Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1885-06-18
THE Cow EDITOR AND THE
INDIAN

DlNue, tne tIGVeunB COfIeb-
pondent of the Fort Worth Stock
Journal writes to his paper the
following leading incidents of a
recent trip through the Indian
country:
"Flying mighty light in the way
of baggage, a few days ago l board
ed train on the Missouri Pacific
for the north, Did you ever travel
through the beautiful Indian ter
ritory7' It makes one reflect to do
so. Millions of acres of the finest
agricultural lands in the union lie
undisturbed by the plow and mil
lions more acres of the finest grass
in the world annually puts forth
luxuriously and unnipped by the
maverick rots upon the ground.
These lands are sacredly set apart
as hunting grounds for the noble
red man. Verify when our gov
eminent is stuck on a man il Law
ishes good things upon him; when
it sets down upon him it flattens
him out in great shape. Twas glad
TO be on these classic hunting
grounds, and l longed to meet the
untutored child Of the west on his
native heath and tell him how i
admired his character-as learned
from sentimental romancists.
i" Finally at q way station l met
him. / wanted to smoke the pipe
with him. Approaching him 1 said;
Hail, noble sprinkling-polecat;
mighty sachem Of a great tribe,
the paleface from the southern
range greets thee and would shake
his red brother by the hand Lo
the poor Indians mind didn't
seem to grasp my meaning, for
pushing his greasy cap on one side
of his head and taking his short
clay pipe from his mouth and jab-
bing his spade against a cross-tie he
replied: If it is trouble yer afther
wild me just pull off yer coat, me
darlint. Olive been a dacent man
on this section for two years and
divil a man came on me own work
and insulted me. Come on ye black
guard He didn't seem very much
inclined to smoke the pipe Of peace
and so walked away. Under a
spreading pecan tree ! beheld a
dusky maiden scratching her head
pensively and doubtless dreaming
of a stately young brave who was
perhaps off on the war path achiev-
ing glory and beef. Her l ap-
preached and said: Lonely maid
en-, is it well with thee in the for
est, and does the brave young eagle
meet his pretty speckled pullet oft
in the leafy bower and hug her ac-
cording to Hoyle?'
{" You better go way from heah
white man, l don't want no truck
wild you. My old mans not far off
and he's q bad niger, ] tole YOU
"Blame such Indians, anyway.
heard of such unromantic
children of the forestl / don't be- |
lieve now that the Indians / saw
we're the genuine article. Perhaps |
he noble red man isn't bad to loaf |
Ibout the little towns whiting up |
goods boxes and talking politics.
lie may have that much to his
.redit.
"Come to think of it, however,
here isn't much temptation 10 loaf
round a little town in the Indian
Territory. A buck might sit on
,ox till he wore out his breech
lout and never hear anybody sing
'ut cheerily: Come Howling Wolf,
Id boy, let's take something No,
he Great Father at Washington
yon't have that. He likes his red
hildren well enough to give them
he finest lands in the world, but
Ie wants all the whisky for his
White offspring.
"Right here / want 10 put in a
ood word for the railroad COM
amy. didn't have a pass this
rip and owe the company no taiTy,
,ut / want TO ask the thoughtless
raveler who now and then kicks at
rays of the NJ. P. road, if he ever
ontemplated the wisdom, the SEN
iments of philanthropy and hui
lnnity, and the milk Of human
indness that must have sloshed
bout in the breast Of the manage
lent Of the company when it ar
anged its schedule so that passen-
er trains would generally pass
trough the b. l. T. and BLEEDING
,ansas" in the night. A man
ardly gets through with the bottle
e left Texas with and has a good
ight's sleep, until he hits Mis-
ouri, where there are no restric-
ons on a mans liberty. Think
T this thou chronic kicker, and
e placid when you are side tracked |
hree hours in a swamp"