The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-05-23

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as ever. and as | looked at the
handsome creature | almost des
paired of ever tanning her proud
spirit. Every expedient was tried
and at length, when the ANNA
was subdued by hunger, | thought
/ might venture to mount her
and having given her the strong
est curb and shackled her feet
| attempted to do so. She was as
unruly as ever, and a a last
expedient | resolved to adopt a
plan which, though cruel, was
/ knew attended with wonderful
success by the American Indians,
by whom it is ~practiced. Watch
ing a favorable opportunity,
sprang upon the onager's back,
and Selling her long ear in my
teeth, in spite of her kicking and
plunging, bit it through. The re-
suit was marvellous. the animal
ceased plunging, and q%uivering
violently, stood stock still. From
that moment we were her mas
tiers, the children mounted her
one after the other, and she car
ried them obediently and quietly.
Proud, indeed, did / feel as |
watched this animal, which nat
uralists and travellers have de-
clared to be beyond the power Of
man to tame, guided hither and
thither by my youngest SON..
Additions to our poultry yard
reminded me of the necessity Of
providing some substantial shelter
for our animals before the rainy
season came on; three broods of
chickens had been successfully
Matched, and the little creatures,
forty in all, were my wife's pride
and delight. We began by max
ing a roof over the vaulted roots
of our tree, forming the frame
work of bamboo canes, which we
laid close together and bound
tightly down; others we fixed be-
low as supports. The interstices
were filled up with clay and
moss; and coating the whole over
with a mixture of tar and lime
water. we obtained a firm bal
cony. and a capital roof imper-
vious to the severest fall of rain.
l ran a light rail round the bal
cony to give it a more ornament
al appearance, and below divided
the building into several compart-
ments. Stables, poultry yard, hay
and provision lofts, dairy, kitchen,
Harden, and dining-hall were unit
ed under one roof.
Our winter quarters were now
completed, and we had but to
store them with food. Day after
day we worked, bringing in pro-
visions Of every description.
AS we were one evening return
ing from gathering potatoes, it
struck me that we should take in
a store Of acorns; and sending
the two younger boys home with
their mother and the cart, l took
large canvas bag, and with
Fritz and Ernest, the former
mounted on his onager, and the
carrying his little favorite,
made a detour toward the
Acorn Wood.
We reached the spot, tied
Lightfoot to a neighboring tree,
and began rapidly to fill the
sack. AS we were thus engaged, |
sprang suddenly into a
bush close by, from which, a mo-
ment afterward issued such
strange cries that Ernest follow
ed to see what could be the
matter.
Gomez" he shouted; come
and help me! I've got a couple
birds and their eggs. Quick!
Ruffled grouse!"
We hurried to the spot. There
ernest with q f~luttering,
screaming bird in either hand;
with his foot, he was en-
1eavoring to prevent his greedy
little monkey from Selling the
eggs. We quickly tied the legs OF
The birds, and removing the eggs
the nest, placed them in
Ernest's hat; while he gathered
some Of the long, broad grass,
with which the nest was woven,
which grew luxuriantly
around, for Franz to play at
sword-drill with. We then loaded
The onager with the acorns, and
moved homeward. The eggs l COW
cred carefully with dry moss,
they might be kept warm,
and as soon as possible l handed
them over to my wife, who man
aged the mother 30 ~cleverly that
she induced her to return to the
eggs, and in a few days, to our
great delight, we had fifteen
beautiful little Canadian chicks.
Franz was greatly pleased with
the Swords" his brother brought
him; but having no small com
panion on whom to exercise his
Valor, he amused himself for a
short time in hewing down i'm
foes, and then cut the
reeds in slips, and plated them
to form a whip for Lightfoot. The
leaves seemed so pliable and
that I examined them to