Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
PURELY AN ACCIDENT.
V0anah Parker Relates TO An Inter.
viewer the Circumstances Of Che
Frightfal Catastrophe.
A'ilOW Bear Begins HIS FINAL ,rourp,,
ro'D"y-To he Buried with
Indian Honors.

All That remains of Yellow Rom ,,t
Journey toward the land of his fathers -,
uay' Quanah Parker. his ais,N,
sulShed son-in.law, has recovered srs5
clenuy to make the trip, and win accon.
hany the dead body home over the Enr,
worth Denver this morning, In cbarg,
oil Capt Lee Hail. Mr.. $. h. Bupctt ii.
I egraphed friends in Harold To advise m,
families OF Yellow Bear and Parker ~
their ealamlty,and couriers have Neon son,
out to bring them In TO meet Tho hodv a,
Harold to-day. A large delegation n,
Indians is expected there TO pIys Ycilo,,
Bear the burial which his position An In.
dian society demands. As Mr.. Rnrnet,
explains that win consist In hidino
him out In the bushes aud slauohtcrinS
over the grave all the horses that nj
neart.otoKeh relations can spare. At the
recent funeral OF a distinguished brave.
seventeen horses were Killed, but It is
probable that the requirements in the
VNsS OF lelIow Bear viii be satisfied
Wlth ut most, dozen.
GAZkrrE reporter interviewed Parker
III MS room at the Pickwlok YESTERDAY
evening. Capt +, t. lizard kindly con.
scented to accompany aud Introduce the
scribe, having the benefit of long ne.
quaintance and business relationships
with the chief.
"Quanah, this is paper man; the
papers, that print the news; you under.
stand2h
Quanah indicated by gesture of the
head that he understood.
'lie wants TO ask you how the accident
happened" continued the captain.
Again Quanah bowed aalrmatiyely. The
reporter asked him several questions.
which he seemed TO fully comprehend,
and In reply gave all his memories of the
terrible accident that cost him "A father
in-law and very nearly his own life.
ME put Yellow Bear to be- 10 O'Clock.
Me give him money Ga hundred dollars ,
tell him that me walk while. Me
told him to turn Iere Quanab
gave pantomime performance
illustrating how he had explained the
workings of the gas-jet to Yellow Bear
Me come back about IL O'Clock, find Vel.
low Bear in bed and light out all right.
Me light it and pun of my clothes. Then
me turn 1t out and go To bed. Me wake
up and smell, ugh! (Tho Indian gave a
grunt of deep disgust Me pull cover
over my nose aud 70 10 sleep. Me wake
up again--me awful sick. Me wake Vel.
low Bear and say, me sick Yellow Bear
say, 'mc sick, too Me get up and fall
about room. Me crazy"
The reporter asked him If he was trying
TO find and open the door. He replied:
"Ne know nothing; me crazy"
He could give no further explanation of
the matter, and the supposiuon is that, In
turning off the gas, he struck the screw,
which works very loosely, with his head
and partially opcncned the let. IL IS evl-
dent that il was not fully turned on, as
under such circumstances, with the door.
trGnsom and window tightly closed, II
would have been impossible for any man,
though possessed OF the constitution Of
an OK, to survive thirteen hours, the
length of time they were in the room I'M
observed.
Parker was informed at noon of the
death of Yellow Bear. He did not talk
much, but 1t was plain that In the
yernacular of the plains he was
call broke up over It," lie seemed to fear
that his Indian friends would blame him
with the death of Yellow Bear, and asked
Capt Hall to procure copy Of the iu-
quest proceedings, under seal. "Some
crazy man talk" was his luconic remark.
This request was complied with.
Under the sunny skies OF his Indian
home, where he chased the wild antelope,
danced TO the weird music of the war
song and woocd the dusky maiden, yell
low Bear will sleep that placid trance
which bridges two pternitipg