The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-06-21
LOU PARKS SCALP.
Taken by All Indian, Then Grated Enok In
Place as Good as New.

Place as Good as New.
A tall old man, with hair rapidly
changing from gray to white, sauntvrcd
about his head attracted tho attention
| OF al observer. Shining through his
thin locks and forming II semicirclo OH
tho back Of tho scalp was bright red
irregular line. Tho card that ho twirlcd
ncryously in his fingers bore tho namo
of Louis Parks, and an old gentleman
i'll the lobby greeted him atfcctionatcly
as Lou. When he won't out his friend
talked about him to q circle of interest
ed loungers. "That was old Lou Parks, {"
no remarked, with all infection Of ad-
miration. "Ho was ono Of us when wo
went up into the Bitter Root country
away back in 1868. Did you notice
that red ring on his head? Wcll, gen.
tlemon, the ragged edge Of q Black,
foot's knifo made that scar, and all tho
skin and hair inside Of it were torn
from tho skull by red scoundrel's
muscular arm, The event occurred just
about where Pocatollo, Ida, now is
'Lou Parks and three other white
men had gone over in that neighborhood
to search for something Or other, for
get what, and ono day Lou went out
from camp to kill some meat. The other
follows heard him shoot once, and after
awhile wondered why he didn't bring
his game into camp or shoot again, as
the country just swarmed with game.
Then they concluded to go out and find
out what was the matter.
about half or three-quarters of q
mile away they saw man lying in
some bushes and rode up to find Lou.
He was unconscious, and his head was
covered with blood pouring from q hole
about as big as tin cup. 1t was easy
to sec he had been scalped. No Indians
had beon seen in the neighborbood, and
tho boys couldn't understand where thcy
had gone, because LOUIS gun and knife
were still with him. They looked around
for signs, and deeper in tho chaparral,
about 90 yards away, found tho dead
body Of O Blackfoot Indian. He was
shot in tho spine, and in his clinchcd
hand was q bunch of hair 1t was LOUIS
scalp.
''The boys loosened tho Indians
grasp and released the thing, and one of
them suggested the bright idea of stick
ing it back Oh Lou s head. They washed
it in water from ono fellows leather
bottle and washed their partners head.
Then they fitted the scalp back in place
and tied it OH with strips of horse blan.
kct When Lou came to his senses, he
said that he was lneeling down waiting
for an elk, which he thought he heard
below him, to come along, when he sud
denly felt something grab his hair from
behind and then pull the whole top Of
his head off. He said that before he
went off he saw something black 20 in
front of him and pulled his rifles trig-
ger as he himself fell forward on his
face.
For months he fingered between life
and death, but finally recovered When
the blanket strip bandagc was taken off,
some time after the attack, by an army
surgeon at Il post 400 or 900 miles away,
where Lou was taken, it was found that
the scalp had begun to grow Oh again,
and after several years treatment it be-
came as you see itnow. Lou would give
COW any time to find out what that III
dian was doing out tl..ro ..lo,.v anu willy
ho took the chances OIL scalping him
alivo when he had dead cinch OH get
ting his hair by sticking tho knife in
his neck first. Lou is here from Mis-
souri,, where he is now living, but ho
amt after any postofiico, you can bet. -
Washington Star.