Sun River sun. [volume] (Sun River, Mont.) 1884-1885, 1884-09-18

for any article that had been over
looked, and Nose, being socinble
dog, and not fond of lonely trips
access the plains and over hills, be-
hind which savage gray wolves lurk-
ed, took good care that nothing was
left in the abandoned camp.
Nose was noisy. He dearly loved
the sound of his own voice. His spir-
its were always high. IJo chased iacl;
rabbits; he pursued coyotes; he corirs-
cd swifts; he tormented badgers: he
avoided gray wolves; he barked at
gamc o nights. One evening we rode
into the Marias valley. Stamped into
tho clay by the edge of the water
were the fresh prints of many mecca
sinea feet. We were among hostile
Indians. Warner and 1 dismounteJ
and examined the tracks. Nose smell
cd of them. That night, after it was
dark. we rode porthward and made n
dry camp among the hills. After our
horses were pickctcd Warner carried
u saddle blanket to ilc top of Il hill
hear by that overlooked our camp. and
there spread it. He told Nose TO l;c
there and guard the camp, and he
added to his instructions the caution,
NO more noise from this on, Nose"
never again heard the dogs voice.
Nightly he watched our camp in 81
!enca. The approach of game that he
could not mukc out, such "a buffalo
in tho distance and travelling elk or
antelope, he announced by waking
Warner Often while lying on the
northern plains l have awakened with
Il start and II keen sense of the pres
ence of danger to see Warner, rifle in
hand. and Nose at bis side. gazing in
tontly into the darkness. The dog un-
derstood rs well rs we that bis bark
might be!ray our camp to the Black
feet. who wcro hunting in the land,
and he suppressed it. Nose became
solemn dog. He quit p lying with
badgers; he stuck close TO The horses
when we were on tho trail; he lost all
desire TO explore the crests of the di-
vidos or to admire the scenery from
the top Of foot hills. The low valleys
and tiny draws that hid us from the
sharp eyes OF the Blarksnat enitnd
Nose ms well ~ ,is. / have not par
ticlc of doubt that Niosc felt the pres
encc OF danger, and understood that
we were careful because it was essen
tial to our safety.
Late in August the trading post of
Healy Bros. and Hamilton, ut Whoop
Up on the Belly River, sheltered us.
There we lost Nose. Dogs as we'll us
men have their hours of weakness.
Nose was of ardent temperament He
fell Il victim to the wiles of fair,
golden-haired, dark eyed female of
his species, and was lured by her into
the Picgan camp. The children of
the plains, having secured the dog by
honest thrift and finished craft. re-
fused to surrender him TO Warner
when he entered their camp, and they
told him they would kill him if he
came after tho dog again. The tears
stood in the brave gentlcman's eyes
when he returned to the trading post.
Tho descendants of Nose IRE famous
among the Blackfeet for sledse dogs.
On my return to civilization Nose
gradually faded from my memory.
One day last winter / met Joe Healy
on Broadway. During our talk he
told me that Nose was sill alive. He
made the trading post his headquar-
ters, but visited in the indian camps
great portion Of the time. He grew
in intelligence as the years rolled by.
Healy told me that Nose could not
talk or read or write, and that he
might be liltlcrusty in mathematics,
but that he knew more than many
men, and that he was most delight
ful conrade under any circumstances.
To-day 1 received u letter from
Healy, written at Silver City, North
west Territory. Let il speak for itself:
Il lost n good and true friond this
past winter. You knew lim we'll. Old
Nose of Whoop Up is dead. He was
sensible to the lest. He knew his time
had come. Some Of the men found
him digging his own grave outside of
the fort. They carried him into The
building. Ihat night he escaped, and
the next morning was found dead liz
tho grave lie had djsged. The men
made for him coffin, and buried him
at the spot he had chosen, / have
erected a slab over him. and inscribed
on it: Here lies Nose. Ilo will hunt
no moro '"-Frank Willleson.
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