Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-09-14
Some Redskin Justice.

By the way" said the oldStimer
to the reporter, looking up from his
morning paper, 81 see you have sent
officers out to Fort Yuma to arrest
an Indian there for killing one Of his
companions. That reminds me of a
case that happened here way back In
the sixties. In those days the white
people didn't care much about how
the Indians acted, and we let them
fight their own battles. One day a
party Of COahuilas came in with one
of their number named COche CheWas
TAT ike a pig, and that was the way
ae got his name).
They took him to the court house
and wanted him tried and punished
for killing smother Indian. But as
no white man had seen or knew any
thing abOut the matter, the officer
refused to take charge of Mr.. COche,
and told the Indians that they would
have to settle the affair the best they
could. Well, they took Coche down
to SquaW Flat near Warm creek, and
had a big pOw-wOW over him. He
was found guilty of murder and SEN
fenced to be hanged The sentence
was to be carried out at once. They
didn't believe in giving COche any
chance to get off or TO appeal to the
Supreme Court.
THE court had been held under
the shade OF some cottonwood trees,
and when the trial was over the In
dams took a rdWhide RATA and pro
ceeded to hang Mr.. CGche in not the
most approved fashion. They hauled
him up to q cottonwood limb.
held him u few moments, and then
let him down again. A lot of bows
(fOr L was only a boy them gathered
around to see the fun, and a great
sight it was too. COche really seemed
TO rather llGe the thing They would
haul away ,Onthe RATA and hang
him up and then let him down again.
between tlgncs COche asked for cigar
cites, and me smoked them with as
much relish rs if he was at a siesta
instead o. taking part in his own ex-
ecutiOu.
Wen, DON'T you know, those COZ
founded Indians kept this up the
whole forenoon, first, hanging and
then letting COche down. He would
grin and chaH his companions, and
on the whole didn't seem to have q
bad sort of n time. But along to
ward noon the Indians got q litEIa
tired Ofbhe fun, and l reckon C0che
did, toe, so they gave Il final haul
ON the TlE-ta and then made the eaad
fast to sGrtree and let the poor dewl
stranGlerJO death.
II tell you what I Just wish that
woman that wrote Ramona could
nave seen that hanging. l reckon
she wouldn't have thought quite so
nluch of her Indian pets after that,
and there was another thing l wish
she 0OuldaaVe seen, too. Why. come
60 think, at isn't more than a dozen
years since these nice, peacable. IN
offensive CQpper-cOlOred sons Of guns
Sr5edtO cnta squaw all to pieces down
S'here OnUbhe fat. They drove four
stakes m,the ground, stripped the
sqHaW and tied her hands and feet,
one to each stake, spread-eagle fash
ioa. They then took their knives
and tbeganCGO mark out gridirOns and
such like things on her back H0llerl
You just bet she hOllered. Why, the
people up la town heard it, and they
ran down and found the squaw bleed
ing like a pig, and what do you sup
pose the matter WASP Well, the WOm-
an had earned four bits somehow or
other and didn't give the money to
her back. That was all. How she
earned it the buck didn't care. All
thatihe was mad about was that she
didnitgive tito him to buy whEskey.
Oh, IeOuld go on and tel you a lot
more about those miserable, worth
lass rYrFt1 TQTrf I met yUSeE hs,4
an writer could have seen some Ofthe
things 1 haEe-that's al."-San
BaTnardjnO Times.