Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-09

Yellowstone, but he urged her to go
directly down the Missouri with his
partner, and not undertake.so ,perilous
and fatigulng Journey as that by the
Yellowstone route. He said their
mother, who also lived in ST. Louis,
would be anxious, and he promised he
would not be longin joining thsm,whe
they would all
HAvEsASHAPPY TIME.
The Mackinaw boats were we'll
manned with friendly Indians and pro-
vided with every comfort the country
afforded.
When the little fleet sailed the
brother struck out across the country
for the Yellowstone where he arrived in
due time but very sick man. He was
compelled to remain 80 long at the
Grow Indian, camp that the river stroze
up before he got we'll and so he could
not go down at all. In the spring he
grew better and made his wayt to Ben
ton where he awaited the return of his
partner and sister. AT last the part
-,ner came but did not bring the girl
with him He said the mother was not
we'll and the sister had reluctantly re-
mained with her. He accounted for
the sale OF the furs and returned very
large profits to the brother as his share.
the company of his sister in his lonely
home during the summer, he consoled
himself with the thought he should see
her in the early winter, and said she
had done quite right to remain at home
to care for their dear old mother.
In the fall the catch of furs had been
so!poor that the partner easily persuad-
ed the brotherSto deter his trip east
until spring and devote the'whole win
ter to hunting and trapping. The
Crows were reported again to have
taken great many robes and
the brother went to the
there he met Jim ;Beckworth, James
Bridger and Beauvaise, all of whom
had been to st. Louis, but
HEARD NOTHING OF THE TRAPPER's
SISTER,
though they had called at his mothers
house and said the old lady was well
and hearty when they lefther.
These conflicting reports greatly
worried the brother and he became ex-
tremely anxious to hear from home.
James Bridget was going to tho Platte
and hence to ST. Louie and the brother
charged him over and 'ovor again to
hasten to his mother, learn about his
sister and then communicates with him
at any COSg. III WIS pdSL tnluWluIef
when SnakeIndian suddenly appeared
on the Yellowstone with two letters for
the brother. One was from Bridger
and explained that he had been greatly
delayingin getting the otheriletter to
him because he had no one but Chey-
ennes and Sioux with him and no In
dian OF either of these tribes could
penetrate the Crow lands without,cer-
tain death. AT last he had met Snake
and these Indians being ut peace with
the Crows he had hired one to carry the
letter TO him. The other letter was
from the trapper's mother and near
ly crazed him. 1t gave a
long and circumstantial account
OF the ruin OF his sister and wound up by
saying that the girl, unable to bear her
shame, had gone insane and would soon
become mother. Wild with grief the
first impulse Of the brother was to re-
turn to his camp on the Missouri, seek
his partner and kill him. He started
at once, hut the more he brooded over
the .matter the worse he became pos
sessed OF "a desire
10 TORTURE HIS SISTERS DESTROYER.
What good, he reasoned, would it do
him merely to shoot the man; he would
not suffer much and might not even be
able to know for what he was shot. No,
he would torture him and glnlt over his
sutferings.