The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-06-05

Apparent satfsfaction.
II was nearly sunset when We reached
the reservation, where found the In.
dams living In bark swfekiee,h among
the timber, beside stAgnAnt creek,
which bred mosquitoes and diffused
odofs OF most pungent and nauseouz
fchxracter. was faint With hunger, but
1t was simply impossible for me to eat .
mouthful Of the food which Manatowa's
squaw mother At length offered me--a
kind Of greasy mush which can only say
appeared to be . combination Of the
most loathsome fats, sour meal and
strong molasses.
nat0srA no. proved IS Y ssfs5st
unsocial host was left to stroll about
the encampment and entertain myself
as best | could. Remember that !
sought 70 brace my spirits up by the re-
flecsion that my lifelong wish was graft
He'd, that was in a genuine Indian
camp; but my imagination needed the
most powerful stimulation TO keep up
the sense Of romance which had brought
me thithef.
The head chief and most Of the other
menwe absent from camp when We
arrived. just at sunset they came rid
ing furiously homeward, with loud
shouts, their horses reeking with sweat
and foam, from race which they had
been having ON the prairie with another
band Of redskins.
a beautiful bay, belonging to the old
chief had won. the. race, which must
have been very hard and cruel one, for
the horses were quivering and seemed
70 be completely exhausted.
M AS the chief, large, brawny and very
ugly old Indian, dismounted / sum
lnoned courage to approach and pat his
horse, hoping thereby to please the
great man. ! stroked the horses name
I and patted his wet, heaving Sides
| Meantime, the animal drank copiously;
and within few minutes from the time
! first approached him, he suddenly fell
to the ground and began rolling and
kicking as If in great distress. His
struggles grew more violent, and in less
than half an hour he was dead.
The Indians had meantime gathered
around, with wondering grunts. 1t was
perfectly apparent that the horse had
died from the effects Of violent exertion
and the cold water which it had drunk;
but the superstitious redskins, ona and
all, imagined that possessed the powers
of sorcerer and had made use of them
to cause the death of the horse. They
stood sullenly regarding me with the
blacklist of looks. tried to join Mana
iowa, but soon found that he had the
same opinion Of my character. When
tried to approach him and explain that
was entirely innocent, he reiterated from
me with utter reprobation.
3Ughl poison hands! kill pony! bad
medicine! Go way soon, was all that
could extract from him, either as solace
or advice.
| Fancy my alarm If you can. com
pretended from the actions and looks
of the Indians that It was no idle notion
on their pafts They gathered in groups
and watched me with growing suspicion,
while now and then one would point to
thechief'sdead horse and then at me, NUT
tering comments which could not catch
the meaning OF, but the probable signifi
eanee-ef which could surmise.
tried to approach and reason with
Manatowa, and to move him to plead my
case.
81 can not 90 back tonight unless Won
go with me and show me the way,. /
| said to him. 81 dc not know which di-
rection to take, and l should lose my
way and never reach the town. Go with,
me and let me ride the pony, and will
start quick enough continued
s'Bad medicine! No ride little pony;
&. ]
Manatowa's only reply.
What to do / knew not Meantime,
all the Indians men and boys, began to
arm themselves with poles, and present.
ly advanced, with the poles uplifted in
menacing manner, as If l had been
poisonous snake which they were bent
upon killing without delay. With vim
didtive cries they drove me before them
to an old .swicky," quite apart from the
rest Of the cabins, and here, / was i'm
prisoned, for dared not make any re-
sistance. ..4---s
Presently large bonfire was kindled,
dangerously near the wicky, and as the
night was yery sultry nv sufferinps
from the heat, as we'll as the terror of
my situation, can hardly be exaggerated
by any picture can draw.
The Indians now and then howled and
shrieked, perhaps with the idea of exor-
cising the evilspirits which they seemed
to think me possessed of; and guard of
Young bucks, all armed with poles, was
stationed around the hut. Outside of
them a line was formed in which the In
dams tramped around the place. The
souaws and cbildren heating on old frv-
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