Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28

not used by the Chevenncs foF pul
poses of shelter They had been see
TO enter II and then retire. and sine
that time had not visited it. When tn
other buildings were given ia the torch
1t was not disturbed The cause of thi
singular action can scarcely be compre
hendcd by n who is not intimatel,
acquainted with the p~ccularit;cs Of In
dian superstition. 1t lies at the yer,
foundation of their character. To tn,
minds of the Chcyenncs, those queerly.
ticking Instruments were the whit,
mans medicine" and might bring
untold ills 10 whoever mcddled with
them. A medicine may DO any
thing which is supposed to bring luck
10 Its wearcr or posscSSor, 1t may be
good or bad and what is good
medicine TO one individual may be
bad medicine to another, or to the
same person at q different time or un-
der other circumstances.
How many times the Percy office was
called during the long hours of the
JorL, ,La oe N"o"n' anu no
sonrd,r r. t'1t',o; was more ,nln once
As the shadows of night commenced
to settle slowly overt the valley, blotting
ont the rocky promincnccs and the sill
very Shppu nf tho ,i,l,, S,-l,.,. p.,lf
bcran to ,nrn -, " ny Tl'lt! n5",i
oftrr rl,, f,,. a., ,II; - "'iN pi''
~Ic,oprrcJ noa,La ' "' W.
.,Nr,ttor. cnnlJ,.t
worse he mn,,eroI ";"'n
dark cornor 40 Hv ''' IT." It
head. over tho on]oIo..9o.. IS l. 9'",'
look. Here we arc carr.In I II o"',
many catt,c We ara marso ,~ ,La ."
cattle. for tbo, gnnoroI,, ' Ia'o on ''""
to eat and drink W. ha,,on,, "7
thing. and not much to lack f,rv,or,l
to. That train from tho VAST win mnt
be along till pjnc o'r,ocl in tho n,o,n
inc. and if it's bchinJ timo 49, - w."
ally is. it won't he bcro I'M ton AnI
when it comes. what Good will !, Iao
The officer, Of Tho ]r,;I7yo, da",, I,,"
that we're coopcd up here. | don't
suppose they haycthc slirhtc,t idc, tbo
Chcyennes have cot this far sonth,
and Pcrcyis the last place ot which ono
would expect to find them"
sydney had learned from tbo h,,.
ried and excited mp.saros tha, no,,o
constantly nyino over t6o yiros n.Lan
he was last in the office tb,, ,ho Chn,'
ennes were rctreating toward ,Lo ~.
ritory. And he also olronod tho in
hot ,La,.
cross the Arkansas At = noint sauna
fifty miles from Percy, and that troons
wore b.ino L,,rrfod 80 49,, "o'P'
"If the train stops ut the station nm.
aware of this turn of affair. tbn onI,
will be that the pconlo an if vii,
be ma,sacred without = chance to ia,
fcnd themselves. Seem, 70 mo tbo
operator ought TO know th,, mnch
but he's so excited he, hardly account.
able for what he saws"
For a lone time sv1roy 60, IN ,h,,
larkcncd corner. brnoLina wa '. .La
subject. Al last bn Innl.71 NV r.
more than an hour ,ho In1io,s Lo1 ~,
perfectly ouio, ,nI , fou.
he less rxucrionrcd h,J hon,m
hey had dppartcd Tho I;,,Ia sonIp' |
mold LEADING to tbn ro,f v,. ,nuL !
,tructcd, and hi. ewes IghloJ nm H. {
loticed the attention NJ ,Imo'P vs. "' ,
me was drawn TO tbe onnosito onJ - t
he room. ,
'I'll do it.' he muttcrca, oJf 7 told ;
anybody, they would refuse TO LET mo |
yo.'
He removed his .boo, ,,J t
iously to III. ladder and on, nndn ,La
oof. Here he strotcLod hin'la,s n
Ipon the SHINGLES and looloJ aLa,, |
here WA. no moor omI L.o"t"a "r'"' t
,cbly. NOTHING ro,yorlaJ III. i
VERY THING was 50 ouiot Lo e,1 c
incrd that tho Cboyanna, L.I III t
A.. ho nrnn,ral '.', t
is clothing coudht on = nroioo,i" p
all. He puIIcd i nut onI r'Js f
the sbingIc whi,h en- ou',"s il
Iatterino noise ne hc loa,"d IiaL "i,' 5
le ground He crouchod Lraa3Lr II
| the deoncst shadow faa,inn p
disc had been ho,rd hy ,ho h
had not, but = [ocn oor ,.i,hin I' |,
lobc hnd c,uoLt tho somn ' '"c
..Wbot uo. ,I,,.g" c
rl. t
-, ,"'i','! I'"'c /" cautious tones Y
omd n.i'L", " sum- one IN the M
,.J'o,. ',,,o', h''I'nS 'he reply u
M ;n, ''''"S" .'c 'anSled t
,,Jao s. CL" '''o' wits 10 pass the
ro,h oml G a''u Sa'l the 'ele- \
nh samI o"'o I"Sloc oi mat he I
f. r,tI ~. sI ior nclp' II ms 5
i -, u "'N' instant h
we" ',o" anu .oiisome' 4
- MINUTES nv "aitca 10 peer n
J '%,N"'s, anu llSteh' lie n
'o''.'" n"'i inc Instance whent the @
q n,,b Jiroo,I" " nun rom a
ou,tnraI' "no"u' Inc a
him ,ho, ,Lo "o III 7
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