Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-10-19
a Now Kind OF Indian.


OF New York, says 1eIlS S,Jti1gs, is
large picture Of desperate battle
between wild Indians and United
States troops. The Indians have evil
IDENTIFY attempted to modest some
tourists, and the United States troops
have appeared on the scene just at the
right moment. for the first time in the
history OF our Indian warfare.
The picture Is the show card OF
theatrical performance TO which the
general public, who want TO see how
the red devils are KILLED of. are inyi-
ted 10 attend at the usual price OF adj
mission.
The hostile redskins have been so
kind and considerable as to allow them
selves 10 be ogertaken by United
States infantry, which is something
rather out of the usual line. As a
general thing 1t is the Indians that
oyertake the infantry.
On the right, a company of infant
rs, in nice blue overcoqts with their
boots shined. are pouring deadly
voliey into the accommodating red
skins. The faces of the soldiers are
calm, and the condition OF their hair
indicates that they have just come out
of some barber shop in the vicinity TO
cope with the savage foe.
On the left is another company Of
infantry, the members of which seem
/ TO be twin brothers of the soldiers on
the right. They, too. are firing at the
demoralized savages. The captain of
the infantry is holding up lis sword as
| II he wanted the dead and dying In
dams 10 look at H. His attitude is
/ somewhat similar TO that of Moses in
E the picture OF Pharoah ia the Red
1 Sea.
/ The unfortunate Indians. with the
/ old fashioned tomahawk, used in the
/ Deeriieid Mas sucre, before the Reyo-
] luton, are busy dying and singing
I their death songs 10 slow music flIr-
4 nished by the management oi the the
/ atre.
i There is snow on the ground. bat
4 the Indians have no more clothes on
them than the average wooden tobac-
1 co sign. whom the savages closely re-
semb,e II is evidently cold day for
I Indians TO be out, and bon they man
age to keep still long enough 10 have
their photographs taken Al such a try
ing moment. is another mystery that
attaches 10 this work of art
The rescued tourists, including sew.
eral fasionably dressed ladies, are gaz
ing iistlcssly nj the Indians writing
ia the agonies Of death, and splnd-
led shanked New York dude, with n
sinister expression OF countcnance. is
sitting up on a high stump empiyina
pepperbox revolver al the foe. Pos
sIbly II il the sight Of this dude that
has paralyzed The Indians. for some
thing Of that kind must have happen
cd 10 enable United States troops Il
oyertake them. None OF the troop
have been killed or wounded. up I,
the time OF our going TO press. but a
one of the Indians was about 10 hur
tin tomahawk there is no tellin,
what may happea before our next is
sue appears.
The picture portrays faithfully tn
deadly encounter between the Unlte'
States troops and Indians, most.
from the South OF Ireland. who &c
! twenty-five cents night from thu
manager of the theatre for their ser
vices. But 4 New Mexico paper. 10
J Gated near the scene OF the futile ef
forts Of the United States troops L
overtakc the Apachcs. that have bre
Strengthening the settlers. contains To
following article, which is calculate
: to throw just the shadow of a dont
over the pictorial medgt' oler0'tdt Z
our troops. II says
..The Apaches in Arizona have bee
: having picnic aud excursion for
few weeks. The chief amusement ha
been killing aud torturing white Sc
tiers. burning cabins, running .
stock and lcisnrely proceeding to til
/, mountains in Mexico.
: some San Francisco and Arizon
, papers are enquiriug how II is tn;
under one prcteNt and another III
United States troops do not stop thei
: ANA never get closer than three {
= four miles from the festive Apache.
! This is remarkable. Not that th
!, soldiers do not fight the Indians, III
! that the papers do not know belt,
/. than to expect them 10 do so. III
4 soldiers receive the same pay and ca
: spoiI more rations If they don't cate
!. the Indians. The business OF the of
J, GERS is not TO catch the Indians. but
:. keep the Indians from catching Then
When the Indian longs for the T
: horse and red blanket OF the lndis
I Agent he will return. Meanwhile,
T. Is enjoying himself. aud the Y. $, .
= Is doing its best to let him. In shor
/. it Is conducive 20 the general heal
!. of the troops to avoid any conia
! with the noble red man just now. !,
= is not the business of the regul
!, army TO protect the settlers, but
y nrotcct the Indians when they con
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