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

among us and the Indians as white
Devil" I've seen him four or five
times, and I've heard of him at
least once week for the last five
years. Hes the ugliest, slyest and
most treacherous beast standing on
four legs"
The scout related that the horse
before them came to his notice
about five years before, when the
Indians made several attempts to
capture him. he was singled out
from the drove and pursued for
several days, and in despair of Sc
curing 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 meant to take his life.
He at once separated himself from
the drove and followed his former
pursuers like a shadow. He dashed
into their camps at night, attacked
their ponies when he found them
grazing, and had on several occa-
sions attacked lone Indians and
quickly killed or disabled them.
"Ill give two hundred dollars to
the man that captures that horse
for me-" said the commander, as he
noted every fine point about the
majestic animal.
You might just as we'll offer
ten thousand" replied the scout.
"That ere hoss can pace, trot and
gallop, and thar isn't wolf in the
hull 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 that hull crowd in less'n q
minutel"
Before word of warning could
be spoken the horse mado a dash
upon the men, screaming out as q
troop horse does when badly
wounded in battle. The soldier;
rushed for the gate. One of the
hindermost was a private named
O'Meary, scarcely up to the regula.
ton hight, and run down by sick.
ness until his weight did not ex.
ceed hundred pounds. The White
Devil seized him by the back, lifted
him off his feet by a toss, and wher
the soldiers next looked O'Meary
was being borne away with The
swiftness of the wind. The horse
had a firm grip of clothing auC
flesh, and keeping his head well W
he swept over the prairie with thu
soldier held almost perpendicular
before him. He was our of range
before anybody could pick up
gun. There were a dozen or ffteer
horses at the post, and in five min.
utes as many men had mounted
them and were galloping away il
pursuit.
White Devil and his victim hat
disappeared over a swell about {
mile from the fort. As the horse.
men reached the crest they founc
the dead body of their companion
on the grass, bitten and stamped
and kneaded to a bloody mass. The
horse stood facing them, forty rods
away, as if he waited for them tc
come up. AS the remains were
being conveyed to the fort several
hunters came in, and IN a short
time force Of twenty 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 we're to
drive the horse from the neighbor.
hood if he could not be captured.
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
them separated and rode to cut of
retreat by way Of the mountain.
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 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 a long race.
He will 60 down to the end of this
valley, turn to the left, and before
noon he will be back here, return
ing 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 or four men halt right here to
give him a last push.'
The wild horse courted' pursuit.
Half a mile away he was racing up
and down, throwing his heels into
the air, snorting and paving the
sod in his impatience to be of.
With whoop and a yell three
lasso throwers started in pursuit.
Thev ware almost near anourb for