Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-10-03
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man"
What" interrupted the other
sharply. DO you mean he married
into one Of the tribes?"
"Sorter left-handed-yep; a Chey-
enne woman. Little thing like that
didn't faze Gene none, II he did have
a white wife-a blamed good-looker
h was co.. She was out here onc't,
three years ago, bout a week maybe.
Course she didn't know nothin' bout
the squaw. an the Injuns was all
huntin' down in the Wichitas. But
as I vas sayin'. Gene caught on to
this yere Injun war last spring.
reckon OIL Koleta, his Injun father-in-
law, likely told him what wus brewin'
he's sorter a war-chief. Anyhow he
new tibet hell was to pay, an SO we
materially gathered up our long-horns
an drove EN- cas- whar they wouldn't
be raided. We didn't git all the crit
ers rounded up, as we wus in a
hurry, an they wus scattered some
cause of a hard winter. So | come
back yere to round up the rest O.
Their bunch"
"And brand a few outsiders"
He grinned.
Maybe l wasn't over-particular,
but anyhow 1 got a thousand head
together by the last o. June, an hit
the trail with EN-. Then hell sure
broke loose. Fore we'd got that
bunch O. cattle twenty mile down
the Cimarron W wus rounded up by
a gang O. Cheyenne Injuns, headed by
that ornery Koleta, and every horn of
'em drove off. Thar want no fight;
the damn bucks just laughed at US. an
left us sittin' thar out on the prairie.
They hogged bosses an all"
He wiped his face, and spat into
the fire, while Hamlin sat silent, gun
In hand.
II reckon now as how LIE Fevre put
Oh Koleta wise, to that game, but l
was plum innocent then" he went on
regretfully. Wall. we.-thar wus
four o. us,-hoofed 1t east till we
struck some ranchers on Cow Crick,
and got the loan O. some ponies. Then
l struck out to locate the main herd.
1t didn't take me long. stranger, to
discover thai want no herd to locate.
But l struck their trail. whar LIE
Fevre had driven 'em up into Missouri
and cashed in fer a pot O. money.
Then the damn cuss just materially
vanished. l plugged bout fer two er
three months hopin' ter ketch up with
him, but | bever did. heerd tell o.
him onc't or twice, an caught on he
was travelin' under 'nutiler lame
some durn French contraction-but
thet's as much as l ever did find out.
Finally, up in Independence l wus SO
durn near broke l reckoned I'd better
put what I he'd left in a grub stake,
an drift back yere. fggered tibet
maybe I could pick VI some O. those
Injun cattle again. and maybe some
mavericks, an SO start 'nuther herd.
Anyhow / could lie low fer a while.
believin' lie Fevre was sure ter come
back oen Is he thought the coast
wus clear. knew then he an Koleta
was in cahoots an he'd be headin' this
way after the stock. So / come down
yere quiet, an laid fer him to show
up"
What them"
"Nuthin' much. till Yesterday. l got
tergether some cows, herded down
e. SoS 6lSAI III ~ OluLL6,
but Q he'd ter keep mighty quiet
ter save my hair. Them Cheyennes are
sure pisen this year, an raisin' Cain.
/ see 'em so rambunctious
afore. But ! hung on yere, hidin' out,
cause didn't hev nowhar else ter go.
An Yesterday. just ahead o. the biz
zard. a Kiowa buck drifted in yere.
Slipped down the blum, an caught me
fore ever l say him. Never laid eyes
on the red afore but he was friendly
'nough. materially mistakin' me fer
one O. LIE Fevre's herders. His name
was Black Smoke. an he couldn't
talk no English worth mentionin', but
we made out to understan' each other
in Mex. He wus too darn hungry and
tired to talk much anyhow. But / got
what wanted to.know out O. him."
Well. 60 on. Hughes. you + max
ing q long story out OF it,
The rest IL short 'nough. It seems
he an oil Koleta. an q young Chey-
enne buck. had been hangin' round