Show MISTAKE how a lieutenant became acquainted with the indian character soldiers advancing against indians of ten march for days without seeing a red man but the veterans know that if the indians want to find them they will be heard from when least expected A story told in karpath warpath War path and bivouac illustrates how suddenly indians announce their presence general crooks command was camped on crazy comans womans fork and not an indian had disturbed them for several nights it was very cold and all were impatient for some sort of excitement one night some officer said let us go up to bourbos Bour kos tent and they all went the lieutenant a member of crooks staff was found studying a military map by the light of a candle hello boerker said one of the visitors arent you afraid the indians will ventilate your tent if you keep that light burning 0 no replied bourke the indians that have been firing into us are a small flying party you may rely on it that you wont hear any thing more of them this side of tongue river the distance is too great from their villages and the weather is too cold sir indian care to b frozen now ill show you on this map the point where they will most likely make their first real at chizz pop baal zip camo a volley from the bluffs above the camp A bullet struck the candle and put it out another made a large sized hole in tho map the scattered and bourke waa left alone to meditate on the instability of indian character ru |