The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-06-13
NOT PARTICULAR AS TO WEAPONS.
But the Other Man Concluded That He
Had Business Elsewhere.


hut the Other Nan Concluded That He
Had Business Elsewhere.
One of the men who figured con-
spicuously in the pioneer days Of Ne
braska was Colonel Peter A. Sarpy, a
distinguished Indian trader and mem
Der Of the famous American Fur COM
pany. An old settler tells the fol-
lowing story about this eccentric
pioneer: Colonel Sarpy preferred
the freedom of prairies to the society
of civilized life and spent great
deal of his time in visiting Omaha
wigwams near the old trading posts.
He was regarded by the Omahas as
their nekagahhe, or big chief. In
fact, he married an Omaha woman,
Nakoma, to whose intercessions he
was more than once indebted for the
preservation of his life when at
tackled by Indians.
One night a crowd of frontiers
men were gathered in the store of
Colonel Sarpy, and the conversation
turned upon the treatment of the In
dams.
Sarpy portrayed in glowing colors
the noble traits of the red men and
the injustice heaped upon them by
the whites.
A tall, gaunt looking specimen over
in the corner, who was busily engaged
In whiting, listened with consider
able interest. He suddenly looked up
and interrupted the speaker.
'"This yere talk about the Indians
as good and brave and intelligent
may suit you traders who have been
swapping gewgaws for their valu-
able buffalo robes and stealing their
annuities, but I have lived among
them, too, want you to understand,
and I'll be hanged If they are not a
lying, thieving race of dogs, who
don't know the difference between
right and wrong. The sooner they
are killed off the better 1t will be for
the country"
This was too much for Sarpy. He
advanced to the front Of the speaker
and interrupted him in an excited
manner. DO you know who am,
sir'" he asked, with considerable en-
phasis Il am Peter A. Sarpy, sir
If you want to fight, sir, I am your
man, sirl I can whip the devil, SIR
Choose you weapons, sirl Bowie
knife, shotgun or revolver, siri I'm
your man, sirr'
Here the speaker, by way of en-
phasis to his remarks, snapped his
pistol at the lighted candle on the la
BILE, about three PAGES away, and all
were left in total darkness. The
stranger awaited himself of this OPP
portunity to make his exit by the
side door, being unwilling to serve
as a target for the unerring marks
man, who would probably have ex-
him in similar manner.
we are going very FAST soc1esy
was more shocked some years ago by
the appearance in the field of female
baseball clubs than it would be now
by the advent Of female football
teams. Woman has taken all fields
for her province and is scarcely any
where challenged. If there are fe-
male thieves, why should there not
be female sheriffsi These are unim-
portant details. We have ceased to
be astonished at finding women in I'M
expected places. All this is not a
movement, a mere leap
year freak. It indicates a radical
change going on in the structure of
society, an advance along the whole
line Of the great body Of women to
independence-the great body that
may not care rap for suffrage and
that do not make the least noise about
their rights" They simply take
them.-Charles Dudley Warner in
Harper's. ...........