New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-11

=, most in the yard. He did some grand and
,osv Rambling. but the chain held. So did his
backbone, and his head did not come on, as the
voang lady had feared IT would FOR hOurs ne
;nu,bled and tugged, and then lay quietly down
md tred i'm vain 10 die. For two days and nights
he refused 10 eat, and made night hldeous WIN
his bowls and yells. We could not sleep for his
dismal bowling, and on the third night arose =!
a. M, thoroughly mad, and went out to XII
the little savage. l had stout stick, and as ne
was baying at the moon / got up close to HIM
without being observed. L gave MN such
back 20 bed thoroughly ashamed of myself
Next morning went out early, fully expecuns
10 find my dog dead. But he as lively as q
bee. Up to this time he had never ttK Sard at at
slightest notice of me- but now he looked hara a.
me and wsgged his tail, as much as to say late
morning. ] know you; you called rttne Lrmor
last night, but hope you are IN pe'lc. ID IN
this morning l went up to hm anu me and l
pet him, but he snapped vicously az nv. .n,red on
promptly knocked him over. linen nc ,;ed 70 die
his back, put up all four feet ana ,netted him
again. / rolled him over ana o over IPperv way /
",,Id ,ha, ~ SS not intend TO hurt him II ne
would behave himself From tnat nm ~ fr;ends
httle fox-dog and l have been the ne. ond on tho
On tie third day ne began s into ~ the kitchen and
turned him Ioosa He at once took sreau i'IncS
~ the cook and followed her apouI, learns cIi ir
- he xrond lose her If she was ont OF ms
s!ahs ne r,oms M he would cry piteously, and she
ia 80 LET him lie on mat IN her room AT nlgnI'
T che strangest looking little beast lmaginabie
IA - any one were 70 meet him out on me
an Va IL with his foxs head and bushy tail, he
Would undoubtedly be shot for real fox.
i was much pleased at finding Senator Beck
o,es+Iv i'm proved in health. When last l saw
him in Washington, nearly two years ago, his
condition was a source of anxiety TO all his
frie nds He had been attacked by 1ntercostal
rheumatism followed by nervous prOstra ton.
When he broke down he went South, but cx-
perienced little relief until early ASt summer
WREN he came Wet and went 20 the ranch Of
his son. George 7 Beck, on Goose Creek; in
owns a beautiful ranch of some 5000 acres Of
land, well watered and stocked. The region
abounds in game, especially jack rabbits and
specEled trout. George Beck has fine pack
Of hounds and the Senator fond of hunting
Almost every day during the last summer he
WAS in the habit OF mounting a horse, taking the
pack Il bounds and going TO the fields TO hunt
jack rabbits. The strain and excitement at first
were almost too much for him, and after the hare
was caught and carefully divided among the pack
the orations which the Senator delivered TO Old
Dan" the boss hound, while the nervous fit was
upon him viii never be forgotten Old Dan,
with his eleven companions seated about him,
would sit silently and listen to the lecture he
was receiving with dropping ears and sad
and contemplative countenance. That finished, a
new hare would he started, and at the close of
the chase the lecture repeated. Thus the Senator
passed the summer days, and notwithstanding
the severe strain upon him, under the health
giving air of Wyoming waited down frOsI the
pcrptInhily SnON-clau mountains OF tle big horn,
he gradually improved, until he came in the
other day looking rosy and hearty.
To refer again to the Crow Indians. had not
seen them in their home since ST. and there is
no 0dehying that they are improving gradually.
Then they had their agency on the Saltwater
River, Montana and were a wild set of fellows.
Now they are on the Little Big Horn, and have
wagons, horses COWS and chickens, and some OF
them are beginning TO raise grain vegetables and
hay. They are quiet, dOcile and easily managed.
They have left off their furs and begin TO dress and
act like white men. They have schools, and keep
their children in school 1t is safe to say that
four-ffthS of them have taken their land in sew
crafty and have settled down 10 farming. Many
of them have small houses, and this year they are
putting up hay for their animals and hauling in
wood for the winter. All these are unmistakable
indications of progress and of coming civilization
for this tribe at early day. They should now
have every encouragement, and especially money
10 help them start. / am informed that the Gov
eminent holds in trust large sum for the benefit
of these Indians. Now is the time to disburse it,
In ten, even fve years they viii not want it OF
need it, just now, when they are turning from
the ways of barbarism into civilization, is the
time they need help. 1t is likely that Senator
Beck will bring forward in Congress measure
looking 10 helping these Indii rs, and l hope II
will pass. The Senator acquainted himself fully
with their condition while among them, and should
be an authority as TO their ne ads
JAMES S. BPISBIN.
Fort Custer, Mont, Oct. 80. 1880.