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

It is time that some one wrote a re- view of the lives of animals that have played an important part in the history of the world, from Jobs war-horse and the wolf that acted as wet nurse to the founders of the City of the Seven Hills' down to Billy, the mascot of the Olym- pia, and the old COW that survived the destruction of St. Pierre. There is not the slightest doubt t1at the enterprise would yield a handsome Ieturn to the writer, for of all phases of history there are few more interesting than that which deals with animals that have played an important part in the affairs of men.
 A work of this character would, how ever, be imperfect without an account of the life and career of Walloper, very "ornery- looking yaller" dog, with a stump tail, that, notwithstanding his lack of personal pulchritude, played an important role in the Big Horn and Yellowstone campaign of 1876 against the rebellious Sioux. Wolloper was the property of Captain Thomas F. Toby of the Fourteenth Infantry, now re- tired. and living in this city, and the ac- count herewith presented Of the life ana doings of this animal was related to a
 Post reporter recently by Lieutenant William w. Jordan. of the District po-
 lice force, an old Indian fighter. who served in Captain Toby's company throughout the memorable campaign ln which General Custer lost his life. Speaking of the campaign and of the part played therein by Walloper, Lieu | t"nart Jordan said:
 T have heard and read great deal If the intelligence of animals, espe cial- ly Of dogs, but to my way of thinking Cartain Toby's dog Walloper beat them all for downright intelligence and sa- gacity. Walloper was an ordinary, bob l tailed, yellow cur. Captain Toby used | to say, when people would ask him 1 what breed Walloper belonged to, that 1 it reminded him of what the ola negro i sad when some one inquired as to the 1 an; ect dents of very ordinary looking canine following at his heels. The ne- | gro said he didn't know. but that he thought de dorg mus be one ob desc 1 hyab bullfoundlands.
 "NO che in the company knew any thing of Walloper's forbears, nor where ha came from, pot even the captain. l Al, that was know of him was that he | turned up in camp on eday, becoming | attached to Captain Toby, who took l great fancy to the dog or account of his | intelligence. When the Big Horn cam paign against the Sioux came on, the
 Fourteenth Infantry started for the
 Black Hills under General Crook. Ev-
 e"y officer was allowed riding horse,
 but Captain Toby, anticipating hard times, purchased large amo Int of pre- l visions, which he loaded on the back of
 hls saddle-horse, using that animal as a pack-horse throughout the entire
 campaign. Some of the officers laughed
 at him at the time. but there came a
 time later on when every one of them 1 wished that they had followed his ex-
 ample and acted likewise.
 "Walloper accompanied the captain
 throughout the campaign. He and the captain, and also the latter's pack-horse
 ate in the same mess together and were as friendly, sociable and fond of each
 others company as you could well i'm agine. Not only was the captain foud
 of Walloper, but every man in the com
 pany would have defended the dog
 with his life for the simple fact thai
 he was useful in so many ways, and SC
 intelligent Occasionally the captain
 would be the officer of the day, it being
 his duty to make the rounds of the sen,
 tinels at night to see that everything was all right.
 "Guard duty in that campaign was
 anything but pleasant. The Indians had a way of lowering about camp, send ing two or three of their number tc !, within short distance of the picke
 line, where they would watch their op } portunity to creep past some drowsy picket and stampede the horses ant f mules tethered within the lines. A.
 soon as one or two succeeded in cross ,, ing the lines, and in creating genera | | confusion and disorder among the mel t and animals, the main body of the In 7 dians, proving about in the dark at il, great distance from the camp charg s down upon the mass of frightened ani l mals and bewildered men with result :, that one can easily imagine.
 Q Sometimes the Indians would auietl
 sneak upon drowsy sentinel and dis ? patch him before he could either shoo | or make any outcry. and for that req son those on guard had to remain yer 5 much on the alert to keep from beinj T surprised and killed In fact, so muc n of this had been done that the men ol s guard had orders to shoot at anythir :, that looked suspicious or that was nov $ ing about beyond the lines Tha l. crouched low on the ground, strainin their eyes and ears, and whenever bi a of sagebrush showed movement, the S fired upon it. for the Indians had
 habit of tying punches of this grass
 their heads and arms, with a view ( ;, deceiving the men on guard duty. h Notwithstanding this ever-preser n danger, the marches were so long an U hard that at times the men could nc i. refrain from dropping off to sleep, an 2 it was in this connection that Wallope IS endeared himself to every member z U the company. You see, in making hi
 rounds, the captain was always accon
 panied by Walloper, who was sma , enough never to venture across th =. lines though now he managed to lear
 this is something more than l can e = plain and who always went a lit 4 ahead of the captain, reaching the pici s cts before his master If any of tf N men happened to be asleep. or dozin he would arouse them by the time tt u l oil