The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-04-29

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Are you roady tor these Indians asked the
American oncgr
Yes AIR." responded the policeman
D. They're bad lot Where B your escort sta
tiuned?"
The trooper smiled family under his mustnche
why. scott's having his horse shod. and guess
Murray's over getting drink They'll be- along In
q minute
And when presently Scott and Murray came
pacidly on the scene that troop Of cavalry sat on
their horses aud watched the band Of Indians thev
had 80 carefully guarded. depart over the yellow
prairie undcr the charge Of three men
The American officer watched thom dwindle 10
a dot ncross the level Then his feelings found
speech well I'm damned" ne said And the
troop rode away
Again old Pe.a.pOt and several hundred OF his
tribe we're making serious trouble along the rail-
road then under construction and the mounted 20.
lice promptly rode out to the Indian village with an
order for the tribe TO break camp and take the trail
to the north away from the line
when the policeman explained the order to him.
Pio.apoi laughed and turned away The other In.
dlans lccred ard discharged their guns In the air
The two policemen sat still
~ WIN give You Just 10 minutes to comply with
the order" said the sergeant quietly.
When the l5 minute were up he dismounted.
walked over 10 the chiefs tcpee. and With calm de.
liberation kicked the keynote Of the lodge
bringing thu whole structure down-poles, war bon
nets. drying skins. kettles and all-in miscellane
Gus heap
Pic.a.pot did some deep and rapid thinking A
gesture TO hs young men would haye sent nun
drcd bullets into each Of the quiet unruined men
who were systematically going through the camp
kicking out the kcypole OF each tepee. But the In
dlans Of the northwest had learned that sooner oil
later Justice done by the mounted police. and
Pie.a.pot peser made that gesture, lie gave In
and IN suen silence the camp collected Its scram
blod effects and turned their ponies heads north
"a Of Gar
brook to arrest fugitive Cree indian named Al
mighty Voice
Almighty Voice had stolen n steer. and Scrgt
Colchrook, with a hafbreed companion. rode acros
tho prairie to arrest him. The policeman In
structcd the half breed to tell the Indian that thel
had come to arrest him. and that he must go viii
them The Cree replied Tell him that II he ad
yanccs will XIII him"
Instantly the halfbrccd covered the Indian viii
his rife but Colebrook promptly ordered him to de
slst. for Almighty Voice must be taken alive. Thel
he rode deliberately forward upon the muEzle O
the Crocs rife, and, sooner than submit to III
shame Of arrest. Almighty Voice fired A year Ia
ter, however, the Indian was surrounded In n ri
where he had taken refuge. The police brought u
their field guns and shelcd the pit killing Alnignt
Voice and thus ayenglng Sergt Colebrooks death
The outcome Of this incident served To prevent ~
rous trouble with the Indians who were all In
more or less sulky and unsettled mood AZ the tint
How greatly the Indians have come to respect IN
Just and impartial administration Of the law by IN
mounted pnlice was shown when one Of Mecnsto
baud escaped from the guardroom AZ Macleod nf''
having been tried by The police on charge Of III"
and convicted when he returned to Mecnsto
camp. the chief who had attended the trial NJ who
the fugitive was convicted had been 30 deeply M
pressed hy the impartial nature OF the proceeding
aud 10y the fair administration of Justice that
promptly delivered him up again NJ the fort gate
the officer In command
Perhaps the greatest achievement which the y
lice ever undertook was accomplished when the
persuaded sitting Run aud his band OF betwc,
five and xix thousand hostile Sioux to return m
surrender 10 the United States authorities VIII,
they had aiken refuge In CANADA after the meme
able massacre OF Gen. Custer aud his comman
Commits toner's from the United States had visit
Sittug uull and had negotiated with the chief (
his return aud surrender, to no avail. The pole
however hy Infinite tact and diplomacy. and
caus. u their previous transactions they had W.
tho confidence OF the Indians Of the northwest,
length succeeded IN Inducing sitting lull ana
hostile braves to return poaccaby TO the Unit
States 400 exploit OF which any body of men mig
Dee proud
when the Boer war broke out, England called
the mounted police to help her there. One,third
D thom practically the pick OF the force, went o.
, Very few of them ever came back Many were
irrrI commissions, and some accepted Whercy
r th,r. B. irouble. there the mounted police are =
b answer To- the problem as they have been In We
e. uu Canada Tor 30 years, from the time Of the r
rebellion up TO today
rHu story Of the mounted has its shadows "
Is rgyH Urrd OF the loneliness and deserted AZ time
d mon who had lost all.-love. hope. ambton-Quie
IS won, away into the wilderness and blew out IN
y brains The life was unscttlIng, men could
d leave DO and take mp clerical work or forming
80 cause udyenturcrs are not built that way
~ uur shadows and all, the story OF the Canad
70 mounted police Is one OF the most gorgeous IA
since tEo DAYS OF the Spanish Main Ana the ~
r o. u. the force Is best embodied In that mess.
r found sgrawled on the orders OF policeman N
D persisted In a blizzard while making his way "
N dispatches to a distant post In his last nome
y with uumbed hand he mad written Lost no
e dead Am trying to push ahead Hov~ done
best"