Barbour County index., 1906-06-06

work. while the sqlaws sat IN khe
tents to be waited oh ana that they
would never do another Etreke OF hard
work that an Indian coutd do. #. il
never saw such lotdpf }cared Indians
in my life, but when the squaws but
the butcher knives To thhir; necks, ard
looked fierce, and grabbed the Indians
by the hair and lookeh bis though
they were going toljsc%lpI thern, kh,
Indians agreed to did ALI the work,
and just then pa and / casne up, and
the squaws hailed pa sas their De
liverer, and they fell on. his neck Ard
hugged him. and they HlaSed a: camp
chair for him, and :but. al tiger skin
cloak around him. alad IA EeckIacei of
elk's teeth around Ais ,neEk, and all
kneeled down and SEEMED to be wGr-
Shipping him, while tie indians locked
on in the most hopeless hammer, and
then the Carlisle Iniiatl .can1e and
said the squaws had made pa the chief
squaw of the tribe. and that the 10,
dians had agreed to DO the::work here
after. Pa counted Ihesi elas teeth on
his necklace and figired that he cousd
sell them for two d0llafs apiece, ard
pay the expenses of, the "trip. Then
the squaws cut the sfri1gs that beard
the Indians, and set them to work
cooking dinner. and it was awful the
way the spirit seemed 10 pc knocked
out of the Indians, ijukt by la Mttla
rising on the part Of fhei down
trodden squaws. The Indians cooked
dinner, and waited toHf the slusws,
and pa and all Of us whites, aud sfter
dinner the squaws orfeheds the horses
and the squaws ands uA whites went
off on a wolf hunt. with sthe dogs.
where pa was to shoT hisi bravery to
the squaws instead bf Ilthe Indians
The squaws gave pa tile iold chiefs
horse, and the best bne III the tribe.
and leaving the chief Ito wash the
dishes, and the IndihnH tp clean up
the camp, and clean some fish for
supper, the victorious sqaaws with
pa at the head. and tie rest of US
whites on ponies, went out on the
mesa and turned the. dngs. loose, and
pretty soon they we're after la wolf
and pa led out ahead ION his racing
pony, cheered by the .yells of !; the
squaws, and it was la fine race for
about two miles. Pal and the cowboy
and the big game hunter ami got
ahead of the squaws, land aftet awhile
we got up pretty n@arJ I'd the wolf.
and the big game hunter said to pa:
Nov, old man, is your ;chance to
make yourself solid with the Isquawa.
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get the wolf surrounH Hed you rush in
and kill him or your names Dem
MIS-" Pa said: Gon watch my
smoke, and see me eat that wolf
| alive" So we held up our horses, and
let pa go ahead. lid rode up to. the
wolf, and 1 never saw a. man with
such luck as pa had! Just as: he got
near the wolf and the st-.inalls showed
his teeth, pa tried to steer his horse
away from the savage animal but Tie
horse stumbled in prairie dog hole,
and fell right on top of the wo,ss,
crushing the life out Of thel animal,
and throwing pa over his head. Pa
was stunned, but he soon come to,
and when he realized fhat the wolt
was dead, he grabbed the, animal by
the neck with one hand, and by the
| lower jaw with the other, and held on
to it till the crowd cameiup, and when
the squaws saw that Ipa had killed
the biggest wolf everi seen on the res
ervation, by rushingi I'M single hand.
ed and choking the savage animal to
death, they gave pa an ovation thas
was enough to turn THE head of any
man. Us white fellows knew that pa
couldn't have been hired ito go near
that wolf until the horse fell on it and
killed it, but we wanted to give pa q
| reputation for bravery, and SO we let
the squaws compliment pa, and hug
him, and make hims; think he was a
holy terror. So they 3tied the wolf
on the saddle in front l.of pa. and we
all went back to camp, the squaws
shouting for pa, and telling the Indi~
ans how the great White father had
strangled the father; Of. sall wolves. and
then the Indians served the fish sup
per, and all looked as though there
had been blooGless revolution, and
that the squaws we're in charge Of
the government, and ;pa was tit but
could see the Carlisle Indian whis-
pering to the Indians, and it. seemed
to me could see signs of AN uprising.
and when the Indiana had the supper
dishes washed, and all seemed going
right, and the squaws were rejoicing
at being emancipated; Just as the sun
was setting, every Indian pulled out
bull whip and began to lash the
squaws to their tentsJ and some young
braves grabbed pa Bndi remove. the
leopard skin cloak, aAd the elk's teeth
necklace, and tied his hands and feet.
and carried him into IA circle made by
the Indians. 1 asked the Carlisle In
dian what was the mstter, and he said,
pointing to some wood that had been
piled at the roots df 4 tree: .The
great white father is going to be tried
| for melting rpheltiau auodr ~ !.