The sun., 1902-04-27
10, THE DEVIOUS RINANCIER.
CiuERa IS"MUCH BADMEDICINE,
WITHOUT SILVER ANTIDOTE.
nattlesnake Pete's Eiucidation or a Time
worn Indian Tradition-A sculptor
iInds strangely Similar Evidence
Among the Wild Vests Indians

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There is an ancient superstition that the
red man does not like to have his port rait
made Two young people who were Jour
ncying out into the Black Hills Of South
Dakota last fall were very much impressed
with this tradition at Fremont, one of the
principal stations on the Fremont, Elk
horn and Missouri Valley Railroad, which
l. the Northwestern systems branch rum
ming up through the cattle country and the
Indian agencies in Nebraska and South
Dakota.
RattlesnaLe Pete, the long haired and
swarthy person who brought lot Of Rose
bud Reservation Indians to Glen Island
last summer, was taking his charges back
to their homes. The Indians had been
transported in a special car from New
York by some contract agreement which
did not specify the route over which they
had been carried. They had been yanked
up and down pretty much the whole United
States over railroad lines doing a small
business, which could afford to make a
rate for them low enough to complete
the contract. They were eleven days be-
tween New York and Valentine, their
destination. They had been taken down
into Kentucky, Louisiana, came up tbe
Mississippi River to St. Louis, whence
they zigzagged to Omaha and were run
from there indirectly to Fremont, the
last point at which they could be put on
the Elkhorn, the straight road for home
Which led TO a surmise among those who
were interested in the trip that the Elkhorn
did not exactly fancy that sort of busi-
ness
When the special rolled into the Fremont
station the Indians knew that at last they
were on the home trail They had been
told for several days that they would arrive
at Valentine, the nearest station to the
agency, on Saturday night. But up until
the moment they saw themselves on tracks
which were filed with the familiarly coored
and marked Elkhorn rolling stock, they
had met these statements with calm unbe-
lief The red man Is tragically used TO
the lies of the pale face. He knows what
he is going to get when he gets il; and he
usually gets ii hard
great and tremendous homecoming
song saluted the ears of the passengers on
the regular train to which the Indian special
was about to be coupled. 1t was so loud
that it reached the car before even the
nasal evidence of the approach Of the Indian
laden car permeated the Fremont Yards.
That means that the song was very loud
indeed. The young Eastern tourists
they we're honeymooning five years after
date-grabbed their cameras and made for
the back platform. They saw the front
platform OF the approaching special car
filled TO overcrowding with Indians who
were singing with all the zest of camp
meeting worshippers at the close of glori-
Gus revival. The Indians were not painted
but they were in all the glory Of their blank
cts and beaded hatbands and moccasins.
The tourists began to study their view
finders. In the miniature ground glass il
was apparent that a terrific disturbance
was taking place. They looked back and
cav a sight that gave them cold ohills.
Some of the Indians had leaped back
into the car others were shaking their
fists violently. One or two were covering
theirfaces with their hands and still another
was dwelling a revolver, while vet another
was brandishing a huge bowie knife
Loud and cultural howls of NO! MOI
stop" viii killl' were shouted across
the intervening space, The young woman
had presence of mind enough TO snap her
shutter anyway She said she might as well
have the picture, whether she was going
10 b. slain or not. Before she could take
another shot her husband dragged her
bodily back through the car door and threw
her on the floor with what he considered
marvellous self-control There were only
two or three other Passengers in the Pull
man and they, since they were plains people,
regarded the performance with unmoved
cpunienanc"s, only permitting themselves
"a" luxury Of one or two swift stern glances
INTO one anOther's stecly cold eyes
The GDpymDDUars praDt hack 10 THAR
r'",iur and congratulated one another in
ifch'llr tones on their escape. Later,
after II wac too dark To take any more
pictures and while the strains Of the un-
'.diug homecoming song were ringing
high at Owe the rattle Of the train the Young
man stole back i'tO the smoking com
pnrIWn'' aud sought tho confidence Of
itt'h- axe Pete. The young man war one
Who Wiz very sensitive TO psychological
p Irrlu. ling. and he had gathered tn. Idea
inf r'W'huw or other he had not the fun
. '-'''nI pi he other passeners IN the Sleeper.
ih 30 n al that she noticed n, too.
I.'llg hat man Who had teen hcked
lN ,'ht'riuui on the Glen Island ferry
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