The Lincoln County herald., 1869-01-14

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lcs, aad kasE Abe ,vMA whias giflc
,aJrShs, wys AFssssd like, "A .1niia ssaHay,
and ia ,iile Ia hss .hspd,' Sha Hooked !
ali around the soom and then tssW me, fsrl
she came right, mp 70 me and touched ne.
ra" Hs, pp.' shs said, 'shs fndiassiafs
's sss,.r 5ss,,.,., * ssJ l.k,
didut let time ay much bstSFs ], ,axsk-
sned Hsmlin and told hln.y, .o.it,s.!l
.rass $ ass'whsls are they :, he shqutsd cant
Saa.s, 'iaai said III. gil. 'a.,Aia {. .,Ai.psa.
''theysse pet more thap :. hundred yards
%, and tIsys will haas, Jou.s iYourillvs
depend on your sileppey .rs .lsyo.,;,A .
"'How many, are there |? I asked! 80
".ss,ss,, .sswersd. the girl .If you
can keep them of for ao hour you will
be safc. ,.,....es.r.,..n
."'Hov 2, / asked; but she had gone,
and We then, commenced TO- work. at eur
defeuse,. First I took look ont Of. I,
crack 10 tho logs, aud say the ,lpjins
creeping up towsrd The hut. ! said We,
went 70 work st, our defeuses; but 10
fact, the only defsnses We had wur opr
rifles. and, knives; and one pistol that
Hamlin had. We couldn't fasten, the
door, 10 it,all depended on keeping them
At bay, and not let them get pear the
the door,, Wall, they come nearer aud
nearer, till they wern't moro nor fifty feet
from us, when we let drive, and two In.
gins wur shot The other Eve dropped
~ quick % Aash. We reloaded, and
after awhile . redskin popped up, and !
dropped him, and just then Hamliu fred
at another. The lnjins knew how many
there were now, Of Us, and four Of them
-the other threo wur dcad--and one Of
these four wore wounded in the head,
rose to their feet and rushed toward US.
"As they come in the door l struck the
6rst with tho butt Of my rife, but the In.
lilo, who wur as timber as apaister, lodged
and the blow fell on his shoulder. The
next minute was in . hand to hand tus.
sle With the biggest one Of the lot. As
II rolled on the floor I caught o sight Of
fI.mlin struggling With two 1njins, aud
tho other Ipjin, the wounded one, lodging
around with his tomahawk aud trying to
! get chance to dash his brains out. I
tell you what, boys, I kin ight some, but
| had my match then. I couldn't get a
stick at him with my knife, but I man.
aged to keep him from getting chauce
at me. Al last he slipped and looscned
his hold on my atm Q little, and drove
the knife up to tho haft in his breast,
and that finished him. Hamlin all this
time was fighting like blazes. ! never
thought there wur so. much pluck in the
man. sprang in the midst Of them and
drove my knife right into tho eye Of one
Of them. Ho gave horrible howl and
keeled over. .. ..'s
"rhero wur still two Injina, but then
| they had tho advantage, cause thcy wur
both upwounded, whilo Hamlin and me
wur q bleedin' all over. .,i
"Onc Of them had Hamlin down, and
the other pinioned me by the throat. !
shut my eyes and give up oil hope, wheu
the Iuiin who had hold Of me dropped
of, shot through the brain. kinder
tainted, aud when I come to I found that
the room wur filed With men. fellsrs that
knew we'll, and right in the midst Of
them wur tho purity girl that warned ~
"ilamlin wur purity neal, dead, but re-
covered !; and when we wur able to walk
around, The girl told rs about the way she
saved US.
1T seems that she war captive among
these Blackfeet, taken whom she wur I
little girl, and the Ipjins wur takin he1
about fity miles north 10 another village
whcre she wur going to be marrisd to 4
chief. As they vur travelling ia the
night (they wur afraid, to travel in the
day, on account Of tho fort being so near)
one Of the sktnks come across our horses
They determiusa right away 70 attack %
But she had heard Of it, and come ant
|, Iwarned ,us, and then stole back and tool
one Of their horses and set of for th'
fort, whore che soon found assistance, ant
I YOU know tho vest."h Il u .la,i'b p
\ "And what bessme Of the girl ?" aslcet
one Of our party. .-e'.t g. .AI
"Well, replied old Jake Carver slowly
"as she didn't have any name except til
4 1njin name, and that was On ugly, one
Hamlin thought he would give her his
/ isnd ID married her, and theY Hvs.in Chi
tcsgo, dad I au going there to SEQ ther
sons time. Thas's al; and now, boy,
, M trp iN.',,sjry p: s.iNoja3n i..,s.I l. +
We ebsysd, and ssoa the e.pp ",
buried in slnmber. ,7q s.aaa,, r,ipv
King Willism! of PrussiS h not lav
!. iish on personal appsssl. His valet n
Gently gave Him Hint by Substituting
lnax sost for ona sRhinh ha had unra ~