The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-01-19

RdVo Hill lily IlhIilO huu aUOlO@Illul
| had served in Che Army OF the Pc.
tomac for nearly three years.
"sMy Godr he exclaimed. i was
there too, and remember you per-
fectly we'll, now. Well, WE'LL he con.
tinued, it seems a lorg time ago since
the war, and presume most Of my
old comrades are dend.' He then told
me the number ofl,is regiment and
company and the names ofhis officers.
He had gone in service from Philadel.
phia and had been all through the
war. Before the war he was a furrier
ON Arch street, Philadelphia.
But what are you doing here liv-
ing like q hermit?' / persisted. Come,
old comrade,' ] added kindly, you
may trust me and give me yourstory.'
"And he did tell it. Suffice it to
say he had q family-a youngwife and
two children-when he went into the
army and left them behind in the
great city. For q year or two all went
well, and then he heard strange things
OF the wife's %infidelity. He did not
believe them and served out his en-
lisement and returned home, only to
ind the stories he had heard were too
true and his wife was living with an
tother man. Hestook his children from
her, cursed her. and
he left with his brother in Iowa and
then came to the Rocky Mountains.
He had been for over twenty years in
the valley where Isfounds him, and
said he never would Leave: IT,.
sAtter supper he took us into The
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sightI shall not soon forget. The
walls were completely covered with
heads beautifully done and wonder.
FULLY hfe-like. There. were elk and
deer with great antlers, wolves foxes.
swifts, a~ntelopes. bears and Rocky
Mountain lions. expressed my
Acknowledgements atsthe~ perfection OF his
work, and he said Time and care
does II. MISUNDERSTANDING arelong
and ! spend much time at my work.
Iasked him where hegot his skins and
he said he shot the animals. Former.
Elyghe killed p rgreat many Tor Short,
bntsnoW killed only Is lew mrfOOdhnd
OCCASIONAL nv onefofhis pelt. 4 asked
him how hastanpedsthem and lseseaid
an old Mexican named Pete. who liv-
lCA Ov0I kAl0 l11OuI1U6VLl1 III 61l1OUAlCE yttls
ley tanned them for him. ~
Yes, once ina while he sold some
heads to get -four. ammunition and
tobacco, andSpnce hisa while. hunters
stumbled on his place, and carried
away soma otsthe heads. AnsEnglish
hord-Captain GrisselL, or something
Of the kind--had come last year and
taken away most Of, his best heads
and carried them to England.
s..Wolldn't we stay all night? il
WAS late in the day and the paths in
the mountains wore su1certainsH He
could give us q fur bed and e pretty
good breakfast Of fat Yenison. IL We
would stay he would make JACKIE
dancefor rs.
ut needed not much urging, for the
clouds looked heavy. in the. west and
evidently q storm was coming up,
After eating all. We could he called
up Jacko and made him danes, turn
summersaults, tumble, open and shut
the door, 60 for water, bring iinzwopd
and perform n number of tricks.
dacko Was given his supper OF cooked
meat andsputsto bed in the corner.
H'You don't kHoWSwhat q comfort
Jacko Is to me, said the old
man. Ties JUST like Kuf1an
being. only he's deal bet
ter than some 4 have known. .Jackc
is honest and we often talk together
thatis,A Istalksto him, andssometiMes
Think he understands mo,
NJ sat auitelatein into the niehttalk.
inr 81 the war. ThesoldmanIo loved ia
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