Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-17

i made the boat fast, launched on
! stage Out-the second stage-I haC
hold OF It with the other man. ThI
mate, Garrett, was behind my bacl
and pulled out my sailors knife from
out the sheath and threw it, cowartlIy
overheard. had no time to turn
! myself to get away; he struck me
with the knee right in the backside
and struck rue with the lead in the
back. The lead is used to sound the
l'river; it weighs from four to five
five pounds; it struck me in the mid.
die of the hack; was staggering, and
he then seized me, pulled his pistol
'Out and struck me couple of times,
then he held the pistol close to nv
mouth and said, "You damned son
of bitch, wouldn't shoot YOU" and
he shot, the bullet sliding along nv
teeth and passing out through my
| cheek on the left side. He then took
the butt of his pistol and knocked me
over the head three or four times,
trying to get away until the bar
keeper came running down the stairs
and said to the mate, Don't kill this
man." The barkeeper came right be,
tween us and got me off / Waa right
on the stage when ! got clear. | went
ashore ana sat down, bleeding power
fully out of the head, cut of the mouth
and out of the back. l sat down.
therefore, a while. / went up to the
stage. When | was about half way
up to the stage the mate came and
stopped me. asked the mate to let
me in and lie dawn in the engine
room. He said, s. No, you damn son
Of a D., go out and take log on
your back" / was praying to him to
let me on the boat, when he took
his pistol again in his hand.
So soon as / saw the pistol
/ went ashore. / laid N.Y.
self down on log until the boat
was very near finished wOoding.
raised up and went to the mate and
asked him if he would let me on the
boat or give me my cIothes2 He said
you damned son of q bitch get away
from me, ! went and laid down. The
boat left me on tbs saud-bar surround
ed by water; there was nothing on the
sand-bar but drift wood; this was
about ninety miles below Fort Buford.
l remained on the island from that
morning until the next day very near
noon; l got Off on a log that came
floating along the sand-bar; the sand |
bar was very near the middle Of the |
river; | tiOated for about two hours or !
two and a half, / cannot tell, uutil | !
struck on another sand-bar, and could |
get on it; there was but very little 1
water between the last. sand-bar and .
the main shore; | was up to my hips !
in water in walking from there to the
main shore. set doYn Oh tue shore an |
the left hanq side going up. Fort Ru- /
ford is ON the other side. Well, | |
walked along, trying TO get out Of the :
DIusn' L i'hN i' -. InuIanS; as soon |
as | saw them / was trying to hide my |
self away, and they sung out to me; !
| stopped, and they came round me |
and looked very bad AT Iae, and talked /
to one another, and took me by the !
arm and pushed me along. They |
me, | Thought, about two |,
hours, until they got me TO their set |
Element; when they got me there, | |
was standing there about five OF min
ute5 when they came in rush and !
of everything / had on me;
then they took my hand. and seeing
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At my finger; they G0uld moi get the
mag. Then eaIne squaw and she
tried 1t after; She could not get it OIL.
The biggest Indian in the crowd took
Ihe knife, and Thought he was going
TO cut my finger off; he made
a stab IN my finger with the knife
and then tried to getIny ring OIL. The
3quaW was then quarreling with the
Indian. / could not understand what
the Indians said my finger was pow
4rfully bleeding, and the squaw put it
N her mouth and took hold 0f the
ing with her teeth and worked until
she got il off; then the Indians took
'Ope and tied my hands together and
OOk me under tree; two of them
lad hold Of me, and the other on his
)Gny, was alongside The tIee making
ne fast, The Indian ON the horse
Hng out lei me 90, leaving me hang
ng with my hands above my head
ny feet at first could not touch the
ground until about fifteen or twenty
minutes, and could then only touch
ny toes. They had a big fire right
within seven, eight, or nine feet of the
rec; / could not exactly tell. The In
lians sat down at the fire and quarrel-
ii after quarreliRg for while they
rot up and danced all around me, and
he squaw she came up to me- and
alked to me, but | could not talk to
Ter. 1 was very near gone from the
Imount of pain; ] did not scarcely
NOW anything. The squaw went up
o the fire; they were fussing; very
lear got to fighting, by the way they
could not understand All at
nee the squaw came up to me; she ,
lad knife i'm her hand and cut the
Ope. | fell right under the tree and
aid there about half an hour, ! think
could not tell exactly; | had no
watch. Two of the squaws raised me
N my feet, and after they got me on
ny feet they put little buckskin
prom before me witness now pro-
luces apron and gave me some kind ,
4 III DID rag Qr llanEet ia put
0lnd my back. Next morning |
got TO the bank of the
liver Just at daylight and sat down
here praying for mercy to be relieved
" some boat. | remained for two
laws on the bank of the river. The
ourth morning after l left the Flirt,
WI Dt1sNilSNio vi NiAN AASttlG hdtllt
long. They were hunting and found
ne laying there; spoke to me and
sked me what boat had left me there.
told them the FIirt. They told me ,
0 get up right quick and 60 through !
he bush and would there see the
teamer Tia ODy. went slowly along
nd got to the Tacony. They t0ah
ne on the boiler deck and carried me
o Fort Buford. / was left there at
he hospital. / had nothing to eat !
rom the time / left the Flirt until
vas taken up by the TacOny. They
ave mesomething to eat-a little 1t il /
ime. They said must eat but a
title at q time. / suffered much pain.
nd was bleeding at the time / was
AXE up by the Tacony. The eoun-
ry below Fort Buford was known to
,e dapgeraVs-the worst country on
he river. They had been shelling the
ountry three or four days before.
he General had been afraid that the
indians would come and attack the
Ierd. The soldiers told me that II
vas the very worst country there was
light there where | was put Off
rom there to the Yellow
tone. This scar on the little
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