The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-05

| and While some Of tue Indians followed
| down ii, others rode along the banks,
firing at random and Sc canning in their
rage.
"A mile further downl" called little
| Dan, us be turned IN his saddle, "a Trail
crosses the ditch. Wen turn to the
rign', and make tor the Injun village.
II you shoot straight, Wen give these
! devils a cAance to attend dozen uuer-
| ais ut home"
Not shot had thus far been fired by
| The party. L Q OF three mounted Indi-
ans had baen encountered, sitting o.,
tueir saddles, ANA wondering over the
| alarm, but they had been knacked down
and lelped over like % mtny toys. The
little band were quarter Of nile
ahead OF pursuit as they whired TO the
rrgut, dashed up the baHk, and maie tor
tue hundred camp fires mi e away.
| "SiX aDreasi, now, follow mn'
shouted the dwarf. Il want to Charge
right through the center OF the village,
| and PHI xiii as many as all OF you can
woundl Fire at everything on legs, and
keep yelling Ike deVllsH'
Had they kept on down the rayine, il
| would have simply been ii test OF speed
| between horses, with oduS III FAVOR OF
| The white men. Little Dan had doubled
back on their tracN instead of ruunlng
| J
alive with excitement. The Indians
Kept along tue raVlne, not yet having
caught sight OF the pursued, but sun
kno wing tHat they were chasing whit
| men.
"Nowiraise yeIlv' shouted Dan, as
the band neared the vlllage-"talse the
worst yell you can, ana uUL't forget H.
| keep shO0trGg!
HIS peuuliar scream was again sent
| forth, and the other six riders hurraAea
AZ the top OF tnelr voices. Dan. and his
mustang were Il wonderful slgut. The
| animal forged aIead a. il steady gait, his
ears laid Dack aud his mouth Wlde open,
and ne sWerved aside tor nothing. He
Jumped b azing fire, ran directly over
Il lodge, picked up Il boy i'll his teeCh ana
| flung nim aside, anl every Instant Ut
| tering nelgn which was almost u roar
olrage.
A revolver in either Aand, Little Dan.
| swung nm ,elf trCm side 10 SIue, blowing
a warriors brains put ON the rIgAl, ana
| then sending u bullet through tho mead OF
all old man OF squaW 10 tue lett. Pop!
| pop! pop! rang uis reyoIVtr, aud above
,he AWFUL dln created IN tue surprised
aud frightened camp coulu be
heard MS wild yellS and
the tigerish neigh OF his mus
tang. Tue SIX fired AS they could, sweep-
lug traI Ol ueaLl !urty leeC Wl"e
turougn the village. Hardly y shot was
hreA III return, but one vi the lew sen.
alLertnem struck and m0rta,ly wounded
Il brouZe-Iaced, grIZzty haired veteran
VINO was three TIM hit at Antletam.
lie fell forward, clung to his morse, and
when tue DAnd matted on the prairle be-
yond The village ne Tell TO the ground.
''iu three lnIuutes we shalt nave Two
hundred hoWllng fends alter ue J" saiu
Lite Dan, as he ulsmOuht0t "Ihls
man is fatally wUulQeQ, and Ht'Il Oe dead
in hall an n0ur. We can't take hIm
along, and we can't stop here"
Wnlle ne Was speaking he was busy
searching the pockets vi the unfOrtuuaLe
rider. atcn, money, photog OF
| loved ones, rev, lYcr ana saDGr We're
taken and distributed among the party
IN thirty seconds, and tAeu tue uWarl
bent uU"n and asked:
"ComradG, can Uu spGakW
81 un1ersla"d-iL's all IisutW was the
| Wnspereu repi
"ne e's your r.tie," said Dan. "Is the
| IuIIuns run upO. you SuUut yUurseLI Ii
Jncy don Iinu you for an uOur you't4 Du
dead. GOuu-Oy. Goa forgive YOU and
US, buJ US the only Wayr
Leaping tO tn. back OF his mustang, he
turned lor'lne NV nIte Horse Illl," Ius
! as IL terrible wall of sorrow, mingleu
| with C,y Tor vengeance, rose On tue
| cool nlgut air lEOm the village. The
horses mad not galioped mlIe before
| they were pulled up. The band was
sale for uIOment, and each neart was
| ueavy AZ the IAUu@u. 0! the cUAraQe dy-
ing among the tlampled flowers. EuCu
head was bent that way, and each uar
neard the rush Ol Indians In that dl-
rectlou They rode as slra gAt lor tn
dkIus man as ii 1t mad been broad noon
day. y sudden shout proved mat they
mad found MN, but II WAS lAruIy raised
before the report ol rlle uCnoeu across
Lle prairic.
-. lie was brave man," Whispered Lit
tie Dan.
"GoI pity the poor ones at home Y
addeu the others, and they roue IUr-
ward at lull speed, kuONlug tlat tAel
had not o"e chance III ten vi reacAiu
Fort MCkaveLte.
But Lney did reach it after days OF
ru.ng, hiding, starving ana tnIrs ting,
ana lne order was QeiIVUreu and West
ern Texas saved from LAe horrors OF an
Indian war
Before the wild winds of winter swept
tae DIeak plalns. solitary horsem1u
rode from FOrt Ierrltt AT uIgut, dousing
Indian scouts, and never mndlng Inc
gdunt wolves which gall0peu close be-
ulnd with their red tongues hanging
rom terrible jaws. lie crossed the ru-
Vlnt, rode across the site Of Tie ludiuu
village, ana mating at Il spot half mile
beyond. ne dug hole IN the soft soil and
nlmIy embeuueu Il post ana a cross. La
utei-carveu letters was the legend:
: "a BRAVE MAN DIED uEKE."
only tnuI ANA nothing AVle, and the
records oL tus frontier forts Snow, from
Information lutnIsueI by the Inulaus
themselves, Lndt seventeen redskins
were kllIeu and nine wounded in thai
Wild charge through the village.