Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-08
down by sickness until his weight did
not exceed a hundred pounds. The
White Devil seized him bv the back,

lifted him OF his feet by al
oss, and when the soldiers next look
ID O'Meary was being borne away
With the swiftness of the wind. The
horse had a firm grip of clothing and
iesh, and keeping his head well up
ne swept over the prairie with the
held almost perpendicularly
before him. He was out of range be-
fore anybody could pick up a gun.
There were q dozen or fifteen horses
at the post, and in five minutes as
many men had mounted them and
were galloping away ia pnrsuit.
White Devil and his victim had
disappeared over a swell about a mile
from the tort. As the horsemen
reached the crest they found the dead
body of their companion on the grass,
bittenvand stamped and kneaded to a
bloody mass. The horse stood fac
ing them, forty rods away, as if he
had waited for them to come up. AS
the remains were being conveyed to
the fort several hunters came IN, and
in a short time a force of twenty
mounted men left the gates to try
and effect the capture of the vicious
animal. The men had lassoes, hob
bles and ropes, and the instructions
were to drive the horse from the
neighborhood if he could not be cap
tured. He stood on the ridge and
looked down upon the band as it left
the fort. The four lasso-throwers
rode directly at him, while the rest of
the men separated and rode TO cut of.
retreat by way or the mountain.
When the first horseman was with
in a hundred feet of White Devil, who
had been standing IKE d block Of
stone, threw up his head and started
off at a sharp trot. Ten rods beyond
the first ridge was a second, with a
little green valley between. Ridges
and valleys ran straight away to the
west for twenty miles, and as the horse
headed that way one of the hunters
said:
"The beast is in for q long race.
He will go down to the end of this
valley, turn to the left, and before
noon he will be back here, returning
on the fort side of this first ridge.
Three Of us will push him along as
fast as we can to the end of the VAL
ley. The rest of you drop out in
squads here and there and race him
as he comes back. Let three or four
me halt right here to give him a last
push"
The wild horse courted pursuit.
Half a mile away he was racing upand
down, throwing his heels into the
air, cnerting and paving the sod in
| his Impotence to be off. With q
whoop and a yell, three lasso-throw-
ers started in pursuit. They were al
most near enough for throw when
the horse headed away at a trot.
They could not gain an inch. though
they had three of the best mustangs
in the territory, and the animals were
pushed to the top of their speed
Head up and name rolling back owe,
his shoulders ike a wave of foam
and his massive tail streaming gu
ike q flag, tide White Devil lifted hi
feet and put them down as steadily u
clockwork. While they were doing
their best, they could e that he wa
not using all his power. They KEEP
up a continual yelling for the frs
i've miles, hoping to break his pace
but neither shouts nor the reports o
rifles lost him a step.
In seven minutes the White Dew
was at the end of the valley, fresh a
a daisy, while the mustangs, half
mile behind, were reeking and blown
He waited for them to come up
md then turned TO the left, struck
pace, and swept away at such a gal
that he was soon out of sight. Tie
miles to the east was the first squa
of men They sighted him n mil
away, and were all ready for pursuit
Coming straight ahead, with the gras
almost smost smoking under his fee
the wild charger passed them nc
more than a hundred feet away. ii
laid back his ears at their yell, bl
went straight ahead at his thunderin
pace. In ten minutes the men coul
hardly see him. A second anda thir
squad were treated in the same MAJ
mer, and as the last one was reache
White Devil changed his pace to
gallop, threw up his heels, and heat
ed for the range. He was soon Oh
of sight, and the chase was abandon
ed.
At daylight next morning til
strange horse looked down from tn
ridge again, and by and by wake
down to within pistol-shot of the fort
A band of sixty friendly Indians, OF
on a hunt, had halted at the fort til
night previous, and they yer anxiou
to organize Q, new chase. More tina
eighty well-mounted pursuers wei
ready Don after breakfast. Som
rode to cut Off retreat to the rang
and others galloped down the valley
An hour after they were out of sigh
the main body made o dash for th
horse, which had been grazing for th
last half hour. He took to the vale
, as before and men dropped out {