The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-10
WITH The INDIANS
HaIlock HIM Of Topeka Lived
Among Early Tribes.
PULLED OUT MS EYEBROWS
Topekan Operated First Store
ON wichita Site.

T0pekan Operated First Store
ON wichita Site.
II you are interested in Indian
stories talk to Hallock Hill. city sani-
tary policeman. Mr.. Hill may have to
be coaxed. but 1t is worth the trouble
when he once "opens up"
In the early days Mr.. Hill spent con-
siderable time living with different
tribes. He lived with Chief Wah He
Of 1866 he was carried away by a
band OF fifteen hundred Cheyennes
and was held among them for two and
one-half months. Mr.. Hin resents
having this period Of his life referred
to as his captivity.
II was not captured. was just
taken along with them. They trusted
me, and hunted among just like an
Indian. 1t happened this way. With
a party of traders I went to q place
called Dutch Bilrs' ranch. Bill was
q Dutchman who was living with an
Indian woman known as Cheyenne
Jennie. Afterwards he left this wom-
an, gave her half his property and
after whom Burnett's Mound. south
west of the city, Is named.
well, the rest of the trading party
went back to LeavenwOrth, intending
to return right back. I was left in
charge Of about fifteen hundred dol
lars worth Of flour. The creeks and
rivers became flooded and I waited in
vain for the party to return, but they
could not ford the streams. A big
band Of Cheyenne Indians about ftf-
I was One day they picked up camp
and started west. Dutch BilPs ranch
was seven miles beyond Meade's
ranch, and Meade's ranch was where
the city of Whitewater now is.
Nothing to Do But Go.
'swhen the Indians were ready to
go. they brought up pony and told
me to come along. There was no
choice in the matter. 50 / went along
and lived like the Indians. We did
did not have much to eat except buf-
falo meat. but there were plenty OF
When a man is hungry, a piece OF
buffalo tallow the size OF an apple
makes a very good meal, and 1t Is not
sickening like the beef tallow.
'As nearly as I can figure out. we
went into winter camp near where
was called Nymukaw-I do not know
how it was spelled. for I never saw
it spelled, but that is the way it was
pronounced.
Formation Of Wichita
ssThere was Just one firm Of white
men in the place which IL now Wich-
ita. Kellogg & Murphy was the name
of the firm and they had headquarters
in Leavenworth. A man named Mum
ger. who had operated a stage line
with headquarters In Topeka, had
gone to Wichita to manage the store.
''The Cheyennes were more honor
able and less treacherous than either
the Snakes or Arapahoes and the
Arapahoes were much better than the
Snakes. I mean by this that the
Cheyennes had ethics about fair
fighting They would hgnt WIN WIN
their fists and those watching the fight
would not let knives or firearms be
resorted to unless both combatants
were armed.
'.I had several fist fights with indi-
vfdual Indians in the Cheyenne camp
If hurt one little he might attempt
to use q knife, but others OF his tribe
always interfered SO long as I was
out second best in these encounters
Had these fights been in camps OF
either the Snakes or Arapahoes they
would not have interfered IL knives
had been drawn. Yet the Cheyennee
were the most war-like of any OF the
tribes.
II was twenty-one years old when
beard was growing, but the Indians
wanted to make good Indian out OF
me. so they pulled all my eyebrows
and whiskers out, and when I got
back to the settlements. my friends
had lots of fun laughing at my ap-
pearance.
Feared Losing His Scalp.
st would not have left the Indians
when I did but they were organizing
,, war-parties. The parties would leave
| in the night. For several mornings
I had noticed many braves missing
each morning. and I became nervous
i that the war medicine might work toe
strong, and that some of the braves
/; might decide to lift my hair.
$50, one dark night picked out
/! the best horse N the camp and start
ed back for civilization. 1t took me
! three days and three nights to gel
back to Meade's ranch and 1t was the
worst weather I have ever expert
| enced-rain or sleet all the time"
| The foregoing il only one Of many
experiences Mr.. Hill had with Indians
! At one time he was alone hunting when
/ he was surrounded by q band Of In
dams, who searched him for anything
he might have which they coveted.
II did not have much Of value" he
explained. I'm those days I used to-
bacco. They took my tobacco away
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