The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-09-08

asked. Well see,' he replied laconi
eaiiy, and commenced to retrace hi
steps, following the line of sticks un
I'll we came to a bunch of four OF
i've similarly tied at the top, from
which point they diverged in two dir
ections for a little way and stopped
and my companion informed me that
at this point they had divided, one
party going on the val path and the
other on a buffalo hunt"
Too Strong for Indians
"You may think" said Henry, "the
plumes in the hair and feather head
dresses worn by the Indians were
purely for ornamental purposes, but
l want to tell you they served a very
much more practical purpose. While
we didn't encounter any difficulty
with h Indians worth mentioning,
during our trip, due probably to our
numbers, there were few days but
what we were observed by them. The
grass-shoots above the grass leaves
were better than knee-high, and often
in riding ahead keeping a sharp
lookout, l would see in the distance
on q hill or slope what appeared to
be a bunch of sage or weed waving in
the breeze with the surrounding
grass, and on looking a second time
the sage or weed had disappeared"
/ forget the length of time he told
me was consumed in making the trip,
but recall his saying they passed over
the Custer battlefield some two or
three days before the massacre, as
they afterwards learned. On reach
ing the Black Hills he was seized
with the gold fever, abandoned the
idea OF going On and located a min
ing claim in the vicinity, which turn
ed out to be the richest in the Black
Hills. 1T vas no trouble" said
Henry, 'for me to pound out with
mortar and pestle seventy-five dol
lars worth of gold in a day, except
that keeping at it steadily the dust
or fumes made me SICK" possibly
from arsenic in the ore. In this con
nection he stated that in nearing
their destination, on the last day of
the trip, tired and thirsty, they came
upon a large spring of beautifully
clear water, which was fenced around
with poles to keep both horse and
man from drinking it, as it was poi
sonous.
killing of Wild Bill Hickok
zone morning" continued Henry,
and I think he said it was on a Sun
day, "a companion and l had come
down from the claim into town for
supplies, and while waiting for him
when he was over at a store / was
standing leaning up against a small
building used for a saloon and was
between the door and the window, a
tall man with a beard walked hur-
riedly over to the saloon and entered.
AS he passed me he said Good morn
and 1 said Good morning to
nim. His hurry and apparent excite
caused me to turn around and
.ook in the window, and | saw him
pull out his pistol and fire. He then
AN out and I went in. Wild Bill and
another man had been sitting at a
able playing cards; they and the bar
.ender were the only ones in the
place at the time. Wild Bill lay
bleeding on the floor, having been
shot from behind. The man with
whom he had been playing and my
started to pick him up, when the
bartender said, It's no use, he's
lead I then left the place. The
nan who had shot him, whose name
vas McCaul, was captured and a
jury was impaneled. I, for
me, was called to sit on the jury,
tut explained that 1 could not under
stand the English language suffi-
and was excused. I did not
want to sit on the jury anyhow, nor