The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-05-01
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courage thu sseAQf nerve tWnlcn {nat
boy from W ayne County exhibited. one
day last November % he went eout from,
'Deadwood CitYa:to visit q shroshsr T.in
camp seven or eight. miles awsys he,
vas called s,hQy aheaI aad. now 10 tel
yoa Why they changed bis pande 10 The
.Man from MichiganA al ssssgg i; s.y x.
The boy, whose home name IA Wilr
liam King, was armed with Henry rife,
% revolver and d light hatchet, aud he
set out to pursue his Journey on foot.-
There were Indians above and below
and srsund Dead wood! !d They had kills
ed two men only the day before, snd
were khownEto be lnrking On the paths
and, trails: Young King was strongly
advised against leaving the town, but
having heard that tis brother was very
sick, he was determined 10 gos He LETT
Dead wood about nine o'cloeka III The
morning. there being three orfoafsinches
Of snow on the ground sis % rsts Itis
Its Hke'throwing thaf gun aud sfes
volver into the ses, 80 say nothing sof
beidg scalped," remarkedsthes miners ~
the boy set out. and some of the men
said 1t was & shame for such good seaP.
ons to be carried to the Indians. nE.ssa.x.
1.-The boy felt'safe enough nntil amile
or two out of DeadWood, when he grew
more cautious Hisroute lay over hills,
through broken ground and along ayal.
ley being mapped by compass and sno
trailstos foilowss Three miles from Dead
wood he heard the neigh of horse, and
heat once hurried from the open ground
to the shelter Of theg timber. r. Speeding
along for half q mile at1as .dog-troSD
be became certain that Indians we're on
his trail. Helhad seen no signs and had
heard nothing but the neigh of the
horse, but he had q presentiment, 40 1t
were, that fhes red men had taken bis
broad trail and we're after him. a King
made for higher ground, and soon aob
tanned o. shelter of o mass sof rocks,
which could not be handilyl approached.
except from one directionsa He inten-
ded to- secrete himself Until certain that
his trail was or was not followed, and
he had not long to watt Insthescourse
of seven or eight minutes nine Indians,
walking in single file, appeared !. in view,
following his steps at o fast walk. eas7i
King could have retreated had he 90
desired, but the prospect Of, s fght did
not frighten him. The odds were large.
ly against him, bnt the boy had nerve, 9
good position, and be deliberately open.
ed the battle The sayages did net
know how close they were to him until
q bullet from his rifle cut the jug1lal
vein OF the first one and buried itself 10
the shoulder /. OF the next The nrst
leaped from bis feet and fell back /
corpse, while the second went down,
but scrambled up again and took ktcover
along with the others, so badly woun-
ded that he could take no part Ii the
desperate fighting which followed. The
Indians at FIRST thought the boy had
Joined two or three hunters. but sitter
making circle around his position they
found he was entirely alone, and they
opened Ore on him from three idifierent
| points. He was safe enough In bis re-
trest, and waited to let them exhaust
their ammunition AS their Are slack
leued, be obtained eiphts of ,,oua ,,ol them
and shot him thronghsthe head.
L The idea of Q, boy having killed two
| OF their number and wounded 4 third
drove he remaining elk ssyaees q des
peration, and they left the cover K OF their
trees and charged on bis position, yel
ling fercely as they advanced on run. run
/ He had not expected such q mapeuyer,
but was sI not Altogether taken byr surprise r
| he wounded one OF them IL lie wrist
| by q shot from his ride, and when they
we're e. mon ,,t him threw do wn ", his run ana
lpeplpered away With bis revolver. 80 ,3
o;.They we're right upon I .me,t d and We
we're all blazing away at once he st-
tervards explained. but, the boy was too
many for them. The cowardiy reds re-
treated for . moment, having wounded
King iD the side, 10 the leg and 10 The
tcheek, In return two Of them carried
away some OF bis lead, but were not
too badly wounded to use their rifles at,
terwards. The gang hauled on Tor Z
time, and then one OF them erawled as
near as ne could and shouted IN broken
English: '.'a', ss' s'...s'.a a., s,ssi : A.l'
white boy come out-rne no bur
lhimF' - !, -. .5s. s.sa nss''lsl' -.
But the white BOY was going to stay
right there for nwhiie yet He knew
the treaoleFous snstufeis Of The savagel
around abimr and he believed ne could
Whip the whole cTewd, wounded as h'
lwss. The Indian, finding that, yonnl
King could not be enticed from his, pO
jsition, returned and reported and. fpl
an hour all Was quiet, The. boy, VA
beginning 70 hope that they, had, with
Idrawn for good; vben, 9 savage appear
ed in view on the, left and wanted e
hold q, talk, 6Hei indulged ia fpriou
gestures, danced aronpd, and made ev
Iery effort 70 attract King, attention Il
him, and then keep itlthere. - ~
! l. .sWhite boy, .yeryt tjbraye--won,t ahur
4 white boy.-like TO talk with brave whit,
i bow +, be called out as he danced around
d Meanwhile the rest Of the, band ,ver,
t.~Aekir,x nm Srorn tha nth.. S,rosS;ov