The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-14
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liliiu snlpVSu our IuTh anu IOpca wv INV |
last down steamer. ana now there was |
tabsdlutciy nothing for rs TO do but kill |
time as best We could until another sea
sons trade should bcEln Situated as
we were some 800 miles from the nearest |
town, our pest was not Very likely |
z place In summer, and our only neighhOr |
was n saloon man who had built II place |
4 fifty yards above us. But with him we |
4 had little TO do, lie was q surly. UNI
kempt little fellow, and there was gcncr- |
ally hanging about his place set or |
men who came and went mysteriOusly, |
! whom we more than suspected were |
fmembers of gpng OF horlc thieves and |
J, ruld agents that used to ply their trade |
Salong the Yellowstone and Missouri
y rivers.
My partner had gone east with our
3 shipment OF flirS to dispose OF them and |
order d fresh stock OF goods, and l was
y alonc except FOR the company OF a good
father, a broad and ll6eral.mlnded |
ksprieas whom | hal persuaded 10 stay |
with me until my partner should return.
The bishop ot Saskatchewan had sent |
him south the preceding year to minister |
ITO a part OF his flock. the plains Crecs, |
8 Who were In our vicinity.
One drowgy afternoon In June the
ipfather and sat out in the shade " the
overhanSinE roof smoking and tanning
saloon just above Us 4 poker game was
y going on, revealed to outsiders by the
4 subducd hum OF voices and the cease
less rattle OF chips, As said, most OF
the Indians had gone out on the sum-
Is mer's hunt, but two or three families
were stlll with us, and presently II young
{ man named CULVER came along with his
d wife and sat down by the father In the
4 grateful shade. During many years
4 ESad NTH thu Indians n, cha Y,InIpa I
3 think this was the handsomeSt couple |
q ever saw. The woman. much lighter
colored than many q Spanish woman,
had 4 sIngularly graceful figure, ard her
features were well nigh fhultless Her
4 eyes were exceptionally large and brill
liant, full OF expression, and were shad-
cd by long. sweeping lashss. Her hair,
neatly braided. hung in two massive
( Strands almost ~ the ground. Culver
would have served an artist for u model
OF Appolo What l liked best about
him was the broad. high brow and
square-cut shin, which even In savage
6enotes keen intelligence unitSl with
4 force OF character
This couple, Culver and his wife, Pal
o-tah. had been married ltIle more
\ than year They were as yet rs deep
~ In love with each other as ever. On
) the hunt or In the camp working or
resting, they were IrSeparahl.. Culver
thought there was nothing good enough
for HIS beautiful wife. All the robes he
secured. all the beaver and otter he
caught, wens traded for fine blankets.
soft and bright-colored dn.sseS, and for
Z tewelry with which TO ad0rn Pal-o- tab.
He wanted nothing for himself except q
little tobacco and 4 Jew cartridges for
his rifle. The couple sat with US half IN
hour or more talking With the father
about Affairs In theic own far northern
home.
Rel he who later created the Cana
{ dian rebellion. had lately been among the
Indians urging ;hem to return home
I and wreSt their ancestral lands from
Z the relocated uSurpcrS. and Culver
WAS anxious to SET the fathers opinion
5 OF the matter. The good man plainly
told him that It was i visionary scheme.
and could not possibly succeed. He cX-
piained that the Indians would not only
have to fight the Canadians, but that II
y necessary ships would bring thousands
Of soldiers from across the salt water.
ten white men for every Indian and
halfbreed In the northwest. All this
talk III war had little interest for Pal-o-
tab. and finally che slipped her hand in
Quiver'S and coaSed him to go home.
Happy, innocent children" said the
4 father, as he watched them go up the
trail hand In hand. MOT n care or
sorrow TO mar their daily lives"
AS they were passing the saloon big
rutIian stepped our CT the doorway. aim
ed his revolver at them and, calling out
10 some one within, Bill. see NE drop
that - 1njun.'' fired. With acryof pain
poor Culver fell TO the ground, Pai-o-tah
dropped her robe and krelt over him,
and with coarse laugh the man who
fired the shot turned and went back into
the saloon
The father and FASTENED over TO the
PROSTATE indiana He was stlll con-
q scious, but his face had assumed yell
IowIsh hue. and he said family. Il am
shut in the back. Have pity and curry
M. TO my lodge" BY this time ore or
two Indians had come over from the
camp near by. and together we gently
lifted the wounded man. and. carrying
him home carefully, laid him on his
couch. Sure enough, the bullet had en-
y tered his back on the left eide and tore
It's way thr0ugh'the kidneys. There WA
no hope for him.
Leaving the father TO atted the poor
fellow and give him and the hcartbroken
Pai-o-tah such consolation rs was In his
+. mower, went bach: to the post and wrote
n note 10 the commanding officer OF n
troop OF United States cavalry campcu
Eonlc six miles above US, telling him OF
the cold blooded murder which had been
murderer. Hastily sealing the mcsage.
! sllpped quietly around 10 the Indian
camp and gave II 10 n young man who
hapnened to have his horse stakcd near
nv. charging him 10 go with all haste
and deliver the note to the captain.
when returned 10 the lodge found
Culver was sinking rapidly. He WINS
suffering intensely. but never complain-
cd, and slowly and distinctly instructed
his people as TO tho disposition of his
property Then the good Father began
10 administer tho last sacraInenta, and
/ sadly left the lodge and went home.
In little while the Father Joined me.
'.fIc Is dead?" asked.
"Yes."
"And Pni-O-tnh?"
''Sho tainted; the old women are car
Ing for her"
Supper was called. but neither OF US
cared to eat we sat In silence 4 long
lime, and arllly the father said:
Never during my long life In this
Wild and wicked land, have ever seen
or heard OF such dlstnrlly act as that
ilnnd committed this afternoon. Can Il
man be- human; Is he born OF woman;
who will deliberately shoot down fellow
creature in cold blood? And what Is to
be done? Is there no Justice In the land?
Can he not be punished for HIS Crimc?"
wait father" ] replied. IT have sent
: n note uiI 10 the soldier camp. informing
the captain Of tho affair. No doubt lie
Will g"nd some men down to arrest the
fellow"
Some time after dark my messenger
returned and handed me an envelope.
the same one In which I had enclosed
my note. On the back OF II. written In
i A. I'm