roam at will over the re t of
the country. When fishing and game
laws are in for e. q VIII te man dares
not trans IS taem for feaI of fine or
Imprisonment, but the Indians. who are
Ii e the lilies of t field in t at .'they
toll not" may bait the salmon and
shoot the dee and the W tic man
can then purchase the same from
them. 1t is very good thing be an
Indian. and the ne t best thing to be
related to one; so in earlier days tho
white man bought an Indian girl. pay,
ing for her. perhaps, a pony or few
pounds of ammuni ion. The Indian
wife is the protege of the Government,
and As su:h is emit ed to certain
number of ponies and blankets, a por-
ton of land AID a good st ok OF pro-
visions nually. which are paid by t
agent in most cases through fear that
the death penalty Won Il be enforced.
These are ufficisnt for the maintenance
OF large family. when the THRIFT of the
white man regulates the expenditures,
and in few years he finds himse
rich man. having horses :: nj cat lie and
lands and fam ly cared for by the
Government, the only drawback being
the squaw wife and copper, olored
children, whose instincts are as wild
and savage as those. of e bear and the
wolf Throughout the far West we lind
these homogeneous unions, though now
that this pat of the country is receiv-
ing such a I'd of immigrat on these In
dian MARI ages are looked upon with
curios ty and disfavor, and in some
cases the white MIN is led by the tn
of $ ciety to repudiate the wife, which
is Il terrible injustice, as she can never
be restored 10 her forfeited position
among her own people and the white
element look upon her with soon.
Farm Insurance.