The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-19
LUNG SING AND TIE INDIANS
HOW 4 CHINESE uINER lfiID ruyroy,
AGAINST 4 BtND W SIrlA
chased from Notion Town, Isc STRIKES " RIA
IN Baked Potato tntc vuh out,,,
Siege OF hin-i.ung. and ~ tw n was K.,.,,


FINN n. Oo7pa1n Eqnts-
DrApwoop. u. r.. Aug 9.-whcn p,.,r
Town. i'm the Burk II ms and about tlirf,. ,.f u
from Dcadwu II. wpk" up tna rDrnItr' .,
iounl thinaman walking around with h.- In
ON hiS y uuldor, every ODD miner Wis dunn
founded. II had boon g Vnn out ANA wa
orally Understood thnt Boston Town wnuibt
wait nl.nW h.l.r., shooting an, Ur-i g'',.
This traveller ought {, hay" hrrn plsiri li
DOLLY walked about trying e. dis over wn.fl',,
The l--lngs wore ~ N or poor. ana ulll.t,
n.u. 'rlN tn every M rwho showed IBIS h..f
II took the camp Just four y. luuf.- % r.aI y.
solve: '''
TItthcr, h. one of them lnrnod chimes if csp, ,
ia our DUTY 60 teach hun -fra' uolAl i..-.n '"
Iung-Sng w'L' ont % thor like "a tarnnl,
li~ -uect iron trying pan bHng.ne tho La.i n
his hUad at every Jump. AMI ms heol- dI..ne
uu T. 'rI"t shower OBJ LruSch NunuDlfb.. i..7
l'i- ilr ID ui him took effect. amt breakfast WAS
hardly eat % h"iOr inr ~ il'nt wis tDr,uti.n
TIN thluumuu was out there tn u.nk. "a .t..,
IL knnw ull about the Indians. hui Wuru anna a
ont ut Boston Town hr pushed rIehf ni. i
over tiir frontier AMI up the hiil- and when le
~tru X yellow ~ WAS tour mili- in H,l,.in' -,
of any camp. Iuns-Nns wasn't unr .ol ,.ut
dir washers or GuN"l ptWnr-. huf un .'ru K
Tor quart ir'k. ana ur H. ~ t inY." rvf' -u no.
ing around for uugr -. IL halted whcr. he
did. hneau-e it WIS far thuu-h from whie
miners, near enough Ia ih" Indians, and The
place, offered "a -r'u ar" retreat. II wis % cave
extending into thr hill IT rangr since rhr-'au
Baked Potato. Tho hone Wa- lurso ,.f. .Ii h
rut IN IN curious -hupr Bnrk twenty f,'i
from its mouth il Spit INTO three caves. on n
winding around in half circle. and after a
short tim. Lung ns di- 'oN'rcd thHi o1.h u
tine three had an outlet ON the bill. hui uu boo.
in hall mil" OF "u'h othrr. Au" luht ue
mus ct us ne iua'ir ready ly thk' 49, '~siuu 10
the name Of tn" Celestial Empire, allie NAhN
lniun man come il he wantce. Lune S.ug 10
There was rich quartz rock in the cayo In
one month after beng uerupi"l hv pIift 4
six white men il banned out 1ul1 Lung.
sing knew that he hld struck a hig Trims. IHl
his mind was made ny Ia stay tn'r'. lhl.tu- y
no Indians. In the afternoon of the second d.y
after hn began work the Chlnumuu. " WIS
working hS tlrrlllElt. irit a TWIST ~ his lg.
tail. and hc glanced around To- discover 400 l.
dian warrior hn-ide him. SOM thiutm,n
would have played calf at onr,. ' Int ! MI =
sing was working for s2O1 per day. Atthr-.,.
uud irrk on his qu"u" hr -"iIed his tor DO liul
thrust It iututhc iHrcot his ruliur. IhenrNt In.
stunt he WIS rafting his can1e-iord shoe down
tn" dark passage WIN Il morse lke "a hpr-' gal:
lnping ON a plank sidewalk When hr climii i
ont ON the hillside and booked down. he saw a
score ui lnltan- around the mouth Of tine cave,
ami On" of them WIS hopping around y. " he
didn't feel well. Lung sing SAT there behind o
bush aul rluchlcd and Ernnrd for AN hour,
and when tine rrdsk ms departed Ne wont ll K
- his work. sagcly niusing:
90 II lnIun name, hink IN diam fool he fnl
They wcrc certain to- come again. Tie had no
arms except a light shot gun ana Ratchet, hlt
he had conn" 10 stay. The idea - his dust ug
out of that Just bncauSen few hui0ted Indians
might object t. his pr 'sonec was top u'-ur ID
contemplate. liz stretched "a score OF hIrS
strings ACROSS the mouth ot the cuNU. ana A. n
connected them with u single string rum x
back % his work. This last string ran along
tho root AMI over a stone Sliiutrr amt h.ld In
a Stone whinh must sullto the floor II amy ma
attempted t. dispaer IN" strings u'rn-~ no
mouth ui tine cave. When he had finished n IS
WORK and satisfied himself thut u could ht l..
pended on. tue hcathcn drew down his 'if 500,
sanird bis hat over his LETT ear, AMI gl'' j
Tic rci-kins weren't at all pleased Mt N. way
| ihnV had henn enrntrl. ana u"Nf morn n. A