ID FRIDAY, AEsREI. II, 1884.
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s....sz.ss.zsa that he did not care--se would try. They gave him la1o, and as;lsed him what horse he would choose. He told them that it made no difference-@an they pointed ont to him q large black horse, which they had been trying in vain to catch, and one of the best, as well as most Huruly of their ani- mals. A bad horse vii frequently watch and avoid the rope. Niscaras accordingly took his stand clumsily, but when the ani- mai came running round in the crowd, he threw the rope rapidly over his head, and bssngisg.it at the same eesneat behind hin, tls aw him down and broke his leg. They " e obliged therefore to take him into the prairie and shoot him. Thinking t, how ever, a mere accident, they pointed out an- other, which he threw down, breaking his neck. They then exclaiyaed in surpr ze-- 'syou are native of New Mexico, are yout'' 'I did not say that l was. liue there. ,

 ssllhere was yoi, horn fhen1,'

 He named a certain hseienda--arid they inquired his name. Whsn they learned it, their modification and vexation was ex- treme, for every one knew, by report, of 1 the Nisearas.

 The other anecdote is n hrief one. Tn some battle before the Revolution of Itur- hide, Mexican, whirling his 1azo oyer his head, rode up to a field-pieee, and throwing his rope over the mouth of fl, while the other end was attached t, his saddle, put spurs to his horse and carried the cannon safely of. This I believeta be a fact.

 Iiut to return to our tta,tFs 4 fl ter Pueblo had dsiain his animal, Rill gave a long yell to recall the others, and the hunt was ended. The remainder of inc day was spent in slicing the meat very fhin and hanging 1t about their camps to dry in the sun--an operation which the aforesaid sun performs very suddenly, aided by the keen, I dry prairie wind, for in day or two the meat becomes so drythat it Is easily pound ed into powder.

 During the two or three days employed ln thls business, Bill was far from ide.--- Every day he was far out in Ike prairie, for he is the most restless man in inc world At one time YOU might sec him eraclxina away at Che liHle prairie-dogs, whose yilla- ges are abundant in those hi9A plains. tho what on earth they do for vsief is mys- tery. 1t ancthet, sollasteti o4 thc ground waving a red handkerchief over his hegd to eatice tie antelope, and at ansther, merely pacing about with ,lo osiensIie purpose keeping always a sharp look-e Ut Tor the ins dians. l man or two by fhesaselves suit them exactly, and the eafryssY9 ass@a saaaeI. i tt y1oF 5toss5ts ff5 strange uccufrence. By 1 theway, tio not knowthit any thing has. ever been heard from thai man, but two reasons incline nie to think that they killed him. l he first is, in 1881 the small pox was among the mountain Pawnees, and they swore vengeance against the whites for car rYng t among them; and the second Is, that when the wagon company was on its way from St. Louis to Santa fe in 1882, the son of Pawnee chef cane into their camp, or Up to their wagons, and was con- yelslng with some of tneiiIs when q Pueblo Indian, returning among some Spanlards in the same company, shot him in the back and killed him. ] should imagine that the Pawnees, naturally enraged, would glut ther revenge whenever they had all oppor- tunity.

 Bill and Tom Banks were out on a hunt, the second morning after the buffalo chace, and after getting to the distance of three or four miles from camp, they alighted by hole of muddy water in the prairie, and sat down to rest; after leading their horses down into the hole, which was small hoi- low with abrupt sides, deep enough to con- ceal them from sight. While they sat on the edge of the hollow, there appeared a scattered number of buffalo running exact ly against the wind--a sure sign that there were Indians near. The buffalo were not more than a mile from them, and they had barely time to get into the hollow, when something like twenty Indians made their appearance, mounted, and dashing at full speed after the buffalo. Their glittering spears--their shields ornamented with red cloth and feathers, and their picturesque and wild attire, render the prairie Indian noble spectacle.

 ssTom,v said Bill, 'swhat Indians are them chaps! think they must be Eutaws by 1 their feathers. Now if 1 was a limner I'd make my fortune"

 Toms bravadoes had fled, and he was quaking and trembling with fear. He did, however, muster up energy enough to say;

 sI think they're Eutaws."

 "Well, I'll never trap another beaver if they are. They're Cumanches-for the Eutaws wear winter skns-they get deer plentier. Don't they ride well any howl There goes down a buffalo. wish could get one of them fellows i'll about hundred and twenty twenty yards I'd make him hop.n

 ''I hope they won't come that near.o

 sI dare say. Well, man don't look so beautiful when he's scared. l wish you'd ] Leen unl1r ia,rs torether for hv the I.nrdl