. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . jriations. Jhe cavalrymencontribute purses and the Indians run theirponies. Extra beeves are killed, and the redmen have always a great regard for the bigSundays. /\s we approach the agency it is the hour horse. No excitement seemed to prevail. Nearme a little half-Mexican Comanche boy be-gan to disrobe until he stood clad only in shirtand breech-cloth. His father addressed somewhispered admonition and then led up a roanpony, ])rancing with impatience and evidentlyfully conscious of the work cut out for him thatday. With a bound the little f
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . jriations. Jhe cavalrymencontribute purses and the Indians run theirponies. Extra beeves are killed, and the redmen have always a great regard for the bigSundays. /\s we approach the agency it is the hour horse. No excitement seemed to prevail. Nearme a little half-Mexican Comanche boy be-gan to disrobe until he stood clad only in shirtand breech-cloth. His father addressed somewhispered admonition and then led up a roanpony, ])rancing with impatience and evidentlyfully conscious of the work cut out for him thatday. With a bound the little fellow landed onthe neck of the pony only half way up; buthis toes caught on the upper muscles of theponys leg, and like a monkey he clambereduj) and was in his seat. The ])ony was as bareas a wild horse except for a l^ridle, and lopedaway with his graceful little rider sitting like arock. No, not like a rock, but limp and uncon-cerned, and as full of the motion of the horseas the horses tail or any other part of him. ON THE INDIAN RESERVATIONS. 403. KIOWA BlICK STARTING A KACE. A Kiowa with loose hair and great coarseface broke away from the group and gallopedup the prairie until he stopped at what was tobe the starting-point, at the usual distance oftwo arrow flights and a pitch. He was fol-lowed by half a dozen ponies at an easy lope,bearing their half-naked jockeys. The Indianspectators sat about on their ponies, as un-moved in countenance as oysters, being naturalgamblers, and stoical as such should be, whilethe cowboys whispered among themselves. That s the bay stallion there, said oneman to me, as he pointed to a racer, andhe s never been beaten. It s his walk-over,and I ve got my gun up on him with anInjun. It was to be a fl\ing start, and they jockeyeda good deal and could not seem to get off. Butpresently a puff of smoke came from the rifleheld aloft by the Kiowa starter, and his horsereared. The report reached us, and with ascurry the five ponies came away from thescr
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