The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28

the Pacific. He had with him an as
siStant and q lieutenant commanding
his guard troop Of the Second cavalry,
/ think it was Writings s. Away up on
the headwatersa of the Colorado 1t be-
came evident to the Cocopah, Apache,
and Maricopas guides that Ives had
with him that Indians of some tribe
were watching their movements keen
ly. Two nights after this discovery,
when, the outer guard was to be re
lieved, it was found that he had been
shot through the heart with an arrow
This was alarming, but did not indi-
cate hoStilitfes, for the mans gun, a
Colts revolving rifle, was missing, and
he might have been killed for that,
valuable article at that time and place
y 1t was. deemed prudent to double the
outer guard, and put two men on post
rather than one. About an hour before
midnight the next night a gunshot was
heard from the farthest post from
camp. A badly scared man explained
that he saw something move. He
thought it was a coyote and meant to
speak to his comrade about it as he
passed him, when he heard the twang
of a boW-string, and the other man
called out, L am shot! and went down.
He was dead when they got to him,
shot throughsthe heart with a heavy
war arrow. The war arrows had steel
heads two inches long, and were about
half an inch wide. The Indian guides
at once declared that it was a Navajo
arrow.
1.-THE next morning as the column
was about moving two fine pointer
dogs belonging to Lieut.. Jenifer, that
had strayed away possibly 200 yards
from the wagons, were observed to be
acting strangely, leaping into the air
and running in circles.
Lets go and see what those dogs
have found said Jenifer. They've run
onto something unusual, that's GER
TAIN
ives, Whiting and Jenifer rode over
to the dogs. and there they stopped.
The dogs had found something, sure
enough. 1t was the body Of dead
Indian, The face had been painted.
but it was awfully distorted and dread
fully swollen. One of the officers took
the body by the foot and turned 1T
over. A huge rattlesnake craWled out
from under it and coiled ready for de-
Tense. A brief examination explained
the cause Of the bucks strange death
and condition. The Indian had crawied
up near enough to the end of the post
! and shot the man as he came to the
end of his beat. In moving away he
had crawled over this snake, which
could not rattle because he had just
shed his skin. The marks of the fargs
were easily .perceptible upon the In
dams neck, where the RATHER had
struck him twice before the Indian
could move, and he probably became
fnsensible in a few minutes and died
within quarter of an hour. The dead
warrior was a Navajo, and the In
dams said he was chief Of some rank
The loss of two of his escort in the
manner mentioned made Ives uneasy.
He did not know what to do, nor did
Whiting
"One night after taps the sergeant
of the guard came into Ives tent
much excited /
There's am Indian chief beyond our
line that wishes to speak with the
lieutenant saidahe.
why, who did he ask for?' said
Ives.
The funny part of 1t is, sir, he
asked for the lieutenant by name
Well, this is g. strange thing said
Ives to thedother officers. Tell him
to come in, but don't allow amy of his
party, if there is one with him, to come
along. I Think we can manage one
Indian here
I'm a few minutes in came the ser
geant with the visitor In truth, the
chief was a. magnificent man, a giant
in size and stature.
I am the great war chief of the
Navajos,' he began, through the in
spoken English, he said: I don't think
We'll need this fellow pointing to tbs
Cocopah interpreter rather contemptu-
ously. Suppose, Ives, you send him
away
Had the Navajo drawn a war club
or tomahawk and began upon the in
terpreter and three officers. their as.
constituent could not have been great
er.
.Haveyou any decent tobacco?' was
his next query.
lives had some, also a little Ken
lucky whisky in case anybody was
snake-bitten.f The orderly brought two
camp stools glass, and the snake
bite medicine The chief took his dose
| straight
No water after that, thank you,'