The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-11
COoPER'S YOUNG MJUN.
Appointed Municipal Police, He Pro
cseds O6ielauy Against Old MI.
Rank Aokers with = Climb.
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: man In these parts, has recently had an
e experience with an Indian bow, which
he says viii last him through life. He
found the lad on the reservation, and
: on agreeing to do well by him and pay
! him S5 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 q rail-
road running through the wilderness
1 1t was the coloneTs 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 q 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
eiety 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 saya-
ges. To all this Sam made no obiec-
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 q big town
for the lads edification, the colonel was
gradhed to hear an inquiry as to the
method of government, and with that
as a 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 |
coloneD 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 i
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 whatP''
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 colonel's 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
Iniun I'd take your word for it and jump
the country. but, seeing you are an In
jun, we'll go home"
This took Sam by surprise, and, al
though he plainly felt hurt, he said moth
ing for an hour or two. At length, as
if he feared he had not made himself
understood, and that the colonel was
wasting great deal of time, he said:
'sOh, me kill en-"
''Shut up, confound your roared the
colonel. THAT'S Just what I'm afraid
Of I'll bet you thousand dollars, 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 go back" continued Sam
with some reticence. and they trudged
along together without another word
was . fine one, and sitting in front Of
the little house IN a very sour frame Of
mind was Ackers. When he saw the
colonel and his companion he grabbed
his rife and began to yell at the boy:
Stand off 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 coloners /
mind at ease, and Ackers made his ex-
PLANTATION.
81 came up here he said, expect |
ing to find you here, AID not seeing Of |
you 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 l
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 /
| sat down to the table to eat a biscuit,
| when the redskin that thought was on
| his way back to you crept IN and
| smashed me on the skull with club 30
| that couldn't see for four hours, and
guess he fired at me. though as 10 THAT
1 I'm not as certain. It's q merciful provi-
dence that saved my life at all Where
is the savage till blow him open?"
Finding that bis old friend was not
permanently disabled, the colonel re-
gained his spirits, and after both Of
the men had partaken freely of some
| refreshment the cause Of Sans ferocious
attack was explained Toward evening
the boy was called in and he got a
sound drubbing from the colonel, who,
after polishing him of, said:
Now, look here, Sam, from this time
on vnyI're an Tn;n- nd nothing lint an
Injun. This here town is dissolved, and
there amt no more police force here.
White mans government is mighty
deep problem, and I'm afraid you'll get
hurt Il you fool with it
Since the Ackers episode Sam has de-
veloped into a very stolid sort of an In
dian. He does as he is told. In all
matters of woodcraft he is an authority.
! In cooking he is something Of success
; In detecting the presence of game he is
invaluable. But when by chance the
colonel or Ackers tells him to do some
/ thing, or asks him question which he
/ thinks is beyond his reach. he looks
solemnly to the sky, and, pointing his
finger at his breast, says:
me Injun."