The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03
Reveries ofa Cayuse.

The first rccollections I have OF
myself is that one fine balmy
morning about six years ago
found myself on The grass on the
sunny side OF a hill. my mother
standing over me, while a large
number just like me, only much
greater in size, were feeding near
by. In short time l got up onto
my feet and, although my legs
were weak and unsteady, I ambled
along by the side of mother. who
appeared to be very proud of me.
One of the larger ones of my kind
came up and bit my ear and began
to make fun of me for being SO
small, when mother, whose name
was Mrs. Cayuse, kicked him and
said l would be as bigssas hundreds
Of others when [ grew up, if let
alone. She showed me lot more
Of our kind, which she said we're
my brothers aud sisters. and when
l asked her why they were not big
ike the fellow who teased me, she
said 1T wa, best not to grow too
large so our master would not
work US nor ride US TO death.
One day my speckled sister show
ed me nice little yellow and red
horse which she said was her faith
cr, aud at night showed him to
ma and asked her why father did
| not como and see me, but she re-
piled that he was not my father,
which l did not understand when
he was my sisters parent, until ma
told me his name was Pinto, while
mine was Nondescript.
Well, for six years have lived
a fine life. I am nearly thirteen
hands high $50 mother says) and !
am beautiful black with large,
irregular patches of white on the
sides. I've got fur white stock
ing legs and one white ear, and ms
says lv' got glass eyes, but the
old lady prevaricates sometimes,
and undoud tedly wants to make out
that / am better than the rest oil
her children.
l have lots of fun, for l have
never had to work, except to dig
snow off the grass and chase othel
horses when they come near us
When my masters hired maj
comes to drive us in l just give ou
crowd the wink and away We e
about five miles, so that the NAL
has to ride long way before h
Cdu Itdu US O1 anu iuGhe US ~
down TO a round pla:e that the,
call a corral. When we get there
l say: Come On boys, let's nave
race" and so don't notice tn,
gate, but run past and fly for ;
big hill as fast as we can run
Golly, how the man does kick and
quirt the poor thing he is on, ant
how he does swear. Bye and by
we stop and he gets around us anc
drives US back. When We ge'
nearly there VIC see flock of sheer
coming over the ridge, 50 forget
The man wants US to 60 IN, auC
charge on the sheep with all tat
rest of my friends. My, how we
scattered them, and | know | fixec
three or four sure. | hate sheer
any way.
| We'll, after long un the mar
gets us in about dark. and he call:
me vile names aud clubs me with {
big willow stick. Then he goe.
and plckets tho poor borse he ha
been riding, with rope, where
cannot get half the grass it wants
! So after dark just slip out ant
chew the rope in two aud let hiu
go. Then we take a long spin ano
hide in deep coulee. Cracky
how the man does cuss when hi
has to walk all the next day to fin(
US. Then we have some more
sport with him. AT tin es my
masters wife lets her washing
hang out over night, and it is
great fun to chew the nice, white
things and stain them green Will
grass juice. One time picked ;
pair of things off the line when
heard Il aster's daughter cry out
"Oh, pa, that beast has got my
bloomers in his mouth" OF course
knew something would hapD 1