The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-12-27

lei' nor half leg deep any how, sic
'ck- twill blind our trail, and we'U ste
oor' onto 'em sorter unawares as it wal
up Acting upon this suggestion, t
10y TWO men moved cautiously up Il
' VI river, first on one side then the othe
' under the shadow of the rocks AZ
oi9 ledges of the banks; sometimes
'is' water up to their waists, and at othe
ii'- only shoe deep, until Big Foot ordert
Us halt.
me " What is to be done now?n aske
ere Smith.
ne "Hus--hw whispered Big Foo
lis Don't you smell their camp? the
ed amt fur off, and I'll bet my ear
lie they'll smell powder and hear oil,
as Betsy here, bark afore they're man,
'e- mlnnlts older. So now let us craw
Ell up that ar bank and rckinniter thei,
" camp"
he Thus saying, and leading the way
N while Smith followed, Big Foot step
3 pea out OF the water, and cautiously
climbed the low bank which sur
IL rounds the basin of Beaver lake. Here
g they came in full view of the Indian
3 encampment.
= "Now,' said Big Foot in a subdued
l whisper, "thar amt no less nor sixty
scalp locks in that ar nest, and the
last devil of 'em is well mounted, and
: VIII fight like painters, but eff we can
get in atween the animiles and them
we stand chance to worry 'em afore
they're done with us.n
"What do you propose to do?" ask
ed Smith.
"Do?' calculated Big Foot. "Wby
nam string the ponies and fight 'em
afoot OF course, the only way to get
even with Comanche is to put him
atoot, and then whip him.
"But it would take me too long
my children to go into the details of
that fearful night. Only I will saw
that Big Foot carried out his plan and
succeeded in disabling most of the !,
indians ponies, though some broke
away and ran into camp. This raised
an alarm and the Indians rushed to O
where their ponies were picketed, then a
Ihe sharp report of rifle broke the Il
stiffness of the night, and one of the
Indians fell dead. The war wboon St
sounded, succeeded by another flash ~
OF the unerring rifle, as another Indian ~
tumbled to the ground Shot after n
shot was exchanged by the savapes in
with their unknown foes but the
"hlte man had the advantage, as the in
Indians were between them and the ho
camp fires, while their position could fic
'hly be ascertained by the flash of 'l
'hclr rifles. Great was the confusion y"
n the Indian camp-the squaws grab th,
'ed the children and took refuge fac
mong the rocks and bushes, where lia
hey chanted the death wall for their lat
allen braves, which, added to the He
fles OF the terrified children, the war the
hoops of the sayages and tho Ioud pre-
ports OF fire arms, made night indeed
ldeous. The fight continued at infer
ais during the entire night, and
hen daylight came it was ascertain
That sixteen Indians had been kill 4
|, and one white man, that was Mr.. doe
NTH he was shot through the head bre
ld lay within few feet of his Wife,s side
ave. Big Foot Wallace had disap- ly |
AIRED, but he was unhurt, and lived r
XIII many an Indian in after wears G.
len his very name became terror RI
the red man. Gil
The next day the remaining In Re
ms with their little captives set out for l
their village, situated in the fast Cir
IS of the Wishita Mountains. last
ears rolled on and Henry with his
lie foster sister had been adopted by ,.-l.
Tribe. He was grown, and she ''''
. mat b,,d,1i,,o. ;,'4. '' ''0 circu
entimes had he told her of her ''e
entare. and rocour+od +ho Lou,II- eXcit
ory Of their early childhood, which kl'le'
so vividIv i,,,,,rosoo1 49,. dren.
norv: he hod inforr,od Lon u,nt rarily
relationship was only that of '''' vi
er brother, that no consanguinity
ted between them. She had
avs loved him as n brotbor r,,,t the Fl
she loved him with far more new
affection; yet alas, she was des- iliSs o
l to become the wife of young paper
{. The time was f,st onnroa,l,ire, to sci
heir nuptials, when the massacre week
sh Hollow took place, and Gen States
Harney became master of the
ton. Henry found an opportu- oN
to communicate with H.rno,. Il, JacksO
n, and informed him Of the cap has be-
'lrl, and the circumstances attend cohsld'
Ter; and that noble General inn lures, {
ltely dispatched troops for her Democ
e, with Henry for guide. They ly incr,
her and Henry clasped her in
ms" EMM
hat became of them them" asked edltor,
sippi, i
icy were sent TO Fort Union stated
they were married by the Chap of s3O,O
the post, answered my mother. the Lou
Id where are they now?" asked. gratulat
Or Henry is i'm his grave" an
| my mother, while her eyes "sT
with tears, "and his wife still III. =.
during II
u was her name mama?n en- venc in ,
Ben. edited pi
Iana, said my mother. diamoI
", that's your name, MANS" aVidItS'
Ran Central :
!, my children, and / am that ,,.,
? girl, and your father, whom last wee
lians killed last summer on the as slave
was Henry the c,nti,-o -. the girls
my children, hang up your slavery
Igs and go to bed" him ain
ears rolled down her cbeeks - charged,
-, L.. - -. slavery ,