The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-08-11
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THE BOY BRAVES.

~" was sishys tue signal 10 the boz
that he vas ready TO begin 10 shoot buff.
locs and Indians. Uncle Jack vss . Gri,
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tier
Why. yes. said be. do kuow somsth
ing sbout wbst Iodians are good for I
fighters, and for downright human courae
without any Of the sneskine. strike,youi
tbe,back work 10 it, | think thu Cheyer
nes stand shesd Of them I'll
But what Cheyennes2 Where did it hap
penY clamored the boys, Who knew wei
enough that there was some special instsD
CO back OF the general statement Of Cheye
ne bravery
How did you little rAscas know what
WAS thinking OF he srowled. Well in 1871
my command WAS stationed st the Wilt
Rose agency. Things had beeeu moving
smt othly for long time, but the lndisnl
were getting fat and saucy on government
rstiots. aud that state OF things couldn I
last. Every brave had . good breech load
er and pony or more. Even the boys
wiry. ssucy little rats - had their own
guns and ponies, and the wsy they did run
was . caution
There were two Little chaps in psrticu
lar who used 10 loaf around the post Who
hAd the most stoicsl faces when they
thought you were watching them. They
we're handsome little rsscsls, il they we're
dirty and l,zy, and often they used to run
races across the parade ground to amuse
the officers for It axe Of srmy cartridges.
They we're the most fearless, nimble little
monkeysl
Half the time you couldn't tell which
psrt was horse or which part was rider.
The way they stuck to those little ponies
10 every position imaginable. now on this
side and nov on thstl They were along
the neck. under the belly, heads almost
dragging the ground They dropped their
hats and picked them up again st bresk'
neck gsllop. They fred their rifles with
one hand until it made You think oiFourth
OF July in Bangor. They were SONS oi
Lone Wing. 9 chief:
Is-t =. -..shiro no iis,ls ;-~ so 800. a
and show of their tricks. and missed them
when they didn't put 10 an appearance;
! for fellow becomes 30 lonely ont there
that be bankers after any kind OF face
he's used to, even il 1t is q dirty red face.
You know haven't much use for live
Indian. Somehow, living out on the froni
tier, one picks up prejudice against them.
Many Of the young Indians who hang
about the agencies doing nothing become
thieves and vagsbonds. but couldn't
help admire these two boys
They stood by one another like Damon
aud Pythiss. One day some Of the men
cosxcd one OF them into the barracks and
got him stupid drunk. That's an example
OF the wsy Indians are sometimes i'm
proved at the agencies.
Well. the other boy wouldn't bulge sn
inch away until be took bis comr.de with
him. Hs hung around him until after
dark. and then managed to creep 10 while
the men we're at mess, and actually lngged
the sleeping fellow out. whistled up the
ponies loaded him on like log OF wood,
strapped bin on witha lsrat and gslloped
of,
They had the blood OF the old sschems
in them, and do believe would have died
for each other, got to like them as much
as possibly could like an Indian. and
ihst would be about ss bard for me ss 10
like Q rsttlesnske.
Maybe you have heard that the govern
ment is not the best Trovider 10 the world,
and the Indians department is great deal
more Uncertain than the paymsster or com
misssry OF the army. Well one time the
beef cattle we're ttsmpeded and run of by
rascslly Sioux. and the other rstions we're
shout month behind time aud things got
to looking pretty blue over at the agency.
We let them have oil the army goods We I
could spsre, and Agent Pisrson sent his {
scouts here and there to pick up wbs.
beef they could lawfully. but before they {
could &c, supply the redskins began to
grow lean. Il
some OF the squaws and papooses .ba,
staggered over 70 the agency would hardly
have made 9 shadow, and ii is no rpdef
that petty del redslions were committed. {
First the agents poultry vent Theu I
some one got into the storebouse aud car
ried of lot Of essi,rn cinned goods the
agent had for bis own table. He declared .
thsi be would make the guilty one sDsrl 7
II be found him. That night. TO cap the Q
Gilman. floor bosri wss loosened from
snd . piece Of meet the cook
hsd ready for breskfsst Vas taken from .
Ihe seeni's kitchen. @
The guard ssw the thieves and fred on
them. and by the fissh OF the gun rtcoani' ]
zed them ss Panther Tail and Pour Toes. .
Ihe two Indian boys forgot TO tell you
sbout their names. Panther Tail Was The |
Ioiem or msnitou name OF the oder boy, .
md the Younger one vas called Four Toes !
By the whites becsuse 10 me boyish al I
venture be hsd Ice, the little toe from his
right foot
when The guard came 10 msks % tI ,
IN insiion there vas the four toed track of z
pue OF the bsfefootsd thieves. Aftsrwsrd .
we beard tbs, the boys mother vas sick ;
from fasting. :
The agent gave promp, o~jers 10 have i