Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1911-09-14
GIRL
ESCAPES FROM
indian SCHOL

Heney or Snake,as she il better
known, daughter of Indian Mike,
the last of the adult survivors of
the battle with the State Police
last winter has escaped from the
Indian School In company with
Idah Best of the Silver Peak
country she disappeared from the
school yesterday morning and no
trace of the truants had been found
last night. says The Carson News.
Since her confinement at the insti
tute, Heney has taken kindly to the
ways Of the white man and has been
a model inmate. At first she was
different and seemed possessed of
fear that some punishment awaited
her for the murdur of the stock
men In northern Washoe last wint-
er. She seemed greatly attached to
the young children of the party
long time, but her fears were grad
ually overcome and of late she left
the youngsters more to the care of
others and associatedwith the old
er girls at the school.
She was assigned to household
duties and was good pupil,
AouSu NATURALLY BLOW, having DeSu
but short time removed from almost
savage environments, she soon be-
came accustomed to her new duties
and gave no more concern to the
management than any other pupil.
She was not under commitment to
the school, but was merely taken in
with her younger relatives by Super
intendent Ashbury through humani-
tartan motives. Accordingly, no re-
straint was placed upon her and she
was free to associate with other
girls, who knew more of the ways
of the world than she did.
Her closest friend and possibly
confidant was Ida Best. Ida is an
old inmate of the school and has
disappeared on several occasions.
Like Heney, she is Shoshone. No
doubt Idatold her of the great free
life beyond the school fence, and
fretting over the seeming restraint,
seized the opportunity to see more
Of the civilized world Of which she
knew SO little.
The officials at the school have
mo fear but that she will be return
Ded. The Best girl is one OF the few
chronic truants at the place and
she invariably returns after short
absence Last June she disappeared
for three weeks and when she re-
turned she stated that she was
employed at Virginia City.
1t was thought at first that the
girls had sought refuge with Sho-
shone family at fruit ranch west
of this city, but inquiry at the place
gave no clue as to their whereabouts
1t is probable the girls will head
for Virginia City or Reno.
The little Shoshones are waxing
fat at Indian School and seem to
be fast forgetting the awful incid-
ents of last winter. They mingle
freely with the other children and
seemed contented in their new
surroundings, But Heney, giddy crea
ture is coquetting with dish pans or
Chinese gin out in the world where
cops and sheriffs are plentiful.
SENATOR NIXON CONSULTS
SPECIALIST IN LONDON
SACRAMENTO, CAL. Sept. IL
3. e. Nixon, son of United States
Senator Gearge S. Nixon of Nevada,
and a party composed of his mother.
Mrs. F. M. Lee, and Miss M. Lee,
all of Reno, were in the city Satur-
day, enroute to Reno from San Die
go where they have been visiting
the Spreckles family for the past
few weeks. The party is making tn
trip In an automobile and will leave
the city this morning on the way to
the Nevada metropolis. Senator Nix
on himself is in London treating
with specialists for nose trouble.