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Show A PAWNEE'S CALL. Hon II. It.praia.l tho Hour sa S.nlln.l Western humor 1 overcharged anl frequently recoil Into caricature For Instnnee. remark Y- lh' Companion, an ptllrcr, characterizing tleneral Duncan, Dun-can, a Jolly, blustering old fellow, but a good Indian tighter, said "No Indian In-dian bullet ran hurt him He lui been shut In the head with a cannon bait, which did him no harm, but glanced off and killed Iho toughest H mute In the army " The general him- H self was the cause, on one occasion, U of a bit ot humor so grotesque as In H set n camp laughing He, In 1870, led K an expedition from Fort Mri'henon Into thn Republican river country, and the famous Pawnee scout accompanied accompa-nied It Tho general ordered that In ramp tho sentinels at tho different posts ahould rail out thn hour of tha night thus- "Post No. 1, 3 o'clock, all Is well' ' The Pawner took their turn at guard duty, and were ordered to call the hour aa the whlto soldier did This was a difficult task for them, a few of the scouts could expres Ihrmselte In Kngllsh Their commander. com-mander. Major North, explained to each one that when the man on the adjoining post railed nut the hour, he, the scout, must call It also, copying; him as nearly a ho could The attempts at-tempts of the scouts to Imitate tha white sentinels were amusing. For instance, in-stance, a white soldier would rail out- "Post No, 1, half-past nine o'clock, all's wrlll" The Indian standing stand-ing next to him would sing out something some-thing like thla "Poas number half-pass half-pass five cents! tight I don't care!" Tho general, scelnic that hla system wa more ludicrous than beneficial, countermanded the order. |
