The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-13

dian IL missed. He retreats to the river bank.
and from its cover empties the contents OF
Henry rilo into tho building. This warfare
was kept up all night. Constantly fearing an
attack In force, and knowing that II sur
prise is successfully made. death by torture
would be the fate Of every man In the post. the
whites kept wide awake.
Next morning the trade began again. saw
good painted robes bought for quart of whiskey,
common robes for pint. and extra good robes
for two quarts Of whiskey. Constant watchful-
moss was needed pnd the great strain Of Haley's
nerves when a cooked and loaded revolver was
thrust into his face was dreadful. But he
would look squarely into the drunken savage's
eyes and say. Shoot. and the men in the Ms
lions will riddle you with rife balls" The In
dian would look at the bastlon SEQ six or eight
rifles pointed at him. and would change his
mind. During the day tho most trying scenes
took place continually. The Indians fought
among themselves; some were badly sashed or
stabbed with knives; some we're killed. On this
second day tho "so-called" sport was at its
worst The. Indian police got drunk; all
who were able 10 walk were drunk; even
| the blind were drunk. Buffalo robes came In
| Kegs went out Of tho window The second night
| was worse than tho first. The whizzing OF rifle
| balls and the thud of the lead Ms II struck the
| logs OF tho house attracted no attention from u.s.
| But HRlsy's mon peerod anxiously out into the
| darkness to watch Tor FIRE, IA all day long the
| red furiCs had bOasted that this WIS our last
night on earth that we would be burnt out be-
fore morning. The third day the Indians ran
| ont of rolDrs Then they offered to trade horses
| rifles, blankets. any and everything they had.
| Here Haleys good sense showed itself The
trade closed. Then the Piegan camp sobercd
| on. Their dead were hauled to lodge and do
| deposited. MY excellent friend, Bull Back
Fat, was killed aiterward in Just such n spree"
| as this. He. the Blood war chief was shot by
couple OF Plegans. Supposed by his followers
| To bear charmed life, he waSnot proof against
| balls from a Sharps rils.
| The day after the sobrring process was COM
pleted the entire camp Of Piegans left for the
! mountains To get lodge poles; Giying them 2
| days start toward tho foot hills. Warner and
| left carly tho next morning for the Rocky
| Springs. on, our way g sun River station. in
picked up q butcher knife that lay in the trail
/ and handed II to me without word. | looked
at u and sad adm nothing c soon ne dismounied
and capped This he handed to me to look at
His act w!aS;v q speech Of length, MTreply was
and revolver being lost on the trail lead
ing south, and being found ny us, not
| by tho men who lost them. showed plainly
that the trail had been patroed the pre-
| yious night; that II was guarded to intercept
Looking carefully NJ tho knife. found i TO be
| Of American manufacture. Those the BlacK-
! feet Carried were mostly Of English make. 80
! ! Inferred that the men who watched that trail
clined To- think.
Our morning songs ceased. Silently we
rode. scanning the country with ceaseess
vigilance. Away, OF to the southwest was
I, long low swell in the prairie, On the crest
telopes. They appeared; they disappeared.
Warner looked g them attentively and finally
| remarked; Frank. those are almighty
strange acting antelope. Look at them through
| your glass.
to see and count the heads Of twenty
one Indians. who were watching US over the
EdEEsd P@ssEd the to WSrner s9d he
! turned To mo and said; " This il bad. my boy !:
| hut Il they make angels out Of US We will play a
strong hand ourselves al the angel-maki ng
| business. Let's try % reach the ton Of the
| butte. over there. pointing 4 butte that rose
US. Tho Indians realized that we mad seen
them. and they came over the hill. all naked. eX-
cepting y breech cloth and cartridge belt. mag
! nnccnty mounted rifles in hand. and horses at
! tho full gallop. | dismounted. and handed
the lines Of my bride TO Warner. saying: " |
Better stun dian thini thew are" living down
| on the ground. | rested my Allen rifle on n
stone and began SHOOTING, saw the dust fly in
! front of their line. Rapidly shot eight or nine
! Allen balls among them. They speedily real
lzsd that some one was going 70 get hurt. and.
| fancy shots as they retreated.
w, We mounted AGAIN and pushed Tor the
one Sioux devils headed us of. They
| uncovered in bunch from behind tho
butte. and stood some 500 yards in front Of
Twenty of them rode OF to the west leaving one
| man. who was mounted on a beautiful black
rode OF some 500 yards, and halted. The sim
| gle horseman rode boldly toward us. When he
sights on my ride. and told Warner hat Ms soon Dol,
! rs | could make dead shot on the Indian. say
at l75 or 300 yards, intended 10 xii him. and
! gct his horse. Go nnead,' WINS the sympG-
| thctic reply. (Oh II n man could have a fellow
like this at his back all through liieJ some
S n1g IN ny ny moSn Or IN the the so Tsy
rider his probable fate and wheeling his
horse. he flashed on on run; keloined
| 10 the twenty who had remained mottonless, we
could soc them press around him. He suddenly
dismounted. handed his rifle to one. revolver
belt and knife to another. and advanced To MS
again, hut on foot Warner says: The cow
ardy whclps are sending that young chap TO US
ing now. Let him come TO us aud see. The
Sioux came TO us, the most frightened Indian
ever saw-turned 10 an ash color by the fear OF
ing himself he walked within five feet OF me
and looked me In my eyes. leaned in my sad,
him the Allen rife. put my hand on n revolver
him bag. full Warner did the same. He oil
the nakcdness stammered out. Where Pie.
gans p Seeing that he could talk English.
said, What do you want Of Piegansi"
am Plegan, was his reply.
You are u liarv and pointed TO his mecca
sins. Looking down Mt his feet he was con
fused. Then boldly STRENGTHENING himself e
with free sweep Of his hand he drew his rigid
Ringers ~ knife across his throat. Tho sign
Of the Sioux had been made, lie pointed dowI
pointed my rife at him and repeated his word
Coz! lie went az once. reJoned the twenty
and all disappeared. We rode rapidly To thu
butte. This We assembled slowly, leading ou
horses expert ng 10 be- attacked AT the top or IRON
the side. We reached the level top there hob
BLEED the horses. and with rifles almost at on
shoulders. advanced from rock 20 rock acros'
the plateau until the opposite crest OF the hill
WAS reached Cautiously looking over W.
saw nothing. A long breath Was eNhale,
simultaneously by each OF US. and then witt
our glasses we searched the vast plail
that stretched around us for the twenty
one; and we found them. They were cache
, in shallow rAyine that crossed the trail ahOu
oight miles ahcad OF us. As we had to night W
naturally preferred 10 fight whore we had SOM
cover Of rocks. and 81 refused 10 ride 10 them
They discovered this and rode 10 us. som
, long range shooting followed then littl
fighting at from 100 TO $50 yards. and thcn re-
treat Of the Sioux with several punGurod SIX ms
There Was not the white mans pluck in then
, to ride over us with the certainty Of losing al
: or eight OF their number. Six or eight for tw'
> does not pay the Indian. They gave us u
apparently. and rode of. n few not riding n
gracefully as when they attacked. Soon the
disappeared from sight. and we sat and SECURE
l the great plains with our glasses. Finally
Warner said They have gone to III
Rocky Springs. hoU.ng to intercept, u
. there. That is the nearest water. The
. know we arc thirsty, and think W
=. will go there. II Is about twenty miles 20 IN
springs. and about forty to the MIX Rive