The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-23
REAL NATURE OF INJUNS.
THEHoY. sTAMPEDBMAxHELL MAKES
SOME oBsERVATEoNS

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East sat on the bench before the Hole in the
Wall saloon. reading a pile Of Eastern newspn-
pers that tho Lake Valley stage had just
brought to the Man from the East. A dozen
COW ponies, patient in tho belief that their bril-
dies were fastened because the reins dangled
TO the ground. shared the shade OF the juniper
with the readers. The rattle OF chips and the
monotonous voice Of Mr.. Hennesy, dealing faro
bank in the saloon, could hardly be called an
interruption.
The Hon. Stampede Maxwell, Honor
able" because he was q leading member Of
tho Territorial Legislature, with a good chance
OF becoming delegate to Congress. and STAN
pede because he was one OF the most daring
and successful OF the big cattlemen who pio-
neered the Southwest. read on In silence for
half an hour. while a frown slowly gathered on
his good-natured face. Maxwell. like most
ranchmen. took the San Francisco and Denver
newspapers, but he seldom saw an Eastern
newspaper. and was not used to editorial ar
ticles which were headed Numbering the
Wards OF Our Nation in Minnesota. I" and spoke
Of an Indians outraged sense Of honor"
Suddenly he startled the Man from the East by
tearing the newspaper in W and throwing 1t
down with a curse OF disgust.
"Shucks. Pm sure SICK" said Maxwell
This paper from Boston makes my stomach
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hoss-drlnk OF whiskey. for I haven't felt SO
bad since that blue pony fell on me last round
up. 'Outraging an Injun's sense Of honor!'
Oh God. Bud. hustle that drink. ] didn't think
nothing would turn my stomach after that
winter we spent prospecting In the Mogollon
Mountains, when grub was scarce and the
whole outfit turned to telling raw stories that
they might spoil appetltes and have more
chuck for themselves. When we got back to
Las Cruces. old Father Filfpe invited me to
dinner. l had sorter forgot the old priest
asked grace. so l began pitching In and he
says: stampede. we usually say something
before W. eat and I says. oh. say away sir.
you can't make me sick
what makes me sick. young fellow? It's
because I've been reading an editorial written
by some soft-headed gent who never knew
how cool and shrewd is the experienced army
officer. who never saw the awful trail made by
an Indian raid. whose nature would Just refuse
to believe that the ierocity Of a mad dog is the
natural disposition OF an Injun. and yet who
calls soldiers murderers when they return the
fire Of q gang OF ambushed devils. l don't
expect them in Boston to know anything
about Injuns, but l do expect them to ride slow
when they don't know the trail. How hate a
redskin! I've seen too many babies roasted alive
in ovens and women with stakes driven through
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see anything to weep over because a few of
them find death instead OF scalps when they
try to murder from ambush SOM OF their best
friends. Let, q writer on ln(uns first get ac-
shot he will probably quit such mushy nom
sense as that yere poor. dear Injnn' stuff"
suppose YOU knoW senator" replied the
Maxwell drank o tumbler Of whiskey. tossed
the empty, glass in the saloon door and glared.
here. I'm sure bound to educate one man
from the East on the real Iniun. and I'm going
b. back X perhaps @psi you'll nj f SPREAD iST little s sense s0I Per- go
haps they'll take. the bounty off rattlesnakes
iiRdd put Smd It on 1 %IG5Has; w ThsrG 1t tab 6el 1 EId I've I've
run from Injuns when l was q young man I've
been seven years a Government scout and I've
Southwest. 1 had to. My opinions on Iniuns
/ didn't get out Of Cooper, nor out Of Ramona
in IL themselves. pplSeGntiiullIyH f iiiustPate a. with iHs
gore. You and the effete East can just bet they
behind a rock. which Is generally safe. the
scaTEGer Injunites will get;
selves and other, civilized nations. / do not
never seen anything in an injun that wasn't on
the beast side Of the line q whole lot. l have
meyer Known an an dtn :. IN that didn't find his
from some woman. or child. not to say some
man, the same which he never dared tackle
lace " .idcC vi II OlS. l. lHcNcI saw Il Teu-
alone Tor fear some 6;yeqr-oid kid would catch
fngnn and %in !IeE sot hi% mo- s I a,so d Pr2SS aaGq., t hSs n an
course, he don't spyyy what pity is, nor
Cheyennes. Comanches and these tumultuous
Apaches. l have grownt to feel indifferentslike.
than a snake. Yet you may get the snake or
the snake get you: An Ipjar Is worse than a
s shsf e tn The fn MayS has H never ne nS Sder saSp xS as
that an Injun may get you u he knows you do
you II he can sight at you TRANQUILITY from be-
hind a rock. but when you begin to fire. back
Are you sure you are an impartial judge2"
asked the Man from the East, who took a quiet
%a0' @%o IL d5nHpi Eoa t feiI eSEs n fik the re big TaRfh3
lands too we'll? I"
Maxwell snorted in disgust. ANY fool but an
range in the southwest is less than half
v%ationsi But II this we're Eastern sheet is cor
rect and I%nluns arc government babies and
T pay me P Por the ihsg'ss; l E6 .d u.s. w taf G q egWg tbet SO
legal PagtS' Proof That would hi hang. White VII suf men.
have a little plain justice. The honest fact is
the government ENCOURAGES murder Of the
pats its gory-handed ward on his scalp lock
There. there, there. poor InIun. You are
at home now. and no. one shall touch you. And
here is a gun that is better than the gun we
give those naughty soldiers, and here is a hell
Of a pile OF smokeless cartridges. so you can go
hunting, you know. Now. my dear wards. you
had better wash your hands after you hang up
the scalps OF those white women, and you really
! shall have to send soldiers after you. Still.
III not send more than one company al, atime:
You being ten toone. can KIN them, perhaps. II
tion, and you'll be protected, l know what I'm
talking about, young man.. I've been at White
Father councils, and they have made me sick
a whole lot.
mo, l amt no great ways prejudiced against
redskins, ! Just know them. paint. howl and
fe?lpinG knife, Why. my first Impressions Of
Keeps. but I was, only a kid then. When / was
about = years old my dad wanted to go prospect
Ing in California. 50 he left me with atribe Of
educated, It was an idea OF his. 'shucks, Sam
amt gong to Elt lplun nome says he, They
stay white; meSnwhile growing up, strong
them for ten years. and then, | quit them,
hating them in spite Of my Iniun education,
nees mostly. hut It did not seem so bad when it
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