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


IL arm, while the Indian staggered ba
na wards, and fell a corpse on the flo
~, pierced through the heart by sha
pointed hunting knife, which Her
held Ill his right hand. This act
Il hefolc devotion and unparalIel
y bravery i'll one so young, undoubted
- saved his life, as well rs that of M
~ omlth and baby, forthe savages see,
Gu struck with admiration at Henr,
. daring, although it had cost them II
y l'ie OF one of their braves they we
2 = ofdefed to spare the lives of the pa
races. Henry was then bound h
= hhlle taken from him. and he place
' Oh the back of one of the horses, Will
MIS-. Smith, though unbound, wa
, given another one to ride. What b,
came OF poor George, no one eve
knew, but it is supposed he epdeov
ored TO escape, and was Drained ON th
spoI and burned in the house. wbicl
was now set on fire after securing
what plunder they wanted.
The night was quite dark, but th,
names from the burning building
Illuminated the country for miles
around. The Indians with their can
yves, travelled a Southwest course all
hlght long, and camped Just at day.
nSht on beautiful stream of clear
water. Here they cooked some VEN
lson and Offered to Mrs. Smith and
Henry, but she, poor woman, could
eat nothing. Henry partook of a
hearty meal and felt much refreshed
though his wrists were swollen and
PANIED him badly where he was tied
with raw-hide thongs, but he did NOT
complain1or he felt it would be no use
After an hour of two of rest, they
resumed their march. Thus for three
loh9 days and weary nights, thew
'raveled onward, halting here and
mere, to cook little food and snatch
tn hours rest. Dreadful indeed was
he suffering Of Mrs. Smith and
1ehfy, still and cramped from expos-
Ire, OF cold and sumburn, ALTERNATING
$ each weary day and night dragged
H. worn out and sore in every limb
nj muscle, from the unnatural posi-
on III which they were forced to ride
'ld she, the poor mother, weak and
eDle, with a helpless infant in her
rms, and all the horrors of that nirbt
eSh before her eyes, and still more :
'rflple Vision, ten thousand times
orse than death, in the future. The =,
81 OF her darling boy, and his un- ,
lown fate, as well as the uncertain r
&c or her absent husband-alJ COM
led TO render her the most miserable
'atllre on earth and how long could =,
man nature sustain such strain? :,
IN the fourth morning they camped l.,
Beaver lake at the head of tbe ~,
WIS river, and here they found A.
eral lodges Of their own tribe: and
ong them, a Medicine Man, and 80
efal squaws, from whom Mrs. "
lth received some attention; but WI
fatigue had surpassed her endur- IIc.I
G, and she died the following morn "'
. One Of the squaws took the lit v"
infant which was a hearty child, WI
adopted it as her own. eu
ed
oW let us return to Mr., Smith. c.
}, with Big Foot Wallace, was on a an
t, and had not returned when the o.n,
ans attacked the rancho. They 20,
started early in the morning and r.
eeded up the river some miles vi,
n, ascending a little bluff, they 10 :
'vered strip of timber some dis ~
to the eastward, and as neither H.,
em had in that locality, thev r'a'
ght they would go and prospect; naa.
n they accordingly did, and at 49,
tfall found themselves much fur ,.,,
away from home than they in ii''i
ii TO have gone. Retracing their 'i''
they were still four miles away "eo "@'
the light of the burning ,1lse w
attracted their attention. Hur- P.'i'
onward they arrived only in Ni7''
to hear the cracking embcrs was
lie tale of blood, of woe and DESC mem
. And wall went forth from MS
vbita Inns of ToI,, C,,,.t foste
which would have made demons eAis'
for pity. And the VOWS of ven "i"a
which Big Foot Wallace then 10"
are to-day recorded in the his iloIy
f Texas tined
e.. chief.
'io sd ayes were for tn
visible about the place, and of AZ
not was not long in striking their oral
o''' iio'iliiiS since MORN situat
ID being much iatigued, the two nitv +
to prepare food sutfi- morse,
last them several DAYS. and two oi
lg they could not follow the trail inc h,
the darkness, they proposed media
until morning; consequently rescue
we're early astir, and i'm pur- found
the Indians, who had some six his arr
hours the start. To be sure "NyI
laIs were mounted, while they Ben.
Dot; but Big Foot was an old 9TH,
sman and knew a horse was no where
or a man on a long march, 50 lain of
Dled himself with the thought "An,
was only question of time. POO
nation and endurance, as on swered
ey followed up the trail. filled v
evils river is a wild, shallow lives"
over beds of rock and What
through immense ledges of quired
ne, which rise in solid per- "TeXi
ar walls hundreds of feet high "Wh,
J, then slope away in a gentle replied
almost on a level with the ayes,
he stream. Following down captive
these slopes from the table the Ind
re, Big Foot and Smith pick plains.
way ON the evening Mrs. Come.
I'd breathed her last at Beaver stockin,
he four miles up the river. The e
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