Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-23
TOLD BY BISHOP WHIPPLE.

fonscSie of Hy F1}its t6gf1Sa lsipux ini,i sion in 1861 l reachGd New ulm5 nj noon. The thef4neineter was 30 de- grees below zero and there were indi- cations of q severe storm F'stopped at the house afSLouis Robert, French Indian trader.
 When l told aIr Robert that l had, promised to beat the Iission next day and reminded him that. Indians call men liars when they do not keep their word, he made, q quick inspection Of me, looked at my horses and said: Bishop, with that buckskin suit and fur Coat you'll go through all right. only I'll give you three pairs of moe casins to put an inn place oft- your boots. AOne never} knows what sort of storms will col.-.s ,ir on the, ,pinir1es. The first seven. miles nf your. journey you will find three houses. but none after that for twenty three. miles. Let your horses out, at their. best speed when you. reach the si,rntrie; you can easily follow the, road is the grass will be high on either; side.' Without q momcnt's delay ] discovered that ehe grass had been burned before the snowfall. and thcrc, was nothiue tn tlo- fine the road. ] f3inud br the hard stubhla which showed itce1f where tho snow had been driven off by the wind flat I wns honelessly. ont of tle track. The windsto~rn which had already set In had nhliterated tbs rnad ever which l Ind corr" as completely ns it had tho stretch before me. passing .throuoh several of the .eaulees with which lthr 1 prairies abound my horses were breast i deep in the snow. s, l A starless nioht cnme on, and With the wind sweeping the snow first into almost Impossible drlfts and thcii lev cling them to the. bare. ground, had to confess myself lost" -''@ ! Until one has encountered a west ern blizzard the word. has little mean i ing. Tho Indians have always paid
 me. the highest compliment when they have said that [ could follow n
 tran and lind the4 points of the com pass as well as any Indian. aa
 I>naw kept my horses headed In, the
 direction which | thought to be that
 of the agency. l said my prayers
 threw the reins oyer the dash board
 let the horses walk as they would. and curling myself up under the hufraloes honed that I might weather the night
 Suddenly Bashaw stopped. T was confident that the wise fellow hnt
 struck a landmark. for he knew af
 well as I did thHtSS we were lost.
 jumped from the sleigh and could dis
 tinruish in the darkness something un
 der the snow that looked like a hug' snake It t~nroved' to be. an 1ndinl
 trail. The Indians; always walk singl;
 file to avoid an ambush. and in thu
 loam of the Drairinsthese trails are sev
 eral lnenes |, qeep. Bashaw.
 lowed it. and when his mate was in
 clincd to turn out he pnt his teeth in : to his neck, and forced him into tn path. .-,, zs.,rg c,yt,.,.;.. ....... MT Hinmnn vas so sure that hn'
 started that he had kept q light in th
 window of >the agency. nId when R' , shaw saw, it hes slenn"d like horn from his kennel When we reachc . stalled turned lis great eyes ttpon me lie whinnv eaia>oas nlaiiily as words "We are all right now. master" '~ '' ,Fnsha~-. wass own cnHsn. to tho co :, c,>ratcd .Pa+chfR aAr ombrino patchen i. IIe' wac a lsingl =fnalew and hall peMer , sipr of noble fhirtbz-az slim. .delicat F head. prominent; eyes, small. activ care lHrgc nostrils, full chest. , thi
 ra'nhrels. heavy cords,i neat fetlock'
 and was lIacE e~ oo.'' He was m
 f,sond and companion for ovc.-.
 miles. always. fnl of "Dirit and gentl ns q c'rl TRh only time evf 5 tn,,ched him win a wt'n was on t' brink of prnnN,ire where the" pat
 was slfpet ofA d''ore .icc and as tn ; 1ragon fn"nn tN! sli,'e' I ~eved us bot ', Inv tho lash -1a't .+he- blow hurt m , more than it dfa Basilaw. He Save F my life w'!en lost on the prairtes- man 7 times. Tn summer heat, and .T'inte
 storm he kont every appointment. eftn
 with heroic effort. Patient. hopef,l
 cheerful. he was o fayorite of all tn
 stage drivers, and, upon coming to q
 inn. cold and wet. was always su, ] to hear q kind hearted voice crS $ "Rishon. ro 'rtN the inn: [ know jus : what the old fellow needs"
 - A few months Hefcre Tc 'dod at e wears of age, I sent him to a friend f tho country to Be basturcd. One da a somr colts in tho n'or'dw were r.'r'n
 ord Ras"rw. who har1 h"ou noted ff ', bis enecd. with ai1'his old fire ioihe :, i- the "Nnn md heat the colts He 500 " after died and wept when the new :. came to me. '.t-,~"-- -.'' 5'-'-! ..' ----------->." r.- ,