Dogs of all nations. In prose and rhyme (1903) (14747256346)

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Title: Dogs of all nations. In prose and rhyme
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Miller, Conrad Jenness, 1842-
Subjects: Dogs Dogs
Publisher: New York, J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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XXXVI. CONDEMNED INDIANS FAITHFUL DOG. Most tragic was the end of the Indian and his dog—No more the game and campfires ronnd the blazing log. On an Indian Eeservation in the far Western part ofthe United States, along where the Eocky Mountains lifttheir peaks, and towards the setting sun, an Indian com-mitted murder. He was tried, convicted and sentencedto be shot. A prisoner who receives a death sentence in the Eeserva-tion is given a long time before an execution is carriedinto effect. This Indian was granted one year. The ver- IN PROSE AND RHYME. 85 diet was that he should present himself, if alive, one yearfrom the date of sentence, at eleven oclock in the morn-ing, at a certain spot. In the meantime he was at libertyto go where he chose, there were no restrictions placed uponhis going or coming—it was left entirely to his honor.When he was told to go forth for a year, there was no moredoubt of his not being at hand at the time set for his exe-cution, than that the north star