Carl The Trailer

t as well as if he had glanced into a mirror to see it-and he looked at the savage through his binoculars. He thought of Lieutenant Kidder, who, with the th

ng to be. He was dressed in war costume. On his head was a bonnet gaudily ornamented with feathers which trailed and fluttered behind him, and he held a gun of some

g himself," sai

t he wants to speak

to him. If he comes any neare

ahead, as though the way was perfectly clear. Having disarmed himself,

our flanks," said the g

n both sides of him. "Keep your eyes open, Carl, and the first m

Indian understood the signal to halt, however, and when it was repeated with more energy than usual, he turned his horse and rode back to the top of the swell. Parker glanced at his men, and was gratified to see that every one had put away his pipe and he

n mean when he made

communicate-that wa

have been the result if I had s

interpreter, and in the meantime his band would have Page 56 slipped

e other Indians waiting for him on th

suspicions, and when there were enough of them here to overpower us the chief would h

said Parker, his eyes flashing while he gripped his Winc

t you don't suppose that the loss of a

t to speak to him," said Parker, drawing a long breath of relief. "Do

ound. Page 57 He will probably follow along b

guide rode beside him all the way, and as Parker looked at him he wished he had some of that boy's fearlessness. He did not seem to care for the Indians at all, and neither did his face change color. He took off his sombrero, smoothed his long hair down across his shoulders and out o

who have been in similar situations can realize Page 58 how great was his

us with a horde of shrieking savages, all going at the top of their speed, so that we would find it difficult to hit one of them, and when they tired thei

over there," said Parker, whose eyes h

am glad to

ldiers?" exc

ht sight of them before we did.

e out the blue uniforms because they were so far away, but Page 59 he had f

id he, with a wink of his eye that spoke volumes. "Them ar

and Parker and his guide galloped out to meet them. There were two troops of them, and this proved that

aid the captain in command, as he leaned forward and extend

he wanted to speak to us; but I replied that I did not want to speak to him, and at the sam

ge

l make an Indian fighter one of these day

ion get through all rig

found out that they have an inclination to go on the warpath at all was this: Agent Galbrai

looked under it. It was literally filled with the animals that had fallen to the hunters' ri

e of that elk for m

warpath, sir?" said Lieutenant Parke

en to order the Sioux to stop their Ghost Dance, and when the Sioux found that they were coming they pointed their guns at them and warned them to go back. That was all the news we w

," said Parker. "Are all the Sioux

stock in the Ghost Dance. They can no doubt raise six hundred or a thousand men, and we have three

speech before the Peace Commissioners: "We were made many promises, but have never heard from them since." Take, for instance, the issue of beef which was made at the Standing Rock Agency. In one year it amounted to eight million pounds; and in three years more, after the whites had got all the land the Indians want

ndians so much, afte

r. And another thing: you don't know how those Indians behave themselves when they take the bit in their teeth and go off their reservation. I tell you, you would remember all the broken promises the whites have made you and go in strong f

think much of us an

o steal that the Sioux did not think it worth while to lose the lives of three or four men in the effort to get it. The trappers were dead shots, and they brought an Page 64 Indian every time they pulled on him. The Indians would keep an eye on the trappers' camps, and w

here is going to be

t will take our whole force. Those Sioux are not going to stand by an

himself that his prospects of seeing an Indi