The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-10

/ traders could prevent him. and they dared not
shoot for fear that before he fell he would press
the trigger and kill their partner T., ,,s own Ian.
guAEe which all understood, your tune mas
come. You led the soldiers who murdered my
wife and Children END rssp ohs 10 never
utlooking the Indian streight ~ the eyes n you
have made up your mind 70 THIS III, supPos S you u
little take a drink Hrst though, and Their. per
haps can show you how mistaken you are.
cupful Of whskey for nothing, and while he was
drinking II a dozen or fifteen more redskins were
admitted They saw his hcg ,s standing on nb iss
he refused to do. All of them were more or less
drunk. and some Of them suddenly fred gun
AZ the flash every one began TO shoot. the lamp
went out and for a few moments pandemonum
rcigncd. Somehow or other the door had slammed
ias, shut and such was NE pressure r 1r ,ne S
The While they iep, up the shooting. After they
the robes and furs they had brought 70 trade, in
their panic During the eHeitemen, the a Traders
had all an behind sn1
after the Indians fled. Finally. one Of them got
up closed the door. and III the lamp The light
The traders did not always get out OF row
SO easily as this II was here that Spearson met
his death. one day the door flew open and an
and left In search OF victim.
Look OUT" some one shouted to Spearson,
"O6 guess NOT" he replied. as he started for
the door F"I'll take the old luke away from him 7"
just then the Indian saw him and fired; the
ounce ball struck his knee. shattering the leg
In a horrible manher. Blood poison set in and
on the fourth day after he died.
In their drunken rows the Indians fought each
other. and even murdered their wives and rea.
,ves. At times the whole camp Of pore than
at such times the number VI deaths by shooting
and s,sb6ns Vas shosEng Nor d ala tns
The relatives of a man who had been Killed
avenged his DEATH then the relatives Of their vic.
tim did the same In this way whole families
were wiped out Other crimes became preya-
lent: the Indians murdered each other for plumber
The @ to os sf s r.r ms sSdy WfS sn
started homeward just at nightiall, and during
in and traded; every one recognized IL by the
peculiar design with which the flesh side was
figured The traders thought that he had given
II 10 some one TO trade for him and did not notice
in the rush who brought IL in: The next morn
ing shortly after daylight n there was knock
Open Open! There's customer with robes. :"
Trip swung the door open md the old man.
on 1 s snms Te ms found ,Ss
old fellow, leaned him against THE door, and then
called out that customer had arrived
The Font Stand-pd traders met with such sue.
cess that winter as far 10 exceed their eNfccta.
tons The following senson another company
better p"i,i"n. sncressfuiIy to c"mtr,e with the
new f3I Sando &. Wa "a, sSandonsd and Fort
Calf Shirt, wns killed He was a man Of large
build and undoub,ed bravery, having nttnincd
Tribes. and with the whites tao IA he grew older
his manners changed IN many ways TO his own
E"pe When Hnsry he would arS n them %.
dNrd liit hnger ngains, him. for, he said and
they believed, that a mysterious charm he wore
prevented bullet aud arrow. knife and club. from
touching his body. Up to thu time Fort Tnpp
IVES bun, he had killed in fils Of passion. and
unnrmed but was as safe from his enemies and
all the tribe hated him as i he had carried an
came into the trade room drunk, brandishing a
war club bnstling, with knife points; and proceed
was standing by. and after listening 10 the wrr.
rior's boasts for while calmly grasr~d him by
the hair yrench.d the club out q his hand; and
sawed II back and forth over the pprr fellow s
fncr: lacerating IT in a friEhtful manner The
chief had many time threatened To kill the trad.
well prepared for him that he did not make the
stsmrt one day, however. he came into the
n. sC% e the t and found TpP FL r%rs
rooms pla-ing nl"r for wolf hide. As soon MS
he saw NE ch III s"rnE Tnpp :ickc;l up a re
"Ha' dog: e.siSImsd Cali Shir, as he saw tn.
lone OCCUPANT OF the room. and started To draw
Before he could rails" the weap,n Trip fired
dn0 ITnhrMN gave MIN n mortal wound liut
instead OF returning the shot the chief turned and
went out, walking slowly, as was his custom
Trpp rnn 10 the door and fired again at him. and
then ,tc other traders rushed on and ioined in
Call Shlr' look~i neither IL the right or left hu,
Kept walking slowly away, until he had gone ncnt
but. rising again went on ono" m"rs hui mo,
| slowly. and al the tine Winchestcrs and pistols
were hurting lead into his body.
At last he came 10 a deep hole in the ground
whcre the soil had hen csc,vn,rd To pu, on the
roof Of the fort Prohahly h" did not 50 II. hc
H. IT, for he walked IL II as II he had solid ground
| ahead ~ him. The traders found him lying
Snra and hSSy S o GSn that S forty s b IN s
! had struck him mast 81 them in mortal place
They stripped him Of his hno va, clothes, blood
relacrd ,, his death as well as the traders '''
! blind old squnw won't moekly 10 Tnpp. ana said
You tOuk away my support. md now in my
old age, am poor and hungry. Take pity
Who HIe YOU the cI trader asked
An. shrr replied, "Oi cours,: YOU Dc not know
! you Killed So long ngo | have come from the ia,
| north 70 ash 81 YOU lin" aid b"
c Sr t did MT r,s & bg, went away rejoicing
traders had rsto' lshcd themselves on the strcnm,
!on had lowered the price Of thcir goods So ,ha
fore rohs nm In,li1n could SO, enough hrcwa,r,
IL keep him drunk week. But rohrs Were b-
coming rather scare The Tnd!rns wcrr ~ poor
many 81 them having parted with their last horse
and drmoralibrd from their de hauChes that They
| could not hunt as formerly One day in the sum
! mcr Of that year some Of them who had bccn hunt
ing to the eastward reported that they had sci
band a. soldiers who We're red coats travelling
, westward over The plains. To most Of the tradrr
tbs saa . sufficient hint # what was coming
| getting their robes on TIC way to For Benton
| But there We're Others who believed that the In
| dams were lying. and continued 90 trade ns usual
/ These the newly arrived police caught and SCI,
| fenced to a term Of confinement Ard 30 rndc,
| the whisky trade. n terrible and drnOralian,
' industry, but one which broke the Indians spiI
ard made them able to resist the tide OF civil
| zltion which was W come.