, 1877-02-16

BACK THAR Is wbar the re,ls Just sfrhtcI him,
nnt1 he atool In his tracks a,lI killc'i tw" po-
,Iics md one fnJnn. There was gang q. fusty
or ffty reds, nn'1 tim whitr fnan moved In EIt
among the hills AMI have fnir play. -Ill1t l03k
tlnrl"
Fifteen or twenty rods nhtatl 1rre three t1catl
ponies, living close together. The band Of r'sktns
had n1at1e charge tlts,n the lnnc inan at this
Told everything. Standing In hlt tracks anl
not lifting a foot excerpt to wheel around, he
1,au whipped the whole gaugi There we're three
dead poulcs, within hliplEcd feet Of the white
Ell viii, two great patches Of blood where The
"(ircnt Uodi Int how he tit!'' whispered the
old hunter, IA lie saw how the snow had teen
;tra,ng1cd ; do'n; "hut they wounded him
So they had. 11e had retreated slowly, secm-
Ing to have no fear. and along hta trail waa y
track uf blup1. The first hills vera a milo
away, and straight for t',e hills ran the bloody
81 i's eonetgo 1n se rel s lemons "fu' II ,st % Wh,
for who'' Ind met uletn early IN the morning,
aud tho tragedy had been. played before tho sun
was two ho,rh old. Again, betwccn the three
dead ponies and thu t'rst hll the white nun had
clcd around him and then charged AZ q common
centre. Ono lone fnati, arIueI with o cnrhine
and m *, was the centre. Thirty. forty, per.
ps ILL., to 81 s rys yss s s ' sa e, pons e
the left Two crimson spots fn !hc snow. Ahead
toward tho hill horse bad fallen and struggled
up, and llali tloze1, trails Of blood could bc
counted. The Indians ha1 given way, and at a
slow pace tAc uhltc man hail resumed Ills
Journey.
"You will SEQ sight to make yo,,r tlcsI,
crawl, over In the hi11s!' whispered the hunter,
and the party slowly ADVANCED
yelling, howflnE, whooping, redskins Ea1loptnF
around him, firing upo., lin and sure OF his
scalp, Ind not shaken his nerve, orcr the bill,
aCross = little valley, up raylnc, aud there was
aud there l.c stood at buy.
"Nlny tho Lord liaye mercy on hlm1 ~ Raapett
mner Us the little band lookrl over The field
Of battle. There were dead and wounded no.
four Indians, stark and stif, were lying To one
side, the survivors not having korses enough to
curry of their dead.
Al the head Of the ravlncthe snow ia'i scarce.
n body, and dropping his c.rbinc when the
last cartridge was gono, tho lone man la. used
his ar with aWfuf effect. They Ind shot him
and struck him with their tosnahawks, anl when
,lle went ont M le mud more wounds than could
with Efanta grip, liis eyes w!tlo open, lis body
covered with wounds, and before 1iu, wna rec.
ord topIorc more terrible fight than Clusters,
lie ha1 fought fifty men stn1lu-hauIcl. lle Ind
driven them buck aQan md again, md dozcl
| livcs Ind been taken for Ills orc. Witch for
who " iic hul said. and s'wlo Ind won, but It
! WAS not victory ior the RID men TO bonst over.
When they rode out VI the valley every horse
lad double burden OF living and lead, and gel
| sonc had to bc loft behind.
| The party could not lily up the frozen ground
| to give tho brave man burial. Fifty miles away
| the Eaunt wolves were tearing at The bodies 0i
vile and children. AZ the party turned awuy
from the horrible sight, gaunt wives crupi
down to strip, these bones also. They rushed
from CORPSE to corpse, gnashine their yellow
fangs, aud before tho sun went down another
record Of tho plains aud hills was hidden froI
| sight Of tho traveller.