Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-03
YELLOW FEATHER.

tlLJS. But Wli1t TLally gave hlm hls air of distinction was not his clothes nor his manner Uf wearing them. IL was the long blond TuuS;achc that he constantly twisted and untwiSJcd at the ends. IL was mus tachc so imposing and ornamental in it's waving color that the Indians, quick to seize salient points of personality for chris tcning, named him Yellow Feather the day he arrived on the reserve. Still Clay son was more than q man with n mus tachc.
 He certainly was not straining his fac ultic> as he sauntercd from evening sta blcs'' tO the officers clubroOm in the traders storC on a bright day in May not many years ago, To tell the truth, there wa< nn;hinE especial in his mind until he tUT1.,d Ih,. CC-uCr of the building. Then hc Sj.JLcI.ly Iui!-Ctl to mental activity. all though .:n c.Ii!sC might seem trivial to othCEz-lt was Uuly a sQuaw, and squaws yvCrs cuII:I.sou. very common, in that vii ciui:y :.Ic turned her head, and he saw such eyes a. hc never befOrr had seen in human head. They looked straight into his bElin-aud *taid there
 The sQuaw v:Is on her pony, slowly rid ing away. He then noticed for tho first time that her hair hung loose down her back She wIs I married woman. When she reached the end of the corral wall and just bet z, she made the turn. she glanced EsiC 1lANA tl---s elsillNG 4aAAAIlA L44Ill Alt light in tLo~,' lGring eyes said, Follow mel
 His impulse was to call to a passing man .4uL ,..siyr his horse. hut fortunately the lu-i' i'll his mind asserted itself and told hiru tu@t he could not trail after q ssIUlw in 'r a.! daylight He thought of something cl>,' and rJ-cntcrcd the store to act upon that thought. He bought pound of tclrIccI and several bundles of cigarette l. l. chez. thr interpreter. in his camp below tho pus:.
 He missed -gc;r,at" and lost his dinner at the iu,->S lS turc t:-C><c and tobacco had drawn [: III sanchez JhaI Tinta was Mex ican captive. captured as q babe and aft Crw2rI r arCd as iEe only child of BonitO, EC;sd -oldjvE If the Chiricahuas. She had r,,cyn;Iy married Ramonc, q young sub chief. hut within a IuoOn from the we'd ding fcl~; they had qulrrClCd. and, strange Ia all the IritV. she had asserted her rights. -Apac!.' women have ri-;ht>-that is, prop cr;y right Sh, Eather,sd her ponies and dr,,vv them to her father herd Now she Jwcis !H hsuIJo'S = ledge, and it was an open gJ.,~tIoH E.W many ponies Elmonc must Vay F. .,-,- h" -oJ back his brjdr-thC num- lar q, I-n.I.I upon her sweet will as cx- Itr,.<~e,! thrlUgh the arbitrator. Bonito. RaILouc had h,-Sun to bid. And sanchez
 
 rcItc. with tLc 'i,'Innni:ion. 'Iinta is heap murcbu dan.-, rII.S ;,s:iaC.''
 With thC -.-r .-. s:E the next sun Clly>0n WAS tE-,,' u.:',- uP ! h" north fork inspect iu: thc trosY .-I-,irn~. lie wished To sCo the dew on tLy cabbage sparkle in tho early light: a,-Sldc> Ihv main camp of the Chiricahuas was in tEC bottom land on the opposite side. and Eunito' o's lodge stood by it's II close to the river bank.
 L. shoe striking the rocks. "r it may have l;Ccn fatIllty-anyhow Tinta came from the lodge willie CIay>uu' . horSr was drink in-. knee d. Cp i'll the stream. He refined up the hor>,'~ head and urged him through the wa;Cr straight for those eyes. She smiled q welcome. and thcTc. in the hiding shadows of the tall cottonwOOds, he kissed her
 But shadows are never dark enough. It soon passed from sqUaw Ia squaw in the villagc t!.at Yellow Feather rode to ! Bonitu's lodge. and. like the flame of q lCapiu- prairie firc. the word swept on till it rpaC:ICd RlmuHc in the upper camp in the muuntains- And as luck would have it aT that time the upper camp was drink ! ing 'tizwi0'' and dancing for war. So Ra- i luUnc drank tizyyin with increased vigor | and danced with the other wild spirits, ! while his iuhorn general hate for the ! whites CGIltGEltEsLItt4 ttllt' ItECE- i hate for one white
 The big neon came, and with it the last dance in tho uppcr camp. Thc old and the ! tCHdsr wen s>.nr down tO thC main camp i on the river. wliilt. the St FOu- and active full of tizwin anL he'll dH>hcd into tho l night to nlak,. a l!1, rry killing in thCil | line of flight All the young bucks wcro 1 in ihc ride >-lyc uut-Ranune was too l drunk To mount or move Thrru hour: z 1 two irO, ps of cavalry had found and wrTt l on the trail of the bTOnCi!o-'' at the upper camp. The next morning the agent. visit | ing jhC main camp to count somewhat scattered !Ock and separate the sheep iron the goats, as they had already separated themselves, found RamOne, tag, number and all, present tn be counted as one of thu rCmnant of sheep He really was meek a lamb, slCCViny most of the day in thu brush near his mothers lodge, but oCCa siCnally waking To hear the frightened talk of wUIncn ;0d children. Once h. heard that the i.;:c.S horse and the e-ra, horse soldiers Wen on the trail, and h. knew that Yellow Feather rode with tn grays-
 He ate his supper in sullen silence, fo ] the tribe was not a unit on the outbreak Then, when the twilight merged int
 night. he saddled his war pony and lief the camp
 RaInOnc knew the rcndczvOus; also tn
 water holes and the rough, rugged noun tainS between. He lUpcd along on n trai of his own making, heading for the fa
 peak of the Black range, travelling mOstl, by night and mapping hy day On tn
 third sun Ee cut tine trail of his friends within an easy ride of the high peak, bu found no signs of shOd horses upon 1t. H i had headed the soldiers He could go oI ' fn n
 Lc saw fit Perhaps Yellow Feather wa nnt with the soldiers: If he was not, ther vsr was time enough for Ramone tc b
 ba. | on the reservation before the nex
 count on issue day" He rode on tn
 trail for awhile, then left it, knowing ; single track would not be followed, a though it was fresh, and hid the pony an
 himself safe in the rocks above n poin
 where the trail led up from side canyon
 Looking from this rpck lIaIcony, he 500
 saw what he waited for-thu scouts an
 advance guard showed Ir>t. They rod - abreast and gvCrc sclttcrcd Ia tlc Tigl |, and left Cf the trail One silently pointC
 to the fresh pony tracks, but none haltC
 to examine it. IL meant a fOrager or
 lookout and was only another indicatiO 70 that the first camp made by the brOl
 chos'' was not far of. Prospects for hO
 back fight were improving. Then can
 the black horse troop, in file of trooper 2. leading their leg weary horses When ea' - man reached the top of the ascent, , mounted and kept moving. The pursu J, was slow, but it was continuous. Tht
 came tho grays and, last of all, ''YellO
 Feather"
 Clayson, as junior lieutenant, rode
 rear of the column to prevent stragglin
 When he got to the top of the canyon, t
 head of the column was already descen