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Show REMFMBEBEO H'P BUCKET. VMU alAn's !..'--- rf an Afcuix-fl tnM. M-n u'.rl. Urt mi U.-'?gn!llu.i. la the whiter of ISJl and tho sprlnB of lWO .SHiltlu and other now M'ttle-1110111? M'ttle-1110111? near l'ugei sound were fn.-Ecd lu war with tlio Indians of Mi U ucin-Ity ucin-Ity iiinler Lcsclil. a Ncsqually mint, say thf author of "Pioneer Ki-nnuls-ctinea of Puget Sound." Lcithl's light wis ni..i!.,.t Hit .iiithoililes, w ,o weio trying to deprive his people of their valley farms and force them to live on n crmiped and sterile reservation In the mountains. They hud many friends among the whites, whom, bow-oi bow-oi cr bluer the war grew thry were careful not to Injure. One dny In February A. J. Baldwin, of Olympia, was passing olon,? a trail near Yolm Prairie, whon ho was confronted con-fronted by four armed Indians on horseback They nt once low-red nlm with their rllles, but one of Ihem spoke sharply to tho otheis. and the rllles weie lowered. "Jack Haldwln?" the Indian demanded. de-manded. "Yes, that's my name," said Mr. Haldwln. "You out to fight Indian?" "No. I am carrying an express to Yelm for pay." "You ivmembcr bucl.ct of water at Olympia?" It suddenly Hashed tiKn .Mr. liald-wln's liald-wln's mind that lie knew this Indian. During the year before tho fellow had been filling a bucket from a Mowing Mow-ing spring In Olympia when a bruto of a white man came along, Insolently removed the Indian's bucket threw It Into n mud-hole near by, and put his own under tho spout. Sir. Haldwln, who hu'd witnessed the affair, nt onco Interfered and pitched the rulllai' Into tho mud-holo atter the Indian's bucket. The Incident had put him Into the good books of that. Indian, In-dian, and so had saved his life. "CJo on." the red man said to him. "We don", kill yon." And go tie did, unharmed, without more ado. |