Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-12

white-faced mare. She could run like
an antelope and out.wlnd hurricane
On and on my steed, desperately
spurred with the point of my knife, bore
ahead, actually causing me to gasp for
breath, and not 200 yards In the rear rode
my would-be murderers.
on the rolling prairie now and my ami.
NAL took the declivities with a plunge
and the elevations with q sure, fierce
stride-across the brawling ford-but
crack came another rifle echo and again
q stream of fire seemed TO strike my
shoulder. They were closing in--clos-
ing up. could now make out only two
horsemen following One of these had
discharged his rife at me, the other l
knew was held In rest for them to come
ust few yards nearer
A momentary dizziness Topped me
over upon my horses neck. The ruffians
yelled triumphantly behind, but a dis.
tant echo brought me up, and giving my
poor beast singing blow emitted the
wild, long, fierce yell of the border
rangers and sped on again; but my horse
had that peculiar squirm now and then
in his gait that told me he was faltering.
Again that echo reached me, swelling
out on the rising wind-it was the shrill
squeal of the fife and the rum-d -diddle.um,
did-e.um- -dum-dum- of infantry re.
turning from some expedition to Fort
L.. Again sent out that long, wild
border yell, and knew by the quicker
breathing of the fife and the rapid pulls
Ing of the drum that the soldiers had
broken into the double-quick" in heed
of my cry.
A parting shot fred at random and the
two desperadoes turned but one of them,
at least, l was not done with called my
horse with a peculiar whistle; repeated
and repeated it, and then heard him
crashing again in pursuit, while his rider
shouted and lashed him, and tried to
pull him round the other way. For a
brief time the desperate wrestled with
the animal, lashed, goaded, and roared
at her, but my incessant, jerky whistle
call kept her mind and head toward me.
He only gave up the fruitless struggle
and leaped from her back when q squad
Yof infantry dashed over billowy swell
of prairie and rushed down toward us
at that steady, measured run which is so
effective in contrast with a disorderly
gait.
"lt's Wolf, boys," exclaimed as they
came up to me-for knew his voice. I
had no need to tell them that there was
a price set upon his head, as it had been
clearly proved that he had stirred up the
savages to commit more than one massa.
ere of the settlers; and dozen of them,
uttering yell of fury started in pursuit,
while the Others, noticing my swaying
about on the animal which rode, began
to think that l had found something
serious in my race for life. In fact, the
plain was rising and falling and shuffling
about so that it took great amount of
nerve and equipoisc to sit as ought.
They got me into Fort Laramie, however,
with uncle's promissory notes all safe in
my breast pocket; while my boot full OF
blood and the CALLING flesh wounds in my
shoulder accounted for the odd maneu-
verings of the plain while was on horse.
| back.
After a brief but desperate conflict
Bill Wolf was brought in and passed
over to the proper officers "to have and
to hold" until there should be meted out
to him the measure he had given others.
Capt. CdrRcs, in Peterson's Journal.