Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-20
NYE AT NIAGARA.
He Braves Storm and Interviews Po-
comoco.


been visited in summer and in winter, In the
broad glare of day and the soft and mellow
moonlight, but very few people have gone
there during blizzard
The Gay broke moist and measly at Buffalo,
but ct noon the gray and choppy clouds scat
tered little and patch of sky could now
and then be discovered Eating hasty meal,
our party, arrayed in alpenstocks and con-
scious rectitude, began the ascent from
Buffalo by circuitous route. We reached
Niagara Falls station, whence we proceeded
by drosSy to our chalet. Here we alighted.
The chalet is kept by native American, and
after our long journey from Buffalo it was
good to once more hear the music of our own
language. Hastily eating light lunch, we
put on our topcoats and in charge of John
Darn we proceeded by diligence towards the
falls via the American side.
The storm now burst upon US in all its
fury, and the rain descended in the widest
profusion, saturating the falls and rendering
them VOL nigh impossible. Our muleteer
covered himself with his pontoon, wrapped
his tarpaulin around his ears, and while our
slender diligence swayed in the blast be
drove US across to Goat Island The thunder
of the immense volume of water was now
swallowed up by the mighty roar of the
bursting tempest, and then, as it died away
like the wall of perishing soul, one would
again hear the sullen thunder of the great
American dam site.
We now began the descent on the side of
Goat Island looking towards the Great Horse
FAN. The rain fell in torrents, and as our
umbrellas had been turned wrong side out by
the blast, we were soon wet to the skin. There
we stood in the presence of the greatest spec
tacle America can produce, perhaps, outside
of congress Like an egotistical author Ma
gara for centuries has been pouring over its
own works. 1t is really, however, beyond
criticism l went there thinking that if tie
Falls really deserved scathing, would scath
them through the press and injure their bust
ness; but / must say that, like Mr.. Booth,
they deserve their great success, and | do not
blame them for respecting themselves and
having their pictures taken every little while
and getting their names in the papers. They
deserve all the glory they have got, and far
be it from me to put straw in the way OF
the progress of Niagara Falls.
We next went down to the Whirlpool, and
on the way detachment Of John Darrns es-
corted US with en- air of suspicion. Our
drosky driver evidently watched US every
moment like cat. At the whirlpool we
alishted again, being narrowly watched by
the driver and John Darn from Cohoes.
Here as we reached the brink Of the cliff
the blizzard struck US amidship, and the
great Niagara which has assisted so many
temperance lecturers in soaring 20 death the
moderate drinker seemed to become silent In
the presence Of old Mr.. Blizzard, from the
wild and unkempt west Just then my high
silk hat, which | wear in ascending the Alps
and doing the tourist act generally, went up
into large blue hole in the sky, and while
was watching it the square red remark,
Keep or the grass" with an iron rod on ono
side swatted me across the organ of ali1nen.
tiveness-
The storm was COW at its height The roof
OF the hotel gently lifted with the breeze, and
through the fast falling rain we could see
surprised gentleman in his room Just emery.
ing through the neck band OF q bright new
shirt. With look Of horror and wonder he
tried to pull down the roof again and conceal
himself, but he could hot do so.
The storm now took off its coat and
shriel:ed, while the Whirlpool was dashed to
It's greatest fury, and CT the Whirlpool bazar
genuine Indian uloccasins, made in Connect
cut, went down to So pair. / made move-
mert towards the brink OF the prectpice, in
tending to peer down over it into the boiling
waters, when felt the grasp Of gendarme
on my shoulder and was ierEed back with
an cath which would have sworn in a whole
precinct of non-residents ct q presidential
election.
Monsieur fool heemselfr' said the John
Darn in pure Buffalo French, with @ slight
patois OF the Rue de Main street. Then
grinding his teeth he managed to make me
II was going over the falls and through the
whirlpool" but that nemesis was on my
trail 1t is very disngreeeble to have your
trail stepped on by nemesis, and 50 / ex-
planned that | meant to be fgurative and SO,
when the John Darn had opened my over
coat and found that ! was not dressed In
tights with double loaded bridge jumping
shoes, he allowed me to pass 1t was here at
the bazar that l met my old friend POGO
moco, Of the Piute tribe Of Indians. 'And
what ere You doing here, SO far away from
home, Pocomocof' l asked, in the light run
ming domestic accents OF the Piute tongue
II am here" he replied in the same Ian
yuage Ito procure our regular supply OF
Indian relics for the coming year. We can
not compete any longer with Connecticut in
The manufacture of genuine Indian relics.
So we come TO Niagara Falls for them. We
also get most of our ornamental bead work
done in England, and our ornamental mas
sacre business Is done there too. The white
man has facilities which we do not have, and
80 the red mans goose is practically cooked
We buy all our weapons and headache sticks
now at New York. We get our bows and
arrows made at Waterbury, Conn, and
Boston furnishes US with our lingerie
We can buy arrow heads cheaper than
we can make them, and why should
we toll over home made arrow
head all day when he can steal horse in ten
minutes that will bring US nice new relics
enough to last us yeari We have In our
tribe favoi ed FREQ trade, and SO we with our
infant Industries are thrown into direct COM
petition with the pauper relic makers Of the
Bowery. You can buy a good scalp at Chat
nam square for sixty-nine cents today, and SO
the war path ia practically overgrown with
yrass. In u year OF two men with sample
Eases will no doubt visit the Indian tribes and
'ell their years supply Of everything in that
line. We are utterly discouraged. There
mas not been warlike attitude among the
Piutes since the Buckwheat Pancake Outbreak
,f 80 Bill Nye In New York World