Evening journal., 1896-12-26
SPRING
CULINARY PLANS OF WILD INDIANS
cLEVERLY FRUSTRATED.

a Smugclcr on Government Reser- /
hon Laid out Band of Red Devils |
kh Forty Rod whisky and Saved the
les Of Six Prisoners.
Star man happened to meet a man
lhad served term or two or three
arious penitentiRries, hadn't served |
Iral he should have served and is
4 y to serve more before he is through
himself. OF course that kind OF a
was interesting, and after a time,
n he got to talking under the mel
tng influence Of things made for the
| lose, he was more interesting.
IlWhen ! was ] 5 years younger than
now." he said. 81 was out in the
\ ntains Of the west on a government
walton, where l could make money
elling whisky under post prices. l
always on the make, and so / snug
in dozen or more gallons and had
a hid in a cave ten miles or so out
ach. The cave was a kind of two
! affair, the upper story being my
N t, and there 1 had my jugs Of liq-
hid away, and from there L carried
1t in smaller quantities for distri-
Il on. The lower part of the cave was
4 eet below the upper chamber, and
bis part was q basin Of water, which
Y dripped from the upper part 1t did
4 contain more than gallon of water.
ew it was easily exhausted, for l
8 many a night there, and found
ie wasn't water enough to boil a ket-
4 With.
4 Well, about the time 1 got in my
E nd installment Of fire juice tho In
5 got bad and began creeping IN
4 ard the settlements. thought my
4 was unknown to the Indians as
& as the whites, but it appears that
n asn't, and one morning l barely had
n to slip out of my down stairs room
get up in the loft before 10 or IL OF
bloodiest looking braves you ever
squatted in front Of my residence
q began holding a council OF war In
an hour or more all Of them except
4 went away, and he remained TO
I'D watch.
sf At noon three returned with five
Mite prisoners, and at O'Clock the rest
y hem came in with a girl about 4
y 8 old Just what they were going
10 was not apparent, and it wasn't
n for me to find out, because when l
e down to a point where / could see
ls in danger of getting caught my
1 did SEQ enough, though, to show
That the five white prisoners, who
ID all old men, hadn't much chance
Itheir lives, but that the child would
} arried away. To save myself had
"A b my first thought, and now to save
a poor wretches was first.
While was debating what TO do or
J it up as bad job ono Of the In
Us went to the spring and got some
,der. That was my cue In minute
q was back up in my chamber, just
the headw aters CT the spring, and,
4 ing turned the drip into another
Rfnnel, / started a stream Of that kill
0rod whisky down the shoot and then
ped back to watch the proceedings.
Y were discussing when to kill the
oners-I knew enough Indian TO
W that. And when it was about de-
mined TO hold them over q day and
if they couldn't pick up few more
have a real big time, another Of
N went o, er to the spring for water.
s time it wasn't so much water as it
been. Whatever it was made the
Y redslin give big 'Ughl' of delight,
the others went over to him. Well,
sn't necessary for me to so into par
llars
Anybody, even a reporter, knows
lat becomes Of an Indian or a dozen
hom when there are unlimited guam
\ les Of firewater at their disposal, and
soon as L saw how the thing was go
/ hurried back and set another aug
Iwork. was little afraid they might
n ugly drunk and kill their prisoners,
evidently they hadn't had much tC
y that day, and the liquor was getting
its work on empty stomachs What
T was the cause, before 1 had any
that it was time for it tho whole
! them was full, and in few minutes
re they were lying around the littl'
4 in CT tho spring so drunk they ooulC
move hand or foot.
Then it was my timo to play, and
ked up the liquor upstairs for anoth
day and went down stairs. There
sn't much time for thanks, because
didn't know when the enemy nigh
ke it unpleasant for US. So 1 told ,h'
] isoners to take care of the Indians
lie took care of the little girl, which
id by taking her outside of the cave
ere she could breathe the free air o
Aven once more. You see, l kind O
,3ught they might like to attend e
ngs themselves. he added apologet
v lily and stopped.
And did they?" inquired tho report
as tho narrator seemed to think hl
4 reached the end Of his story.
II suppose they did, F." hereplied. "a
st, when / went back to tho cave
out month later, when the war haC
nmered down some found the bodio
them Indians almost as we'll preserved
if they had been put up in alcohol
1t dern whisky Of mine was so power