Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-12-31

from tree to tree for cover, but their ter
rible yels ringing through the air told
that in numbers they were at least ten to
one of the defending party.
"Whar's the stock Won't they try
to run that OFF," asked Wild Bill, rs his
mate, standing by his side, sent Red to
eternity with shot from his favorite long
rife.
II expect they will. l would almost as
soon lose my hair as to lose Powder Face,
for the insect has carried ne through
more bad scrapes than I've time to count"
said Buffalo Bill, referring to his favorite
horse.
land will lose my hair afore III lose
Black Nell, for she never deserted me.
She II kick the head Of any Red that tries
to mount her. But can't We &c. to the
horses s' @
Wait till give Dave and the boys in
here their orders, and then you ain me
will get to the horses and come in on 'etn
| like as if we were fresh hands in the
fight" +o e' fa
That's the talk, Bill-that's the talk.
| Oaly let me and Black Nell and you and
| Powder Face give 'em charge in the
| rear and they're gone in r
Pepper into 'em then, till ! tell the
| boys here where we're gOin', SO they'll be
| keerfnl how to shoot when we're a comm"
Buffalo Bill now hurriedly told Dave
Tut and the men, who were firing at every
! thing they saw move among the trees,
| what he and Wild Bill intended to do.
The girls and his mother were to know
! nothing Of it till it was all over, for the
| two Bills felt as sure of driving off the foe
by their plan as if they were already IN
| full chase Of them.
! Dave Tut did not express any wish to
60 along. which rather surprised Buffalo
Bill for it was duty that brave men
would surely court. But there was =
reason for this, as there is indeed for
erything, as the reader Will learn by and
| by. "a
| The two friends, carrying their arm
and bending low in the shadow of the
garden bushes, crept away from the house
until they reached grain field beyond the
trees, into which they moved swiftly.
They had but little distance now to go
to re, CHI the stock pasture. and they got to
the las. in the very nick of time.
A half-dozen dusky figures were already
there, and the horses, disturbed by the
firing, were very uneasy as these advanced.
Two shril Gals, understood well by the
animals for which they we've intended,
| brought two noble animals. Black Ncll'
and Powder Face" to the edge Of the
grain-fiela. The next instant, needing
neither saddle nor bride, the two men
were mounted. and without word, both
dashed forward upon the Indians who Were
| after the stock. -
/ So suddenly and unexpectedly were
| these overwhelmed-no shot being fired,
only the tomahawk used--th.t there was
no alarm in the grove. Then the two
men sped on, not, noiselessly now, but
| whooping and yelling in wild concert, and
| urging their stceds faster by their cries,
till they We're upon the rear Of the aston
ished redskins, pouring out shot after shot
| with deadly effect upon the enem.
| Wheeling and circling here and there.
never missing shot seemed as ii
there was twenty, rather than two lid
Bill and orr hero dashed on, carrying
death at every leap.
The Indians, who were CheyenDes, sup
| posing this to be a reinforcement 10 those
who had defended the house so well soon
gave way and fed liz every direction, but
not before full half their number had
! fallen. ,Ep
.tCurse them, why do they shoot so
careless from, the housc-this is the second
Craze have bad from there" cried Wild
| Bill, rs he wiped the blood from "a wound
grazing his cheek 4 .a
| There's a hole in my hat from the
same quarter" said Buffalo Bill I" I'd
/: like to know what they mean. 1t can't
/; be but they know where we are, Never
| mnd--I must HINT up DID 81 kandlas now,
for il mother saw him he must be here
Let's chase them. Bill, as long as we can
The two men dashed away, and again a
/ bullet, evidently from the house, passed so
| close to Buffalo B;li's head that he felt its
| wind.
The Indians scattered far and wide, bnt
the two men succeeded in Knocking over a
| half dozen more, when the thought struck
them that it was better not to go far from
I the house least some lurking behind would
continue the attack. and they rode back.
The search for white man among the
bodies Of the slain was unsuccessful, SO
Bill! decided in his mind that if MKandlas
had been in'the party he had escaped this
| time. -A1t
! AS they approached the house they took
| pains to make their Individuality know n
| by signals which could not be misunder.
stood, therefore they were spared the
perils which it seemed friends rather than
their foes had cast upon them during the
| charge.
! In a short time, their horses left close in
the shadow Of the house, the two brave
4 friends were in it once more.
| You can light up, reckon cried
Buffalo Bill when he entered. The Reds,
! or what's left Of 'em are off to their tribes
| on the run
Thank Heaven, you are safe,' said Mrs
Cody, as she heard the voice Of her son
~ hope you and your brave friend are un.
| harmed 7"
''All right, mother, hut scratch or two
that cold water will heal but are you sure
you saw the face of Jake M'Kandlas at the
i window ?'
"Yes, my son-I never can forget his
face. | surely saw it,"
"Then he has got off this time. KNEW
most Of his gang had gone under, 7 didn't
think he had taken up with the Cheyennes.
They say that every tribe in the West
but the Pawnees are going with the South.
| If they are we border folks will have our
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