The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18

yet much swollen from the effects of
tie frost, and by exsrtiDg every effort,
and suffering intensely, / succeeded
in drawing NY right hand through
the thong, lacersting my hand and
tearing away portions OF the flesh ss
| did SO. Having loosed my hands, it
was but s small matter to unite nv
feet. As soon ss that Nss done, /
rsised. myself to reeonnoiter. One of
the Indians moved uneasily. i sank
down and placed my fees and hands
in the proper position almost instant
ly. The Indian got up, stirred the
fire, and sgsin lsid down. Great
drops of sweat stood upon my fore
head, but / lay ss still IS death.
After hslf sn hour again made the
attempt. Brady lay perfectly quiet.
My situation was such that it became
necessary tor me to step over one of
the warriors to get to him, and IS I
saw the handle OF his knife project
/ ing from the scsbbard, reached
down and drew it forth without dis
turbing him. In q moment / was st
my friends side, and had cut the
cords which bound him. He arose
and We approached the horses as
quietly ss possible. Selecting what
we thought to be the two swittest, we
arranged the lariats about their heads
so to guide them, aud mounted mine
as he stood. Brscy, before mounting,
motioned for my knife, which threw
in the snow st his feet. He then COM
menced cutting the remainder of the
horses loose. He had succeeded in
loosiDg about two-thirds of them,
when one of the Indians, aroused by
the unusal cOmmotiOp among the
horses, sprarg up. Brady was upon
the back Of his horse inst ntly, and
Yelling Ike savage, and using the
knife as spur, be dashed away, nv
sell and most of the herd following
at a break-neck speed.
The Indians fired after US but we
lay HAT down upon our hourses. and
the bullets Whlstled hsrmlessly by
vi course We knew pursuit would be
instituted at once, but, thanks TO the
torethought OF my friend, the most
OF the horses bad been stampeded,
and it would be some time before
they could get regularly started, by
which time we would gain quite an
advantage.
Our all depended upon our reach
ing the Moqui villages, for we were
without arms, blankets, provisions
or matches.
: We urged our horses as much as
we could, and got along finely until
near daylight, when we came to a
deep gully which we could not cross.
This unfortunate occurrence threw
Us of eur course several degrees, and
we had to travel three or four miles
up the gully before we could cross.
About 8 q. m. We came in sight of
the smoke of the villsges we Judged
to be distant about fifteen miles.
About 10 O'Clock a. m. we discoy-
cred small party of our enemies not
more than one and a half miles to
our left, using every effort to cut usoF.
They bad OWNED our intention, and.
knowing the country well, avoided
the trouble which we had encounter
ed at the gully, and were now as near
tue villages as we were.
-Four miles more and we would be
safe within the principal village,
which could now be plainly seen,
situated as it is upon a high piece of
ground.
1t was indeed race for lite. Our
horses were in lsther OF sweat, and
already beginning to flag. Should
one of them stumble and fall, its ..
rider would be at the mercy of the
savages On, On we sped We were
now within two miles, aye, less than
that, OF the village, and the Indians
not more than half mile from US.
Ii we only had arms but we had
none.
The horses seemed TO understand
something OF what was going on, and
bent every energy to their work.
Each OF us Tow began to swing an
arm 20 attract the attention Of the
villagers. When within half a mile 4.
of safety our enemeis were almost
within shooting distance--enzZWs-
began to shout, still making our pan
tOmimic gestures In few moments
the housetOps were covered with
pOeI lie, and when we we're within a
hundred yards OF the nearest house q
number OF braves rushed out, armed,
to our assistance. Our pursuers were
not hundred yards from Us. hut when
they saw the Moquis coming to our
assistance, they stopped and fred at
Us, but without effect. They then
turned and rode of iD an essterly
direction.
The Moquis took us in, and used
us like brothers, furnishing US what
ever we needed. We remained with
them until spring, when we made our
way to Fort Wingste, New Mexico.
Brady ascer;ained that one of the
NsvsjOes understood some English.
which Was the reason he refused to
talk, and he also learned from their
conversation that they intended
starting for their own villages the
morning after the night on which we
made our escape, where they intend
ed to take us, for what purposs we
could lot tell, but We supposed for
torture.
One O! the horses on which we
made the race 'Or life died from over
heat, and the other one WAS worth
less afterwards as long as we remain
ed with the Moquis.