The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-07-28

ddN anu grows reminiscent, ne cal
spin yarns for the crowd at thu
Gladst he which sound like kiPling
We were men in those days" slit
the ex-Sergeant one night last week
He had just finished reading
Northwest Mounted story n a ma
tional publication and began reelins
off stories he knew more about an
ould vouch for.
Il remember one day, in 1t. when
got orders 10 20 ~ miles int TIT
forest to pick up a Sarsee Indian
or stealing. Over here ,hey would
hot go 30 feet for an Indian wha
had stolen wagon train. In III,
Northwest they went to the lukor
or a man who had taken a pair
moccasins. This fellow had stol
II wagon pony and he Govern
nent wanted him. At my station
had four men. Not much Of A de-
achment. | Ok two, a half-breed
Interpreter and one file. and Off VT
went right straight into the wild
fter this man. and in three day
te came to clearing to find the
whole band. about 250 camptd
around slough. a ri OF water
hole.
News travels fast up there. ana
before we go, within hat da, :
ide of their camp the Indians kneA
Northwest men were com ng and the
knew We We're coming for somebody
When We ride alone they think moth
ing of it, They used to make u
atrol hundreds of miles alone. Polio.
ing. We call it, You know" said
lie eNSergeaHt. DEPRESSING, we haG
tremendous powers. A captain could
hold summary Court. impose sen
enee and have it carried out. He
ould go next door TO rdering an OF
ender shot The Indians knew hal
nd they did not like t. That WIS
why We Went around W thout car
bines in the bucket and our lives
II our hands The men att rilins
that way today up there It's a
mans job. TO be Northwest Mount
d man
Nobody told me thai the Sara.
sees knew we We're coming TO take
some of them prisoners. but the fa"'
that | had two men with me an.
he fact that they had runners out.
lade lie nvineed that they would
al be ready for us, and so they were.
We rode into the clearing and were
net by their leader They were
amped in a horseshoe reached
ne end of it. | told the chief what
came for and who | wanted aud
he pointed to man down in the
Tough getting bucket OF water.
He said he would be up in III nue.
] told him | would be d WI at ;he
slough in less than minute. for
the trick of the game of the Nor, h,
west is to put a bold front Oh ani
go into the thick of it at the star
went alone. rode right up to the
man with the pail and beckoneG
to him to go with me to Where tho
Chief was standing.
He refused. | could not speak
Their language and dare not leave
him. sat by until he got good an!
ready to go up the slope to the CAM
and sgnaled TO my halfbreed to ride
down to meet us. He came alone
leaving my other man standing Oh
the alert al the crest of the hill.
When the Interpreter arrived
t Id the Indian | had orders to take
Kim to where Calgary now is. which
then was small trading post OF
one warehouse and six log huts lie
Spat toward me-not at me. bu
toward me.
THAT is an Indians way OF show
ing contempt for an order.
Il told him a second time tha
Il had come r him and added tina
he would have to go.
HE spat a second time.
by this time the crowd had clos
ed in on the Interpreter and me
and my other man came in on thei>
outskirts. We were all dismounteC
by this time. 1t is no use present
ing a conspicuous target to foe
The Chief came along and buttet
in. EVERYBODY was talking. ! tolG
the Chief that the man was refusin:
to go, said furthermore that h.
would go, and told the Chief to ge
his pony for him if he preferred t
ride to the military headquarters.
by this time the offender was
talk ng. He said he would go ant
asked permission to 90 into hi
tent. He said his moccasins wer,
wet and he wanted to get dry ones
| told him he might make tn
change He turned into the tent ant
pulled the flap close after him.
brushed it aside with my bride han'
and went in with him. | did no