Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-07
A SANTA FE ORDER.
Employees of that Company
e. Must Not be Garnished.
THE ALIEN LAND LAW
And It's Probable Effect Upon Railroad
Propertes-A Mean Trick-At His
Child's Bedside-Other Rail
road Matters of Interest.
MOREHOUSE IN 1T.


J. G. Morehouse general freight agent
for Chicago and Northwestern lines west OF
Omaha. who is known throughout the West
as the champion Indian Killer tells this
story. Mr.. MOrehousc IS proud of his as
tinguisheG tide, but : rather reticent about
relating the circumstances that made him
somewhat famous.
When the first steam engine to enter
Northwestern Nebraska made its appear
ance in that part of the country said Mr..
LldiughaW. "MOrchOuse was in charge of
the construction gang which was then
working on the road. The engine steamed
out into the wild country as far as the line
was built. That section OF the state was
alive with Indians AT that time and thous-
ands of the savages gathered to see the iron
horse. At first they would not venture
nearer than Il half mile TO the locomotive
but finally they became bolder. They came
So near. III fact, that the t-ainmen became
alarmed. Several shots We're fired at the
red men to brighten them. but they did not
have the desired effect, for the Indians
came nearer and nearer. The engineer and
fireman became frightened and deserted the
engine.
&c Those red devils will kill every one of
Us Il something IS not done said one of
the men. Just then Morehead, who was
watching the advancing SaVageS, called out
TO the engineer:
- Give them the whistle.
But the engineer had disappeared, and
there was no response MorehOuSe didn't
wait long before acting. Heleaped into the
cab graspcd, the whistle handle and pulled
ii wide open. Such an uncarthly shrek as
no one ever heard before or since came
from that engine The whistle evidently
mad the asthma, heayes and several other
Ian" and throat diseases, for ii made i
noise that frightened the white men.
Did il Brighten the Indians, Well.
should say il did. When that whistle OPP
ened IFS throat Il panic was the result
among the sava@eS. They fled as if the evil
spi.lt vas pursuing them. There was
plenty OF steam in the boiler, a good fire
WIS burning, and More house hung onto the
whistle handle like grim death. Al first he
sent forth long shrieks, but after the say
some distance he gave them q few shrill,
short screams TO increase their pace.
Tine air is So light in Nebraska. or
rather WIS al that time, that the sounds OF
the whistle travelled for miles. Not only
did CONSERVATION break out among the say
ages who We're near the engine, bat others
i mile away became alarmed. When they
saw their brothers running they TOO, be
came frightened, and Joined in the wild run
up and down hills, across plains, and
through rivers. Morehouse was the occa-
sion of all that excitement and that is why
he is called the champion Indian Killer.
But where does the Indian killing come
in" Mr.. Lidin@lam was asked.
We'll, the next morning 100 dead Indians
were found fifteen miles from the place
where the engine stood. They had run
themselves to death, and Morehouse. of
course was the cause of their mtimely
taking off. He can be blamed for ffighten-
iu2 the savageS to death with that blood
curdling whistle"