The morning times., 1896-09-20
con Erred RY A DOLL.
Kindness {" an Apache Papoo>e "a we'd
Many Valuable Lives.
P0Eilnnd OrcpnHi0n

tstf'N' VIZ F'ttttH
"A gentleman from the ground up-the
finest gen;lenIani In the regular rmy.' was
the wa Y an old omaha reporter referred to
4 gentleman from the Hotel Portland
Major John &. Bpurkc. formerly AID to Gen.
Crook. Aud then. warming up Ia his
work. the Old reporter told the following.
''They used to toll story OF Bourke when
ne WIS down IN Ariz"na with Crook that
shows what kind of man he is. The
general was trying 10 put a band Of
Apdchcs back on ttit reserve. nut couldn't
catch them without killing them. and he
wouldn't 10 that. one day they captured
pdpCoSe and took her to the fort. She WAS
quiet ali day. saying not a word, but her
Black beads ut eyes watching everything.
When niEbt came she broke down and
scbhed a. white child would. The fort
WAS ~ despair until Mr.. BOurSe had IN
idea. From the IGIutaut's wife he bur
ruwei Il dull that WIS Il beautiful creation
thai had come 10 the adIutant'S lttl"
rlrI the previous Christmas. When the
Young Apache was made to understand tn Il
ii was hers 10 keep her subs ceased ana
she lei! asleep when the morning came
the doll was still Claspcd in her arms
she played with II all day, just as any
child who had been educated tu pIa pret-
tIly with its mako-hrlieve babies would
have done. a:id seemingly all thought 10
ever getting back To the Iuhe. under the
spell OF cccEantnIent placed over her hy
her doll. had left her
Not 80 the officers OF tie post, however
r the tho lg.It chaving 20 keep the papooS-
without having the Tribe making some Inqui-
res as 20 Its welfare. bothered them TO NO
considerable extent. Several DAYS passed
with no sign Of overtures being made by the
tribe, andrnali y IN despair the papoosc. with
the don still IN its possession. was sent back
10 the tr.he. MAJOR Bourke, who was then
a first lieutenant, when the child was sent
back 10 the tribe had no idea of the effect
hI> benevolent ac. to the papoose wouldhave
upon the crafty tribe OF aborigines Wien
the child reached the tribe, with its proud
pr,Ze tightly CraSpei in is chubby hands, II
created Il sensation among the native Arncri-
cans, and It's mother later went back to the
post with it. She was received in Il hos
liable manner and klndl treated. and Ine
effect of her visit was SIcn tina, thro ugh her
OvertUrcs were made to the tribe, with the
resdlJ tuat soon atterward I..,. v-uulc uand
moved back To the reserve
Major Bourke. in all Probability when
the kind act WAS done, in order 10 plaCatc
the hcart-brokcB papousc. had no idea Of
its ever being of such service to Gen. Crook
and lis forces. II saved them ITcrn cnrag-
ing in Il bloody battle. in which the hives
OF the Araches and Uncle Sans forces
woGld have been icopardizcd 10 such al:
extent that many would have been killed
or maimet. ior life. and made possible, what
Is seldom accomplished. the placing of Il
large body of one uf the most hj;rbarOu>
tribes on the American continent back on
the reservation without the loss of single
life. Tie Apaches were of the same tribe
as that which Geronimo made do deadly
work not So many years ago.