Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-08

n"PinS W oIdhe MS pace, OUT nel-
ther shouts nor the reports of the
rifles lost him a step.
In seventy minutes the White
Devil was at the end of the valley,
fresh as a daisy, while the mus
tangs, half a mile behind, were
reeking and blown. He waited for
them to come up, and then turned
to the left, struck a pace, and swept
away at such gait that he was
soon out of sight. Ten miles to
the east was the first squad of men.
They sighted him mile away, and
were all ready for pursuit. Coming
straight ahead, with the grass al.
most smoking under his feet, the
wild charger passed them not more
than a hundred feet away. He laid
back his ears at their yell, but went
straight ahead at his laundering
pace. In ten minutes the men
could hardly see him. A second
and third squad were treated in the
same manner, and as the last one
was reached White Devil changed
his pace to gallop, threw up his
heels, and headed for the range.
He was soon out of sight, and the
chase was abandoned.
AT daylight next morning the
strange horse looked down from the
ridge again, and by and by walked
down to within pistol shot of the
fort. A band Of sixty friendly In
dians, out on a hunt, had halted at
the fort the night previous, and
they were anxious to organize a
new chase. More than eighty we'll
mounted purSuers were ready soon
after breakfast. Some rode to cut
off retreat to the range, and others
galloped down the valley. An hour
after they were out of sight the
main body made a dash for the
horse, which had been grazing for
the last half hour. He took to the
valley as before; and men dropped
out at every mile to push him as he
returned.
White Devil was pushed faster
than before, 1Qt he would neither
break his trot nor let horseman
get within a hundred feet of him.
The Indians who had gone on
ahead were expecting him to turn
to the left, as before, but the wild
horse kept straight ahead as he
reached the mouth OF the valley
He ran out on the prairie for TWEEN.
ty miles, tiring out every horse in
pursuit, and then wheeled and re
turned over his route of the pre-,
vious day. Men were waiting fol
him, but he scarcely appeared be-
fore he was out of sight. He wa,
pacing and trotting by turns, and
not until he reached the end of the
eighty-mile chase did he break into
a run. When near the fort he
crossed the ridge, shook off the last
pursuer, and entered a dark canon
in the mountains. The Indian:
traced him until the canon spill
into three or four rocky deflles, and
then they camped down with the
determination to wait till hunger
and thirst should drive the fugitive
out. Darkness came, midnight
came, and the watchers had heard
nothing.
With the soft tread of a wolf,
almost, foe stole upon the Indians
sleeping under the walls of the fort.
Stepl stepl stepl and a white OBJ
ject stood within ten feet of the
first sleeper and peered this way
and that. 1t was White Devil.
The red men were still waiting in
the dark canon, but the horse had
emerged from the range by some
defile known and used before.
The sentinel at the gate heard a
shrill neigh, saw the smeuldering
brands Of the dying camp fires flung
high in the air, and the next mo-
ment the Indians were yelling and
screaming in alright. Back and
forth charged the horse, striking,
kicking and uttering wild neighs,
and he did not disappear until the
roll Of the drum called the soldiers
to arms.
The Indians suffered such dam
ages that they we're determined to
kill the strange tormentor as soon
as daylight came, though his life
had been held sacred. He was heard
racing up and down while night
lasted, and when morning broke he
was in plain sight. The Indian
heart almost relented at the sight
Of the strong limbs, milk-w6ite
coat, and silver eyes, but White
Devil dared them to the attack by
prancing up and down and flinging
his heels about.
Separating into squads Of ten,
the red men rode out on the prairie.
White Devil stood still, ears flat to
his head, lip down, and one forefoot
raised little. When three of the
squads were within pistol shot they
halted, and thirty rifles covered the
brave lone horse. While they were
thus held he gathered his feet like a
cat and dashed at the nearest horse
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