American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-10

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sued for several days, and in despair of
securing him, one of the red men sought
to kill him, so that no one else should
secure the prize. The horse was only
wounded by the bullet that was meant
to take his life. He at once separated
himself from the drove and followed
his former pursuers like shadow. He
dashed into their camps at night, at
tackled their ponies when he found them
grazing, and had on several occasions
attacked lone Indians and quickly kill
ed or disabled them.
"I1l give two hundred dollars to the
man who captures that horse for mel"
said the commander, as he noted every
fine point about the majestic animal.
{" You might just as well offer ten
thousand" replied the scout. ''That
ere boss can pace, trot, and gallop, and
thar isn't wolf in the whole Sierra
Range which can smell of his heels. I'd
as quick take the job of cleaning out all
the reds in Arizona as of catchin' the
White Devil. See that fore foot go up?
See them ears lay back? He'll charge the
hull crowd in less than minute!"
Before word of warning could be
spoken the horse made dash upon the
men, screaming out as a troop horse
does when badly wounded in battle.
The soldiers rushed for the gate. One
of the hindermost was a private
named O'Meary, scarcely up to the reg
ulation height, and run down by sick
ness until his weight did not exceed a
hundred pounds. The White Devil
seized him by the back, lifted him off
his feet by a toss, and when the SOL
diers next looked O'Meary was being
borne away with the swiftness of the
wind. The horse had a firm grip of his
clothing and flesh, and keeping his
head well up he swept over the prairie
with the soldier held almost perpendic-
ularly before him. He was out of range
before any body could pick up a gun.
There was as many as fifteen horses at
the post, and in less than five minutes
as many men had mounted them and
were galloping away i'm pursuit.
White Devil and his victim had dis
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from the fort As the horsemen reach
ed the crest they found the de ad body of
I their companion on the grass, bitten
and stamped and kneaded to bloody
mass. The horse stood facing them, 40
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 short time force of
90 mounted men left the gates to try and
] effect the capture of the vicious animal.
The men had lassoes, hobbies and ropes,
and the Instructions were to drive the
horse from the neighborhood if he could
not be captured. He stood on the ridge
and looked down upon the band as ii
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 of the mountains.
When the first horseman was within
hundred feet White Devil, who had
been standing like a block of stone,
threw up his head and started off at a
sharp. trot. Ten rods beyond the first
ridge was a second, with little green
valley between. Ridges and valleys
ran straight away to the west for 20
miles, and as the horse headed that way
one of the hunters said:
The beast is in for 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 valley. The rest of you drop
out in squads here and there and race
him as he comes back. Let three OF
four men halt right here to give him q
last push
The wild horse courted pursuit. Hall
a mile away he was racing up and
down, throwing his heels into the air,
snorting, and paving the sod in his i'm
patience to be off With a whoop and
yell, three lasso- throwers started in
pursuit. They were almost near enough
for throw when the horse headed
away at trot. They could not gain
an inch, though they had Ethree of the
best mustangs in the Territory, and the
animals were pushed to the top of theil
speed. Head up, name rolling back
over his shoulders like a wave of foam
and his massive tail streaming out like
flag, the White Devil lifted his fee
and put them down as steadily as clock
work. While they were doing theil
best, they could see that he was moi
using all his power. They kept up a
continual yelling for the first five miles
hoping to break his pace, but neither
shouts nor the reports of rifles lost hin
a step.
In seventy minutes the White Devil
was at the end of the valley, fresh as q
daisy, while the mustangs, half a milt
behind, were reeking and blown. HI
waited for them to come up, and ther
turned to the left, struck pace, anC
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 a mile away, and were al
ready for pursuit. Coming straight
ahead, with the grass almost smoking
under his feet, the wild charger passed
them not more than hundred fee
away. He laid back his ears at theil
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 wa: