Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-17
WHISKY IN PLACE or WATER.
How tho Bloody Plans of Wild Indians
We're Frustrated.


How tho Bloody Plans of wild Indians
We're Frustrated.
A Star man happened to meet man
WHO had served q term or two or three in
various penitentiaries, hadn't served
several he should have served, and Is
likely TO serve more before he Is through
with himself. OF course, that kind Of
man wns interesting, and, after time
when he got to talking under the mel-
lowing influence of things made for the
purpose, he was more interesting.
when l was Is years younger than
l am now," he said, II was out in the
mountains of the west on government
reservation, where l could make money
selling whisky under post prices.
was always on the make, and so Snug
gled In dozen or more gallons, and had
them hid in cave ten miles or so out of
reach. The cave was kind of two
jsiovy affaiE Me supper4story seing my
secret, and there l had my jugs of liquor
hid away, and from there l carried it
ont in smaller quantities for distr,bu-
tion. The lower part of the cave was
60 feet below the upper chamber, and
in this part was basin of water, which
had dripped from the upper part. 1t did
not contain more than gallon of water.
l know it was easily exhausted, for
spent many night there, and found
there wasn't water enough to boil ket-
tie with.
"Well, about the time got in my Sec
ond installment of fire Juice the Indians
got bad, and began creeping in toward
the settlements. thought my cave
was unknown to the Indians, as well as
to the whites, but it appears that it
wasn't, and one morning barely had
time to slip out of my downstairs room
and get up in the loft before ten or
twelve Of about the Notwithstanding
braves you ever saw squatted in front
Of my residence and hgan holding d
council Of war. In half an hour or more
all of them except one went away, and
he remained to keep watch.
AT noon three returned with five
white prisoners, and at six o'clock the
rest of them came in with girl about
four years old. Just what they were
going to do was not apparent, and it
wasn't easy for me to find out, because
when came down to point where |
could see, l was in danger of getting
caught myself. did see enough,
though, to show me that the five pris-
oners, who were all old men, hadn't
much chance for their lives, but that
save myself had been my first thought,
and now to save these poor wretches
was first.
"While l was debating what to do or
give it mp as n bad job, one of the In
dians went TO the spring and got some
water. That was my cue. In minute
more was back up in my chamber just
over the headwaters of the spring, and
having turned the drip into another
channel, started stream Of that kill
at t-forty-rod whisky down the shoot and
then slipped back to watch the proceed
ings. They were discussing when to
kill the prisoners-I knew enough In
dian to know that--and when it was
about determined to hold them over
day and see II they couldn't pick up a
few more and have real, big time, an
other of them went over to the spring
fol- water This time il wasn't so much
water MS it had been. Whatever it was
made the ugly redskin give big ugh
Of delight, and the others went over TO
him. Well, IL isn't necessary for me TO
go into particulars.
Anybody, even reporter, knows
what becomes of an Indian or dozen
of them when there are unlimited guam
titles Of fire water at their disposal, and
as soon as saw how the thing was So
ing, hurried back and set another jug
to work. i was n little afraid they
would get ugly drunk and kill their
prisoners, but evidently they hadn't had
much 10 eat that day, and the liquor
was getting in it's work on empty stom-
achs. Whatever was the cause, before
/ had any idea that it was time for it,
the whole lot of them was full, and in
few minutes more they were lying
around the little basin of the spring, so
drunk they couldn't move hand nor
foot
''Then 1t was my time to play, and l
corked up the liquor upstairs for an
other day and went downstairs. There
wasn't much time for thanks, because
we didn't know when the enemy might
make IL unpleasant for us. So told
the prisoners TO take care of the Indians
while took care of the little girl, which
/ did by taking her out of the cave,
where she could breathe the free air Of
heaven once more. You see, ! kind Of
thought they might like to attend to
things themselves" he added apologet-
ically, and stopped.
"And did they?" inquired the re-
porter, as the narrator seemed to think
he had reached the end of his story.
II suppose they did," he replied; "at
least, when / went back to the cave
about month later, when the war had
simmered down some, found the bodies
of them Indians aboutas well preserved
as II they had been put up in alcohol,
that dern whisky of mine was so power
full, you know. was always kind Of
sorry hadn't sent the prisoners to take
care of the little girl while took care
of them Indians. BY cripes, never got
"a cent for the liquor they drank
Washington Star.
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Distinguishing Shades.
BY scientific experiment Prof. Cot