The Strange Sight That A Traveler Saw In A Lonely Tepee

In lssi 1 was hunting .ome lost horses in the broken country west of tlie Big Hom river. I had riddert all mornlng over a country tlikt. was slrange to me. About 11 o'elock I crossed a plateau and was surprined to come suddeulvto the edge of ;i canon, tlie e.tistence of which I had not oven giispccted. In the canon was a streain with clumps of cottonwood timber along lts banks, and in one of these opeu spaces was an ludían lodge. Tlie Indiaus that hunted in that country were peaceaWe, uut the war was just over and tbc Sioux were fecling rather soro. If the J were ( 'rmvs or Arapahoes I might get some iul'onnalioii ahoiit my horses. 1 lay down and watched. JN'o amoke camc froin the tepee; no one moved around it; half a dozen poníes grazed a few hundred yard' distaut. There was noteven a dog, whieh looked rather suspicious. Aller wtiil injr tive minutes I kuew no more Uimm al inst. Suddenly three whitetail deer carne from the timber and walked leigurely acrosi thé openinsr. Then 1 knew taal 1 1 ; tn was deserted, and tlie strangeneM of ii stirtled me. I mounted and rode down to the creek, and straight to ilic tepee. I UUrew back the flap, and 1 shnll reineruher wbat I sawuntil deatb. In the center of the tepee wia spread a buf falo robe, and on the robe were KOUS am! scalps and inany arrowg; and therc was also lood done up as fof a journey; and aitting cross legirea in a circle around the robe were six braves of the Sioux nation.' All were in Ihcir prime - all decked out in war -painl, and each one held n bow and arrow in liis hand. On every face was an expression of cal na indifferente, as of one wlio nciilicr suffers nor enjoys, neithci bopes nor fears. The faces were those ol dcad men, and the small pox had marked them with its awful mark. They took their miscrv with tbeir lieads up, and evei) the horrors of this di.sease could leav upon their hearts no stain of fear, upor; their brnws DO nmrk of suffering. And this tlial their God might judge them men, and til lliein to piteb their CainpS foMTei in v ii'" es and green iields o v,rnjUse.