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

he was out Oh SlEnL Vi MS pOSI' ldhS
this glass and tell me what you see."
1t was hall au hour before suuuown.
Tue glass revealed Indians i'll every
direclo Some were riding at swift
pace, others motIOnlesS on the kuOls,
| and he fort was conf plIEely encircled.
There's a thousand If there Is one"
continued The cOtonei, as ne received the
glass, "and must get ready AT once for
| hot times"
Those six men had an errand and a
message of the utmost Importance, ana
tney could not delay. Inere We're two
veteran scouts AT the post, but when
offered any sum to pilot Inc party
through, they shook their heads ami
said:
'Tne hull triangle is chin-Ieep with
REDS, and no llHluG WING man cOuLu
avoid tnrm.
Yet the determination Of the six men
10 70 ON was not shaken.
"Yuu are luiatics!' exclaimed the
colonel, when uis ar. umenLs were found
to be OF no avail, "and PA close the
gates and prevent you from gOlns!'
Nevertheless, an hour alter nlGAtiall,
he came down to where the SIN We're
saddllns their horses, aud said:
"Irs nothing les, than murder, but, =,
| if you Will ~, let our little Dan 60 along
| lie knows the route, is Grave and COOL
headed, ana ii you'I take orders from
| nlm there's one cuance in a tlOusanu
| tnat he'll take you through"
| And Our Little DIun soon lOiuel the
party. lie wasn't an Indian, nor yet a
| Mexican OF white man. He was
neither boy nor man. Io was II Auman
b ing, less than five feet IN leigut,
weighed about ninety pounds, had long,
brown hair, coal BLACK eyes, IL long jaw,
,llow cAeeks, and the biggest hand o.
any man in Texas. As he stood look
iug d. The party, me colonel said:
| "Dau, these liders must be at Fort
| McHaYelte AZ the earlitst possible hour.
rhcy put themselves under your orders,
and you will Ue ready III tlLteen m.nutes
| TO start."
The being disappeared in the darkness
| without word, ANA i'll ten minutes he
was at the gate, ready to 90. lie ~ as
m united on TIE largest mustang ever
seen around any OF the Western forts.
lie mad strapped on u BLANKET lor sad
de, filled his canteen vita whisky, ana
his pockets with provisions, and lie had
| d Henry rife two reVOlYerS and an Az
| Kansas bOWIe.kniie Tor weapons.
Nv Hlch way shall you start ou "
anXlouely inquired the colonel, as all
were reaGy.
Ine dwarf pointed straight toward
~ ,.i,,' 'te 'oI lepl!
S'l' soou-D!' e"cu one"
| A9 Ipe p"''y p"9se" IhrouEh the gate,
LItV'e D"u' luV'lo"eo ioE Tue men TO
rae Que oenlhu 'ne otleF, ana lhen lie
sPulitu 'oi ""' Nv UooN 'ue lead' MS
| mustang n'nU VI "O "h easS lope, ana
the pace VI tne oUIrt horses was Ie@u-
laUeu "ccolulhsl1' lls foue Win MS rifle
Ie9ll \ III llTnU VI Allil' A"FlI'S 3 no SUI
tups anu hoiulns no rem, paI guluAng
me morse ehI4[elt ny tne pressure OF his
Nheea' lh0 !ee' Vi Iae hoEses made
scarce! s~un0 as theS cahteied over
'No .,iton "," 'o N"iGe VI thc
plaiLle " lcNIC 'oui'Veo teEI4oly louu
am n"i . u W 'no f. a "'iA'ous lloeIS.
w. iiilVH t.rnad iadi1 Vne go1I L'ttIe Dan.
suuuen'y t"l no" ~ Ine lel', ioue Ior
V"Sn'S ~ It "I /" '"''9 p"oe' ana tAeh
In ~ -, t'a nSlT. ,,'I,I.,
.i,i',, H. Nv Hh Z" 80" poleu to Ihe circle
o. "" ,l1', H." "' Ts'U. 9"i was stTalhea
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mMnI. t,u ,H.'-a h,'nIrad pHe'1ns 'uelI hol
oaI' oaI ,'ann yarmu no 81 70 away IAN
n"u nnt t tho ''' o' ~ 'GGoNu soon
',ld n"r a. ia,-,1 no"r aI,i, vne iet' tneIe
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