Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10
ARTIST WITH THE ROPE.
Chief Red Robe an Interesting Char
acter at Sewer.
Correspondence OF The Yorkville Enquire

CORRESPONDENCE Of The Yorkvllc Enquire
| camp Sewer. September Tall.
weighing lG9 pounds. Il piercing glran
| in his eyes and the history oil genera
tions of brave forcbearers written on
| his features, Jasper l;rd Robe, iull
Ihloodcd Cheyenne Indian and only iiN'
months off "a Montana ranch. is en-
listed at Camp Sewer, Il member OF
the 4Sth Infantry.
| Drafted? Who? Me? No." rcpli'
ed the red man in reply to the query.
| The reply was a laconic one. even as
it is written. The handsome redskin
is only Is years OF age. despite ms
six feet and one inch of lithesome
supplcness. 81 might bc Il pretty big
man when l grow up he said Jocu-
ularly when Il crowd Of soldiers gath
cred around him the other day. made
reference to his giant proportions.
| And then he laughed soft rather
musical laugh.
| Haying lived in the saddle practi-
calIy ever since he was able To walk,
| Chief" Red Robe has the open mir
and Il healthy Montana sky to thank
| for his physical supcrbness. Woe To
that Roche or BuchCS who ever come
within ths grasp Of those muscular
arms Of his and like every soldier OF
| the 18th, the Indian is simply raging
| To get over ut 'cm.
Until he WAS big enough to take
care uf himself. the giant Cheyenne
spent most of his time in an Indian
reservation in the vicinity of Miles
City. Then hc started out for himself
as u Cow punchcr. ranch hand and In
| ,cncr.il utilities work that always al
lowed him the fresh air and the open
sky. A year or two he selected one
| of the thousands OF homcstcads that
Uncle Sam gives TO his citizens of the
| far west under the provision that
they live thereon a certain number oi
years. There the chief was when his
country got into the World War. and
there hc would have remained prOba-
bly, had II not been for the war. Five
months ago he decided that 1t was up
| to him To assist in the fight. despite
the fact that he was miner and he
really wasn't expected To 20. tn"
blood OF generations of bray" and
| fearless Cheyenne fighters boiled
within him and he had to go. They
| put him in the forty eighth and here
| he is at Sewer.
The "chicf' as his comrades all call
him, is possessed Of a fair education
and talks good English. However. he
speaks II Just little differently from
| his white brothers in arms and one
could easily tell he was Indian and
Cheyenne Indian at that. by his
speech. did they not So" all the char
lactcristics OF the original American
citizens in his makr-up.
Years of COW punching on Mon
tana's plains and hills has mad"
l"chicf'Rcd Robe an adept with tn"
lasso. and Just for littl" fun. past
time and amusement he frequently en-
tertains his mates going through
u course of stunts with n rope. Most
cow punchers with moving picture
companies. wild west shows and the
like would hc made to look like pix
"rs compared with the chief. He
gave little exhibition last evening
at the open stage at the Knights OF
lCoiumbus hall. Th" stunts he did not
pull are not worth mentioning.
Part OF his program consisted OF an
exhibition in tying up a mate with a
| series Of knots fastened with the ropo
in motion. Calling friend on to the
sta 70 he whirl"d his iariat Il few times
land presto. the cOmradc was bound
hand and foot so securely that he
could not have b.en moved with a
derrick.
THAT is how ] want to tie up the
| ka ,ser IL they let me take my rope
over there with me-" said CHIEF Red
Robe. Jas. ID. Grist.