The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-25
UTAH'S BRAVE SOLDIERS
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myself; but Captain Young-why, / am
willing to bet that he will get killed be-
fore the end of the week if he isn't
more careful. He goes just where he
pleases, and 1 have to watch him all
the time or he will walk RICH up onto
the guns
1t is to be hoped that each can keep
the other safe. for the batteries can i'll
afford to lose such able officers.
NEWS FROM HOME.
Yesterday afternoon the first mail
from home arrived, and the sorriest-
looking people one can ever hope to see
are the few who got no mail. The
Park City boys have cause to be sorry.
for the mail brought word that their
fathers, sisters and mothers were
homeless in the streets, With their
homes in ruins.
ABOUT THE NATIVES.
A most peculiar set OF people are the
natives who flock about camp. They are
fast learning to speak Americana, and
the battery boys are fast learning to
converse in Filipino. When native
meets d soldier he salutes him with:
Filipino Americana Amigo, Espanol.
Boom, BOOM" They flock about every
one and eye him curiously When any
one on duty has to get through in
hurry he shouts, 'gangway!" and they,
supposing it to be a salutation, have
taken it up, and often greet a soldier
by calling out, ''gangway,' on ap-
preaching him. When near enough,
they touch his hat, give him the name
in Filipino" and ask for the Ameri-
can name. They touch every part of
him and every article of clothing, ask
ing the same question, and in this way
they are fast learning the language.
They are worse than the most schem-
ing bunco Steerer of an American me-
tropoIis The.7 offer fruit for sale at
twice the price paid in Salt Lake. They
work on genuine principles, first offer
ing an article at an immense figure,
then gradually bringing it down as
they see the purchaser about TO depart.
Then the fellow, like the woman in
bargain store, gladly purchases 1t,
thinking he is getting it cheaper
The wild thicket of bamboo trees
which grows near the river was drawn
upon for firewood until Tuesday, when
the word was whispered among the ma
tiVes that Uncle Sam would pay for all
private property seized by him. In
stantly some natives claimed every log
of wood in the country, and placed the
value at $40 a load. OF course, the
wood isn't worth so cents a load, and
the native has to be argued down to
some such price before he will leave the
presence of ell captain. They steal
everything they can get hold of and are
especially DESTROYS of revolvers. They
have often been caught trying to pur-
loin these from the men. One of them
said:
ME likee Americana to come: he got
plenty money and no talkee religion all
time Espanol me no likee; he talkee
religion all time and have no money"
This is the reason of their love for us.
IF he hoy mir N
shells up on the seashore, and the next
morning not a shell was to be seen
anywhere. They had cleaned up the
beach, and were offering them for sale
at ''cinco centabos" apiece. This plain
attempt at buncoing them made the
boys angry-good and angry-and they
called the natives all the profane names
in the dictionary and few out OF It,
The natives thought they were naming
the different kinds of shells and applied
them to their wares. They were soon
offering COMPOUNDED rascals, "bunco
men," dirty curs,' and several other
kinds of shells for sale.
Private Frankenfield wears false
teeth. He happened to remove them
one day in front of the natives. The
sight convulsed them. They danced
'hollered," screamed. yelled, laughed,
and then did it all over again for half
an hour Frankenfeld felt a greasy
hand slipping up his back. An offensive
odor warned him that a native was
very close to him. Before he could look
around a big greasy native had kissed
him on the cheek. Then another hand
began slipping up his back. But this
time he jumped, and took care that no
more natives got near him.
BY signs they made it known that he
was invited TO join the tribe and go
with them. But he had other inten-
tons Whenever they see him now they
salute him, not with the regular mill
tary salute, but instead, they get both
hands into action and raise and lower
them as fast as they can.
They are terrible enemies when they |
can use their knives, and give no quar- |
ter. They can cut a persons throat as
easily as you please, and talk of the |
number of Threats they have cut with |
as much Indifference as one would talk /
of the number of trees one had planted.
The American troorship sails tonight, |
and the limit at which we may hand in !
mail has now been reached. so this !
must end. RUSSELL,
BATTERY A