The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-10

s14llE -A044 AAaAAH@@ H- him, discharged his gun. Then, s=cinS Walloper standing before him, wagging his stump of tail and looking up in his face, he realized what had occurred. scd by the time Captain Toby arriveA. Le had a story all concocted to the efIect that he had fired at a bunch of moving sage-brush. which he thought might have had an Indian behind il. This was such a common occurrence that CaptGIn Toby never for a second dOubtet the mans story.
 "As I said before. he was. thlnA' the smartest dog I ever saw. He seem ed to know and to realize to the !uli that he was in a dangerous country. for he was constantly on the alert saNlNs many lives during the campaign bN ms ability to discover danger long oef 're it was apparent to the average 30ll;e.. He could smell an Indian thTee-quar- ters of a mile away, and the minute re found anything wrong he would sgt I'D a howl and run at full speed to Ca2ialh Toby. barking, yelping. bowling. never stopping until the captain followed nm to where he had found something suS- picious. One day we were crossing al arroya. covered on all sides by ih!cN and heavy growth of choke-cherry bushes. Walloper had started jack rabbit from his burrow, and had follow ed the animal up the ravine for quite distance. Suddenly he came teafl"s back with bristles erect, hoWilhs anu barking as though he had been srlz- zly bear. He ran up to the captain anu
 bv his actions tried hard to get the A3'- ter to follow him back up the arroy@' Captain Toby had long since learned to appreciate the fact that Walloper never gave false alarm so, taxing squad of men, he set out up the gully' WalIoper leading the way. They WAIr for some distance until finally they
 heard the dog stop in the bushes Just ahead of them and utter short low ! bark. Reaching his side. they found the 1 campfre still burning of band or Sioux who had doubtless left the scene
 only few hours before. The entralis | and skins of a deer and some 9ther
 game were lying about, along with otn- CT evidences of the meal they had cook l ed and eaten on the spot only fe"
 hours before. The actions of Walloper showed plainly that he realized just
 what the campfire meant.
 | "Whenever a battle or skirmish took
 place with the Indians Walloper was as | lively as cricket and seemed to know | just what was going on. He was some-
 thing of a scout, and enjoyed going on | risky expeditions At the battle of Slim
 Butter, September g, 1876, small band l of Indians took refuge at the close of
 the engagement in sort of pocket be- | tween two ridges The scouts were out locating the remnants of the main body | (whcm we had everIastingly whipped)
 and stragglers whom we had not killed or taken prisoner. One of these scouts
 the celebrated Charley Wbite, better known as Buffalo Chips accompanied by Walloper, started out to locate the
 particular band of which l mentioned
 Thanks to the sagacity of Walloper he
 soon ascertained that they were up at
 the head of this depression.
 Instead of communicating this dis
 coyery to the command, White could
 not rest satisfied without a shot at the
 band: so, crawling on all-fcurs up tht
 brow of the ridge to where he cou1 see
 the Indians. he brought his gun to hi:
 shoulder, intending to pick off one ot the most conspicuous braves that com
 posed this little party. Alas, for Char
 ley, one of the Indians saw him just as
 he crawled over the brow: there was a
 puff of smoke and poor Charley White
 dropped lifeless with a bullet through
 his brain. A few minutes later, wher
 the main body came up and routed tn,
 Indians out of their place of refuge some of the men found Walloper stand ing over the body of Charles White licking his face and making that pecu liar motion with his paws on the hands of the deceased that he always employ
 ed in awakening sentinels whom h.
 found asleep on duty.
 He knew that something had hap pened to Charley, and each time that h. shook the latter by the arm with hi , paw he would prick up his ears anC gaze intently upon the countenance O /. the dead man. as though waiting fo some sign of life.
 After the Big Horn campaign, Wal loper accompanied Captain Toby t Fort Robinson. Neb., where he even tually died at ripe old age. The com , pany thought so much of the dog tha f on his death they had his skin stuffe'
 and mounted by competent taxiderm l ters at the Fort where it still remains and may be seen to this day."-Wash
 ington Post