Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-07-27

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that I'm afraid of work, however. I've been
used to it all my life. You don't look as if
you had," she concluded, with a glance at hel
companions face.
"Not all my life; but know what work is .
said Mary, her thoughts going back to the
dreary life in New York, and the struggle for
bread, in the attic of the dingy clearinghouse
And then her memory carried her to earlier
days-days when she had, indeed, not known
the meaning of work, and had lived petted
child in her parents house, with servants to
minister to all her wishes and save her trouble,
and no responsibility but that of dressing well
and helping to entertain her mothers guests.
A strange difference there was in her life now.
Yet with her husband and child still to love
and live for, toll seemed light, and the future
full of hope.
And 80 the days wore on, and the sun set in
the level horizon, and rose again to light them
on their way, and set again as the stars rose
up to watch over their repose. Still they
journeyed on their way, weary yet patient,
ever looking forward with anxious longing to
the goal before them, growing nearer by slow
degrees. = ''.S
One night the sky grew black with clouds,
and before they could reach the shelter of
some wooded hills and rocks ahead, q sudden
storm of wind and rain broke over them, beat
ing with such violence into the wagons that it
was with difficulty their occupants could keep
themselves dry. Unfortunately, too, their
guns and ammunition were drenched, and so
we're some of the barrels of supplies, for 80
unexpected was the storm, after weeks of dry
clear weather, that they we're totally unpre-
pared for such catastrophe, and suffered
proportionately in consequence.
They drew the wagons up in defle be-
tween two rocks, where they were compara-
lively safe. But they were in a state of sufi-
cient discomfort to be heartily rejoiced when
morning dawned upon them, and they were
able to take some measures to repair the dam
age which had been done to their belongings.
The storm subsided almost as suddenly as it
had arisen; but not so easily remedied we're its
disastrous effects. They foundit necessary to
remain stationary that day, while they spread
out their soaked -four and biscuit in the sun
to dry, and took the same measure in regard
to the firearms and powder. There were torn
awnings to be mended, and broken harness
to be repaired, and all hands found ample oc-
cupation in helping to get matters again to
rights. ."
Their little camp was still in confusion
when night fell upon them; and wearied with
the exertions they had made, all the party,
except the guard, sought repose at an early
hour, and yielded themselves to sounder
sleep than usual.
1t was in the dead hours of the night, when
the fatigued travellers, wrapped in profound
slumber, were dreaming, perchance, of dan
gers past and the winning Of happiness and
prosperity in a golden future, that a fresh
! peril, all unlooked-for, and greater than any
which had yet befalen them, was stealthily
coming near. Along narrow trail up the
hillside, in the faint light of the stars, band
of dusky figures crept-no friendly messen.
gers they, or guides to lead the emigrants for
ward to their goal. Edward Graham, slowly
pacing to and fro with his comrade of the
watch, and talking in low and earnest tones,
paused suddenly as slight noise fell upon
his ear, and touching his companions arm
bade him listen. The noise grew more dis.
tinct. 1t was unmistakably that ofapproach-
ing footsteps Each man grasped his gun,
but before they could arouse the camp, ter
rife sound rent the air, sending wild thrill
to every heart. 1t ,uas the Indian aoar.,uhoop.
In another instant their foes we're in their
midst and shrek after shrek of alright,
mingled with prayers and cries for help, filled
the night with clamor and dismay.
1t was an uneqal conflict, and could not
last long. What, with the suddenness Of the
attack, precluding all possibility of any ade-
quate defence, and the damaged state of their
ammunition, the men were in no condition to
resist their savage assailants, who rushed up
on them with the ferocity of wild beasts.
With the buttrend of their guns they succeed
ed in beating down few, but this only in
creased the fury of the rest. Blood flowed
like water, as victim after victim sank be-
meath clubs and tomahawks, the bodies of wo.
men and children being added promiscuously
to the heaps of slain. Distracted mothers saw
their little ones torn from their arms, slaugh-
tered before their eyes, only to suffer them
selves the same fate moment after. No SEN
timent of pity moved these savage breasts, no
relenting impulse stayed their cruel hands.
Alas for the emigrant band No home in sun
ny field, or by pleasant hillside, was to be
theirs. The hopes which had led them far
away from the places of their birth, from the
long-accustomed haunts of childhood, and
youth, and maturer age, to seek their fortunes
in the golden Western land, had but lured
them on to find fate too fearful to record
Some five years before, an exploring party
had set out from Washington, for the purpose
of locating claims in some uncultivated land
in Arizona Territory. When about fifty or
sixty miles from their destination, they hired
a small band of Indians to conduct them the
rest of the way, as they had missed the direct
route and were fearful of getting lost. The
Indians were friendly and faithful, and per-
formed their part of the contract to the best