, 1870-12-25

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| ages
But they did not como Just then. With lou
whcopn snd HcreArns they gathered upon til
plan at distance from us. The wrctche
towards, AZ soon as they sAw our Sigh: prep.
ratioue, were actually afraid to attack.
They walttd till night.
Night came. Our eefences were made, On
/ Wagons Wcre arranged more clo-e1E. and III
bal1eade Of baggage Vas made higher, deer
and more effective. In the centre we're on
cattle Behind this little fertilization n
awaited our foes.
Of hoof7 shook the plain. Down upon a
thuadered the Indians Shouts and yell
hurtt around.
On they csme, near snd still nearer.
We whited in hreathles. suspense
I At last our voley burst in thunder upol
them.
Shrieks aros- from Ar idst the gloom. "
saw not What the etrsct Of onr snots had beeu
but could only conjecture that it had sbce
deadly.
| There was wild uproar-,he confuse
sound Of ttampiirg horeea, tbs noise OF me-
calling 10 one ano.hoE, intermingied witt
s,o.us and cries Of pain. Without g1y1u
u4e1n time 10 recover from their confusion "
poured in aIoslcr Tolicy, and set anothe.
lUslirE NJ rspidly As We could, and firing 10
volress Nhe1e We had them.
l.. The t1ect Vas telnb!a. Many nuEt hay
bttn SOUNDED Or Killed. judging BY the azfu
tunfustd hubbub Of sounds. Horses wcr
tran ping. men cs!siLE: Groans vera mlnGla
with cIits nf rage. DnrlEg all this tim9 Vi
fred At in.elrsfs Whenever we heard sound
hueb1ntinG ous Ammunition, aud not willing !,
| waste . et}Gt:
l. At last. .ttr1o arose a wild tramp of horses
the sound moving away frcm9us, aud seeuiu,
to allow that our enemies Ind retired hatilst
! from the assault.
Yet We we're afraid Of Soma plot. G-igno,
made us keep cur watch. and al that uiyhs y,
| lsy on oo1 arme, expecting every moment Il
hea1 the !a6lan yeA which announced The At
sauIt OF tie sAvAges.
/ After 4 long night, which seemed intermiu
Atle. morning dAwned. As tie Light iliumine:
the wide plain We looked A1onnd an1iou-ly 70,
our enemies, but eaw mona whatever. Nc tool
= hAsty breakfast, and then doliberated OF
\ what wc onght TO do, whether IA take adran
| tsge Of this retpite aul- move on, or wait
while. Nest OF us thought wo hsd bette,
hurry on; but G1ignon gave it ~ his opinion
| that the Indiana were yos in the neighborhooi
and were waiting to attack ua on the march
He thought that 1t would be better to wait Al
leaet another day. We ali yielded 10 his opin
We did moi Lave to wait long.
After few houts, at about 10 o'clock, ten
CT dozen hossemcE appeared orer hliloca
in the distance, riding slowly toward us.
They wish to ilASe 4 ratlay,~ sad Cric.
Uou. "SoIc Of you etep forth, aud ace
ehat they swant: L wish TO lave a lituo ia
eay, tut Will wait"
0Ee of onr men VIA selected. and wen. out.
side Of cur enclosure to meet them.
He21Whtls Gtiguon lifted trunk out ot
the wagon which belonged to him, drow Il
| cuttiae, and busied himself cooily In srranp.
iEs Anl tuning Gvar tile things. We ali
| Thought th,s wls done for the purpose oil
assuming III 1T Of indifference. So mona 0.
ue NOTICED him particularly.
Our representative stood outside waiting
| fo1 the ltaihna. Ten Of them disnouuted,
ard walked toward us In a friendly manner,
Nliie tbs reeehefd The boEsts~
One Of them Addressed our men IN hsokeu
English.
The Indians, ka eaid. did cot want our lives,
| tlem what we had, they wcnld let u4 80 IN
safetr. ED protect ia from other t1iocs TIL
VIC got leserd The plains.
Give them cur powder! A pleaesnt re-
qucst. It ecarcely uteded debate. We re-
fused.
Will. then, would va give them our bul.
ietE: 1Ley were veFy much IN W1ut OF bull
Que Of Us said in Ior veice that bullets
ware tho orlE thing thoy wculd get FROM LII,
but tho Indians dtd not hear him. Our rep
retertstise refused very mildly.
7he 1Ldiane now stood talking with one
stotler. GriEuon advanctd toward them.
our 10. 1tteutausf. Who Immediately With
Cr -.
G,iEuon li,eu e,eod facipR The fnliscs.
Ale y.'1 .le capt<im:a sAid the enoke=-
1nsu OF the Indians, suddenly, ~ lie noticed
G1trIua
Nc, I'm the medicine man: xou can't
q cot ,htso mcn. CT thesa horses; Save
shtm."
Tbs Indian translated this to his compan-
ions, ~ho burst into rosra of laughter.
Gnsaon tHsnrced mo1a closely. he VIZ
lotk.aS 81 alliy at lhe Iudiaa, and we noticed
.hat ITO latter appeared 10 te uncomfortable
1nder hip caze.
"see," said Gzignon. you c,u't ehoot me.
Htre~-&rd be threw . pt.tol from hi. pocket,
Arcrelve1-s' firo II me-
The Iudian tniled.
"iou don't want me to kill Sou?'' said hc
.scoEnfully.
You can't.
The Indlsns eyes flashed
"Shoot::" cried Grenon, folding bis arms.
1t us susrlc.ously. Then he looked 1t his
tonpaniere, aud eaid something In their lam
GnaEe. They al responded Tcheueutlv.
The Indian took aim
"roa tell me to shoot ~ said he.
Shoot I" enid Grlgnou again.
The Indian fred.
Gr'gnen emiled, and, waking forward to
Tie Indiap, he banded him bullet
Tire fntians looked parzlyzed.
G:isnoc showed him how to firc it again.
The 1ncian fred tho other five ehots. :
GtiGror caught esch bullet, sometimes
tefnis 8 TO catch 1t from bis breast, soua-
times from his faee, aid each time he handed
1t to tie Indian.
The other India1s vera now in state Of
wild excitement.
They mar al shoot il they choose said
GteIon, and. saying te1., he went to his
tSunk, dew out nine pistols, md. coming up
TO item. proceeded TO load e1ch ou$~ He
took The powder and put Il in. than tho wsd-
ding and hnliet, and the Indians eaw him do
Suddenly, one OF these fellows took Ato1, and
fred. GtigIon, without seeming to have
nolited hun, raised his hand and seemed to
catch tullet from his forehead. He tossed
this toward the 1ceisn. who r:cked it up with
xn air of etnpe1act:on.
Then he e&ood, snd told uIl the rest to
IRE.
Eish. reports sounded in rapid succession
GuGncn took OF his hat and walked up to
the Ii di.oe. 70 their amszement eight bull
lets uers in his bat. Eash Daa took and
locked At it in Sontar.
do ,ou want TO a1e aesin7" asked
G1is1oo.
11ay HI 6&pItffed E1Ah to 90 co.
4.Well, hand me the pistols"
= To their anszement The p!atols were gone.
-1heJ Looked II ona a0ctEcr in Woudcr-
You sse," szia Gdsncn, theE fred the
piftote II me. too and swallowed thcm."
"Swa1loEed then!" faltesad the Indian.
ard be told thia to his Aatoriahcd conpa1-
inne.-
t..Tes: do Jon want tle1ns'*
The Ird:su nodded.
Whe1tupon Grignon OPENED his mouth, Anj J,
rolling back bis eyes, be inserted bis fingers
and drew pistol apparently fsom his throat
Another followed. Then be drew forth
third, then fourth, and 60 On until hs hsd
drawn forth the eight plsso1s from his throat,
| wbi1e tho Indiana stood looking On IN utses
hex1l6esnent. And no wonder, for We our.
eelyeo felt ro lesa aatoptsbment. We could
not account for it; We were IS much stupeaed
| Is tho Indians themselves
| After this Grgunn calmly drew forth et1
or eight more p.stols, then : number os
I cartridges, and finally cs1bine.
"Tm the medicine mxn," ssid he soleunly.
The lndiAna eaid not word.
"Do you r1nt to fire again said he, and
he Offered the pistols to the 1ndiane.
Tbey 2l ahrunk bsck in horror.
9nEnon toaAed the pistols, ca trl5ges: and
! easaro ovtr TO n, and smiled bs4is71ntly ou
tbs astouishsd saFaRes. ::
he then atect lis hsai,
| a. :a'iie itil ont Of tts palo. Aros.os :ol
:o@ea. sc1 <oother. IA sho2t tasss u.t: