, 1875-02-13

resumed his journey. literally covsrad with
bl"2a as s.s.an T,s ths dog ,1,p r,,,.,
ibis How eams YOU 10 be spsstsrnd all over
With blood 7"
"Whsn us Was coming along tsck there, a big
frny 1os jumped on to lswtor Ed ,as go!g 70
thront."
neturninC with the lsa to The point Indicated,
1t WAS found that instead Of dlspatching biz
a big grsy wolf. Near Tho spot, too, were found
neverA Tufts Of wool. Thcho accounted for tho
disappearance o! Lushern shoep a1,a agsin vas
It conclurvcly demonstrated that the Indians
"shecp Of no sheep" said Foster, "lhe In
d,anH did butcher my fathers family; nnd for
this have an account 70 hettle with thon,." And
soon tn "as again upon the War-path. Heing. at
sallsbur. Corners, one afternoon. he espiel
couple Of Indians, both Of whom wore consIdcr.
ably under the influence OF liquor. 1olle,lng
about the rllags until shutdown, and keeping MI
eye upon btu victims, ile hAw them depart for
their foroat home. staggering rs they went, and
determined to journey iu the aamo drectlou. II
is scarcely ,iecessary to inform tho roades that
tlieas 1n1hns never sar thelr wlgwans sgntn.
They were found tlcad in thu road. next MORN
ing and The comn,onlt.recaivcd opinion VAS.
that, being Intoxicated, they Lad died from cold
| and o1pohuIe!
Up to tnis tins, Fostcr h.d not srouasd tho
Eree. 1lenooforralI. however, they re-
gardcd him with distrunt; and le WAS
much Of tho timo under their wAtchful
aurveillance, though they wore unable TO thhten
guilt Upon him. lio Maa early RppriRed of their
suspicious, and tlsporlrd himself with creator
caution than formerly, hut VAS still intent upon
fuller satisfaction. ..-.
Familiar with t,oir haunting places in the for
est, ho would CONCEAL himself in solnc place OF
safety aud ~ favorable opportunities pre1entcd,
| send among Them hB leadeu compi iinonts. From
his place OF concoalment he Que day discofelcd
! al Indian picking w!ntergrcons and gathering
hAtt tfbtf1n md hi offi
with him, concluded that this was tho - Medicine
Man." aud that the piescut xould DO Eood time
to interrupt bjs practices. No sooner had tue
bullet done its work. hoTo8or, tnan the war.
fat away. Thore wore too many TOR ons man 10
grApple With, and Foster sought aafety in hi9ht
The timber naa very thick and heavy aud tho
ground quite uneven; and Fossor know every
llill nas "1iattIesuaks Dsu," aud in ths ho de-
tsemtnod to take refuss., The 1ndians were
coming III lot pursuit. but 80 far bad no: socn
tho enemy, aud uero guided in the cl,ase entirely
gave the "Doa vide berth, snpposing cor
tam death to bo tho penalty Of a ncar approach.
On reaching tho top Of The blu, they paased.
ing. but stoncd III vain. sholt consultation
waa held, during which tue "Don" Was men-
toned; but tue idea Of its dcasch was rejected
- boing unworthy IT a sane mans conHldera-
| ton. II tho ensmy had taken refugs there, Lis
NO".A1 nt' -
| exploration Of thuss dAk tecesses, tho bill! OF
mortality would % 20 much tho greater-so they
argued Bnt lark so1ua WAS heard away olL
to tho right causetis probably. " p7sa'ng Yoll
OF fox and 10 That dlrseuon t1e lhalanS daahea
| with tho utmost speed. Wien theY Nsls vol
out Of tho way, foster cautiously iett his rcsroat
enc sleTseG M !, ior sno neenDorns s h; r.;
would no aoupt layo boon Tao pflco o' hs
tomo9it5 IN invading th' precinct of fastleanako'
| dom.
The day following, Foster was mot at Luther'a
| by several of tho Mol1anks, who, though they
bad not secn lin, in the woods, charged Inn with
shooting the :. h1odsclue Man" Foster did not in
| dlrecE toru,a dony shs ''Hof: impeachment" but
attempted to prora au aibi, in which BIO was
| not encoutagnGy succossfal. They thon do
n,nded his rido, that thsy might compare Its
| bora with the bole in Tho dead nau . head. But,
| impossible; tho gun having been loaned to
tricnl, ullo had gune n,noso-hunsiug
| "aivo bulist, theu; ua measure him." said
tho Indians.
20, yes," said Foater you can have = bull
I lot; mover refuse buElots to Indians good for
them" Aud he fumblcd all his poczcts thou
LOOKED on tho u,antelpieco; thon examined htu