The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-27
HERMAN, HALF BREED


The deacon and his wife, whose letter
of advice to the resort keeper had mis-
carried, had hard work to persuade Her
man to drive them from the reservation
TO the camp.
Last night awful big wind. Blow down
big trees in front; blow down big trees;
behind. Heap much chepping. Maybe
go we not get through. Indian no afrai,i.
But why for Indian work so hard? Last
month me terrible big Indian chief by
Chicago White man come up here say:
Herman, take off deerskin shirt. deerskin
pants. Pull plenty feathers out of old
ROSTERS tail; stick EN- in hair; let hair
grow long and braid him down back
Take him shoes and stockings off Put
on moccasins and lace him up with red
strings
- Maybeso all these fool clothes cost
much money l say to white man. What
for my oreralls and red flannel shirt not
good enough for Chicago?
No, says white man, you must be
heap big Injun chief. Naybeso 1 give
you ten dollars TO buy your deerskin pants
and shirt. Also you must holler loud.
Hoiler like some devil break loose Say
come round ask you what that holler
means.
Hard work to holler loud all time
1 says to white man. Also cost much
money to work SO hard honerins. Also
cost money TO wear foolish clothes and
go by museum
Ali right, Herman says white man.
L pay you railroad tickets, also thirty
dollar TO wear foolish clothes and hoil or
loud Also you must paint her and blue
stripes on your face. he say.
. That red paint on face cost three
dollar more say. and that blue paint
he cost three dollar. Two for five dollar,
I say.
. All right, Herman he says, here's
fifteen dollar. Now you and your gil
get EN- all fixed up foolish good, with
rooster feathers and red and blue paint
on him face. By EN- by 1 send white
man to bring you down to Chicago No
museum. You camp out by EN- park
and much many thousand white peop,s
come look over barb wire fence. Then
you holler 'em war whoop and maybeso-
you get silver money from white people
Me and my girl we get EN- foolish
clothes. braid EN- hair down back. stick
EN- full Of rooster feathers. The whi:e
man takes us to train and we come ~
Chicago Also some more Indians coma.
We pitch EN- camp inside barb wire
fence and by EN- by all the white people
In the world come look over barb wire
fence and say Ugh Ugh" at u.s. Mav-
beso they think us one hog. Then l hel-
Ter like some devil and white people +rv
run away. but crowd so big they IN caa't
run Maybeso i stop holler and then
white people throw silver money over in
grass and my girl she pick EN- up. Five
days she pick EN- up forty dollar ] ger
'em my thirty dollar and many drinks
whiskey- Now we get 'em seventy dol
lar What for Indian work hard chop
windfaMs uow?'
1t was an offer of FIVE dollars for the
trip which finally persuaded Herman 10
hitch mp, and start on the drive. They
had driven mile or two in complete
silence through the burned woods when
Herman leaned back and looked at the
deacon.
What YOU DO in Chicago" he asked.
"Ru n saloon, huh?'
Thel deacon's wife blushed holly. and
the deacon himself made haste to DENY
the charge
mo. said the deacon. but I've got 4
little flask here in my pocket and there's
q quart bottle in the grip
p 'Maybeso that good whskey." said
Herman, IS he smacked his lips after
long pull at the flask. You no run sa-
loon. maybeso you'm what they call
CRATER. huh?'
Three miles from the reservation they
cane to patch Of road where the big
wind of the previous night had cut a wide
swath through the forest Tree of all
sizes lay stretched across the road at
frequent Intervals. As each was reached
Herman disaounted from the wagon. TAX
Ing his big double edged AK with him
The smaller trees We're cut through with
half dozen swings Of the AK and thrown
out of the way. When 4 trunk OF three
or four feet in diameter was reached the
rest of the party dismounted and Her
man led his team of bony little ponies
out into the woods and around the end Of
the fallen tree. The little horses seemed TO
climb almost as well as the squirrels
which scolded from the trees along the
road, and they always succeeded in drag
ging the wagon after them.
After each encounter with a windfa1
Herman took another pun at the flask
and presently it was empty.
When they reached the next wirdfau
Herman got out and looked at it with a
gloomy eye
Mem got terrible pain in back" he
said. Get nothing to stop pain can't
chop out no more windfalls"
What 90 you want Hermann"
FLASK. him empty. Maybcso YOU can
open that bottle in'srig. That help pain
in back good deal
There seemed to be no other way out OF
It and the quart bottle was opened. Her
pan took drink and the pain inme-
lately left him. He swung his big ak
with renewed strength and in a few min
utes the big hemIock tree was out Of the
way. But at several other windfal,s en-
countered alonG the road he was again
seized with~that terrible pain in his bac k
and il was necessary TO stop il in the
same way
Three miles from camp they came 70 the
ford of Sauaw creek. and heve Herman.
who seems to have the sense OF humor
strongly developed, talked in a most
gloomy aad pessimistic way
You get over here On ssst by me-"
he said TO the deacon's wife. 'AIaybeso
We not get through this deep water. huh
Las nv week Injun blow out dsm now
water runs through deep and swift When
naaybeso -e tip over take care Of YOU.
looking at the deacon's wife. you take
care OF yourself he nodded 10 the dea-
con on the back seat. MAJ beso You good