The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-11-21

faithful soldier, God save him--had also |
his Mexican wife with HIM
ut was sunny, brigh' morning. and
peons---some Mexican servants l had !
brought-were packing me in sheets at
the spring 1t was about twenty yards
from the tent, The sentry had been
called in from the bluffs to his breakfast,
and the rest OF the party were scattered
about. At once. without one word Of
warning comes vollty of musketry and
a shower Of bullets and arrows from the
rocks. My poems fell dead, but the bul-
lets, they pass over me. as l am lying
down, | spring up, naked as was
born, ard nee fifty or sixty OF those iu-
fernal Navahoes burst from the bluffs and
run Gown, some of them at me, some for
the tent.
"Every morning before this / have
taken my arms with me to the spring,
bu. just this one time have not done it;
/ run for my tent, and, as / run. they
fire, and fall fiat to dodge their balls.
So my men they think l am killed they
all run away to the fort, aIl but one l see
standing there. 1t was my brave corpo-
raj he stands, tor you see, they have
his wife now, aud mine; / run on; it is
close race between me aud the Injuns,
but ! am in the tent, and grab my pun
jnst az they slit up the back Of the tent
ard rush in on me So rush back ward
to my corporal, aud we face 'em all -
They stand there, afraid 10 come on, tor
they know INV rifle. Yes, they stand
there and fire OIL us until my corporal is
wounded three times, his arm broken,
and he falls. And all this time l can't
fire at them, because big rascal holds
my wife in front oflhem, You see why
I can't fire. But at last I make her un.
derstand that / want her to drop down;
40 she falls to the ground and shoot the
big rascal Just between the eyes l start
to run towards her, but just then some
have got behind me, ard shoot me with
this arrow through and through my
body, so the point sticks out lnFront. l
try to pull the id dthing out, but can't
move II.
Then they come on. and I see have
no chance but to run for the river As l
am rum ing trip and fall and at once
f; a big Indian stands over me, with his
bow bent and an arrow at my very heart.
In one moment. sir, 1t is true in one
moment see life and death. / wonder
in lazy way what the future can be it
10 a wild dream. sharp trenzy-and l
know nothing tor a secocd till l am ON
the top of the Indian and his arrow
lies broken on the ground. pick up a
stone TO beat out the rascal's brains, but
they come on haye no time to kill
him. and I go for the river. 1t IS thirty
feet down from the bluff. and cant
SWIM; so ! jump down and walk al ing
the bottom, and comes up two or three
times to b eathe so l get across, and
when l walk out those internal telers all
vel! like mad. tor they think | arm drown
ed, but am better than many dead men
yet. walk across the bottom and up
the hill more than mile, till come
where there are plenty of rocks--and all
this time ] can't get that arrow out.
Then / am weak, tor have bled SO
much 80 ! stop. and l make all around
me little breastwork with stones And
when they come up l crouch down be-
hind it. and they can't hit me. have
only the stone for my wee pons-for l
had dropped my gun iu the river-but
dose Id towards didn't dare to come
on. So there | sat tor more than six
hours under their bullets and AFRO vs.;
and the burning sun pours down on my
naked body-and that hot, hot--oh. il
was hot, sir--day. heat EN- of wild
the stones The blood about my wounds
had clotied, and | couldn't any how
try as hard as could-couldn't get that
Id arrow out
He waxed indignant at the arrow:
Then when am pretty near ready to
debut not quite--no. no, not quite
see my mel coming from the tort. And
the Injuns ran off. Of course, and drag
ged my wife with them / must follow
her trail, say, and insist on g"ing;
but my men wou dn't let me. They take
the homa some Of them, and 20 on -
They take me to the post, and my skin
was all blistered, and IL oil pealed off.
from every part of my body don't
know this, SIR, but they tell me after.
wards, for you zee, l don't know any
thing tor six weeks. But am IN my
bed, and l dream. see--ah |! / cam
not tell the horrid things that march
always brings before my eyes And
when am once moro myself, they tell
me that thoee devils had whipped the
woman to death. Yes. | tell you, when
they saw no escape from my men, with
them along, they cut switches, and beat
her, as they ran, till she died I! Yes, l
say. tho same men had fed in my
house, and been good friends, they
they
And here something came up in his
throat and choked HIM. His eyes filled
with tears, his voice husky and dropped
to still lower tone. 1t was was very
pathetic. There was something 10 our
throats, our eyes were, somehow, damp,
and we didn't say anything.
Then, rising from his chair. forgettul
of his cane, he went on vchemently and
with rapid gestures, his accent more
marked 10 his excitement
But they paid for IL; yes they have
paid we'll tor it in blood. I avenge herl
fight 'em night and day--everywhere
l--iu all seasons! track 'em night and
dnv. 40 dey know not any peace nor