St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-08

IiiOSt ltFel pidIedu OIL SHOfG grass, 01er-
ing few or no hiding places for the mis-
chievOus and betraying every move
ment of every person upon it % all 9th
ers for miles around. Along the 600
miles of track are 103 railway stations,
so that practically there is rendezvous
for humanity at the end of each ten
mileS-SOmetimeS city and sometimes
only a station, but always manned de-
pot. Between these stopping points are
more or less frequent houses. persons
in carriages or wagons, pioneer trains,
trackmen, mounted police, cowboys and
Indians, who never can be trusted. but
who commit few crimes upon persons
and whose most desperate ambition, as
rule. is to sell whatever they have,
even their clothes or their women.
A NEW WORLD.
How much more truly attractive it is
when you remember that your eyes are
opened Oh brand new world. than the
popular idea makes the region seem to
those who do not know the truth. You
see pioneer life in all its stages, from
the moving train of wheeled schooners
to the neat frame houses that succeed
the earlier tents, the sod houses and log
huts. You see the breaking of the
ground by means of modern implements
which you will afterward discover
are always left out of doors through
rain and snow and frost and warping
heat, after the general Western custom.
You see game in a Righteousness that
you never dreamed it reached even in
an African jungle-Small birds and ami
mails, near the railroad. to be sure,
with here and there a vast flock of peli-
cans or the vanishing form of deer, a
wolf or fox. Millions of gophers, be-
tween the size of a squirrel and rab-
bit, pop in and out of their holes in the
turf or sit upright like begging dogs,
staring at you as you pass. You see the
ever picturesque cowboys dashing like
mad on their cayuses, the herds OF cat
tie they are following, the peculiar set
Elements that are Springing up like
double lines of exaggerated dry goods
boxes, with the trading stores and the
hotels always most conspicuous. You
see camps of mounted police formed of a
few queer-looking round tents that sug-
geSt pigmy circus. with the horses
tethered at distance and the police
men in their red coats, pill-boX hats,
always worn Oh one ear, and their
yellow striped breeches-by long odds
the most picturesque lOaferS i'm Amer
lea.
WRETCHEDNESS AND MISERY.
And then the indians! You see
literally thousands of these miserables,
these most unfortunateS. Fortunately
you perceive that they either do not
know that they are starving and Sicken-
ing away, or else that they do not mind
it. Never will you see such SqualOr.
even in 1.-The bend' in Mulberry street:
such reckless laziness, even in Little
Africa" in Thompson street; such prev
alence of the rack and stress of expos
vi
Baxter street land these New York
in the superlative) as you will witness
wherever you see the indians. |
If you ever see an Indian any
where than beside one of the towns,
you may be certain he or she or they ,
will only reach the and of the journey |
under way when the side of the town is /
reached. AT the towns they crowd be-
side the trains, running after them
while they are slowing up and holding
out their hands. either palms up for |
charity or with something III them
which they wish to sell-polishr, buff
falo horns or articles of beadwork upon
both of which the squaws have tolcd
for days or weeks, and yet which are
now to be parted with for mere song,
a quarter, or perhaps dollar. Every !
Indian wears blanket as the most pre-
cious Persian rug, and wears it
both in summer and winter.
Some have Caucasian trousers
below the blankets, but most of them
wear Indian breeks, which are made
with separate, independent legs. You
see no head-dreSSeS or earrings or nose
rings or tomahawks or guns or bows and |
arrows among them. Here and there /
one carries common butcher-knfe.
such as butchers use for skinning, with
The handle peeping out of the sheath. |
Here and there one wears white mans |
hat-in style only when the crown is
most of them have their long, !
coarse, black locks uncovered and uil- |
Very many cannot talk Eli |
glish, aud nearly all pretend that they |
cannot, at least not more than enough |
to beg a dime OF set price on their |
wares.
The consequence is that the settlers