The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-04-24

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his imas asinauaa cmll haven't to AZ ra-
vate the di-eoAdjtel troopers, who
gnashed thor several sats Gf teeth in
rage at the iruits Of tae old heather.
They were relieved at last By the arrival
of Lieut. Huyl who bore in his hand u
new target rifle, received only the day
before the scouts started,
This wonderful gun was guaranteed
to cary--I forgat-l,i00 yards with ac-
curacy, and the lieutenant, who was one
of the best fellows in the world in gargi-
son, but quite cold hearted aud blood
thirsty where Apaches were CONCERNED
announced that while he was doubtful
of his gun carrying near the Indian
yet he was going to try, The Apache,
feeling secure against their carbinea
continued his taunts until Huyl, taking
deliberate aim, with sights raised for
1900 yards, fired. His aim was true,
and the gun all that it was boosted
The old savage plunged face forward
over the ledge, and crashed down the
rocky mountain side at the very feet Of
his slayer.
The attention of the soldiers was now
directed TO the pappoose--the subject Of
this sketch That interesting infant
still calmly occupied the ledge and was
evidently turning the situation over in
his mind. The troopers, with Lieut..
Huyl at their head, slowly and painfully
clambered up the rocks and finally ap-
preached the orphan, who, instead Of
squalling as civilized Christian child
would have done, commenced throwing
stones at his pursuers, hitting Lieut..
Huyl squarely on the nose with a half
pound rock and drawing blood copiously,
He followed this success by other good
throws, causing as nearly panic as pos
sible. At last, by fanking him, our
Apache was knocked down by blow
from a saber and stunned His capture
was now easy, but the lieutenants or
ders were to return no prisoners.
"W hat shall we do with the little
devil?' asked one Of the men. "5hoot
him or throw him over the cliff after his
father" The "little devil had re-
gained consciousness by this time, and
deliberately set his teeth into the calf OF
the soldiers leg. Lieut.. Huyl wiped his
bloody nose and replied: "a baby who
fights this way ought not to bo killed in
cold blood. BY George, I'll take him
back to San Carlos if it costs me my
commissionr'
A gag was put into the young ones
mouth to prevent any more biting, and
with soldier holding each hand he was
landed on the plain below. There he
was placed on horseback, a lariat tied to
one'foot, passed under the horse and tied
to the other, and thus the troopers re
turned to the reservation.
Lieut.. Huyl was great favolite with
Gen. Crook, but he had disobeyed or
ders and confidently expected to be put
under arrest, But the general had al
ready heard something of the stone
throwing affair, and had enjoyed a
hearty laugh over Huyls broken nose.
When the lieutenant in making his re-
port reached the point where Wahnomo
was killed the general interrupted with,
"By the way, think you had better not
let me know officially any more of this
scout than you have already told. !"
Then glancing at the swollen nose he
burst into a roar of laughter, in which
all the other officers joined
The young Indian was confined in the
armory until his first fright was over
come. The soldiers of Company A
named him Dick Huyl, and fitting him
out with uniform fashioned from the
lieutenants' OLD clothes regularly adopted
him into the service.
In less than month the small recruit
learned to express himself tolerably in
English, and in very short time had
accumulated all the accomplishments Of
tobacco chewing and profanity possessed
by the soldiers. He also picked up q
wonderful knowledge Of bugle calls and
evolutions, always turning out at roll
calls and taking his place at the extreme
left Of the company when in line
When / first knew him he had been
under the refining influences OF the
United States service two years. II chat
Indian had improved in that time | am
very glad | did not know him before.
He was not beautiful according to classic
standards.
The Apaches fiatten the heads of their
babies between boards, and this. as much
as anything else, served to render Dick
unattractiye to US children Then he
had such prediction for carrying
snakes in his pocket The soldiers
spoiled him, of course, and upheld Kim
in every villainy he chose to perpetrate.
When he shot the mules in an ambu-
lance filed with women and children,
causing a runaway and a amashup, one
soldier thrashed him with barrel staye,
and dozen more gave him five cent
pieces to comfort him. They alternate
ly pounded and petted, but it was all
one to him. He seldom laughed and
never cried; he was an Apache.
said he never cried. | viii note an
exception. Every Saturday afternoon
the men took him ont behind the quar-
ters and gave him bath. This process
was very simple. They stripped off his
clothing and turned the hose on him.
On these occasions the shriek3 Of the lit
tie savage could be heard all over the
post,
have not seen Dick since / was Q
years old, but / like 30 think shat he
grew up and regularly enlisted in The
Old regiment and is now au hol0. 20 The
service 'spusskeriiwe' in NaB York
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