The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-22


Are you ready for these Indlans. asheu 1
American officer
Yes sir" responded the poNceman.
They're a bad lot Where Is your e9cO-' 80"
toned? .,o
Inc trooper sHIieu lam ny "L-N' 1'' .r
Why. SCOTS having MS morse sHou, "Hu go.
murray over geluhg d uf'nA 1AS' " O
a minute.
And when presently Scott and murray came
placidIy on the scene mat troop Of ca'd!!F sal oI
their horses and WarcD'd the baho o. '"ul-'N9 nc
had so caEeloIN gua-USu, o7paIt O'e- LIZ '''0'
prairie under the charge o. lh!et men
ne American 05-l1 fa,,tra- to.,-d
d uot al ,NS 'e'S" Nv! us 49,
speech ven, IL U"'-'-'su IL
s; ia D;a.o.ro. ond savarol hundred Of his
4;re ,a, r,otirr serious trouble along the rail.
r,4 .tr ,,rdar Construction and ,ha mounted no
Iio ,,cr+,v ro5a or+ n tho Indian village with an
,5 eor mo ,ribo r. b~eal, Damn and take the trail
~ Tho rorrb ar,av fran, tho line
W. ,bo -o1;ca,o, evr1ai,a5 +ba or5er ~ hin,
Pfa.s-not laughed and turned away. The other In.
dians iaered and discharged their guns in the air
The two policemen sat still
"I will rire vo,, inst x minutes m cornn1v with
the order " said the sergeant oniatIv
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a,iIr ,..1-Son . N1. W.
a.. hoo
i'e'"po' u'u '0lNe ueep anu tap4u IiINh4ns. =
gesture ~ HIS young l1en "ou'u nave sent nun'
oIeo outlets lnlo each OF Ine quiet unrumeo men
VINO were systehaucaliy going through the camp
hcAlns OUT tne hes-pole Oh each tepee But the IN
ulaS vi INC hoi Invest hau leaineu mat sooner or
ia'ei Juslice was uole os lne mounted ponce ano
Fe,a'po' never inaue 'nat gesture ne gave H.
anu IN suiien snence tne camp connected It's scram'
oleo ehec's and turned their ponies heads north
Not so fortunate was the attempt OF Sergt. Cole
brook 10 arrest fugitive Cree Indian named Al
mighty Voice
Almighty Voice had stolen a steer, and Sergt
Colebrook. with halfbreed companion, rode across
the prairie TO arrest him. The policeman in.
structed the hafbreed to tell the Indian that they
had come to arrest him, and. that he must go with
them. The Cree replied: Tell him that if he ad-
vances will kill him"
Instantly the half-breed covered the Indian with
his rife but Colebrook promptly ordered him to de-
sist, for Almighty Voice must be taken alive Then
he rode deliberately forward upon the muzzle Of
the Cree's rifle, and, sooner than submit to the
shame of arrest, Almighty Voice fired. year la,
ter, however, the Indian was surrounded in. a nit
where he had taken refuge The police brought uu
their field guns and shelled the pit killing Almighty
Voice and thus ayenging Sergt Colehrook,s dea+b
The outcome OF this incident served to prevent So
rlous trouble with the Indians, who were all in a
more or less sulky and unsettled mood at the time.
HOW greatly the indians have come to respect the
just and impartial administration of the law by the
mounted police was shown when one of Mecastos
band escaped from the guardroom at Macleod after
having been tried by the police on charge of theft
and convicted. When he returned to Mecastos
camp tne ehlel VINO hao attenoed the trial at which
ene ius','e was oon'ic.eu nau oeeh so deeply I'M
pe'seo " 'ne ilpa tiai nature OF the proceedings
anu ~ INC ."i administration OF justice that he
pIonp.s ueNereu MIN up again at the fort gate to
'ne onicei III co"nahd'
rerhaps lhe greatest achievement which the po
NV e'7 unue. 'ooh was accomplished when they
eelsu"ueu sitting pun aha MS oand OF between
1--WE anu SIX thousand nosule Sioux TO return and
lIenuei 70 'ne ohlteu states authorities when
'n.' n'u 'ahen refuge III Canada after the memor'
aoie massacre ol zen custer and bis command.
ooiliSsioneis iloin Tue Chlted States had visited
SITTING Dun ana hau negotiated with the chief for
lis ie'ui anu SURRENDER 10 no avail The police,
however, by Infinite tact and diplomacy and be-