The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19

turned in his saddle and Aired AZ Crook.
Cody turned TO tho general and aaids
II will get that fellow. 1 will XII his
horse tlras and then finish him.'
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Az everyone knows there In no liner horse
back shot IN the world than Cody. It was
a dramatic scene, and you may be sure !
was an interested spectator. / saw the bar
rel of Cody's Winchester flash for a mo-
ment in the first CLEAN of the morning sun
and then came a sharp report and a puff Of
smoke. Yellow Hairs horse dropped the
next second. Then came another bullet
which went through the chiefs left side.
Bill. in the meantime, had jumped from
his horse and was shooting from the
ground where one knee was rested. The
chief had raised and WAS lifting his rifle
when another bullet from Bills Winchester
crashed through his right side. He raised
a second time to shoot when q bullet
through the neck finished him. In the
meantime, the chase was going on and the
pursued and pursuers were some distance
away. I rode over to the dead chief and
Cody came along ana cut OH his
scalp. | took a few locks OF hair and
mailed to my brother in the east. The
Indians made a good run and We're soon
across the agency line where they were safe
from attack. They had seen Cody jump
from his horse and thought he was killed.
They were rejoicing over the affair when he
came riding through the gate and slapped
the bloody scalp in the face OF one of the
chiefs. You cannot imagine the anger this
caused, for Yellow Hair was az favorite
leader. That afternoon the Cheyenne
bucks went out and drilled until night.
This consisted in dropping from their
horses. quick movements of the rifle, etc.
The general gave orders to the soldiers 70
be ready for instant attack during the
night, and we all slept on our arms, pro-
tected by a double guard. If the Indians
thought of fighting they changed their
minds. for we had no further trouble at
that time"
Those we're great days for post TT aders
On pay days | nave seen $1,000 go over the
bar at the Custer agency. This would keep
up at a good rate for some time afterward
until our money was gone. The drinks
were two bits each and beer cost a dollar a
bottle. In Arizona the rates were worse
for goods had to be carried 600 miles in
wagon trains. I remember one time we
had received no pay for fourteen months.
At last to our great joy the paymaster ar
rived. My partner and / went to the post
traders store and bought fifty dollars
worth of canned goods. We had eaten all
of this before the next morning and there
MT 1ro~x, ,,roLo f - o,Al,n, r h W.. ,oil
$40 for three pints of whiskey. You may
judge how remunerative this business was
to the traders when one whom I knew quit
aftor ten years with $1,OO0,OO0, all made
out of the business. He started a bank in
st. Paul.
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Billy Kersands, the colored minstrel, told
a funny story during his recent visit to He
lena. He said: II was playingi in San Fran
cisco when King Kalakaua made his first
visit to America several years ago. It so hap
pened that my engagement was finished
when his nibs started for the east. We
started on the same train only he travelled
in a special car. When I get to be a king |
expect 70 travel the same way. / mean a
genuine king, not a monarch of minstrels.
AS Kaluk did not know was on the train
he did not tender the usual courtesies ex-
tended by one king to another. I had a
chance, however, to get even for this little
oversight. The approach of the train had
been wired along the road. At some Of the
towns good sized crowds of people were
gathered at the depot to see the famous
king of the Sandwich isles that they had
heard about. He seemed to be very chilly
and kept himself in the car. May
be this was natural. / have seen
four kings freeze a man out at one
time in the presence of four aces. How
ever, we reached one town where there was
a big crowd. The old man didanot show his
face and then the people commenced yell
ing: "Come out here, you black son of a
gun, and let us see you;'' "Get out, Kaluk,'
and all that sort of thing. I thought they
were right about it, but nobody appeared.
1 finally decided that something should be
done, so l pulled out a pair of side whiskers
from my valise, adjusted my silk hat and
stepped out on the front platform of the
special car, with one hand in the fold of my
Prince Albert. | bowed and smiled, and
you ought to have heard that crowd yell.
"Speech, speech" they cried.
| bowed and smiled again, and then made
one of those happy speeches for which l am
so we'll known. / told them / that l did not
feel like putting on any airs because l hap
pened to be a king in a country where
kings were scarce.
"Stop off a day and we will introduce you
to our poker game" yelled a man.
1 continued with:the remark that if the
people of the United States acted right,
and were all like the citizens of this town,
l might annex the country to my own.
Well. just then old kalakaua stepped out
on the rear platform and commenced max
ing a speech. The crowd yelled to him to
get inside. They wanted kings instead of
s~ide-show niggers. They finally threw
stones at him, and he made his sneak.
Then they raised three cheers for me as
the train pulled out of the station.
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l heard a good story about the advent
ures of a popular and weli-known east side
republican on the night after the late citv
election. He occasionally gets out with the
boys, and always tinds his share of fun in
the entertainment. The republican victory
offered an excellent excuse for a symposinm.
He found n few choice spirits at a Min
street resort, and the fun commenced early
in the evening. Thu wine flew fast until
tho small hours of the morning