St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

on the reservation. He extended his
hand to Reed when he came to him.
self. simply saying: "rm done; you're
. better man than thought Let's be
friends"
The next trip to Grand river brought
Reed and his men in contact with old
Bull Ghost, through the efforts of Dill
Ion. who was after revenge. Reed had
stationed his herd in fertile valley,
in the center Of which was a big spring
where the cattle were watered. 1t
was the only place for an area of fifty
miles where there was the necessary v
water supply. One night Reed had to
visit another agency. He returned the
next morning to find Bull Ghost and
his tribe encamped around the spring
and his cattle driven out of the valley
whats the matter?" he asked of
his assistant q young man named
Franks
Bull Ghost has issued an order that
the cattle must be kept out of the val
ley. away from the springs" said
Franks.
He says his ponies must have the
grass Dillon is back Of this, you can
gamble on that"
Reed found that Bull Ghost had sta
toned guards along the valley with
orders to shoot any of the cattle that
came back on the grass plat. Reed
rode up to the first guard. The young
buck ordered him to halt Reed had
row with the buck. and ended the
parley by knocking him down. Then
ne dispatched the redskin to Bull
Ghosts camp with instructions to tell
the chief that he wanted to see him at
Reeds camp within an hour. or there
would be trouble. He sent the six re-
naming sentries back to camp without
difficulty. with the same instructions
to Bull Ghost Tom Reed went
back to camp and told his men
that he had made big bluff
at the Indians, and that he in
tended to win By it or lose his scalp.
There was daredevil colored cook
with him who could talk the Indian
language. and Reed appointed him in
terpreter. An hour later Bull Ghost.
together with all the Indian finery
from his tepee village. appeared with
his five hundred braves. Then came
the ''pow wow." which lasted for half
a day. The young buck who had been
knocked down by Reed retursed with
a rife. having previously threatened
that he would shoot Reed. Reed kept
a close eye upon the Indian. and made
up his mind that he would begin his
bulldozing tactics upon the Indians
with this young buck.
Coin to shoot me with that long
gun, are YEP" said Beed. and without q
weapon he sidled up to the Indian.
The buck glared sullenly at the white
man, and made move as if to bring
the gun to his shoulder. This was
enough for Reed. His right fist shot
out. 1t smashed up against the In
dams left ear. The buck groveled on
the green sward for some time amid
the derisive yells Of his FIVE hundred
brother bucks Then Reed opened up
his parley with Bull Ghost. He
called the Indians all the vile names
in the border category; he Of
Iered to fight the chief and five OF
his best braves single handed without
he suggested the utter ami
nilatiOn OF the tribe by the Great Fa-
hers soldiers, and ended the ..pow-
vow" by telling Bull Ghost that he
must move his tepee village at once.
IS he (Reed) proposed to water his
;attle at the spring in question before
,undown. Then he strobe through the
crowd of Indians. brushing them aside
ike fines. and returned to his camp
Bull Ghost and his five hundred war
.iors watched Reeds departure with
wonder. The Indians
moved their camp that afternoon. Aft
r that Bull Ghost considered it ia
,or to take K eed by the hand for a
engthy shake, muttering the while:
.Buckskin Joe heap brave white chief;
ne like i'm"
The sobriquet given Reed by Dull
;h0st still sticks to the border veter-
IN. He wore a handsomely beaded
,uckskin suit at the time Of his blood
ess encounter with the old Indian.
Colonel Reed had very lively matt
lee with the Cheyenne Indians at the
lgency near Fort Sully about two years
ater. 1t was upon a certain ration
Iay. The cattle were driven into an
immense coral. where they were
Colonel Reed was SUPER
affairs for the contractors
he cattle had all been shot by Indian
narksmen, as was customary. Hun
reds OF bucks with rifles in their
ands sat upon the railing around the
watching the slaughter. One
teer had not been killed, and he raised
is head up and beloved loudly.
You've got your gun. Reed" re-
1arked the boss farmer. who stood by
leeds side. ..let 'er flicker at that steer |
nd finish him"
Reed raised his gun to his shoulder. /
Bang!
The ball crushed into the steer and |
is head fell back. At this instant |
here was an ear-splitting yell from
he stockade railing A piece OF bone
rom the steers skull had been torn
ut by the bullet and it glanced up
'ard. striking u buck on the check.
here was a rapid flow o: blood from
be wound. The Indians on the rail
ng at once jumped to the conclusion
hat Reed had shot the Indian inten-
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