The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-04-03

Inc othelS jumped up. only 10 De cut
down by the reserve fire. The only two
unhmt were Wahnemo and his i year
old papoose. GraSping the child, he
sprang for the mountain side, sealing
the rocks Ike Il chamois amid a show.
er of bullets, soon distaneiug his pur-
suers and getting out of range of their
rides. Halting on shelf of rock, he set
the child down and proceeded to In
dulge in every exhibition Of contempt
and derislon that his imagination could
invent to aggraNate The discounted
troopers, who Gnashed their several
sets Of teeth In rage Mt the Insults of
the old heather, They were relieved
at last by the arrival of Lieutenant
| Huyl. who bore In his hand new tar.
get rifle, received only the day before
the scouts started
This wonderful gun was guaranteed
to carry | forget 100 yards With ne
curacy, and the lieutenant, who was
one of the best fellows in the world in
garrison, but quite cold hearted and
bloodthlrsty where Apaches were con
cerncd, announced that while he was
hodbiihi VI liz sun AAiA llira AA't'i wv
Indian, yet he was going to Try, The
Apache, feeling secure against their
carblnes continued his taunts untll
/ Huyl, taking deliberate aim, with
sights raised for l 800 yards fired Ills
aim was true and the gun all that 1t
was boosted. The old savage plunged
face forward ever the ledge and crash
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the very feet of his slayer.
The attention of the soldiers was
now directed 10 the papoose, the sub
ject of this sketch. That interesting
infant still calmly occupied the ledge
and was evidently turning the stuas
ton over in his mind. The troopers.
with Lieutenant liuyl ut their hend,
slowly and painfully elnmhercd up the
rocks and finally approached the or.
phan, who, instead of sqnalIing "a II
civilized Christian child would have
done, commenced throwing stones Mt
his pursuers, hitting Lieutenant lluyl
squarely on the nose with Il half pound
rock and drawing blood copiously. lie
followed this success by other good
throws, causng rs nearly = pnnlc rs
possible At last, by IlanIing him, our
Apache was knocked down hN blow
from saher and stunned. His capture
was now easy, but the lcutcnants
orders were to return no prisoners.
what shall we do with the little dcN-
III" asked one of the men. "Shoat him
or throw him over The elilf after his IA
tbcrY" The little devil" had rpganed
consciousness by this time and tlciiher-
ately set his teeth into the calf Of the
soldiers leg Lieutenant Iiu3l wiped
his bloody nose and replied y taby
who fights this WY ought uoi Ia be
killed In cold blood BY George. I'll
take him back to San Carries II II costs
| me my commission"
\ gag was put into the young uuc's
mouth to prevent any more biting and,
with soldier holding each hand, he
was landed ON the plain below, There
he was placed on horseback, II inriat
tied to enc foot, passed under the horst
and tied 70 the other, and thus lh'
troopers returned 10 the reservation.
Lieutenant IIuyl was great favort'
With General Crook, but be had dis
obeyed orders and confidently expected
to be put under arrest But tie genera
Ind already heard something Of The
stone throwing affair and had enjoyed
hearty LAUGH over lIuyi'a broken
nose. When the lieutenant In making
his report reached the point where
| Wahnemo was killed, the general in
terrupted him with, "By the way, |
| think you had better not let me know
officially any more of this scout than
you have already told" Then giancinG
at the swollen nose he burst into n roar
Of laughter In which al the other OH
GERS Joined.
The young Indian was confined In
the armory until his first fright was
overcome The soldiers Of Company A
named him Dick lIuyl and. fitting him
out with uniform fashioned from the
lleutenant's old clothes, regularly
adopted him into the service.
In Jess than month the small re
cruit learned to express himself tolera-
bly, In English and IN II very short limo
had accumulated all the accomplish.
Inents of tobacco chewing and pfofaHl
ty possessed by the soldiers, He alao
picked up a wonderful knowledge Of
busle calls and eyonilona, always turn
ing out at roll calls and taking bis
place at the extreme left OF The eompa
NY when in line.
When | first knew him, lie had been
under the refining Influences OF The
United States service two years, IT
that Indian had improved IN that time,
am very glad / did not know him be
fore. lie was not beautiful according
TO classic standards.
The Apachcs hatten tAe heads Of
their babies between boards, and this
as much rs anything else, served to
render Dick unattractivc to us chil-
drcn. Then be had such a prediction
for carrying snakes IN his pocket The
soldiers spoiled him, OF course, and up
held him in every yilainy he chose to
/ pcrpetratc. When he Shot the mules IN
an ambulance filed with women and
children, causing a runaway ana Il
smash up. one soldier lhrashcd him
with barrel stayc and dozen more
gave him cent pieces 70 comfort him
They alternately pounded and petted
but 1t was all one 10 him He seldom
laughed and never cried He was an
Apache.
said he never cried. / viii note an
exception. Every Saturday afternoon
the men took him out behind the quar-
tcrs and gave him a BATH. This process
was very simple. They stripped or his
clothing aud turned the bose on him
On these occasions the shreks OF the
little savage could he heard al over the
post.
have not seen Dick since WAC .
years old, hut | like to thluk that he
grew up and regularly enlisted In the
old regiment aud Is Row an honor to
the service New York Tribune
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