The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-30
OLD GLASS EYES INSTINCT.
IT PROVED THAT A HORSE NAY he
CONF A DEGENERATE

COMB n
Glass Eye Took Pike johnson to n New Hunt
ing Ground Just for tho Sake Of HnvinI
johnson KilIed-A Remarkable Advon
ture with Thousands of wild Horses.
HELENA. Mon. Oct IA horse" said Boil
HARDWOOD. "is like an Indian; bad Instincts Il
born In him. Nor does education do him AM
good. For Just let an educated Indian 20 bach
70 his tribe. and he soon becomes the worst In
the lot And so with q horse. A horse will be
meek and docils enough az long rs you've GOT
him corralled. but turn him loose with q wild
herd and he shows himself TO be the meanest
enc In the bunch. And to prove II by facts. III
tnst give You the experience Of Pike Johnson
Pike bein' the fellow, you r~ecollect. who
ONapped his big horse herd. includin' old Glass
Iye, 10 French Pete. the half-breed. for two
o0mmon-lookin' plugs o. chewin' tobacco.
"Itappears that Pike was on his annual hunt
b. trip north. he had already passed by the
oig horse ranches mp near the Teton. whore he
had as usual leaned up aein the corral fences
md admired the stock In the inclosures, when
ed Glass Eye. the faithful animalhe was ridln',
suddenly concluded to strike out on q new trail
end take q direction he'd never took before. AZ
Grst Pike didn't know what to make oft. Pre-
Vioul tosthis trip he'd hunted his moose and
bear In the Snakes Head Mountains spur OF
Che Rockies. just north Of the Marias River
and old Glass Eye know the fact as we'll as he
did. Then what he asked himself. had got into
the old horse that made him think that he'd got
enough o. that good huntin' section Of the
country And he even asked the question out
loud. But old Glass Eye only answered by
otickin' his ears straight backwards and dig
gin ahead. So Pike. after p~uzzlin' himself for
quite q space. finally hit upon a solution.
"'It'a his instinctn.' ho says: instincts which
tell him that I'd have no sort o. luo IN the
Snakes Head Mountains this year. 30 he can
Just take his own course this trip-so long. at
least. as he keeps a-headin' north
"Well, old Glass Eye kept a-headin' north.
and now and then showed a little speed. This
was . second surprise TO Pike. Heretofore he
had had to shout. whip and spur all at once to
get old Glass Eye ont OF an easy lope. And yet
here at times. and without a single act on the
part o. Pike. he'd take the BIT IN his teeth and
90 sailin' along like a loose shinRle In acyclone.
"'why. you're feelin' right peert.' Pike sayS
whenever he could get his breath. Il never
knowed you could do II before. TIL see that
you do it oftener after this
However. old Glass Eye didn't let these re-
marks worry him a bit. Once. and once only.
he looked round at Pike and give him q look,
For Just half a second It made Pix feel queer.
Then he sunk his spurs into old Glass Eye
clear up 70 his boot heels. and they went ahead
over the prairie like q cur dog leavin' O badger.
After crossin' the Marias about Q hundred
mile west o. the Snakes Head range old Glass
Eye pointed his nose toward the head o. Milk
River. 1t was q brand-new country to Pike,
and he begin to have some doubts. All he
knew about IL was that a half q dozen Indian
roamed about that section. and they
wasn't exactly the game he was lookin' after.
TN In hara anOnovvharau . q yu ha ooNnfi0p
on his fingers. is the Bloods. the Piegans. the
River Grows. the Blackfeet. and the Gro vons.
And the Assinaboines. And the devil knows
how many more besides. A Teller may have to
crawl out o. here like a snake. But, then, there
Is Glass Eyes Instincts. I've known Glass Eye
fer twenty year. and he's never failed me yet.
I'll continue to back old Glass Eye.'
And so they proceeded In accordance with
the animals bunch. until another day or 80
found 'em at a range Of high hills that lay be-
tween 'em and chain o. mountains o few miles
beyond. And here Pike camped
Now. he'd hardly got his horse well picketed
before q couple Of wildcats come bouncin over
the nearest hill. Their ears was set back, and
their tongues was lollin' as II they had been
chased q long distance; and they was ready to
fight or drop. a. the case may be. Pike man.
aged to get his gun in time to give EN- both O
shot. KILN one. and almost fetchin' the OF her.
But before he could reach the dead one. Just at
that time he heard another clatterin' on tho
and lookin' that way again he seen Q
band o. blacktails comm like the wind. Pike
Slowed rSl bis L gun into them and got two before
"'Well, say says he. this Is what I call a
9 starter What's the next customer to come
wasn't S At al e. P af fs' ilfin Ss' For O. ftSSs SS %srs
headin'. too, in the one general direction. and
SR1s fSt e TRs6t tSdpf e. enough Buf Is 70 ffPS 9 eidsq fIsftst a IN
deer; There was meat enough to do him q
sFin'. and ~ Zee feeli IL I good, BE BE W WSas' back sSG e ga ia
g Glass iss.I E{Xe and begin to pat him, BE yaS,
horse had led him on to such a favored spot.
FOX, and somehow It Kind o startlediPifo ike
".Dapg your old hide,l' says he, suddenly
Eivin' the horse 2 kick. don't you look at me
wildcat and IKE to've tore the things head Of
=. Alter dinner Pike cautiously climbed the
wolves thHt was skglkiH' over from The
dead from %runnin'.. too In fact. one was SO
weak and done for that he hadn't strength to
Pike took after the other one with his knife.
And so. pretty soon. he had two wolf hides to
odd to his collection. Then he went on to the
Now: what Pike, seen here may or may not
herd o. horses to French Pete for two ordinary
lookin' plugs o. chewin' tobacco. But the facts
is these: he seen a bunch o. buffalo goin' helle-
textile over the hills that was, nearest him. and
eeen all sorts Of animals a-followin. There was
badgersEq whole troop Of 'ep; there was
and l9okLn' round like they'd turn back IL they
only dared and more wolves; and more deer,
Syen, porcpplpe; for one rolled himself up, at
and stuck him full o. quilts.
well. I'll be hanged says Pike, as he hur-
fled back to Glass Eye; but this beats any
thing for game | ever seen y
nothin' that no white man had ever set foot in
that country before. And Pike even included
particular he was a triie wrong For the next
day md Just as he was settin' off to learn why
the beasts was runnin' away from the chain
mountains Just ahead o. him, q group o.
Indians-Gros. Ventures they was-suddenly
the hill and come upon him.
"'Heap skookum I says one o''em. pointin'
TO Pixies stack o. hides, and then to the sur
ronndin' hillsides whore snakes and things was