The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-10-18


lie was gone some flFe minutes this time
sad when he returned he sAids
There's millions Of EN- There's been
q big camp In this nelghborhoed ior three
or four days, and the warrieFs arc now
morlng for the fort, lesvinE pans aud
squAws behind. Keep quiet and we can
get out!
AZ the end Of Eve minutes tbe Indians
were heard advancing, and presently
their conversation could be pIaiDly made
out. All were mounted, but seemed In
nc bury Some rode around the head Of
The rayine, and others were beard cross
log Il lower down. Huddled together in
the darkness were the seven white men,
each one holding his breath, and each
horse trembling with excitement.
Wen be discovered sooner or later,
whispered Dan, and we'd better get IN
the frat blowl Draw your rnyolveIs,
ride three abreast, and l'll lead
s@lle waited inmate for the men to
make ready, and then raised The widest
yell ever heard by Indian or white man.
It's herceness fairly appalled, his compan-
iops for an instant, but as his mustang
sprang forward they spurred after. Char
spg straight down the rayine, with that
wild scream echoing from bank TO bank,
they had gona nearly half milo before
tho surprised Indians compreheuded the
situation and made pursuit. The rayine
bent and turned for miles, and while
some OF the Indians followed down II,
others rode along the banks, firing at
random and screaming in their rage.
A mile further dewnl cried Little Dan
as be turned in his saddle, trail crosses
the ditch Weh tiN 10 thd fight aud
make for the Injun village. II you shoot
straight ws'll give these devils chance
toattend dozen funerals at home.
Not shot had Tins far been fired by
the party. Two or three mounted lndir
ans had been encountered, sitting on
theS ,4a9dlssr spdl wepGfflthdVGatDle
alarm, but they were Knocked down and
leaped over like so many toys. The little
band were quarter of mile ahead of
pursuit as they whiried to the right,
dashed up The bank, and made for the
hundred camp fires mile away.
Six abreast, now, aud follow me !!
shouted the dwarf. want TO charge
right through the centre of the village,
and III kill as many as all Of you can
woundl' Fire at everything on legs, aud
keep yelling like deyils
Had they kept on down the ravine, it
would have simply been a test of speed
between horses, with the odds In favor of
the white men. Little Dan had doubled
back on their track instead Of running
away, and was beading for abig villsge
alive with eAcltvnsnt. The Indians kept
along tne ravine, not yet nasiag s..aht
sight of the pursued, but still knowing
that they were chasing white men.
Now raise Yell shouted Dan as the
band neared the villsge-raise dc worst
yell you can; and dopit forget, to, keep
shooting!
His peculiar scream was again sent
forth, and the other six riders hurrahed
at the top of their voices. Dan and his
mustang were a wonderful sight. The
animal forged ahead at steady gate, his
ears laid back and his month Bide open,
and he swerved aside for nothing. He
jumped blazing fire, ran directly oyer a
lodge, picked up a boy in his teeth and
flung him aside, and every instant
ing neigh wlhieh was slmost aropr of
rage.
A revolver in either hand, Little Dan
swung bhnseg fyom sbe % Halg Blowing
wagiot'b bfdus o6t on ne bShk add
then sending a bullet through the head Of
an old man or sqdaw to tlie'ien. Popi
pop pop !irang bis. EevOlysrs, and above
she awful din created ip the sarprise and
frightened camp could be heard his wild
yells and the tigefish neigh Of his mus
tang. The six ired as they could, sweep
iug trail of death forty feet wide
through the village. Hardly shot was
fred in return; bat one OF lie few sent
after them struck and mortally a bronzed
taced, gri2zly.haired veteran who was
ia. zee times hit at Antietam. lie fell for
ward, c!alg 70 ida heate, aDd Shhn The
band ha tied on The prarie beyond the vii
lage be feli to the ground.
10 three minutes we shall have two
hundred bowling iields after usl said
Litne Dan, as he dismountsa. This man
is fatally wounded, aud he'll be dead in
half an hour. We can't take bim along,
and we can't stop here
While he was speaking he was bnsy
searching the pocEttb Of lie unfortunate
rider. Watch, money, photographs Of
loved ones, revolver alHi sabfe were ta-
ken aud distributed among the party in
thirty seconds, and then tbs dwarf beat
down aud asknd:f .t.,ll...l
CoInradc, eau you speak?
| understsnd-it's all right was the
whispered reply. 7
Heres your rifle, said Dan. II the In
dians run upop yOn, shoot yonrsel,I II
they don't fad you for an hour you'll i'e
dead. Good-by. God forgive you and
p5 but lt's The only weYE
Leaping TO the back Of his mustang, be
turned for the White Horse Hills, just as
a terrible wall Of sorrow, mingled with a
cry for vengeance, rose on the cool night
air from the village. Tbs horses had not
gaAoped a mile before they were pulled
up. The band was safe FOR moment,
aud each heart was heavy st the Thought
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