The Red Cloud chief., 1885-03-27
UNCLE JOHNS STORY.
An Adventure with Il Mountain
Lion on q Western Range.

W. had been campcd 1T Tire old ar
TnS "a for nearly three weeks, building
a road Ia bring IL the machinery for tn,
new snic!tcr Thi' hid kept III 3, bus,
tina, non" of uS hid time to 90 after
deer. aud we consequently had Il short
supply If fresh meat. SO that day Mex
ir3n Joe had bc n sent ont to san Raj
acl with a burro tionkcy) To sc. ii he
rou.d buy u quarter oil beef; AMI now
We wee waiting 70 his return. For he
o. h. II have been back "a IL in the
aft 300 and alIca Is du h had fallen.
"" began IT, wonder III good earnest
what could have detained him, whcn
~" ~aw two dim form coming down
tie ira |. and 4 min;:te later Joe and
his tu:ro impci into camp. BY the
Ii IL Of the camp fire they proved 10 b.
TWO n ,orry-Iooking objects ~ c nd
we ! b. pictured,
does hat was gonC. His shirt WI,
torn. and hs tsc: and clothes we've GOV
sr, a with blood. whicl still tricklci
from "A = Sh on his cheek. The bIrro
hat t1rcc or tom ugly look II burrows
ou III, meek and u lon. cGi. aS # mad
~ = sharp knit, on his LEFT flank; and
~ he pIoddcd de- ~cctc!ly mo the cir 10
If Il lat, WI saw that IA" bore 10 meat.
and thai even his park-Saddlc VA, -onc.
All oar first expressions of wonder
and "a 81 questions, doe told Us his
story. in his broken Mexican Ind an
pIgcon-Engi!sh, for 30. was i species
al human polyg'oi. having had a McNi-
can father .ud an Indian mother, aud
HAY NJ been for many years boss of
- Gang of Chinese labor.yS in the Santa
Rita gold ~diggings. He could. If il was
necessary. talk very fair Mexican or
English. but when he wls excited. h.
mixed up his languages ill the result
MAS something wonderful. A. nearly
a | can reproduce hi Jargon, his PIES
cnt tale rau somewhat aS follows:
Me find nm san Raiaci. buy um
mca . start home. You - b. know
camcna Urail) long a. Bone Guirh?
ii m very bad; mucho steep. mucho biz
tire top-side. murho big rock on am.
muy steep down-sidc b tom. Camrna
deere mo- bucno (no. good. just Ct
hap-way obcr. Somct'ug bounce ont o
tree. hit n me. knoc< n M down side
tolicm: tumble ober and ohcr. roll
m!lliol feet bout: iink um Joe kilt
"l.ay still. no move, say not inc. cato
Crandc dig ca:) leave 4 me. climb u up
a h | make one jump. make two Jump.
catch um burro jus, VII RI trail make
Wild pass-by place. Hear um hurro
sqGeal; gate 90 gr-r-r' gr-r-r-r' Rurro
kick, Cato bite. scratch. Xix up
mucho h"bbcry; stone rattle. dust fly.
hair iiy. mucho. mGcho FUSS
Ca want beef; tink give um beef;
Jump UP. climb UNI hill. slip up 'hini
gao. pull ont navajo. cut Sinch. cut
girt. leave um beef loose. leave uI CAT,
have INN. He claw um beef. lie pull.
he growi. hc tear. he M mind YIN Joc.
no mind I'm hurrc.
'.Burro Jump up. no stay. make um
head down. heels up. run for wickiup
cas, (camp). Joe run. too. Cato. be
no m nd urn: eat um beef; chsw, chaw.
yrowl. gruwl. Let a We two vam~.
No see UNI no more. no want see I'M
more. Lose un carnc. lose UNI apsrc.o
(mea n d pack saddlc). Joe all safe.
burro safe; luien sabe' Joe ale
bucno.'
"A mountain iicn," eNclsimei Uncle
John tour head tcamster). when Joe
had finished the above srrio-comc re-
cial. Il didn't think there wcre any
a; those beasts lci in these parts I
shou a have supposed ,ha, the Blasting
and the Saw-mIlis and the matchmaking
woald nave driven them AL oat. Rnt
they u>ed 10 he plenty al through tbs
range.
TT courSe the mountain lion" i not
a lion n; al. bat a variety of to Amer
can panther. Ii lacks the name. the
s;r, myth and the ii Cn ~ Of ;he real Ion;
but a the lion is king of beasts" in
Africa. SO is the panther. unless the
or zzly deserves the ;itlel in North
America. A specimen in the possession
%. a gentleman NJ Denver measured
x.i.rht feet three inches in length. from
tip II nose to Zip Of tail. three feet n
inch in height at the shoulders. and
yeig. eli two days after death. oae
hundred and e;ghty-tive pounds Color.
tswny yellow ON hack and sides. white
on belly and breast
.'sncaking, tricky brutes:'' some one