Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-13
THE GROWS REV ENGE
SAD FATE or JABEZ BUMTRRE
OF LOCAL FAME.
lIe Incurred the Hatred of the SLACK.
Feathersd tird. OF Evu Omen sad
they ReIentlesIy iur.usd nim Uhtu
They Finally Killed Him.


Bumtree's crows When first start
cd on the road had what ms fellow
travellers always called the poverty
circuit II included all the small
Western and Southern villages and set.
Elements, and when man started out
10 cover il he didn't generally get
back to civilization for SIX months
II had been over night ia an In
dian settlement ana wanted 10 get To
the next village, some iittoeu miles
distant, by I o'clock ia the afternoon,
The man with whom had stopped in
formed me that Ike Staples was going
tiye miles IN the direction | wished 10
take, and he guessed Ike would give
noe lift 30 away So started, aud for
the first two miles Ike discuss a crops
and other things that hadn't the
slightest interest for mv A. Ne
rounded turn Ia the road ! noticed a
4 small broken down cabin about a hun
+ bred yards distant
Hello, exclaimed. who lives
here2
we we're directly ia front Of the
cabin oy this time, and had no soon.
er pat this inquiry than Ike pulled ap
/ his horse, turned 10 me, ami after
looking me over, said
Well by gum Ter think that
I iruy man around that never hcaru
Of Jabez Bumtrua' say. friend yer
ant tryln' Ter Josh me-
II assured him tha, | aA- not
Shcreupon hr resumed
Well, sir, that man Jab.,l anil his
. Wifc Mandy and The little i-lJsr.
Jah"z junior, did somrthlu that set
tied EN- fpr life fheg Was drus from
place ter place Ter tan years. al they
finally rum trr thls ole cabin Ter hide
But The enemy vat hal brru On the
trail Tor ten years smrlt EN- gut "a
ieelin' that they cuuldnt run no
longer they stayed aul Jabsz Bum.
tree. hi. wife MANDY and the i,tla
TELLER met death Ike thry might haze
ten year, betor- Z ,hsy hadu I ,rtrd
ths iumpn an thr aolgiu racket,
Dear me, said but who chased
them Ike that Tor - long
Go an throw stDnr tn tho ol,-
hut said ms companion Tho
enemy i the most rrlcntltsi Ike sou
"yor seen, an they sti.l guard rh.,
place
Aha exclaimed a. ,umpSd
FROM the wagon and picked w a big
stone More than Dnr, rh
- million D lingo replied ms
companion a, hurlod thr STONE a. th.,
house II made great uo.sr and
went through a cracked pane ~ gin.s
and slammed against tho wall tn.idr
The neSt moment there Naa trrrth,,
squawking inside an crows began ~
Hy out ~ every window II seemed .
70 me that thcr' wcrt thousands 81
thom, and they made tho sNy black
They ncw up IN thu air ard trynn
making circles around the house. but
didn't 20 away
,jabe1 Bumtroe, h. began. was
bloodcd colt. an vas rect descend
ant o. the Bumtrsaa u Now YORK
They wusnt nuthin goin could tell
Jabo1 nuihin'. an when a. ard hsd
marry Mandy llucklp no jos up an
done II, an the Hupklns wa. fr. a.
good as tho Bumtrue@. too Ths
couple Was Twin bout a hnndf.sl
miles from this here spot when Jat.,,
done all that fOo!ishuos- The little
Teller was 2 years old then Now
right back 81 the Bumtroe barn va.
N" rpostin' place ~ all tbs crows
Ter miles around. an while Jal.,t
didn't mind ON much d. ia ,nt
hufy when he found they was pickin
AT his crops, an one night a. yoes
out an throws sticks an stones In Tho
trees til no drives every blasted CROW
out but them crows hadn't no no.
ton OF quittin' that rou.t Their
fathers an grandfather. and groat-
had roasted there Tor,
ever Bumtree or q Hnrklo rntpe
across tho sky line. an they'd hs
dinged they'd quit
The king crow lowed "a how +,
wasn't right TO peck at Jabtl's fields
nm they didn't do It no more. but nat
warn what Jabal wanted scd he
was blood colt. an he was. HID
started ter drive them crows out. an J
ne meant ter do II; an nipbt after
night the fight kept on Prom s,,rk !
Ter stones Jabe1 wont tor his gun M,
ne used ter kill about Hrty crows a
night But still every night found
ne crows at the ole roost
An then the durn fool donc 9
nat what settled him. lola /
yer how that little patch 81 wood baek !
r The Bnmtree barn was a roos, for n
rows fer 200 years. We'll. NJ Tho
mother loves her offspring. 40 does G
ne crow love the roost Of lie ancister h
md when Jabel Bumtree took An az =
y chopped down every durn tree IN I
ne patch he committed suicide fer p
llmSelf an his wife an little fellor
nc loss er home an about 100 of the Al
ace what Jabez had killed was too p
huch Tor The crows. an they resolved II
ha. me earth warn't large nun tor r,
o'u the Bnmtree family an tho b
row race They couldn't tack tho d
nan openly an crows don't carry mo
uh' but they do carry gosh darne1 y
loawk, and tho squawk was the woap. n,