The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-02-18
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1886.
CooPEK,s YOUNG MUM.
Appointed Municipal Police, He Pro-
ceeds Officially Against Old Mr..
Hank Ackers with Club.

| AppOlutcu nc
ceeds Officially Against Old Mr..
| Hank Ackers with Club.
An Abbotsford, Wis, correspondent
of the New York S5tn writes: Col.
| Cooper, "a well-kno~n hunter and woods
man in these parts, has recently had an
| experience with an Indian boy. (which
| he says will last him through life. He
| found the lad on the reservation, and
on agreeing to do well by him and pay
| him s. month he secured permission
| to take him with him into camp. The
boy, who was called Sam, was bright
eyed and muscular chap, who had never
seen any other evidences of civilization
| than those to be witnessed along rail-
road running through the wilderness.
1t was the colonels aim to make the
boy useful, but at the same time he
wanted to teach him something.
Before the colonel and his Indian had
been in the woods week the former
| discovered that the boy had no concep-
ton of the restraints of civilized life,
and it became his duty to teach him the
fundamental principles on which So
ciety rests. The colonel had books in
his cabin, and when the weather was
bad or when he was tired of the chase
he would sit down with the boy before
the blazing fire and endeavor to ex-
plain some of the things that he found
in them that he thought might be of
interest to the descendant of the sava-
ges. To all this Sam made no objec-
ton. He would listen attentively by
the hour, grunt occasionally as if he
saw the point, and once in a while he
would ask question or make remark,
which was accepted by the colonel as
an indication that his instruction was
striking in.
The white man passed easily from
books to newspapers, and from news
papers to lengthy dissertations on cities,
and when he struck this topic Sam was
all ears. After describing a big town
for the lads edifcation, the colonel was
gratified to hear an inquiry as to the
method of government, and with that
as starter he branched out upon a
long explanation of municipal authori-
ty, describing the mayor and common
council, the police and fire service, and
the hosts of employees. To illustrate the
police system, in which Sam appeared
to take the greatest interest, the colonel
told the boy that they would organize
city of their own in the woods He (the
colonelD would be the mayor, and Sam
would be the police force. He then in
structed the lad in the duties of the DO
lice, telling him how they were armed,
what they did, and how under certain
circumstances they would shoot and
kill men who were violating the law or
who threatened to take the life of others.
In like manner he described the prac-
tees of burglars, sneak-thieves, and
footpads, and the methods adopted by
detectives in ferreting out guilt In all
these things the boy took an absorbing
interest. and the colonel began to feel
that he was shedding some light on the
youth, and might possibly hope to re-
sumo the books with him before long.
A light fall of snow made the pros
poets for hunting pretty good, and the
two were so busy with deer and bear
for week or two that they had no time
to study the science of government In
their search for game they had gone
many miles away from their cabin, and
as the trail was fresh, the colonel had
| no desire to return. But, being short
of supplies of all kinds, he concluded to
send the boy back, and with many in
| functions to make haste, the lad started
| out. The next day he returned almost
| breathless with excitement, bearing two
or three heavy pouches, and throwing
them at the colonies feet, he exclaimed:
ME do 'em up"
| The colonel was too busy asserting
| the ammunition to take in the remark,
| but after a few minutes silence he
asked,as if the thought had just occurred
| to him:
'.Do up what?'
white man-burglar, said Sam,
proudly.
''Where 'bouts?' inquired the colonel,
getting interested.
I'm cabin. Shoot him, kill him, arrest
| him. Eat biscuits. Bust him with club
Shoot him"
The colonels brow became a mass
of wrinkles and the perspiration stood
out on his face in great beads as he
drawled out:
''Well, by thunder it you want an
| lnjun I'd take your word for it and jump
the country, but, seeing you are an In
| jun, Wen 90 home"
This took Sam by surprise, and, al
| though he plainly felt hurt, he said moth
ing for an hour or two. At length, IS
if he feared he had not made himself
understood, and that the colonel was
wasting great deal of time, he said:
"Oh, me kill en-
''Shut up, confound your roared the
colonel. THAT'S just what I'm afraid
OF. I'll bet you thousand d. lars, you
| scoundrel, that you've been firing away
| at old Hank Ackers. He was due up
| here just about now, and | suppose /
ought to have told you about him"
mo use 90 back" continued Sam
with some reticence, and they trudged
along together without another word
| until they reached the cabin. The day
was fine one, and sitting in front of
| the little house IN very sour frame of
mind was Ackers. When he saw the
| colonel and his companion he grabbed
| his rifle and began to veil at the boy:
stand Oft there, you varmint! Don't
| you come any clusser or I'll murder
you"
The colonel continued to advance, and
the boy skulked in the trees at the edge
of the clearing. A few words between
| the two men sufficed to put the colonel's
mind at ease, and Ackers made his ex-
| PLANTATION.
Il came up here" he said, ''expect-
ing to find You here, and not seeing of
| you L just made myself at home, know
ing as you would be here pretty soon.
! Day before yesterday, while | was out
for little exercise. ! noticed this young
savage approaching the house. and /
came to see what was the matter He
got lot OF your ammunition and stuff
and told him to tell you that l was
here and that I'd just make myself to
home until you got back. With that