Cañon City record., 1903-12-10
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There are many things which are
ysversed after marriage. The maiden
sees her lover perform an act Of bfav.
~ and worships him for IT. She mar
Slso him, and fearing he may attempt
- chastise an impudent servant. with
bs1ily injury to himself. locks him in
. closet.
Years ago Joined parry Of tourfsts
at Denver starting to visit the ''parks'
n the mountains. Among them were
Harold lngraham and Irene Berkeley.
q pair Of incipienf lovers- That is-
they were incipient when they left
Denver. but before they had been out
four days were incorrigible. Young
Ingril.am had read Cooper's novels
all youngsters read cooper's wor.s in
those days. especially stories abonr the
noi,lr indiap-and seemed quite an2-
Ious tc tnke few scalps home with
him 10 hang up In Lis smoking room
For my part have found the imag ina
tion a very unsafe faculty. to go with
brave deeds
There were plenty Of Indians in Colo
RADIO in those days, and many of them
were not as tame as they might have
been We pitched q camp on . plain
through which ran a stream inclosed
By peaks. One afternoon I saw Ingra-
ham take a rifle and saunter away
from the camp. Not far distant were
the tents Of some Utes, in which were
Q few bucks. mostly disabled, and
number Of squaws and papooses-
Ingraham directed his steps toward
this camp. went to an eminence and
watched him. An Indian was sitting
eo the bank Of the stream fishing. and
Ingraham went up and began to talk
10 him. After awhile saw Ingraham
take something out Of his pocket and
hand 1t to the man, who held 1t to his
lfps bottom upward The performance
was repeated two or three times. Then
! aw evidences that the Indian was
making demands on Ingraham, and
was not slow In reasoning that he had
got enough fire water" to want what
was left In the flask Ingraham turned
and walked away. To my horror
saw the Indian take q knife from his
belt and throw II at the retreat1ng ng-
ure. He missed which was doubtless
because he was drunk InGraham.
hearing something whiz by his ear.
turned and saw the Indian staggering
tor him.
In a twinkling the youngsters COM
mon sense rose above his romance. BE
bad q rife and could have shot the red
EAn. II he did he might get the whole
party murdered In retaliation Besides
f he tired and missed the Indian would
surely kill him. There is a great deal
Of contempt expressed for those who
fa
more sense in taking to ones legs than
Standing and fighting. For instance, II
= better to run away than spend one
night in jail. At any rate Ingraham
ran I ran. too. but toward the young
feIloH. who | feared might need aid.
He could easily have distanced the
drunken Indian had he not caught his
foot In the root OF q vine, which sent
him sprawline. As l ran at the mo-
ment Of his fall a clump Of trees inter
vened expected when emerged
from them TO see the Indian cutting
scalp lock I came upon Ingraham try
ing TO get up and on with a sprained
ankle. the Indian numbering up to him.
brandishing his knife.
This Il the critical point in my story.
What did dol I was unarmed.
Should l pick up q piece Of dead wood
and brain the savagef No. This would
have made 4 pretty story. but l was
not out for making stories. This is
what did. Planting myself before
the PROSTATE Ingraham I waved my
arms at the Indian as one would do to
stop a runaway horse. at the same time
pointing to our camp and shouting:
, II tor
Plenty IRE watery"
The Indian stopped. partly sobered
b. my sudden appearance, looked me
ever and grunted:
-Me go git fre water"
That ended the fray. took the red
man TO camp. gave him one drink to