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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-13

siidSc itiffiDeT anu siliiiSfcS lOT TIE
local market.
If it's groceries you are looking
for see w. .. Williams. He
keeps full supply. all fresh. a9
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Mr., w. f. Dickerson is building
a nice cottage down in east end
of town.
a good line of toilet and laun-
dry soaps at w. .. Williams. az
Hall & Logan, at TannehiIl,
have their saw mill in operation
and are cutting lumber for the
necessary buildings for mill hands. |
Mr.. q. w. Fletcher, of Flat |
Creek, is in Winfield this week. |
He has purchased a business lot |
from Mrs. A. +. Cook and is
placing material thereon for a !
nice store building.
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Mr.. Z. j. Gamble. of St.
Maurice, was in the city this week |
looking around ana noting the |
rapid progress being made along
all lines.
Mr.. l.. Craig and son, Frank. |
over Monday night i'm
Winfield and boarded the train
Tuesday morning for Ruston
where Mr.. Frank will attend the
Industrial Institute during the
session.
A social entertainment at the
Couch Hotel Monday night was
by number of the young
ladies and gentlemen. Refresh
ments consisted of delicious ice
cream. cake and-Pye.
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Furniture sold on easy pay
ments by Men. Davis. s13 ct.
Mr.. NJ. III. Mercer called in
morning and ordered The
Sentinel and Home and Farm one
year. Thanks.
Mr.. w. j. Sewers overhauled
The Sentinel man Monday and
placed us under obligations for a
year. subscription.
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Mr.. IL. n. Tannehill began
work Monday on a new house in
Addition which he will
rent when completed.
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Settees and folding bed lounges
for sale by Men. Davis. s13 2t.
Messrs. J. NJ. BlackmOn, j. S.
Peters, II. G. Garland and others
spent Sunday at the "Golden
Gate. alias Dodson.
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Mrs. DIR. J. b. Story was quite
sick fo severl days but is conval-
escing now.
Miss Zettie Whatley, of Edo
ado, Ark. visited relatives here
his week.
Misses Maude Jones and Elvie
Mr.. and Mrs. W. nj
Wallace took a run up to Dubach
Sunday evening returning on the
10 o'clock train.
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DIR. A. P. Collins. of Stills, was
n town wednesday and SAID he APP
,reciated the increased size and
general appearance of The Senti-
lel.
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Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Holmes
nave the sympathy of friends in
he loss of their infant babe
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-13

ter Whatley moved his
ther and sister this week to
ndeid where he goes to make
home. Being one of. the pas
- conductors on the Arkan-
southern he has to make
narters at that place. which
~ the terminus of the road.
= We are loath to give this
up we trust they will be
ID With their new home, and
- them to the good people
eld.-Junction City
Knit.
ettizens of WINFIELD well
this excellent family and
- viii be pleased 10 reside
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-13

We have a Carload of Rock
Lime bought direct from the
miners and will be pleased to
make delivered prices to those
needing any. write us.
A. T. JACKSON & BRO.
Is-sw. Ruston. La.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-13

Mr.. l.. Craig and son, Frank.
stopped over Monday night in
Winfield and boarded the train
Tuesday morning for Ruston
where Mr.. Frank will attend the
Industrial Institute during the
session.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-13

Mr.. f. j. Gamble, of St.
Maurice, was in the city this week
looking around ana noting the
rapid progress being made along
all lines.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-13

Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Holmes
have the sympathy of friends in
the loss of their infant babe
which was born without life
wednesday morning.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-13

DIR. A. p. Collins. of Stills, was
in town wednesday and SAID he APP
preciated the increased size and
general appearance of The Senti-
mel.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-13

Mr.. w. J. Sewers overhauled
The Sentinel man Monday and
placed us under obligations for a
year $ subscription.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-27
Opening Of the Kiowa=
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Comanche Strip.

~ August g. according to the
A0N presidents recent declaration,
~ the lands of the Comanche,A
Kiowa and Apache Indians
in Oklahoma will be open to
settlement by whites. 1t is quite pos
sible, however, that the opening will
be postponed or, at any rate, delayed.
Some of the Indians whose lands it is
proposed to give to the white men
have entered a vigorous protest. They
declare the government has violated
some of the provisions of the treaty
made with them nine years ago.
1t is rather late for the aborigines to
come into court with o. claim of this ma
ture. but they have done so and vigor-
ously contested their cause in the courts.
The land in dispute is tract Of more
than 100000 acres. According to the
treaty, each OF the 5000 Indians on the
land is to have a farm of 100 acres stu
ated wherever the ahorigine may choose.
The government is also to set aside for
the Indians one Or more tracts, in all
100000 acres. for grazing purposes, ETC.,
the remainder about 800, 900 acres, is to
be allotted among white settlers accOrd7
ing to the homestead act. The method OF
allotment Of this reservation and that of
the adjoining Wichita tract is unique
and unprecedented. ret
These reservations are situated in the
southern part of Oklahoma. Their popu-
lation made up almost entirely of Inc
dams, among them being Kiowas, Cons
anches, Apaches and Caddos. One Of the
Kiowa head chiefs, Lone Wolf, has been
in Washington arguing aginst the pros
posed opening of the tribal lands. The
Kiowas are distinguished among the alb
origines Of the territory for their intelli+
gence and their readiness to learn. Al
| though when the kiowas were wild
blanket" Indians they were fierce and
stubborn fighters. they are today rapid
ly turning to the way of civilization.
They are the finest looking of the tribes,
| and many Of their women are quite hand
| some. The Kiowas learn faster than any
other Indians, and the whiskey dealers.
| gamblers and sharks who have accumu-
lated fortunes at the expense OF the
| Cherokees and other tribes Of the Indian
| Territory and Oklahoma have had little
pickings from them. They govern them
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-27

night. We tied the crazy man to tree
he all the time jabbering in French and
occasionally screaming for some one to
let go of his throat We did not pay
much attention to him, but let him
jabber as he pleased. 1t did not take
long for US to get omething to eat. AL
we had to cook was coffee and bacon
and 1t was soon cooked and eaten. We
then resolved to feed the crazy man,
and when we turned to him we We're sur.
prised to find that he was unconscious.
l held his head and John poured some
hot coffee down his throat Within, q
few minutes he came to, and to our sue.
prise he had the light of reason in his
eyes. though very week. He spoke to
me. calling me by name, and asked
what brought me in that section of the
world. NJ Il
AT first did not know the man, but
when he told me his name I recognized
him as man with whom I had worker
when was with the Hudson Bay cor,-
pany on the Yellowstone in the SOS.
That was the first time l had ever seen
him since ! had left the employ Of the
company. His name was Gene Bigelow
l asked him how he came to be in such
deplorable condition. and what he was
doing in the woods when we had founl
him. He did not want to tell his story
at all, but I finally got it out of him.
and as near as l can recollect it was as
follows:
EARLY in the summer Of that year,
he said, he and an older Frenchman
named Joe Couche had gone into the
West Fork country prospecting. They
stumbled on to some exceedingly rich
placer ground and had put in the sum-
mer working it. There was no waite,
near the place where the big pay was
found, and they packed the dilt in will
low baskets on their backs for nearly a
mile to a spring. near which they had
built a dugout and made dam. Here
the gravel was washed in rocker. The
pay streak was near the head Of dry
gulch. and it was tapped by means OF
a drift which skirted the rimrock. the
returns from the gravel We're big, and
as the claim continued to grow richer
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-27

son, which is now called Hide" creek
l had cabin. and We camped there the
first night. We did not start very early
the next morning on our journey as a
band of elk We're grazing within sight
of the cabin when we awoke, and we
went after them and killed two Of them
1t took some little time to take care
of the meat so the sun was pretty we'll
up when we finally got started. We
crossed Cottonwood creek near the
Beaver dam and had gone two miles
through the heavy timber towards Elk
river when l thought I heard a man
laugh. l refined up and asked John if he
heard anything and he replied that he
heard only squirrel chattering. Hard
ly had we gone hundred yards fur
Their until we heard it again and it was
so wierd and unnatural that it fairly
made our flesh creep. At that time we
We're in little open park and before
we had time to think second time 4
man with tangled hair and unkempt
beard. with his clothing hanging in tat
tered rags around him appeared at the
farther end Of the opening, looking back
ward as if he was hunted. Seeing us he
turned and fed in terror, laughing hy-
stercally all the while.
'Old John took down his lariat rope
and started after him. I followed as
best could, but, as I had the pack
horses to lead. my progress was much
slower. Presently l heard John cali
ing for me to come quick, that he had
caught the wild man. I hurried forward
and found that John hal lassooed the
man and every time he would make
move to escape, John would set spurs
to his horse and drag the poor fellow
along the ground for a ways. I got off
my horse and, while John held the rope
good and tight, I tied the captive hand
and foot. Then we tried to talk to
him. He would not answer us and APP
parently did not see us but in a broken
jargon of cayuse French and pigeon En-
glish he raved Of gold and Joe and
Louise I soon saw that the poor fell
low was stark, mad and resolved that
we would take him to Virginia City, tell
a story of finding him in the hills while
hunting and return as soon as possible
to the diggings that we had started to
find. We had been taking an extra
pack horse along to pack away anything
we might find of value in the dugout and
we loaded the crazy man on his back
and, taking the back track, we started
for Virginia City.
When we reached Cottonwood creek
on our return we We're hungry, and le-
solved to camp and get something to
eat and then go to the cabin on Hide
creek. where We would camp for the
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-27

the guch in which the claim was located,
and when spring came they would make
q cleanup that would astonish the
world. 1t was their intention to put in
the winter in drifting, and pile the
gravel on the dump and wash it through
Sluice boxes in the spring. and not carry
any more dirt on their backs. So they
went to Virginia City and bought a big
bin of goods from 0. B. Barber Not
wishing to attract too much attention,
they paid for their grub with green
backs, of which Couchel had good roll.
They returned to the diggings with
their grub and worked for about six
weeks. by which time they had out
about 20 pounds of gold dust. which was
cached in the. dirt floor in the dugout
the pay streak appeared to be growing
richer every day they developed it,
Then Bigelow said. the devil
seemed to get into my head. I wanted
all of the money myself. Joe had about
$500 in greenbacks of his own, and the
devil kept whispering to me to kill Joe
take the money, over $4,000, and go to
Montreal and marry the French girl,
Louise. l thought much of.
For long time l would not list IN
TO the devil he continued. but one day
Joe swore at me for thinking so much
of Louise and not working any more
We We're down by the spring. Joe lay
down and drank water out of the spring
like horse. Then the devil whispered.
XIII him now, quick: then take the
money and see Louise!" Il had my ri,
in my hand. l drew it back and it came
down on Joe's head, burying itself SC
that the point stuck out on the other
SIDE and he fell into the water dead.
Then 1 dragged him down to a cut
bank. rolled him in, and piled great big
rocks on him, so that he could not get
up and follow me. ! dug up the MONEY
where we had buried it and started to
walk to Virginia City. Before l hal
walked over five lies a fog came up
and lost my way. l wandered round
and round, but could not find my wav
out of the timber. Oh, how heavy that
gold got! When it became too dark to
see, sat down at the roots of big, dry
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-27

selves under form of tribal organiza-
ton. The present great head chief is
called AppeahtOne and he is one of the
most remarkable Indians that have ever
lived.
Chief Appeahtone is polite polished
man. He speaks several languages and
is lawyer of ability. Apart from his
dark complexion there is nothing about
the head chief of the Kiowas to distin-
guish him from any other cultured
American. He is simply a well dressed,
middle aged gentleman, who is able to
converse at ease with Americans Of a
lighter hue, with Frenchmen or with
Germans. He is quite wealthy, and his
daughter, known as the Princess Mora,
has one fine robe, among others, tina:
is worth $1,000.
Although the other tribes of the reser-
vations soon to be thrown open are not
equal, generally speaking. in wealth, cul
ture or civilization to the Kiowas, they
possess more Of these attributes than is
generally known. Among the youn men
and women of the tribes are many grad
yates of Carlisle, Hampton and other
Indian SCHOOLS, and they are doing
good work in lifting their men and wo-
men to a higher plane.
The contention of those Indians who
oppose the opening of the reservations
is that some of the provisions of the
treaty made nine years ago have been
altered and the compact amended with
out being resubmitted to the tribes for
approval. For one thing, the method of
paying the Indians for their lands has
been changed. The defenders of the
changes contend that they hava h""N
made for the best interests Of the
Indians and with a view to their iu.-. &
prosperity. In any case it seems prob
able that the tribesmen have slept on
their rights and that the matter has
passed the point where interference Or
petition can avail anything.
The government has re-surveyed the
land and has made most Of the prepara-
tons for throwing it open to white set
Element. It is also claimed by some that.
although a number of the Indians be-
lieve that they have been treated UNI
justly, the majority are not in favor OF
taking any drastic steps to prevent the
opening and will quietly acquiesce in
the decision Of the government.
Washington authorities are deter
mined that in connection with the open
ing of this land to white settlement there
shall be no rush Of boomers. Accord
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-27

ana his clothes were covered with blood
In the back of his head the pick was still
stickin. He pointed his finger at me
and said: Gene, you murderer, I want
my money!" l thought he made q move
to grab me. and I sprang to my feet and
fled in terror. Before had gone far it
seemed as If he ran after me, and, grab
bling me by the throat, he choked me
until l knew nothing, and when 1 came
to my senses again you and your Indian
friend were pouring the hot coffee down
my throat.
When he got through his story"
George continued, he was very weak
and l saw that he would soon go where
ne had sent his partner. The exposure
and starvation was more than he could
stand. | tried to get more information
out Of him as to the location Of the cabin
and a description Of the place where he
had hidden the gold under the tree. He
would tell but little. only that the gold
was in a cleft in the roots of big, dry
red fir tree which stands on the ridge
near the head of Cottonwood creek.
While he was trying to tell me how to
find the mine from the cabin he gave a
gasp as If some one was choking him
and died with pitious appeal for Joe to
let go Of his throat.
when we realized that the man was
dead, We We're in quandry. If we went
to town and told our story We stood a
good show of being locked up, for the
murder of the man, for to tell the
truth, the way we had dragged him
around after capturing him did not help
to prolong his life any. Besides, once the
story of the wondrous find made by these
two Inflated Frenchmen becoming
known, there would be a stampede and
the country would be overrun with pros
pectors in less than twenty-four hours
after we had told our story. Besides We
wanted the first shy at the riches our
selves. So after John and me had talked
the matter over in Indian fashion for a
while we resolved to bury the man, keep
our mouths shut and continue our search
for the mine.
There was a beaver dam just few
hundred feet away from us and the pond
above it was nearly dry. The ground was
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-27

sort and easy digging and here we resolve
ed that the burial would be. We dug a
sraVe Few feet deep and buried the
rrehchman almost before the body was
coiu. ana then old John took the axe.
ana going few hundred Yards up the
creek where another beaver dam had
Deen thrown across the creek he emf r.
open and within half an hour Gene Bige-
lows grave was covered over with sew.
eral feet Of water.
when we got through with our funeral
1t was too late to go to our camp of the
night before and we decided to stay all
night ON Cottonwood creek. When we
woke up the next morning there was a
loot OF snow on the ground and it was
still showing. We could not hunt for
the cabin during such weather and we
decided to go down and search for the
mine later in the year Winter set in
early that fall and an opportunity for
continuing the search did not present its.
elf. The next year l shot my hand all
to pieces and did nothing at all. For two
years afterwards old John kept away
from the valley and it was nearly four
years from the time of the death of the
Frenchmen that we started on our sec.
ond search for the mine. We found the
cabin easily but search as we may, we
could find no trace of the gravel beds
from which the gold was taken. Time
and again l have searched the hills for
some clue as to the location of the mine
but never until last fall could ever gain
any. Then, when hunting in a gulch
which looked little like place where pay
gravel could be found, accidentally
stumbled on to an old pile of tailings.
Some Of them were piled up on timbers
in, cfo 70 r,f
believe the lost placer mine is in that
gulch, near the spiling pile. and that the
mouth of the drift has been covered up
by a slide. You and I will go up there
next summer and if we find it we will
have our fortunes made"
This is the story of the lost placer OF
Madison county as it has been told ia
me. George and l never made the trip
to look for the mine. The next spring
la grippe became the fashionable disease
and George was one Of its first victims.
He never recovered from its ravages.
and, after lingering for a few years, ha
died. He would never describe the gulch
to me, but would always tell Of going to
hunt for it as soon as he was strong
enough.
After he died hunted for the mine on
several occasions, but always with the
result Of drawing a blank. ] had just
about concluded that the story was q
myth. Now l think different few
years ago o. B. Barber told OF the two
Frenchmen coming to his store in Vir-
ginia City and buying bill Of goods
Of him and paying for it in greenbacks.
He added that the two men had never
been heard from SINCE A few years aga
Harry Thompson picked up the skull OF
a whiteman on Elk river and it had the
back of it mashed off as If it had been
done with some blunt instrument. Many
of the residents of Madison know of the
old cabin in the West Fork, and, taking
these links in chain Of evidence. it look
as If the story told by old George that
night had a foundation of fact.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-27

The drawing is to be conducted by the
ingly it has been determined to give out
the land by lot. After fulfilling the re-
qurements of the homestead law as to
age, citizenship, etc., the applicant for
the land Is to draw a number. The land
is then to be allotted in 100 acre tracts,
according to the numbers drawn, and
those with numbers that are too high
will not get any land.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-27

government, and absolute honesty Is
safeguarded by the provisions Of the
plan. Except that it contains the eie-
ment of chance, the new method Of
selling government land at a nominal
figure is eminently fair and will do away
with the many ugly features of the rush
and the endless litigation that has in-
variably followed it.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-27

mr. tree and, taking off the belt in which
carried the money. l placed it in
cleft in the roots of the tree and, using
1t as pillow. fell asleep.
How long / slept do not know. b..
when opened my eyes I saw Joe stand
ing at my feet. He was bareheadei.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-27
In the Smoking Car.

Here's a good one said the man
from Denver. Whats the difference be-
tween a pen and a pencil? Give 1t up?
A pen has to be driven, but pencil has
to be lead See?"
1.-The automtic bell buoy beats 'em
BOTH" murmured a quiet little chap
who had got on at Cleveland 1T rights
ITSELF"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-27
Grim "Medics."

The medical students of Syracuse
University have adopted tn following
college yell:
We'll man, sick man, dead man-stiff!
Dig 'em up, cut 'em up-what's the diff?
Humorous, humorous, blood and gore!
Syracuse medicos 1904!'
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-27

The official speed for automobiles IN
Berlin has been fixed at nine and ones
hal fmiles an hour.
Milford chronicle., 1901-05-10

The wedding ring of Queen Victoria
was, by her own wish, buried with her
As matter of fact. it had been her in
separable wear" for more than go years
The rule Of her married life had been
never to remove it. and once when n cast
of her hand was taken her great alarm
was that the ring might be displaced with
the plaster. With the single exception of
its enforced removal in later years for a
few hours to be enlarged. so as to accom-
modate it to the increased girth OF the
finger, the ring was worn necessarily for
over 60 years.
OF all her innumerable rings. next IN
her wedding ring Queen Victoria most
valued very simple one, indeed. 1t was
made of gold and enamel and had a very
small diamond as its central ornament
Its market value was slight enough as
well might be. for it was bought bv a
boys pocket money. It was, in fact. the
first present made by Prince Albert to the
Princess Victoria when. at the age Of 16
he visited the future country of his adop-
ton. The actual emerald serpent ring.
which he gave her afterward as the form
al engagement ring, was never quite SO
precious to her majesty as this humble
predecessor. which stood as the first toL-
en- Of this memorable affair Of the heart
London Chronicle.