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ressedthat ihey retreated to a clump
fuoKn0sp -trees and hid in the
brush.
) In the charge made on the retreating
assailants Washakie rushed upon a
tfioHyvarjlor and killed him. The
icaip was uiKen anu tne Dig
hlef1- 'stood-' with one foot on
4arfalnj Ifoe While he called to
his VHehi;to witness the marksman
ship of thir old.' warrior. His favorite
son, a young brave known as Nan-ttang-gaI,or
Snow Bird, came rushing
Up, just from the range where he had
cught4ii-pony. His father, upbraided
WJLnef,and showing -the"
bite feather.
5"Where have you been so long?" de
manded . the chief, while hte eyes
linapped indignantly and his lips quiv
ered with-Trager-"!. an old man, have
pailgdintnis i8ioui, while you like a
squaw mancome up later. I am
Lafehamd of such -a boy."
VrtiiHw flnrttir Tlf1 ! varv hail nvai
yj a. vmma, ww.w as.u w -J w.-s w,.
tls rVprobf from his father. Making
courteous bow in recognition of su-
erIorjj6wer,. he reined up his pony,
id straightening himself in the attl-
pde-pf a proud bearing, such as should
sess tne son or a Dig cniei, ne thus
iMUSa e3 ' the crowd of savage spec
tators: . " .
squaw and when she admitted having
so ordered her daughter he sent her
out of camp with a band of warrion
to be executed. "When the work had
been completed he bravely announced
that hereafter he proposed to be master
of his own family affairs.
The" Indian agent never appealed to
Washakie for relief from some thiev
ing or Insulting Indian, without having
his complaints promptly investigated.
Washakie always listened to both sides
of a story and made up his mind what
to do j After remonstrating with a cultus
or no good Indian-two or three times,
he Simply ordered "hint shot and thus
removed the cause of trouble. His
band is fast diminishing and-Sod n will
be among the relics of a savage history,
on whose pages may be written many
stories-of bravery,- treachery and bar
barism that future generations of
readers will not believe.
Washakie died like a Christian. His
baptism Was solemnized after he had
passed ninety-three years on earth, as a
heathen. His last request was that he
be dressed up and buried in a coffin
like a white man. This seemed out of
place in Indian. mythologybut was
permitted. The many ceremonies of
ancient customs were observed even
'though thechief hadAa Christian bur
ial. He was succeeded by his son, Dick
Washakie. . .
BANK OF ENGLAND ILLUMINATED
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BANK OFENdLAffl
The Bank of England, or "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street." ns the
great building Is popularly called, makes a gay sight In her gala uttliu.
'the governors of the bank, in honor of the king's Intended coronation,
went to great expense over the Illumination and the grim, sombre build
ing presents a very unusual appearance.
jTWIll make myself as great a name
as myT. father, or die in the. attempt."
With the fury of a mad Indian he
charged rupon the unseen foes in the
teeBr"Wheri near the clump of bushes
Kolley of musketry poured forth from
ipibush. Snow Bird and his pony fell
to the-ground pierced with many bul
j&tsT With a fiendish war whoop and
brandishing half a hundred scalping
knives'" the devilish Sioux came rushing
JHftvtiltures upon their fallen enemy.
Dashing, upon his dead carcass they
Slashed 'the 'body into small strips of
ieshXj&nd held them aloft as trophies
4fwar and signals of victory, while
fheycianced In ghoulish glee about the
lemnants of the brave son of Wasnakle.
"ThIg act "of fiendish brutality and
savage fury was witnessed by Chief
Washakie, who was powerless to ren
de'r assistance. Gazing steadfastly at
the barbarians tie experienced a change
ot'demeanor, noticed by every warrior.
His lips" quivered, his teeth set and ev
ery muscle seemed to become rigid. His
eyes wavered and the entire body
seemed to sway as if in the throes of
death. ".Medicine men rushed to his as
sistance. He motioned them away and
spoke, not a word. The battle waged
until nightfall. Washakie was in the
thickest, of the fray and commanded
his .braves in a manner never known
Before. When the darkness came on he
eht ' to. his lodge alone but not to
sleep.' " Walking about all night, sigh-ing-and-moaning
and beating his breast
he writhed in agony. On the following
morrlmg the- Sioux hud gone. Washakie
had chahgea to an old man with white
I fiittfng about the camp fire of a big
medicine man. the stranger is invited
to partake of . the fried fish of the
fenakes-. He may object to the method
ofreparing them but must submit to
the; ordeal, of eating with the medicine
men: j Or, be' regarded as a spy, and
pjpbajriy Changed foe his peculiarities.
TaeflsnTare taken from the river.
which abounds in fine mountain trout,
aadrtbssed on the embers of a hot sage
brush flrei Here they flounce and floun
deralTdut'untll thoroughly cooked when
they are picked up by the head, the
ashes dusted off and then eaten much
the same "'as roasted potatoes. Some
lodges Tare "filled with these roasted
fish--during the early fall months and
kepKtmtil the next spring. Dogs are
roasted'in a similar manner when such
nS4ides)red.
le'medlcine men never tire of tell
ingStories about the lamented chief
Washakie.- One time, says a medicine
maSi the -chief and a band of young
brakes prepared for a buffalo bunt in
theeUowstone Park country. Fearing
a, fresTt In the Wind River before his
return-he Ordered his youngest squaw
tpurpaioVf bis lodge to higher ground.
Her mother-commanded her to let the
lodge remain, in. its old place. When the
chief, returned, and found the lodge un
mved'he was angry. His squaw said
hermoftier"had stopped her from doing
the wprk!k removal. , He called the old
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