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TIIOIGI Jt IILDS.
Adventures in the Arkansas
and Red River Regions Half
a Century Ago*
PERSONAL BEMINISICENECES OF CCL. WM. _ SPARES,
THE AUTHOR OF “FIFTY TEAKS AGO.
For some dajs, Chaleo was moody and indis
posed to social intercourse. His face expressed
ferocity, and the savage was more apparent in
this, and his geneial demeanor, than I had
observed before. No one approached him, and
his favorite squaw, who was young and muon
indulged, avoided him and timidly slunk away
at his approach. She was not the mother ot
any of his children, and none of these, save
Cbalala, seemed to have any intercom se with
There was a marked difference in the social
habits of these Indians from those I had previ
ously known. There was greater difference
paid to those in authority, and there was not
the exaction of servile labor from ihe women
which wes universal amongst the Muecogoes,
and Cbalokees, whom I knew when young. They
were sufficiently so however, to impose much
labor upon their women which they should not
have done; but they would lend a helping hand
at times, in relief from the ,more arduous
duties, which their wp.nts sometimes demanded.
In moving from point to point, they would
assist in bearing the heavier burdens which they
could not pack upon their ponies. Yet I never
saw one aid in carrying a child. This was
degrading, and considered the squaw s duty
alone. There was another peculiarity amongst
tbf se; the squaws, especially the young, some
times joined in a hunt, which occurred in the
vicinity of their homes; but never in those great
periodical hunts which carried the braves to a
great distance, and necessitated their long ab-
scence. These were perilous, and those who
went in them, went always prepared for war,
such, was the almost continual strife between
the tribes accustomed to hant over the same
ground. At times these hunts in the vicin
age, were indulged in by the women alone, but
always on horse back, and they were, as riders
scarcely inferior to the men.
It was a wild ife we were living, and wildly
we enjoyed it. I am satisfied the civilized man
will return to his normal savage life sooner and
with much more alacrity than the savage can be
civilized. There is a charm in the thoughtless,
roving habit we soon learn to love; it steals
upon us without warning. We have no note of
time. There is not that providential anxiety as
to the future comfort and necessity of life. Un
aided, nature gives in the forest and the plains
the food and the clothing, in the flesh and the
skins ot the wild animals abounding everywhere,
where there is grass, water and wilderness. It
is only for winter, when the gronnd and the
grass is clothed in snow, that provision must be
laid up, when the antelope, deer, elk and
buffalo wander to warmer and more genial
regions. Most of the smaller tribes iollow these.
The more numerous in population, remain at
their towns and subsist upon the provisions of
the autumn bunt. Id these hunts, hostile
parties frequently meet, and the result is a
bsttie, and theBe are frequently so fiercely waged
that one, or the other party is well nigh, or
qnite annihilated ;and always more or less ot both
Donesj for gbilPft.JjAai.ps, where their whiteneu
These conflicts, keep down the hJcrease of
these wild denizens of this wild and most in
hospitable country; and without the aid of
civilized man, threaten the extinction or the
race. Every one, who nas mingled for any time
with any of these tribes, will learn from their
treasured traditions, that they were all once, in
the distant past, a more numerous and more
powerful people than any of them are now.
This decadence can only be ascribed to the fneds
and conflicts between the tribes. The march of
the white man superadds another, and more
potent cause for their rapid extinction. Nothing
can stay this. Every effort to civilize the Indians
has thns far failed; and must forever fail, be
cause the God of nature never in their creation
designed them for such a purpose. The neces
sities for such an end are foreign to their or
ganization, mentally and moraily, and this is
demonstrated by all their past history, bnt is
especially demonstrated to any observer who
will travel amongst the three most civilized
tribes now npon the continent. If their con
dition may be termed even approximating to
civilization. Approach a home, and its appoint
ments are enough without even the sight of the
proprietor to indicate the amonnt of white
blood in his veins. Every improvement is
graduated by this. If it is a bark camp, or a
miserable hut, be assured the habitant is a fnll
blooded Indian. Amalgamation wonld surely
in the end obliterate the race, bnt this process
is too slow for the inevitable doom which
awaits it.
The increase of the whites is the decrease of
the^red man. This is inevitable, and rebukes
powerfully the folly of Christian missions; bnt
fanaticism defies reason, common sense, and
even the ripest experience and it is probably as
well, that it wastes its self npon the Indian as
in any other way.
Occasionally, there came visitors from other
tribes not at war with the Pawnees. Upon one
occasion a party of Ponchos came down from
theirhomeinlhePccket mountains. With these
was an aged squaw, and her daughter. This
old woman was a very Hecate to look npon.
Toothless, attenuated to skin and bones, with
elfin hair, snake like falling npon her cheeks,
neck and shoulders; long, spider-like finger
nails like the claws of a cat, narrow, long and
sharp, filled with filth, with little black bead
like eyes, deep set and gleaming with serpent
like malignity. The daughter v as mere comely
because she was younger, bnt like her mother
she was disgustingly dirty. They bad never
before seen a white man and though their curi
osity was eminently feminine, they gazed at a
resptcUul distance upon ns, and seemed afraid
to approach ns. Assured by Chnlala, that we
were innocent and harmless, the old hag drew
near us, her daughter sreakiig l thmd her.
Steadily the old woman aaz d upi n features,
then wetting her fiDger in Lti mouth approached
f ie, and rubbed my cneek with it. She looked
t her finger expecting to find it painted, and
it-niiested more astonishment than is usual
ith an Indian to find none there.
Anong this party was a young brave, certain-
l me of the finest formed men I ever looked
Vok was fully six feet, six inches in
\gU, erfectly proportioned, with small
Jkdsan'feet, and the wild, panther-like ex-
Hiis features lent an interest to his
0 bf' e, ^ tfn * D 8 the admirable contour
curious 1 * 1 eminently agile person. He
i b° w * 1 ° or v-hat we were, bnt his
^ y-die to fcioot whilst his eyes betrayed
if were qh.in their quick wolf-like glare
Tz-t/inved. averted when he found him-
^ is eif »dvt
and spoke to him. It
e nVly t?J,«^ncy ot the Indian’s sfo 1 -
0 t, U ^BV.^gatures—and though be
Id .^.salutation lrom Gil-
c were c •> and madenore-
]ged--bi s f'--icoly. jjj H
beautifully
,wampum,
'yan and
nous
X
colors; with a cape similarly adorned falling
over his shoulders. This garment was closely
wrapped abont his person, and held there with
a broad beaded sash, which from the binding
knot on his side Bent down to his knees its or
namented ends. His hair, black, lank, and
long, fell over his shoulders whilst his head was
crowned with a beaded tnrban overtopped with
an abundance of variegated feathers. From his
shoulder hung a quiver made of the Mexican
tiger’s skin, filled with long arrov s with notched
and feathered ends projecting from the quiver,
and he rested on the pronnd one end of a long
and highly finished bois dare bow; whilst his
extended hand held the other. He was a fig
ure for a sculptor—there could not be a more
perfect or more interesting model When
mounted however, npon a small lean Mexican
pony, all ibis fine appearance was lost in the
contrast. The accompanying braves were fine
specimens of Indian men, but there was scarce
ly a passable squaw in the party. They were
degraded by the servile lives they were com
pelled to live and endure from the oppressions
imposed by the men of their tribe. In truth
they were only beasts of burthen, and more de
graded than the women of any other tribe or na
tion ot the west. They remained only two days,
leaving at night and why I never learned.
Time never went tediously by with ns. In
hunting, riding, and listening to the stories
told by the aged men of the village, we found
occupation and amusement, and when weary of
this a long siesta in our wigwam whiled away
the day.
We had now been three months with these In
dians, and the antnmn was fast advancing to
winter’s door. The winds from the mountains
came down cool, and fires were comfortable in
the morning.—The hunting party had been ab
sent some six weeks, and it was plain some un
easiness was felt for their safety. Chaleo had
been absent for many days and we were ignor
ant of his wfce eabonfs, or tl • promised period
of his return. Kalsmo, his father, was restless,
and the medicine man was boiling his herbs,
and chanting his mysteries, evidently courting
a communication from the Great Spirit upon
some mystery he wished solved. In the midst
of his weird incantations late in vhe afternoon,
Chaleo, with a number of his tribe from a dif
ferent town above, rode into the encampment,
with a number of ponies loa ed with jerked, or
dried meat, and reported the hunters still em
ployed in the chase A party from the upper vil
lage had joined that which went from ns. They
had returned to their town, and our party had
sent by these this provision of their hunt.
There was joy and much feasting and hilarity
in the town, during all the night, in which all
but Kalemo and the medicine man united.
It was not many days alter the return of Chal
eo, before there was great excitement in the
town—men and women were harrying lrom wig
wam to wigwam, and the horses at pasture were
driven in. A young brave had returned with
the information that his party had been attacked
by a band of Lipats on the prairie in the
neighborhood of the cross timbers—that the
Lipans had been repulsed and the Pawnees
were returning with their pack ponies laden
with meat and with a youDg Lipan prisoner.
Kalemo was moody, and anxious and had
gathered the old men and many of the old wom
en about him—Chaleo was with Chalala in his
wigwam, and neither seemed to participate in
the general joy. It was not until the *ate af
ternoon when the hunters came riding slowly
into the town. They were received with great
demonstrations of ?*'*', cor ® a but iit-
4i.ts reception. The leaders of the
party remained mounted until the last of the
cavalcade was in the circle formed by the lodges.
There were two of the party missing. In a few
words the leader of the band, who was he who
gave ns tlie horses, told the sad story. Tney had
been slain npon the prairies by the Lipans
in the conflict, and their bones were left to be
crunched by the wolves, and to whiten on the
plain where they had fallen.
Near him, securely bound, and closely guard
ed, was the young Lipan prisoner. A wild la
ment went np in feartnl shrieks from the as
sembled Pawnees. Several of the squaws, rela
tives of the fallen braves, frantically tore their
hair and began ohanting the death-song. Occas
ionally this was varied with shrieks and mad
dening gestures—demonstrations of vengeance
npon the Lipan yonth. The squaws, especially
the old ones,crowded about him,as he dismount
ed, and the pony he bad ridden was led away.
They jibed and tannted him with every filthy
and insalting term known to their language,
and every offensive gesture possible to the hu
man form. Amidst this savage and disgusting
exhibition cf insane fury, the yonth remained
passive and undisturbed, with only an occasion
al expression of pain writhing his features, ex
torted by the cords which bound his arms cut
ting into his flesh, so tightly were they bound.
There was no sympathy expressed by any for
his agony, Oven the features of Chalala were un
moved as Bhe gazed npon the disgusting scene.
At intervals the Lipan’s eyes wonld wander
away to where I was standing, and a gleam of
interest wonld for a moment light np his fea
tures, soon to be replaced by that Btolid expres
sion of indifference peculiar to the savage face.
Chaleo came from his lodge and surveying the
yonth, saw the tortnre the thongs on his arms
were inflicting, released them, and was reward
ed for his humanity by a scowl of defiance from
the Lipan, who, now, folding his arms npon his
breast, stood ss calmly contemplating the group
about him as though be was without apprehen
sion as to his fate.
What had become of Kalema? Daring all
this scene of taunting and turmoil he had not
been seen. Now he came from his lodge and
advancing to the boy, stood in close proximity to
him, fixing his eyes npon the eyesot the youth,
he seemed to exert all the malignity of his na
ture to inspire with his gaze terror in the boy.
Without the slightest evidence of fear or appre
hension, he returned the deeply malignant looks
of the aged and vindictive chief. He took from
his wampum belt deliberately his tomahawk anil
raising it. threateningly, stood ready to dash out
the Lipan’s brains. At this moment I essayed
to speak in supplication; a heavy hand grasped
my shoulder, it was that of Chaleo—save with
his eyes he did net speak, but intelligently bade
me be silent. The warning was timely and
obeyed as promptly. Kalema then commenced
to recount the injuries at the hands of the Li
pans, inflicted npon the Pawnees. He told of
their torturing his brother and nephew, near
where was his villages; how they had borno into
captivity and brutally abused the young squaws
of the Pawnees; denouncing all these crimes as
the boy’s, and appointing the tortnre of the stake
and flame as but partial justice for his enormi
ties. As each sentence was concluded the sig
nificant grunt of approval came from head men,
braves and squaws. Tc-morrow he must die,
and he was given into the charge of Chaleo to
secure end keep until that came. The prisoner
was again bound and most securely. It was
then he began to chant the death song, as he
was in charge of two bravis, conducted to the
lodge of his confinement. Chaleo accompanied
them and returning, gave the order for collect
ing the faggots and preparing ihe pyre.
My companion and myself, repairing to our
lodge, was surprised to find Chalala there. She
liad come in warning. She knew the ferocity
of her grandfather and she had heard ominous
w ords from him aDd she exhorted us to manifest
no intenst or sympathy for the fate of the pris
oner lather to seem rejoiced at his suffering. I
bad Lsrt bints from the girl in one of our hunts
and long rides that her grandfather, in some of j
his expeditions down lied river, had imbibed i
bitter prejudices against the whites and bitter
words had passed between her father and the
aged chief. We had been assured of protection
by Chaleo, but he dared not thwart the man
dates of his father when his edicts were author
itatively issued. She said her father was op
posed to the execution of the boy, but was pow
erless to prevent it.
A council was to be assembled to approve and
ratify the sentence already pronounced against
the prisoner. This would assemble in the cir
cle of the lodges and wonld very soon collect.
Her mission ended, she stole from the lodge
with the stealth of a cat and was away in a mo
ment to mingle with the gathering throng as
sembling about the medicine-man.
It was not long before Kalema came from his
lodge painted and adorned as the great chief of
the Pawnees. He was very old and attenuated
almost to a skeleton. His skin seemed the only
covering of his bones; it had shrunken half an
inch in depth between his ribs. His eyes were
small and around them was drawn a charcoal
circle. They were deep sot and gleaming. His
body and arms were naked, the former was al
most flrshless and were ringed with red and
black paint. Streaks of like marks were per
pendicularly drawn down his chest and back,
whilst the buff do skin, their accustomed cover
ing, was thrown oil and girded by his wampum
belt, fell loosely down over his nether limbs.
The medicine-tnun had finished bis incantations
and had pronounced as good the order for the
torture of the Lipan victim on the morrow. His
revelations uniformly coincided with the views
and wishes of his chief—and in this differed but
little from the servility of a higher race towards
the superstitions of their priests and medicine
men.
The chiefs and head men were seated on the
sward and the council pipe was passing and be
ing smoked by these. Finally, it accomplished
the circuit and was returned to the cuief, who
rising, commenced his address. His talk was
short, fierce and emphatic. He recounted the
wrongs the Pawnees had endured from the Li
pans, dwelling upon thoss of his tribe who had
perished in iiamss at the stake and insisting
npon meeting to the Lipan, in retribu'ive jus
tice, the same fate. When he had ended and re
sumed his seat, there was a grunt of approval
from ali save Chaleo.
There was great dignity of manner in th#talk
and actions of this sub-chief. After a pause of
many minutes he rose and mildly protested
against the execution of his father’s fiat. ‘Re
lease the boy,’ he said, ‘and by him send defiance
to his people. Tell them,’ he said, turning ro
the boy, who had been br .nght before the coun
cil; ’that the Pawnees are superior torevenge-
too noble to emulate tba example of the coward
ly Lipan—and tell them we dare them to meet
ns on the plain with his hundred braves, and
should he dare do this, we swear by the Great
Spirit thus to die or lift the h ;ir from fifiy
heads. The vengeance reeked upon a boy is
too small for the m>.ny wrongs they have it.flic-
ted upon defenseless Pawnees This demands
we strew the plain with their bones and slake
the earth’s thirst with their blood poured oat
in open fight. Remove these bonds and bid
him go; degrade not the Pawnees’ fame in tor
turing a boy; doing this we shall prove our
selves but squaws. These may tortnrs because
they cannot, as fearless, noble braves, fight
their foes. And this is my talk.’
Kalema rose to his feet with a spring, scarce
ly to be expected from one so stricken in years,
and clasping with both hands his turban he tore
it from his head. He denounced with terrible
vim his son’s council, writhing as one in pain,
as he exclaimed:
‘A Lipan saved and by my son. Is he a Paw
nee? Is he fit to council? Hus he become a
sauaw? with all his mighty size and look of a
or»v« mi* ucnn id ib IS a sqnitw. yon
see yonr uncles, your mothers suffering as the
flames eat up their lives and wonld yon not
burn the hands that built the fire ? As their tor
ture was joy to the Lipan’s heart, will it not be
a delight to you s to see him burn ? 0! a Li
pan saved and by a Pawnee brave Here, take
me, bind me, burn me and let the Lipan go and
tell his tribe I was a sacrifice to my son’s weak
ness, and too, let him tell them to come with
thongs to bind and flames to burn. The Paw
nee i 3 weak, is a craven, and will seek no re
venge for his children and his kindred bnrned.
Take his bow and arrows, his horses, his lodges
and drive the Pawnee from his banting grounds.
He will fly before him and fear the Lipan,’ and
raving tuns until completely exhausted he sunk
to the earth quivering witn rage as one possess
ed of a devil.
Instantly the council rose with one wild yell
in condemnation of Chaleo and approval of
their chief's award; and Chaleo, stern and si
lent, led the boy back bound, to the lodge,
where he was guarded by two braves, to await,
the morrow when be was to meet bis terrible
fate, its torture rendered more acute by the
gratification it afforded his captors.
(to be continued.)
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GEORGIA K 1 Lit AD COMPANY, )
Superintendent's Office, y
Augusta, Ga., January 17th, 1878. )
COMMENCING SUS DAY. 19th inst.. K:00 p. m., the fol
lowing Passenger Schedule will he operated:
No. 2 East Daily.
No. 1 West Daily.
“ Milled'ev’e
Ar. Macon
7 45
a
m
L’ve Augusta
45
a m
3 311
p
m
“ Macon
. 1
10
a m
2 00
p
m
“ Jlil ed’v’e...
. 9
OS
a ra
103
p
m
“ Camak
11
41
a m
3 20
p
in
“ Washington
10
45
a m
5 20
i<
in
“ Athens
9
15
a m
3 IS
p
m
Ar. Atlanta
5
00
pm
No connection to or from Washington on Sundays.
COVIN GTON A CCOM MOD ATI ON.
[Daily—Except Sundays.]
L’ve ..tlanta 5 30 p m ‘ " - ! -
“ Covington 8 09 p m
No. 4 East Daily.
Covington 6 25 pm
Ar. Atlanta 7 40 a m
No. 3 West Daily.
L’ve Atlanta 6 00 p m
Ar. A us:ii ta 6 25am
L’ve Augusta., 5 30 p m
Ar. Atlanta 5 30am
Trains Nos. 2,1, 4 and 3 will not stop at Flag Stations.
Connectsat Augnstalor all points East and South-Easi-
Superb improved sleepers to Augusta. Pullman sleep
ers Augusta to New York—either via Charleston or Char
lotte.
4S“OuIy one change Atlanta to New York. arj
S K. Johnson, E. R. Dorsey,
Superintendent, Gen’l Passenger Agt.
fREE
NEW and Scientific cure for Nervous Debility,
without Medicine, from whatever cause. Mailed
tvec.Etertro-Chemicnl Pad C'o.P.O.hox 3229.N.Y.
REDUCTION OF
Passenger Fares
GEORGIA RAILROAD
-IS SELLING—
STRAIGHT 8c EXCURSION
TICKETS
Between all Station- on its Main Line and Branches
’including the Macon and Augusta Railroad, at the
following
GREATLY REDUCED RATES ;
Straight Tickets at 4 cents per mile
Excursion 1 tekets at 6 cents per mile,
. (Good for Ten Days.)
Minimum for Straight Tikets, Ten Cents; Excursion
Tickets, Twenty Cents
To secure the advantage of the Reduced Pates, tickets
must be purchased from rhe Station Age ts of the Com
pany. Conductors are not allowed to charge less than
the regular tariff rate of five (5) cents per mile.
Excursion Tickets will be good to Re urn Ten Days
front and including the date of issue, no Lay-over priv
ilege attachesto these tickets, nor will any be granted
The company reserves ihe right to change, or entirely
abrogate these rates at pleasure and without notice.
E. K. DORSEY,
Gen- Pa-s. Agent.
DB. M. w. CASE’S
LIVER REMEDY
AND
BLOOD PURIFIER.
TOHIC & CORDIAL.
This is not a patent medicine, bnt is prepared
under the direction of Dr. M. YV r . Case, from his
favorite prescription, which in an extensive
practice of over 27 years, he has found most
effective in all cases of disordered liver or im
pure blood. It is
ABTTI-BZLIOTJS,
It, acts directly upon the liver, restoring it,
when diseased, to its normal condition, and in
regulating theaefivity of this great gland every
other organ of the system is benefited. In
Blood Diseases it has no equal as a purifier. It
improves digestion and assists nature to elimi
nate all impurities from the system, and while
It is the cheapest medicine in the market it is
also superior to all known remedies. While it
is more effectual than Blue Mass, it is mild and
perfectly safe, containing nothing that can in
the slightest degree injure tiie system. It does
not sicken or give pain, neither does it weaken
the patient nor leave the system constipated,
as most other medicines do.
T’J* liver Complaint, Dys-
tea/ Mil, WO pepnin, Uilioiui Fever,
Headache, Sink Headache, Water.
Brash, Heart-Barn, Nick Stomach,
Jaundice, Colic, Vertigo, Neuralgia,
Palpitation of the Heart, Female Weak
ness and Irregularities, all Skin and
Blood Diseases, Worms, Fever &. Ague,
and Constipation of tbe Bowels.
In small doses it is also a sure care
for Chronic Diarrhoea.
T akentwo or three times a day it pre
vents Yellow Fever, Diphtheria, Scar
let Fever, Cholera and Small-F ox.
HOW TO RT! Use Br.Case’s Liver
wTimetius. Remedy and Blood
YOUR OWN I*arilier, a pleasant
’ TYDnT/YD Tvnic, and Cordial.
Jl/UUTOR Anti-Bilions. It will
save your doctor bills; only 25 cts. per bottle.
It is tbe most effective and valuable medicine
ever offered to the American people. As fast
as its mer’ts become known its use becomes
universal in every community. No family
will be without it after having once tested
its great value. It has proved an inestima
ble blessing to thousands who have used it,
bringing back health and strength to those
who were seemingly at death’s door. Prepared
i t the Laboratory of the
For Pale by Hunt, Rankin k Lamar, Wholesale
Agents, Atlanta, Georgia.
r HS SUBSCRIBERS still continue to carry on the busi
ness of ENGRAVING ON WOOD in ail its branches.
Their facilities are such that they are enabled to execute
all orders promptly and in every style of the art, upon the
most reasonable terms
grave in tnemost approved manner
N. ORR & CO,
82 John Street,
New York
E
MPLOYMENT<
Statevrhich preferred: also amounts
AT HOME
, - or to Travel.
preferred: also amount wan ted per month
for services and expenses. Business honorable, per
manent. and easily operated. Write us. SLOAN 6s
CO.. 30« George Street Cincinnati. Ohio.
BURNHAM’S
WARRA&TrD BEST & SHEAPEST.
Also, mJLLJMS MACHINERY,
raCESBEDTCED APS. 20,72.
Painty 'ts free. VrFJar., Yobk, .Ca»
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made in best style, $2. to $2 50. Washed suits at81.50—
Good shuts, material included, lor $1. and up
ward.
m^yj:!jj 5125 CIGARS
Dr. J. H. Adams,
HOT SPRINGS,
ARKANSAS-
Agent# wanted in every town and county in the, South.
Do yon desire an aseney? Send for terms to agents
If yoii cannot take an agency, but have pictures of your
own yon wish copied, and ’here are no agents of ours :n
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ceive onr best attention. Address SOUTHERN COPY
ING CO., No. 9 Marietta St., Atlanta, Ga.
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