reservations, where the Government keeps them and feeds them, and go on the war-path.
As the West has become more thickly settled these raids have been less and less frequent, and it is now a long time since the families of settlers have had to flee from their homes for fear of the red men.
In Miles City, Mont., however, family after family has been arriving within the last few days, seeking refuge there until the country becomes quiet again.
The reason of this is that one of the chiefs, called White Bull, is reported to be on the war-path with some two hundred braves.
Women and children are being sent to all the fortified camps; settlers who are too far from camps to be able to shelter there are building stone forts for themselves, and gathering the women and children from the district within its walls. All over the section men are arming and going out to fight the Indians.
The cause for this outbreak among the Indians is supposed to be the feud that has existed for a long time between the cowboys and the Indians.
The cowboys are a very wild lot themselves, and are apt to be nearly as dangerous as the Indians when they get excited.
Their lives are somewhat lonely, being spent in riding about the country rounding up stock and doing the work of the ranches. They are, however, dear lovers of a frolic, and whenever they get into the towns and have no duties to perform, they are apt to do very boisterous and regrettable things.