The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-08-30

WclCOII1c Will Dc EXTENDED TO
his bride.
Two weary looking travellers
a1ighted from the train last
1 thursday night, which we took
at first for harvest hands in
search of work, but who on
closer inspection proved to be
Police Magistrate Armstrong
and Doc. Anderson searchin g
for peace and rest. Something
like two months ago these two
gentlemen started out in search
of the Peace river. They found
the river but not peace. Dave
says that after travelling sever
al thousand miles, partly by
train, some afoot, and more by
horse back. They were taken
in boats, which had to be
pulled over the rapids by In
dians most of the way, up to
what is called the Peace River
country and which is inhabited
chiefly by mosquitoes, northern
lynx and timber wolves with
an occasional discouraged set
tier, the jack rabbits all having
died of loneliness last winter.
Now Judge Armstrong says
this search for the Peace river
reminded him of DeSota's s
search for the fountain of
youth, the Peace river being
just as elusive, only that De-
Sofa did not run as much risk
of being frozen had he been
caught out at night, or of being
dined upon by wolves and cats
and having no burning desire
to have their names carved in
history as nartyred pioneers
Dave and Doc came home to
Gods country.
Joe Qua was taken from our
city Jail on Saturday night by
masked men, horse whipped
and drive out of town
with orders not to return. Joe's
latest crime was attempting to
beat Mrs. Dan Scott, of whom
he demanded money, with a
pump handle. When the offic-
er was called to arrest him he
fought desperately and only af-
ter striking him repeatedly
with his club was Mr.. Thorson
able to take him. We do not
believe in mob law but it is on
ly fair to those who took the
law into their own hands and
to the taxpayers perhaps, to
give here a short history of this
man. Chief Joseph Qua is a
half breed and a heap bad in
jun" His chief occupation
when out of jailis wife beating.
He has from time to time tax
en- part in other wars, but has
never distinguished himself SO
signally as when making war
in his own household. Some
years ago when a citizen of our
town took unto himself a wife,
Joe thought to make war on
him and thereby procure much
firewater and cigars, therefore
armed with many tinhorns,
blank cartridges and backed
by many 'hoodlums" Joe pro-
ceeded to wage war. So did the
citizen. The citizen raised his
window, discharged his shot
gun and hit Chief Joseph.
Chief Joe went up in the air
several feet and at the same
time bade his comrades good
bye in blood-curdling tones
saying that he was off for the
happy hunting grounds, but
Joe didn't go, the citizens shot
being too light. For a time af-
ter this Joe contented himself
with warning on his own camp
ground, but later looked about
for new worlds to conquer.
Now it SO happened that when
this fit of ennui seized upon
our hero that flock of soiled
doves accompanied by a speci-
men of humanity who for lack
of a name we are obliged to
call man were camping on
| the outskirts of our city and to
this camp Joe hied himself and
a war ensued. Now whatever
else the man in the text was
NOT he was a good shot and he
winged Chief Joseph. Al
though he was decidedly wors-
ted in this encounter his coun-
try evidently did not accuse
him of cowardice as was shown
by the fact that while he was
hors de combat the county
kept Joe and his family for the
greater part of the winter and
the list of groceries which Joe
made and sent to our stores