The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-27
THE "BEEF ISSUE"
A SPECTACLE As BRUrAlIZIN6 AS
SPANISH BULL FIGHTING

Srenes al An bnutAa agency an tue
Great sissX aitaa.t attic Await
Ing >lts hter-Iaii.s Witn.,> lag the
SLaat.n': ut the Autmala
oh. h's going to b. a Lyely day for the
heef i su I'm ~ gtni SAYS a young Eiy
atSah. lns,kiast talka Every oIe II ami
ne,t,st a..i cxt.staut For several days
visits at tia "a :. NV. i.s.his the usual h0>-
Iitall vi ,lis'. ir,Vs isen grstssi with the
exl,hE.t.au: You are in just ia TIM; wa
must STAY Ia tls t.sf ISSUE" All thrnugh
thu ,tiy hstu, and far into tn, nssa,lsht
night h.. pta '>>ians al Indian wagons have
heh r,1ni., -rtr>. TIN. hills, ami their os'U-
pant, h,y, ",as' lato camp III, thu hi n >lol.r~
all ur.st., : ~ carly hnar ii the nr,ri,-
Ms H. 1!rrl' tlst~ az" Il full III life AMI
nsy, t's In. Ia IA IN. an ,i.,k out in
thrir -.ttIr, AM ~ame IL th.'ir
M. to.i a ,w,u,,h Most " them
stii. :. 40 hlt;sr lr,~ss, hut some have on
a" itn.'t,a t.stln AMI ciyili1s>l earb.
v. 4 th Ia either alone. Nearly all
Al -, a |. trei THAR long black hair,
pin, "a lihLth'. tall, hack over their
si II. "A r iny~ arr iaintAsi in vari
O. h., "a .J.a-s sul in all kinds oi gr,,l.-Slte
O., 49, ia'i,l ns'n arr very fosi At
W. ,s.i Il "A WHEN IN fst like Ia have "a
stri,o. i h, ,"tor,d cloth dangling AT their
h,Si III ,!rl iil.s ak'ny on the ground l.himi
them III nearly all wear blankets. which
al thi, tins' IT the wear are. most II them,
sheets If dirty, gray baking muslin ar she.
ing ih~e they wrap closely around them,
often covering the heal AMI fac,, all hut th
eyes
A. We kpk about Us after breakfast W. Se
the ln,han women ami girls HARVESTING their
horS> Carriages are brought Ia the door
f.H guests, AMI W. are s.Don all on eur way L.
tic government corral Everyhsiy Is goins;
residents alsMt thu agency, young hdi.~ who
an teaching Sh1'ls In thr distant camp anil
Others who are visitors from eastern rth>
All arr IN high spirits. Acquaintance "x-
change GREETINGS. Indian wagons tilhd with
woman AMI children arr moving over the
plain f.ora all directions There arr hundreds
VI yo,lli, Indian men AMI women ON hers
back. They gu curveting AMI racing al"ut
the plain The Indians never l1'k well "n
horseback, hut they manage a. stay on
Their ponies are slight and ugly lnkin,, hut
tough AMI enduring. They arr tho most llI'.
full and r-lsstahlt' ,knihils of the Indian
country, AMI AR abnut tn only creatures
here who earn their ratios. The girls sit
astri,k', the same as the men some 1T thu
b,llcs arr IN co,tly apparel ] count NOR
than tifty Xix tsth IN iargo calr warn by n
radiant brown maiden A. each Tx has just
A.. AL,
slaught rl I, iurai>h the bravery 1T hr AT
tire Sh r,I;ill.ls me- Of New York Fifth
avenue hlL- with dead birds on their heals,
but thu els. were really killed for fsl
CArrL. AWAITING SLAUGHTER
Th,em..ii !, large stockmle in thu mil
d. nj ). II ia, whlh slopes upward tn hw
hill IA atI.ii.l Here arr many hundreds of
cattk awaiting slaughter to furnish rations
for the /. ..ic rel men, their ~,uaws and
papn.,. "tc wards II the nation" Their
arr aisu, .,0D Indians present. 4 larEn ,nr
ton 1T thu nca arr armed with curhih,s az
improved rifles. There " an army officer
here from Tho nearest fort to represent the
government al the occasion. A lrass band
has come out from sonn railroad town tn
compliment thu ladies' and brighten the allraly
distrart,1l cattle with the blars III tlE'ir music
The entertainment opens with a popular mir.
The Indies applaud ,irlcately and thu nusi
clans bow their Acknowledgements. Mounted
cowboys enter the corral, spur their liorss
among tho cattlc, and drive groups II them,
with shouts, yells and blows, toward thu
chute leading a. tho scales, where tlry aIr
weixhtsl, q ,i,nn Mt u timc. After leaving
the SCALES, In u narrower part OF thu chutN,
eoch animal " braniel with hot iron, ahl
pasas On into another division or apartment
Of thu corral This first brand shows that the
animal has been resolved from tho contractor.
After all have passed through this experience
they are again driven into the chute It'll tho
sarne s.n,nl 'aninent 81 yells and blows, and
receive another brand. This Il ~ t,ientif y tho
hide after It has been taken OIL
All this IL but overture and prelude, but tho
curtain will soon rise and the play begin.
Ladies and visitors arc assigned the lrst
points Of view for the coming spectacle. The
Indian wagons with the women and chillrn,
and the d,lsky equestriennes, press clor To-
gpthcr around the walls Of the corral The
Indian horscmen are drawn up in two hong
lines, forming lane from the gate of cgrcss,
far out IN the plains. Their carbincs CHA u
IN thu sunlight turn and note the sweet.
mes, of thc June morning, the tsanty 81 tho
circh! hills, the flag of our country floating
above the government buildings, md, In the
n,onpntary hush, the gushing song of a
meadow lark, far or across the grass. Hun
drsls If Indian dogs troop about, hungry,
wathful aml cxprtant. A tall Indian, with
q voi e like that If an cxhortar nj All Arknn-
sas cam, I,,cctins, climt~ up 70 the top If the
gate AMI s,lout the NAMES OF the men who
ARE n receive the cattle, ns, ono after another,
they ar, released b. their dom. The ento
Opens ami iigantic steer leaps out, fright
erssl and Wild eyed Hc trots uncertainty
down ill.,, lane Of loramen The dogs ny at
him, and be- sets OH in a gallop Two Indians
palLr, after him, and evcrylDdy looks that
way. But by this time another Is out, AMI
soon half dozen are racing away IN different
directions, each closely followed by tw" or
thre, Inall,tel Indians.
SHOOTING THE ANNALS.
Soon shot +, heard, and then another, AMI
thu lad7 strain their eyes ~ sec, Tut the
steer rllIop on The ladies look little dis.
Amounted They aro going out Ut sight. Is
this all it /. ,nln, 10 b. But wait. More
shots AMI more. and now they come fastrr.
Nike tls c.nii.o,,s, irregular hut increasing
skirmi h ii IN iefc,c battle Five or six
Of theeatil. go IN together with dozen men
prsssi,. h hi,l anl at tn" side OF the ihrlng
srvup A l.a. en-, M fires, anl steer drops
% m,tLnIt. teal first, that he turns "a com
p,etn .un,.l. + ault. ard the pony just i"hlnd,