The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-02

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after his mornings coffee before he
pronounced penalty upon the daring
pair 1t is not recorded that his mien
4 was especially severe when he heard
| from them the story of their exploit
| The other leading feature in the en-
vironment of the young girl was the
Indian Other and strikingly interest
/ ing elements went to make up the
stirring life of the frontier, but these
two features, the soldier and the saw
age, were ever full Of strange fasci-
nation There were thousands of In
dams in the vast regions round about;
some of them guileless; some of them
innocent and artless as children; some
of them masters of a rude diplomacy
! and skilled in finesse not to be de-
spised; some of them brutal blood
thirsty and savage to the last drop of
blood in their treacherous hearts; some
fof them steady and constant as the
stars in their devotion to those who
had come SO far from the home of the
great White Father of the East.
| DRAMATIC DEATH OF HER IN
| DIAN COMPANION.
1t was the duty of this little post so
far from the outside world not only to
/ prevent bloodshed as far as possible be-
tween the two main nations, the Chip
pewas and the Sioux. who had fought
each other for. centuries, but also to
see that, SO far as was possible, justice
should prevail between them. A quintet
of Sioux braves had brutally killed
some of the Chippewas. shooting them
in their teepees while asleep: and this,
too just after the conclusion of tenn
tribes-hereditary and implacable enc
mics. The commandant of the post
learned the details of the affair. made
an Investigation. and demanded the
guilty Sioux, who We're at last reluct-
antly given up AS there was no ques-
4 ton regarding the crime. and as it was
4 wholly unprovoked and brutal the
lcommandant ordered the five Indians
over to the Chippewas to be dealt with
as was found fit.
One of the Sioux, stalwart young
fellow splendid specimen of a nation
famed for bravery and prowess, was
Ian especial favorite of the little girl.
He was master hand at fashioning
lcuriouS toys slender and swift shooting
bows and arrows, and all manner OF
quaint articles of wood and birch bark
Many were the treasures which this
silent, swarthy. constant friend brought
to the feet of the little paleface whom
he loved So it was with heavy heart
that she heard the decision of the
Chippewa council, a decision not lons
!, in reaching-the gauntlet.
In the distance. far across the flower
decked parade ground. stood the line OF
| Sioux waiting for their comrades. Oppo-
!, site them were the Chippewas with
their best rifiemen in readi
ness If the prisoners succeeded
! in reaching their friends they were en-
) titled to liberty. One by one the In
J Id;ans sprang forth on their race witt
/, death, and one by one they were lef
8; quivering amidst the summer flowers
) Little Six the friend of the girl who
: lstood watching the strange scene from
the doorway of her fathers quarters
. was the last of the five, an6
the swiftest runner of them all
i There was an intense hope in her heart
I as she watched him prepare for thu
f gantlet, that he might in some way bt
: spared but though he withstood on
| volley she was doomed to see her ia
vorite spring into' the air, just as HI
: reached the goal, and fall dead at thu
, fleet of his friends, the hands tina
} had wrought her so many curious toy!
and gifts clutching the greensward II
, the grasp of death.
:, FEARLESS IN THE FACE OF
DEATH AT SEA.
> 1t was not long after this that he
D father and mother decided to visit thei
5 old home on a long-deferred leave
+ absence. 1t was a curious route the.
e took. They went from Fort Snelifn.
: to New York wholly by water, in orde
: to save time; first by keel boat pro
, PEELED by a crew of powerful oarsmel
: three hundred miles south to For
n Crawford; then by tiny steamer to ST
Louis and New Orleans, and then b,
T sailing vessel to New York, nearly
month of their sea voyage being passe'
! out of sight of land by reason of
8 great storm When the ship was toss
. ing at the worst the captain ordere'
: the masts cut away SO that she nigh
u float in upon shore hard by and posi-
d bJys escape total destruction. Happily
n lust at that moment the Hatteras llgh
|, was seen, and the storm-tossed shi
!; made port in safety. The parents
t 1.-THE little girl, as we'll as the captai
h and crew, had given up all hope O
:, life. but the child, having no sense o
!, fear. laughed at the seas and though
u the storm was a royal lark.
q When the year 1884 came 1t was tim
t for the young girl to be sent East t
: school. She travelled the entire dis
d tance from Fort Winnebago, on the Fo
o river in what is now the State Q
:. Wisconsin, to Niagara by open boa
d and schooner; from the latter point D
stage coach canal. steamboat, an
{ enc of the first railroads constructe
; in the United States on to New Haver
Q Colonel. afterward President, Zachar
rrexlor was in command at Fort Craw
It ford not far from her fathers pos
r and not long after she passed throug
e on her long journey East her parent
e learned of the event which saddene
il the home of the commandant' IN