Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-12-23
WrittMrid,pn Jbys Jack Harlan.

WrittNri6,pn by Jack Harlan.
The eNIedenpelition is now we'll sup
piled pifadh Intsehorses Each man has
one t@rfddto midhoaGat one to lead and pack
and aandrabnnNber Of extra ones for FOOD
AZ netessnu,essaFAe The Indians by now
had hup e6unystr 0jer all the horses OF
the rear ,haaorbefofsel Thanks to the
generesatSoaft ythefr their red friends, or
their tlsest nfcKhof ks1e knowledge Of rel
alive ataauesaluapy many lof the horses
were wm,sighAriEifts gifts from the In
hiansdians.
June ,athe RShS 1880 They have been
near keariaialfliaba for a month. Inc IN
.lians diahI tasain ,thed: Judging from the
stage std eudtR rwanr in the river 1t Is
still stialy eaety thorn them to be able to
get hgste Ifeed dBeahon the mountain trali
But 1sest whaeswhtes are anxious to get
startestantaH iandoda order to get lln1-
beredberfd fonttIfor the trip AMI properly
Aimed ltpedhaU thsei 1fesolve to move to the
ouanQuanfashs flats ltWeippe prairie.)
The ulliefschaefs and their bands are
gettirRet dyrd0dygto go to spring
counckbunniat near Cottonwood.
The ThAoxalnIcn rnrsi running more plen-
tiful tifuItlie tAtee time in the Salmon
river, rfuef. tAmd k0haa kaInas fields are far
ther Observation-Disclosures that locality. The
time efwAHewhfte men and the red
men taparaHparshpeds near at hand. So
they t6ag hpldmuro smpromptu celebration
near thar whit ewsbf1e smsn's camp.
They Thpgasmgdse I'm foot races IN
whiclwhiehorhosSrs fdrel about even. In
jumpitgn thsg IAhkaundianc is not there at
this thAs. tirfa thTnvthrowing stones. for
precisisecisamd aidtardistance, they are
nboutahaitale quYbe The Indian for the
first fime stHe &aw uthe use of the sling
shot. shot, thet btha beantshooter. but like
the ohe dAasidDaufdd used on Goliath
Some Sofhdhef whetewhites could use one
with 1tbd5lheSdtyisf~ecisio If necessary.
They TaIfgagm gage tain target practice,
the MISUNDERSTANDING the rifle, the In
dian Afan bthe bDsE and arrow. Most Of
the Nhe EacePbpces bows were made Of
nativ0atew wood .wo5dse close to feet
long, lbug, their tpfsis best bows were mad
o. hoon Hmm f}cm bthea buffalo or noun
tain shinpsheXhe Rhe horn was cut out
in stdipsststpaj gattNight ened out in warm
watelwandr tAnd tiend glued together with
d, ve8 vefHicissfficishte glue made from
serapaega ping uaide inside of the skin Of
The othe &oG ssDbeesalnon and rendered
Gown dowRhe sthtpsstrips were made to
over bweptabrerkbfea joint made thick
er at dhatdheenmtart and tapering to the
ends ehHhen Then wdhe cwhole bow was ev-
emily enfsppeda ppdA with sinew. so neatly
done dfn& 6het miteh might think it only
.. veraerinResfns wndv would never guess
II toibetm2ae nod oof horn This bow
was tmaSy hhuheanches dong and possessed
the gthe teateattastt elasticity and retained
Us slisSeshn1e fifndefinitely
The aiinft shafthofr their arrows were
made neutrality-suspicious. of service berry
switchHst csmsspedraped and Strengthened
and fan thdtur accuracy IN flight had three
stripsstcfpSe 0th seathprs evenly placed at
she tahe etail e9T@eirTheir war and game
TrrowSrrvere heHseheaaed with flint and OBJ
1aBidihnterLateh en when they were q BILE,
they thHd Hsedl steefNarrow- heads which
they they uruyh nmchaoprjzed. For t"~get
practFrad ties tiseyt nhed, the plain fealh-
cred ebeaft ,shdftt BUT sometimes they
tippedipbedpofpt poiht with a small wood
en- blenk block
The MMHeS ftneB dfdund that the Indians
could cddM hbhfn them level in accuracy
I'D tmpfot6y fortps PAGES but at greater
distanfjea atlees rtiiemdflemen had the best
ri them. tn Same Srtmt3 of the Indians were
very skHyen hn dra I'M handling the bow and
rroarhreepiksepingtia string of arrows
IN flishtfhshfons ksns az they had one.
The XhateshthEs then engaged in a
same gafnerhsbprdsona dare base. This
vas neas tewuto Nar Nez Perez friends,
out sisut usnusts using and entertaining
% thtm. thefihe rrl5ea Indians engaged in
3 game gaaaA in hiding the bone
@hiefmhnh rem ityeaHty was a gambling
7eyicdef6Ge they they wagered beads. ar
row-lHadshsad and ornaments on the re-
suits. suits.
At niahtntsht t hon fires are built and
ruzafaeizhihes tliIea his fiddle and the
VhiteNhstgss CITIES 1.-THE Indians an evhi-
'ttionb0foreef elB9n minuets and horn
pipes pteshefoehe day, accompanied with
iVelylivaiysicmusi2lis This was highly
pleasipss atnnth aoIiths Indians. It was the
lrst nrHe tfms aiHls had listened to the
nusfmnfsithe Dd,el Dewitt box. | dare saw
u bettt hezetr their t6om-toms and clack-
clack2laukS hhe the movements Of the