Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25

! "Slt down, OOSS, ,sdlu blli' w wv
emigrant, who was named lark.
"Sit down. SAY, Tobe, tell every
teamster to picket the horses extra
strong, and put good men on guard.
We dent want no sleepy heads to-
night-no matter what fur, le
only waste yer breath tellIn' these
civilized critters anything, or try
IN to make 'em understand. So
90 ahead, and then come back
here"
Away went Tob0; and having
fulfilled his order, returned.
Then pulling out their pipes, the
three men gathered around to hear
the story which had been so sad
denly stopped, as it was being re-
lated by Bill that afternoon.
"Yark, did ye ever see the white
Head -
"No; l don't know what you
mean"
"Did We ever hear of him p
"No, never did. What is it ?"
"He's the greatest critter that
goes on four legs, and this is his
.stamin' ground for the present. |
may as well commence at the be-
ginning;
"The White Heads a hOrse-an'
such a horse that ye must see him
ter take him III. Thar was never
his equal yet. He's faster than an
antelope, strong as butler, kin
fight like a painter, an is es cum
min es a coon. Thar never was
corral that could keep him, nor a
larlat strong enough ter hold him.
Well, We say, s'pose be is all this,
what then? Jest this: To-day |
met hunter who he'd seen him
within a very short time. He said
he was sure the Indians he went
with had been follerin' on US for
days,an' only wanted a good chance
ter run of the stock. / kinder feel
he amt fur away, an think we'll
see him tonight, es sure as shoot
in!
1.-THE fust time l see the White
Head was about two year ago.
This ere Is his range-or, rather,
the range of the band of Cheyeenes
he belongs to, as we war camped
over on that cluster Of hills. The
horses and mules were picketed by
the creek, and l he'd gone to look
up an antelope | see grain off to
the nOrth'ard, when down from a
gully here comes a horse, trOttin'
along quiet as kitten, so ter speak,
and maxim for the others. He war
a beautiful sorrel over, 'cept his
head that war pure white. His tail
and name streamed behind him as
he moved, and his round body and
taperln' legs looked made fur to 90.
He war a reg'lar beauty, an no
mistake.
"Every little while he stopped
to nose the ground, and | noticed
he he'd somethin' trailin' behind him
but | couldn't make it out, | war
so tuck up a-watchin' the beast
himself, the hull time a.pntin' fur
the stock. Finallp he got among
'em, an commenced maxim friends,
PAWN aud playln' about.
'Everybo dy ran out to see r lm
and one feller tried to ketch him
With a lOssO but thet wouldn't
work no. ow. Then, when, he got
the horses an mules all rran en-
about, he gave loud neigh, like a
trumpet, and commenced to bite
an kick at the thing tied ter his
tail, and every klcd sounded like n
big brass drum, an scared the
stock so th at in five minutes they
all stampeded, with him a-follerin',
nelghin' aud kickin' the article De-
hind him at every jump.
"He raced 'em = way IN cloud of
dust, an we never got hide or hair
on 'em back; but l see the featn-
ers of the Cheyennes risen behind
the ridge, close to 'em, and knew
then thet the hull affair war reg
lar trick, and they had actilly
trained the white.headed horse
ter help 'em es he did. What dyer
think now, pardner?
"Another time we laid for him
on purpose, an hid a Mexican
whar he cOuid use his lOssO. Then
by and by. long come the horse
and mixed with the stock. The
Mexican let him come up TILL he
had q dead sure thing and then let
20. The lasso few straight es an
arrow an settled on his wIthers.
"The minute he felt it he gave a
Jump clear of the ground, an then
looked about to see whar it come
from. Then, when he spled the
Mexican, he went for him, ketched
him by the small of the back in his
teeth, raised him clean of the
ground, shook him, an then threw
him down with two ribs brOken.-
lie seemed ter think a mint them
fur he Jest laid back his ears
: stretched bis neck, aHd then start
ed es it he war shot Out of a gun
"The ra Wilde SNAPPED across
his chest with a twang like a harp
, string, the loose end went flying
like old cotton rope in the wind
n an away he sailed in a cloud o
dust till the distance swallered
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