New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-12
THE PASSING THRONG.

I'm the days when the Indians freely roamed the
n,oirs" sa,d Allen Roberts. OF Albany ~ Y, who
formerly served in the Army 'and
rprcKS the United States was beginning
or THE to endeavor TO check the depre-
rNDrANs dations life TO the plains plon-
eer was an exciting II not
hanpy and contented mode OF existence. He was
aIways In doubt as to how he stood with them.
As long as they appeared friendly he remained
as good terms as possible with them attended
to the affairs OF his ranch and Kept his
weather eye open but II he heard OF outrages
committed by them. no matter now FAR distant II
he was wise in his day and generation he made
tracks for the nearest available point OF safety.
While it Is true that from our point OF view the In
dian Is shifty cruel. relentless, treacherous and
bloodthirsty devil in human FORM and as was once
said. the only good Indians are those who are
dead, 1t must also be remembered that they looked
at life from different point OF view from what We
DO and they lived their forebears had before the
and knew OF a different mode OF life. Then too,
the manner OF their treatment at the hands OF the
their breasts. and while It was inevitable that they
had 20 go must say that had cson,"dseTeole sym,
known them to do
R ne sans very puSH Sy and , s9eI
Sav s n their ability to out Of the "a whe9
as general rule that. when troops looking
for Indians IN the old days round them Il was
ter discovered to his % cost at Little Big Horn
remember once being with a detail for Indians,
to ford. We had win us portable canvas boat
command, commissary stores and ammunition.
when it swamped and was carried away by the
current. There we were with part OF our men on
bank and salt on the yon We cut down some
float only the top showed above the water and
any weight caused IT to sink Then we tried to get
cold 6d Se p wilt Sft 'hs d after c
OF our Indian guides had all but lost his life by
droy DinD ham nod moth od vell tVa
had number OF boxes with us, and OF them we
finally CONSTRUCTED boat, but before i was com.
in the d sS ~ oT 5 pickle WITH part S5 our our
other. Luckily the hos tiles did not know we
out Of touch with each other; and at night, our
under the cover OF darkness TO ferry the
stream the rest Of the men ana equipment 1 and
1--WE lost a non-commIssoned officer. though It
and sergeant. just before the Indians showed up,
had been sent up the bank to keep watch for Ind,
the men had to lead their horses: The corporal.
n 9G came Me aong ana they made h work
him. From his position the sergeant vas not
the shots that killed him. and so he went toling on
up that hill TO what seemed certain death NJ US
shreked, fred our guns. and in fact tried in every
way to attract his attention but he held fatetuIy
Sn made saw break s for it, ey him luckily
ard he got safely back 70 us but he had 10 let ~
His only comment after he got his breath back
was: 'D-n them, they've got my new winters
overcoat! 4"
"Yirgin. agrculturally" said J d. r. Robinson,
Of Richmond. yesterday at the Gilsey House, has
never recovered from the effects OF
HORSE the Civil War returned to its
RAISING IN ante-beum productiveness. One
VIRGINIA. reason OF this is that prior 70 the
war tho ground had been worked
out and to restore It to large crop producing
condition called for the expenditure OF sums OF
money In the way OF fertilizers and the like which
were wholly beyond the financial abilities OF the
owners In consequence, the land has been used
for other things and horse rasing-especially in
fancy brands OF horsefesh, such as hackneys-has
been largely gone into All over Virginia horse
raising is now carried The famous Henry OF
Navarro was bred near Charlottesville. the homo
of Thomas Jefferson whose old manor house Mon
ticello lies only mile two outside OF that town
duced value OF Virginia lands, for the peautuui
house together with some four hunoreo acres OF
land was purchased by Commodore Levy the uncle
The house itself which IS very quaint ana oeauu-,
fui was designed by Jefferson himself. one OF
whose pet hobbies was that OF arShiteStnre Inc me
many of them built from designs or ms ana a
number Of the manor houses or the sae are now
and again fell into ludicrous errors, and there are
ar least two houses In the Old Dominion 70 ms
CONSEQUENCE OF the President architect having neg,
Iected 10 provide them in the original plans, ana
the builders failing TO discover the omission until
Every one knows OF and has probably eaten the
delicious Albemarle ptppin apple, whose fafne mas
spread widely that anngay Hem 1he Vuee sbDped 70
her at Windsor, which has oeen cone lot theso
many years