San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-02
SAW THE "BIG INDIAN
But Don't Think He Gave His Coat
Away

Away.
Several of the Lights employees took
an outing on the Cibolo last Sunday
dove shooting and thereby hangs a
tale of woe, especially to the Lights
well read pressman-so well red In
fact is he that his face always sheds
a radiant glow wherever it may be
and it is a very rare thing to bring the
electric lights in use in his department
even on Saturday night, but this fact
has nothing to do with his coming to
grief on the hunting excursion-it
was mentioned merely in an introduce
tory way. The eminent personages
troubles came about in this way:
The party was well supplied with
refreshments, as well as ammunition.
The chief object was a quarter keg of
NIX Pearl. This seemed to be quite
an attraction for the sunshiny man
and upon arriving at their destination
after the foaming beverage had been
tapped the worthy apostle of printers
ink volunteered to stay and guard it
while the remaining four of the party
proceede with their slaughter of game.
He did his task very well for awhile
and was still able to distinguish the
keg from the horses when the party
returned couple of hours later and
deposited their loads of game several
dozen birds and three or four rabbits
after which the Gambrinus fluid was
sampled and the sho0tists put out
again, leaving Mr.. Kup-, but names
should not be mentioned-in charge
of the camp again. He soon discov-
cred bottle labeled-well he couldn't
see the label-but anyhow he sampled
it, winked at himself and sampled it
again, and then felt pretty good.
About this time he was compelled to
receive visitor. former resident of
President Porfirio Diaz's domains,
whom he imagined to be q big chief
from a band of Indians and pretended
to fall in love with him, giving him
sips from the keg as well as the afore
mentioned vial. In order to further
make friends with the big chief he
told him his name was John in
English, but in Indian it was "Wan,'
and in answering the ''big chief" he
always said 'Uhl Uhw all the while
complimenting himself on being al
to keep his scalp in it's proper pIi
After wlNie wishing to get y
his visitor, II ar if he diH m
supply of ref ments Yd6ld be ex-
hausted, he Pr Fnted~ him with the
larger part of the SINE, including all
the rabbits and his coat as well, say
ing, big chief wear mans cloak. Man
don't need. Big chief very good man."
Whereupon the 'big chief" left the
camp, before the pale face or could
change his mind. He had scarcely
gone when the four hunters, who had
been in hiding in a nearby clump of
bushes came out to the camp. The
faithful CD guardian met them and
told Of his fight with a band Of In
dians; how he had put them to flight,
ETC., and then tainted away, or slum-
bered away; anyhow it was well
along toward night before he came
to again. When the party arrived in
town that evening he discovered his
coat was gone and advertised for it
the following day, whereupon his pre-
vious hunting companions informed
him that he had presented it to tho
''big chief while intoxicated-with
the big chiefs presence, of course.
And now he swears they chloroformeu
him and pawned his coat, and that
hereafter hunting excursions will have
no charms for him.