Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-10-27


thAt baaA haRrinasaa 80 hnaa araw
I gs9isn NJ the eoaSessasf fassv Ans s2sA ssazs
and roof u the eavs ralaklnas1 u
Asighs was Bsw asmiae o.. Adska
) mgnk Of the men was aank back 10 khl
Ismeat Ter provisions sad Hrah M.
tsrfals ~ would ba needed fa tlHf Nxsscxs
sa5as @R zsbse nexs plan u amaanEe wgsaas
. lsgaa aessaed 10 pnFsuas The xhss -
azaaia 81 - gnsgd ever tbs now imnxis
0neA aobhfrs. Building . large fra nesss
I'M efsasanes og Eac cave, ssaey sEsscRed
and aleps BIZ turns until morning .
esAs aa3 llsht taa gseraisiag passy Re.
fFEaea hFanxing zuArs mans pxovissuzs
Tor nan aud horse, and materials for she
further pyoseeusion oR the aassaiE upoa
ss@ cave.
AkAeE satiaga hassy msal and 9eaainw
shslr hoEsess the assailaass sollsoled !
large guankltg m wood, gEean and dry,
and klzsms beRimming shak tag inv axllly Is
tsss sassmnes 20 &ks sasa - kAsy eeaIa
yaatareto - sahsg pilsd il ap in saseas-
atys Layers inssssp szslng drisd sobaaoo
stalks and leaves, assa sniphax iii grAaa
ahnnaanses anosg the wood, until j
szaAil apaes oniy was l6fE hafwsen sae
top " shs plIs and the root oK shs uAs-
sage. The cater end oE sha heap was
then soon ca Gre. "a ssgong wina. esilI
blowing dirsugiy ia the monsh ef TIE
caye, spread lis 1aIass rapidly throagk
sh1 pile, and drove tho smoke, Ia densa
column, into the cave, the naffow ave-
ans between the wood and roof ssRying
. . ans 10 conduct II 70 The interior.
No volca or sound came from the saye
~ any was altered, il Was lost Ia sha |
toaT 0f the fire which biased, and eradk /
ed; aaned in the ilasrow passage anil /
{ gtdRed and sh0s forth snarkias aud /
lAoke lie the Grader az ! yoicanoA au.
ang "A arapsiou For several hours sha /
Igg raged With unahated violence. frash +
gel beng constantly supplied from tbs /
IdIassslk wood. The amokA, bAyInr flg.
4 che care, stream ID ooE ia dance IL u.
- and aoaaed on Ia the direction oT khe
Isnd g shs upper heights % the noun
Al lsagsh The fire wa permitted %
uru down. a stream Of water issuias
lose bys frem tho side Of the mountain.
zrnlsAed the ready means for coSiing
70 rocks aad extiagaishing che snolds
ring susbsRs. Bas it was NOS until q / j
he hour In the evening thai the ssaoka /
ad escaped from the cave Bu& &cientfv %
sEEait aa entrances to be made.
With lighted torches, &nd armed with | /
ans and pistols, the crowd crepg cags
ousiy into the gloomy cavern. Yhs1
aSsags ssiAeh ted 70 il, widsning FagsEs.
sa they adyaaced, spEaad OUT inta > :
saoioas ROOM. Into this ante chamber :
'ver1t smaii EssaPes or apartments !
oenea. The cave though produced by Q
lns e9nyulslon ok Hasars. possessed fhat {
IgEllarity and tha proporaions almoss .
w0Fk Of art, The AooF, tha aides 8
ID the roof were all og solid roOk. me y
reh light, rsddsaiug in the smsks, and Q
asesed fee6ly frona tbs rocky suxfaos,t
up the gloom With an obsogra Eadi- :
zee, which increased the horror Of the Q
ace. The crowd, advancing and dis E
Tsang with sppTehensive look and caa- q
BUS steps, looked, amid ina smoke and D
. sullen hghEs like phsnsom host re- '
Enlng 70 their covert 10 the mountain z
om the glare Of the outer day. u
In the large room, casks, boxes and 2
rrels ware found, filled with mssk, .
ur and satabiss Of VARIOUS kinds. IL u
3 lateral assures, beds, guns, arnmu- q
lion, cooking utensils, table, furniture, q
d, ia short, almost everything neccs- q
~ to the rude comfort and aanvsnienes y
. sabsesaaeaa Dwelling, we're aFxan4 q
j H. something like household order. 2
The dead bodies Of i've men, OF an old y
'sHsni @ad Of boy, apparently fifteen
sixteen years old, lay scattered
rough the several apartments, livid hi
d discolosed in the face, and moss hid Ia
1s 70 look upon. -,
After mskIng a full exploration Of the =
-, and removing from Il every article q
Ealae, the eFoKd Withdrew, leaving
J bodies Of the robbers as they found "a
.n, unburied and uiirecognized. The g
re which bad been their abode thus be- og
ae their sepaleheE Rnd ID this day the tu
dltion of the assaults upon the robbers a
> lives IN the memory Of the people ia IA
i section OF the Old Dominion. of
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