The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-19

Jim glowered back, and says to the fell
low ridin' next to him that he wished
10 heaven that Burke Challibad would
get mas other foot froZe, SOS he'd have
10 walk down the pay streak on his
nead IL he expected to get anything.
ana SO 1t Went gettin' worse and more
OF It as they neared the spot and made
ready Tor the grand squirt at the finish.
AT o'clock everybody suddenly quit
talkln. 1t had got pretty dark, and
yet not so dark but that they could
make out a couple O. mile ahead OF EN-
long, black line running croSSWays to
the road. This they knew to be Sun
River: But the thousand and one little
hillocks that stood just this side the
line stumped 'em The most reasonable
explanation of these bumps on an 9TH
erWlse smooth plain was that they were
rock piles-tailin's from Cowley's pla-
Ger. Still, that bein' so, 1t meant
prodig1ouS heap O. mimi. And so,
puzzled and stumped, the boys kept
quiet as they rode on, each Wa1tin' for
the other to set the pace ahead. Final
~, as though ashamed of themselves
for hesitatin,' the whole outfit spurred
up their cayuses and sailed forward
like flock of scared geese.
The hillocks got bigger and bigger.
Pretty soon they begin to look like
tents, and the boys wondered If the
Fort ShaW soldiers We're winter1n' down
around Cowley Reeves placer. Then,
again, they thought that may be
stampede of miners, bringin' tents, had
sneaked down from Benton and got
ahead Of EN- And this idea made
some of EN- so mad that they rode
slambang at two or three of 'em, and
brought EN- down, poles, canvas and
all, eXpectin to apologize for their
horses runnin' away in case the occu-
pants showed up with the drop on 'em.
But there weren't no occupants. Every
thing, too, was dead still. Burke Chal-
llbad struck a match and looked into
thte tent nearest him. A quiet whip, a
pair Of yellow and red blankets and a
piece or moldy elk meat were the only
things In sight
Smells Injun, says Burke, snif1in'
round. But wherere the dogs? Got
off again.
However, 1t wouldn't do to waste
time round a deserted Indian camp,
an, so thinkin', the party set off, dark
as it was, to find Crowleys discovery
and locate their claims. They rode up
and down the Sun river for five miles
but found no sign of the mine. At
last, benumbed and worn out, they
come stragglin' back to the long line
OF tents, in one of which,. they saw a
light. Green Sterritt, Burke Challibad
and dozen more of the boys crowded
in here where the light was, and saw
inside Cowley' Reeves and big Piegan
chief.
Why. hello, boys, says Cowley,
lightin' his pipe and speakin' between
puffs. What the devil are you doing
down here?
We've been followin' you, says
Green Sterritt, lookin' at Cowley like
he'd like to stick a knife in him where
he sat. Where's your discovery, Cow
ley?
you talkin' in minin' or Indian?'
Mimi says Green.
'Speakin in that sense saws Cow
ley, l hain't got a discovery
Ha1n't got no mimi ground?' SAYS
somebody else.
Not foot says Cowley. L quit
mimi year ago.
The boys just looked at one another
in CONSERVATION.
Well, by thunder!' says Burke
Challibad finally, what did you say up
IN Helena that you had as good a
thing as you wanted for yourself?'
Because says Cowley, I have
GU said, too. you'd struck it rich
Well says Cowley, studying 1t over
a bit, haven't 1? Here's old Stick-in-
the-Mud here-Piegan head chief
who's took me into the tribe, given me
a small fortune in buffalo and beaver
skins, has promised me his daughter
In marriage, and sees to it that I don't
have to go hungry findin' mimi ground
for some Of my friends to rob me Of.
Amt that as good thing as I want?
Haven't struck it easy?'
1T certainly looked ike Cowley had
the best Of the argument, and this fact
made the stampeders hot to man.
He's brought US down here on a
FOOLS chase, they yelled and we'll Just
play even by gfVin' him the rope
Now, see here says Cowley, drop
all that. I amt to blame for your fol-
lowin' me down from town. I've got
a right to quit minin'-findin' you fell
lows good ground-and become a Pie
gan. Pity, too, [ can't go up to town
and get a few things without havin'
about 400 of you chasin' me home again
And as for hangin' me, why, my old
friends, by my sayin' a few um-skuhs
in old Stick-in-the-Mud's ear here, the
1000 Indians that have got you sur
rounded right at this minute would
come in and make hash of you In no
time. But they won't. I won't let 'em
I'm sorry enough for you as it is, and
unless you want to quit stampedin' and
become good Piegans, too, L advise you
to get back the first thing in the morn
in
$50 you see," said Bob Harwood in
conclusion, ''the Sun River rush, like
that Of the Copper river affair up north
in Alaska, was a failure-history Just
repeatin' itself. Nor was anybody in
particular responsible. OF course in
this Sun River rush the stampedin'
party blamed Cowley Reeves, but they
might just as we'll have made it a
round robin-Copper river style-for all
the good it ever done EN-"