The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-01
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Indian lighters, and mlners-sat
around q campfire on the trail TO
Deadwood. Soft fakes Of snow sailed
in eccentric coulse through the night
air, and finally settled down into the
spluttering fire or upon The cold earth:
There were other men on the trail
before and behind. Men rush wher-
ever the precious metal is discovered.
There were broken wagons, dead
horses. and human skeletons along
every mile of the trail, and fierce-eyed
Indians looked out from every ravine
and down upon the travellers from
every hill.
The dozen gathered closer as dark
ness shut down and the snowf1akes
came faster, and by and by an old man
with grizzly locks and piercing eye
said. as If speaking to himself:
"Custer went in to kill. It was an
awful thing to do-to rush three hun
dred men down upon five thousand
reds. but he did it, and meant to WIN.
No other man will ever take such
chances"
And vet one was near by who meant
| to take greater chances. SO cathke
: was his step that he had almost enter
:; ed camp before the sentinels saw him.
: He was a giant in size, and as he halt
! ed where the light OF the fire shone
: fun in his face. three or four men ut
d tered explanations Of surprise and
i horror. There was blood on the stran-
:; gers face----blood on his great rough
= hands, blood over his clothing clear
/ down to lis boots. It was a terrible
{; sight. and, vet. as il something
o further was needed, the stranger turn
! ed his back to the men, and they saw
). that an attempt had been made To scaiE
d him.
K .sWater-foodr' he whispered as he
+ looked from face to face.
: Both were given him, and aite1
= drinking a full quart Of water. he grasp
e ed "A loaf of bread and a hunk Of meat
:; and tore them with his teeth as vol
/ would have done. By and by, whel
:, his hunger had been somewhat ap
|. peaSed. he said.
j. 1T happened off this way, nigh t.
he twenty miles. ] lost the trail some
's how, and the red devils swooped down
y at noon on me to-day The old woman
- and five children were in the wagon
rs There were forty or fifty reds, and
ts wasn't three minutes before the hui
~ family was dead all but me!
His eyes blazed with fury; h
II seemed to grow in height, and castin
ne the remnants of food into the fire, h
d. tiercely shouted
AS think of the old woman havin
her brains beaten out by tue TENDS
Y. Think of the children being haule
tn out'n the wagon and scalped an
lis stabbed and their Threats cut frol
- ear to ear Come on-come wit
Il. me =
IL He leaped over the IRE and bounde
ns away into the darkness. bnt present.
hg returned and said in calmer voice !:
ass 81 liE. of course. 1t was which Il
Ia who, but they were htty TO one.
OF drove EN- from the corpses. ! clubbe
nd 'em off with my rifle, but they wei
ere TOO many. They shot and stabbed n
1 1s they run me to the hills; they eve
ion, hunted me all the afternoon.
vss The giant trembled like leaf, ar
u the fresh blood ran from his wouns
Inc and trickled down in red paths ov'
M his neck and cheeks and clothing. III
ed leader of the party tried to SCOTT
ats him, promising aid as soon as daylIg
lily, came, but the stranger waved his arr
=. e and cried out:
! ,in a. ..What can you do! The wolves a
lily feeding on my wife and children |
/ e night their scalps are back in i
OF hills with the Indian devils Can y
.ns bring life back to them Give me
81: gun and an axe.
ore No one moved for two or three 81
) to onds. being spellbound by his Wi
The looks and words, and the strang
.sed, nieked ND a cavalry carbine and
the box of cartridges, seized the light a
4ch. used about the camp fire, and
ing another minute was lost sight or
III the darkness, calling back, as his st
,'cs was lost to hearing
' o, sit is which for who
rts;l Next day about mid afternoon. I
re- partv came upon two dead Indian
nm- MES. living between the trail and
s'o. =, foot of the hills, TO the right. a I
,um wards further on was great stain
blood on the two inches of snow G
ering the grass, A warrior had fal
ct here and been carried of by his &C
LOT. rades. There was the trail OF W
ing man on foot, heading for the 10
cen hills, but moving slowly, and tn
nan were plain traces that the man
on halted every few rods TO use his we
age ons. All along the trail were u
Doa, tracks of ponies, and an old hun
i'm - -. bn,.s ora ss;a.
IL srf he yE-hr
.r;ny last night. Back thar is whar the
her, fust sighted him, and ne $1,000 LII
i, d. tracks and killed two ponies anu
aem- injun. There was gang OF forty
al. sc dirty reds, and the white man mo
''. az to get among the hills and have
play. Jist look thar