The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-10-16
men and bows sn;yaa 1ho;.

h'cn "iIV ootS boiz3d Sheir rnns
the house. and had Just time s, No. 'sain
side and bar the door whsn % GET IN.
Philip and nearly two hundred I1 "a
made their appearance. '' l'laas
The Indians ri ,. s'aid a: a safe ai,,,,.
and 50 did captain Philip, th ",,a's
"Comc ont, old John, o,,u
young John! l give You good c "ns. ee
he shouted. i'af'ef,'
There were only the two MO, =,
two boys. Mrs. kiIburn and her 't Sa. 'h
ter and four children, in the housoo waugh.
three hundred Indians a,tack; ",s, ,TNa
: but John kilburn was not in K. men, 1s
frightened not he. Neither w ,as "a ,vss
Nilburn, nor her son or daughter ~ sl'a
had several extra guns; Mrs, KIM, Inc!
and her daughter knew how ~, "'oan
them. They would rather die ,b, Iad
taken prisoners. The Indians h,d "
cannon. and their bullets would may na. %
through the stout timbers ony N.Y. ?
burning the house would ,hev h. ~ .
to get in. GAY
"Get you gone, you rascal, q, F.,
quarter you'' was the defiant ,n.a. Il
that John kilburn shouted throusb 's u
of the loop-holes to Captain ph; fr 0ae
the latter went back to the dark .r,'s
Of sayages. who set up the war.w l,oSs
They yell like 50 many de rDg ?
said John Kilburn; but he was NAV !.
the least disturbed by the howlinr Nv u
Then the bullets began to co,,
through the shingles on the roof wv, wy
strike against the timbers. wv
The Indians surrounded the hor,'
but there were looD-holes on each ~
Mr.. Kilburn and Mr.. Pike took tvn y
the sides, and the two BOYS the o,hss s
Bang! bang: went the gums Of NJ. H
burn and Mr.. Pike. Bang! bang, ~, .sr
the boys guns. They could fire !.
rest, and take deliberate AIM Thu h
dams could not see the muzzles Of 4,
guns, and the moment one Of the rs
men peepcd from behind a tree bis sls
was in danger.
One by one they fell, which enrsee,
them all the more, and they crept ue s
ear, firing rapidly, riddling the slin,le,
hoping, quite likely, that a bullet mich
glance down from the roof and IN
those inside.
1.-The roof looks like a sieve" ,,j
John Kilburn, as he looked up anil 81,
. the holes.
Mrs. Kilbun and her daughter wer
loading the extra guns the while, an
. handing them to the men and boz.
, who kept up such rapid fire that Ii
. Indians came to the conclusion tia
, there were q large number Of men
! the house.
1--WE shall soon be out Of bullets
,, said Mrs. Kilburn. b
:, A thought came: Why not catch III
: bullets that were coming through ii
roof? The balls had nearly spen, .he
force when they came through, an
they hung up u blanket with ,Aic
: folds, which stopped them entirely; an
: the girl. gathering them as They f
harmlessly upon the floor, put Tie
= into u ladle, melted them and ran NJ
. bullets, which soon were whiul
. through the air, and doing damage
~ the enemy.
. All through the afternoon the i,
>, >, goes on, the Indians aiming at ,hele
" holes. Their bullets pepper the \
- around them. One comes in and
:. tlicts a ghastly wound in Mr.. Pix
~ thigh, but the Indians do not know
~ :, and the brave defense is kept up
III !. the Indians, foilcd in all their efe
~ defeated, with several OF their nun
~. dead and many wounded from the
y leys fired BY Colonel Bellows and
H. IL. men, and by those in the house, SET
20 20 Kilbarn's wheat on lire, XIII his est
y bury their dead and stink away,
y y, having taken u scalp or aprise'
- They have only wounded one man
~, y. When everything goes well with
-, ~ Indian he can be very brave but "
y. - the tide is against him he quickly
" courage and becomes dishearlened,
en- so Captain Philip made his way oae
y, ~ Canada. very much crestfallen at !
va repulse he had received at the hand
>. two men. a woman, two boys az
VI. y" brave.hcartcd girl.-Charlss u v
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