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ha, the Bowery among the Indians, we both laughed heartily 
at the idea, and were not a little surprised to find he had 
never been off the Reserve in his life, so that slang seems to 
be a native gift. After a few more swigs at his friend’s jug, 
the sub-chief retired to the bushes, if not great like kings, 
“still quite as glorious, o’er all the ills of life victorious,” and, 
judging by his sonorous snoring, would soon be prepared for a 
new attack upon the enemy. 
Soon after the sub-chief’s departure, the train came up, 
when we joined and crossed the Fouche Maliant, a stream 
which empties into Red River, remembered as the vicinity 
where a horrid murder was committed during the march of 
the escort to the expedition to New Mexico, in 1849, This 
murder, illustrating, as it does, the demoniac spirit of the 
Indian when actuated by revenge, is worthy of note. 
The circumstances are these, and show clearly that Lex 
Talionis is de facto the only law recognized by the In- 
One of the soldiers, attached to the escort, killed a hog 
belonging to a family in the neighborhood, at. which they were 
greatly enraged. When the officer in command, the lamented 
H—-n, was informed of the matter, he returned and paid 
an exorbitant price for the animal, _This seemed satisfactory, 
but on the following morning, two of the party were found 
murdered with tomahawks, The supposition is, that emis- 
Saries were sent out (in revenge,) and sufficient time did not 
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