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The Comanche chief advised us to keep close to the shores of the Rio Grande, that we might not meet with the parties of the Pawnee Loups; and so much was he pleased with us, that he resolved to turn out of his way and accompany us with his men some thirty miles farther, when we should be comparatively out of danger.
"We will divide up into parties of two," said Pawnee Brown, and this was done, and soon he and Jack Rasco were bounding over the trail leading toward the Indian Territory, while others were setting off in the direction of Arkansas City and elsewhere. "Something curious about them air Arbuckles," observed Rasco as they flew along side by side.
The Pawnee scouts who had been mustered out of service, during the winter of 1869 and '70, were reorganized to accompany this expedition. I was glad of this, as I had become quite attached to one of the officers, Major North, and to many of the Indians. This man is a character in his way; he has a Sioux squaw for a wife, and consequently a half-breed family.
"Moike was sayin' his head throubles him a good bit." "So it does, and that's why I am so worried. When he gets those awful pains he is apt to walk away and keep right on without knowing where he is going." "Poor mon! Oi wisht Oi could help yez. Mebbe Moike will be back soon. Ain't Jack Rasco about?" "No, he is off with Pawnee Brown, too.
A shiver as if from an electric shock darted from the crown of Jack's head to his feet, for at that instant, he heard a slight sound as if made by a person clearing his throat. Looking up, he saw one of the Pawnee warriors, twenty yards distant, walking toward him. He held his rifle in one hand, and was moving slowly with his eyes fixed on the ground just in front of him.
Shortly afterwards, several chiefs passed over to our side, and invited all our principal chiefs to come over to the village and talk to the Pawnee Picts, who wished to remain brothers with their friends the Comanches. This was consented to, and Gabriel, Roche, and I accompanied them.
Then, as if to confirm the sincerity of his faith, he cast his fusee to the shore, and entered deeper into the water, where he again came to a stand, in order to see in what manner the Pawnee would receive his pledges of peace. The crafty Sioux had not made his calculations on the noble and honest nature of his more youthful rival in vain.
Presently he saw the Indian halt and stare long and hard at a tall pine growing in front of a large flat rock. "Wonder if he has missed his way?" mused the scout, but a moment later Yellow Elk proceeded onward, faster than ever. Coming up to the pine, Pawnee Brown saw instantly what had attracted the redskin's attention.
Under its state Charter it was to have extended from Leavenworth, Kan., on the East to Pawnee, Kan. Ground was broken on the line at Wyandotte, Kan., the state line between Kansas and Missouri, in August, 1863. Active grading commenced at Wyandotte, September 1st, 1863.
My mule seemed to have gotten his second wind, and as I was on the old road, I played the spurs and whip on him without much cessation; the Indians likewise urged their steeds to the utmost. "Finally, upon reaching the dividing ridge between Ash Creek and Pawnee Fork, I saw Fort Larned only four miles away. It was now sundown, and I heard the evening gun.
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