The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-13

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men sent away that both the venerable
villain and his other chiefs arose and
were standing. Without a moments
notice or the slightest warning Hatcher
reached with his left hand and grabbed
Old Wolf by his scalp lock, and with
his right drew his butcher knife from
It's Scabbard and thrust it at the throat
of the chief. All this was done in an
instant, as quick as lightning; no one
had time to move. The situation was
remarkable The little, wiry man,
surrounded by eight or nine Of the
most renowned warriors of the dreaded
Comanches, stood firm. Everybody
was GREATNESS; not a word did the
savages say. Hatcher then said again
to Old Wolf, in the most determined
manner: Send your young men over
the hill at once, or I'll kill you right
where you are holding on to the hair
OF the savage with his left hand and
keeping the knife at his throat.
The other Indians did not dare to
make a move; they knew what kind of
man Hatcher was; they knew he
YOU'D do as he had said. and that if
they attempted a. rescue he would kill
their favorite chief in second.
old Wolf shook his head defiantly in
the negative. Hatcher repeated his or
DER, getting madden all the time: Send
your young men over the hill, [ tell
you! Old Wolf was still stubborn; he
shook his head again Hatcher gave
him another chance. Send your young
men over the hill, tell you, or I'll scalp
you alive as you are! Again the chief
shook his head. Then Hatcher. still
h0ldfnGr ont no hat Of ~
uc commenced to make an incision in
the head of old Wolf, for the determin-
ed man was bound to carry out his
threat; but he began very slowly.
AS the chief felt the blood trickle
down his forehead he weakened. He
ordered his next in command to send
the young men over the hill and out of
slght The order was repeated imme-
olately to the warriors, who were as
ton1shed spectators of the strange scene
and they quickly mounted their horses
and rode away over the hill as fast as
they could thump their animals sides
with their legs. leaving only FIVE or six
chiefs with Old Wolf and Hatcher.
Hatcher held on like grim death to
the Old chiefs head, and immediately
ordered his men to throw the ropes out
OF the wagon as quickly as they could
and get inside themselves. This was
promptly obeyed, and when they were
all under the cover of the wagon sheets,
Hatcher let go of his victims hair, and,
with Last kick, told him and his
friends that they could leave. They
went off and did not return
This source of some of the blue
blood Of st. Louis is alleged. in the
authors description of the valley of
Taos, N. M: According to the state
ment Of Gregg, the first white settler
of the fertile and picturesque valley was
a Spaniard named Pando. who estab-
lished himself there about 1745. This
primitive pioneer of the NORTHERN part
of the province was constantly exposed
to the raids of the powerful Comanches,
but succeeded in creating a temporary
friendship with the tribe by promisicg
his daughter, then a young and beauti-
ful infant. to the chief in marriage,
when she arrived at a suitable age AS
the time for the ratification OF her
fathers covenant with the Indians,
however, the maiden stubbornly refused
to fulfill her part. The savages, enraged
at the broken, faith of the Spaniard.
Immediately swept down upon the little
settlement and murdered everybody
there except the betrothed girl, whom
they carried off into captivity She was
forced to live with the chief as his wife,
but he soon became tired of her and
traded her off for another woman with
the Pawnees, who in turn sold her to
F'renchman, a resident of St. Louis
1t IS said that some of the most re-
spectacle families of that city are de-
scended from her, and so years ago
there were many people living who re-
membered the old lady, and her pa
thetic story Of trials and sufferings
when with the Indians
Satanic (White BeaT was the most
efficient and dreaded chief of all who
have been at the head of the Kiowa ma
ton. He was the very incarnation of
deviltry in his hatred of the whites.
full of courage, an orator of great
power, and a most willy strategist But
he once got the worst OF it in an anus
ing encounter. The author relates that
once, when Satanic had remained at
Fort Dodge for a very long period and
had worn out his welcome. so that no
one would give him anything, to drink,
he went to the quarters of his old
friend, Bill Bennett, the overland stage
agent, and begged him to give him
some LIQUOR. Bill was mixing a bottle
OF medicine to drench a sick mule The
moment he set the bottle down to do
something else, Satanic seized it off
the ground, and drank most of the
liquid before quitting. Of course, it
made the old savage dreadfully sick, as
well as angry He then started for a
certain officers quarters, and again
begged for something to cure him of
the effects Of the former dose; the Of
ficer refused, but Satanic persisted in
his opportunities; he would not leave
without it. After a while. the officer
went to a closet and took a swallow of
the most nauseating medicine, placing
the bottle back on it's shelf. Satanic
watched his chance, and as soon as the
officer left the room, he snatched the
bottle out Of the closet and drank it's
contents without stopping to breathe.
It was. of course, a worse dose than
the horse medicine. The next day, very
early in the morning, he assembled a
number of his warriors, crossed the Ar
kansas, ard went south to his village.
Before leaving, however. he burnt all
of the government contractors hay on
the bank of the river opposite the post
He then continued on to Crooked Creek,
where he murdered three woodchop-
pers, all of which, he said afterward, he
did in revenge for the attempt to poison
him at Fort Dodge.
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