The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-01-03

crest they foun5 the dead body Of their
on the grass, bitten and
and knekded 10 bloody mass,
The horse stood faclag lbtn, Forty rods
sway as II be bad waited fof them 70
Dome up As the remsins were being
TO The fort several buu,ers came
In, aud In . short time force Of tWeBty
mounted men left the gates ioAFy and en-
oct the cspaFe OF the vicious animal.
The men had Iassoes, hobbies and ropes,
aud the instructions we're 10 drive the
borse from the neighborhood II he ooad
not be caplnred. lie stood on the ridge
and looked down upon the band ss Il left
the fort. The four lasso throwen rode
directly al him, while the rest Of the men
aud rode TO cut OF retreat by
way Of the mouniain,
When ibe first borsemau was within a
hundred feet, White Devil, who bad been
standing like block Of stone. threw mp
bis head and started of at sharp trot.
Ten rods beyond the first ridge was a
second, with a little green valley be.
tween. Ridges and valleys ran straight
away to the west for twenty miles, and
as the horse headed that way, one Of the
hunters said:
The beast is 10 for long race. lie
will 60 down TO the end Of the valley
turn to the left, and before noon he will
be back kere, returning on the fort side
Of this first ridge. Three OF us will push
him along as fast as we can to the end of
the valley. The rest OF you drop out in
squads here and there and race him as be
comes back. Let three or four men halt
right here TO give him last push.
The wild horse coufted pursail. llalf
a mile away be was racing up sud down.
throwing his heels into the air, snorting,
and paving the sod Ia his impstience to
be of. With whoop aud yell, three
lasso throwers started in pursuit. They
were almost near enough for a throw
when tue horse headed away at trot.
Thsy could not gain an inch, though they
had three of the best mustangs in the
Territory, and the animals were pushed
TO the top of their speed. Head up, name
rolling back over bis shoulders, like a
wave OF foam, and his massive tai
streaming out like a flag, the White
Devil lifted bis feet and put them down
ss steadily rs clock work. While they
were doing their best, they could see
that he was not using all his power. They
kept up a continual yelling for the first
five miles, hoping TO break his pace, but
neither shouts or the reports OF rifles lost
him step.
In seventy minutes the White Devil
was at the end of the valley, fresh as a
daisy, while the mustangs, half mile be-
hind, were reeking and blown. lie
waited for them TO come up, and then
turned to the left, struck apace, and
swept away at such a gait that he was
soon ont of sight. Ten miles to the east
was the first squad of men. They sight
ed him mile away, and were all ready
for pursuit. Coming straight ahead, the
grass almost smoking under his feet, the
wild charger passed them not more than
a hundred feet away. He laid back his
ears at their yell, but went straight ahead
at bis laundering pace. In ten minutes
the men could hardly see him. A second
and third squad were treated in the
same manner, and as the last one was
reached White Devil changed bis pace to
a gallop, threw up his heels, and headed
for the range. lie was soon out of sight
and the chase was abandoned.
At daylight next morning the strange
horse looked down from the ridge again,
aud by aud by walked down % within
pistol shot OF the fort. A baud of sixty
friendly Indians, out on a hunt had halt.
ell at fort the night previous, and they
were aUIious to organize new chase.
More than eighty well mounted pntsuers
were ready soon after breakfast. Some
rode to cut off retreat TO the range, and
others galloped down the valley. An
hour after they were out OF sight the
main body made dash for the horse,
which had been grazing tor ths last hsli
hour. lie took to the valley as before,
and meu dropped out at every mile 10
push him as he returned
White Deyi was pushed faster Than
before, but be would neither break his
trot nor let horseman get within hun.
dred feet Of bin. The Indians who had
gone on ahead were expecting him TO
turn to the left, as before, but the wild
horse kept straight ahead as be reached
the mouth Of the valley. he ran out on
The prairie for twenty miles, firing out
every horse 10 pursuit, aud wheeled aud
returned over bis route for the previous
day. Men were waiting for bim, but be
scarcely appeared before be was out Of
sight. lie was pacing and trotting by
turns, and not until be reached the end
Of that eighty.oue mile chase did be break
into run. When near the fort be cross.
ed the ridge, shook off the last pursueri
aud entered dark canon In the noun
laIus. The Indians traced him until The
CANON split into three or four rocky de.
files, and theu they esmped down with
the determination to wait ill hunger and
thirst should drive The fugitive out
Darkness came, midnight came, and The
watchers had heard nothing.
With The tread Of wolf, almost, foe
stole upon The Indians sleeping uuder lb'
walls Of the fort. slepl step step! and
a white object stood within ten feet o.
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