The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-08

Ladies' Jerseys and Blouses.
a to W % thai
oONN~o' 'Ao'iot Assignee
you know for my papair. want Won 70 mt

you KNOW Tor my papair. want you to put
something IN my papair!"
us occurred half-a- dozen times day.
tell MIN, You see on de expedishon. You
get ts@ometlng den for your papair!
we so from camp at night so de Sioux
not not see u.s.. We play dem one great trick.
we camp in de open prairie by de river
which was damphoolish, cause dey look for
you on de river. Dat night we all sleep :;
loosen de saddle girths, and each man hold
the bride in his hand. We cross de river
ae next morning. l tell de Lieutenant
Sloley we now must be careful De Sioux
MAO DIS crossing. Deg got our trail. Dat
be bad for usl
Prank Gruard he say: I'VE got to look
sharp. he says to me: You so up dat
plum to de left; go up dis bluff to de right.
Ii sign you dat means come Quick | see
something
Little while see Frank make motion.
L go to Frank. He was looking troo his
glass. He say, by gar, Bat, look troo de
glass; What's DAT? Indians, eh?'
u look. 1 say: you betp
Prank say: What kinda You know de
Crows, and you know de Sioux. What YOU
make dem to be, chg
Il say, Hold Oh till dey move. If dey
are Crows dey all follow each other If dey
are Sioux dey all pass each other'
we watch and hold our breath. Dey
move. BY gar, dey are Sioux; dey pass
each other. Now we got to skin out, cause
oey sure TO come to de crossing. Dey get
our trail. never so regret horse shoes in
my life. Dey show de trail. l tell de Lien
tenant Sibley we got to git
And we did git, but not fast enough for
me- Lieutenant was too brave. De Indians
on de other side the ridge dey come down to
de crossing. Dey find our trail: dey follow
US. we keep on. De best could get the
lieutenant to do was to go into one little
trot. He say want to Kill de horses and
TO get away. De lieutenant, he too brave.
He say: Bat, l don't want to kill nv
horses. l am responsible to de government,
for de horses. If de Indians come we figh.
DEM
I'VE go for several hours. No Sioux in
slght. DE lieutenant was little heedful.
He say, Bat, l must rest and water NV
horses, and my men must have some cof-
fee'
81 say: 'Sibley, like coffee, but damn de
cofee now. Let's keep on. l take my cof-
fee day after tomorrow
DE lieutenant say: Bat, we must have
coffee
1--WE loosen de saddle girths. We make
de coffee. L tell de lieutenant: 'Sibley, you
going to see some Indians for dat coffee!'
1--WE drink de coffee. We tighten de
saddle girths and start on. Pretty soon l
see things dat don't grow on de prairie.
One, two heads pop up here ON de left; one,
two heads popup dere on de right. I say to
de lieutenant: 'Sibley, you see data you see
DAT! No Indians here, oh MOP
He say: Bat, what you going to dog
81 say: 'Sibley, we light out for de tim
bers'
1--WE dc light out quick Now come DOB
pop popi (clapping his hands three times)
Before we get to de timber bullet strike
Finerty's horse in de tail. l say: "Ha lha |!
Finerty, something to put in de papairl''
''Finerty he say: Damn de papairs.'
"We quick get into de timer. Every
man is told to tie his horse to tree and lie
down. | was de last in de timber. tie my
horse near de edge of de timber l forget
my overcoat on de saddle 1t was hot like
de devil in de day time and cold like de biz
zard at night. Every man he get behind a
tree. get me behind tree. hear de pop,
pop, pop (clapping his hands together.) /
see one sorrel horse. He get hit. say:
Hello, Finertyi One sorrel horse he gone.
Put dat in your papair'
"Finerty he say: Damn de papair.,
az am behind a tree. / make myself az
small as can; squeeze myself together like
sandwich. Every now and den come pop,
pop, pop. l see my leg not behind de tree
pull it back. say: My Cod just den
a twig right dere by de bullet clipped right
troo. 1t fall to de ground. Dat was a close
call Tor Bat; Den pop, pop, pop. White
morse gets full OF lead. He falls. Den say:
.E-nerty, de white horse get full of lead
He falls. Put dat in your papair,
''f'inerty he say: Damn de papair.'
De poi. pop, pop, kept up, and so did de
tnklng OF everybody. After a while a
olack morse falls shot. l say: Hello, Fin
erty. Black horse gone. Another Item for
de papair.'