Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-01-21

on flre-waited a minute 10 CIV
whoever cut the tent time to escape
Then graspiug my heart and nerve
for an instant, gathered myself
and turned backward through th'
opening. Instantly jumping Il
my feet, / vaulted into the saddle
that was on the back OF q white
horse that stood there, and, in thu
midst of wells, OF rifle shots, OF
pack Of bowling dogs, we rushed
out of the camp. It seemed to me a.
though a thousand horsemen were
in pursuit of me instantly. We
galloped up the river to a bend
| had seen. Dashing in, we forded
It under fire that made the water
boil around us, and were out Of
the water and on level land before
anv of the Sioux were half way
across. Striking the trail to the
Bozeman Pass, | took it, and
knowing it, pushed boldly on, and
though holly pursued. my horse
outlasted theirs, and | escaped.
never drew rain until dismounted
to the west of the Pass. The girI
saved me. With any other horse
l should have been recaptured and
burned. ] have not got the girl
The love l have for her the mare has
instead. ] returned to my post, and
made no trades in the Yellowstone
that year.
"Again. Last winter the snow
was on the ground in january,
and for three days had been hunt
ing or running antelope. The sun
was very bright, and my eyes hurt
me. / saw specks floating about,
Little chains with small links were
constantly before me. My eyes
burned smartly when / returned
to the agency. Daily while hunt
ing / had see low black clouds in
the north that indicate the forma-
ton of marshalling Of the winds OF
the frozen north. Daily the south
wind swept them beyond the north
ern horizon i; but the next morning
found them looming portentously
in the northern sky. On my re-
turn to the agency / found run
ncr had just got in from Belly river,
in British America, with important
news for me. II was necessary
that ] should go up at once. /
started the next morning. My
eyes hurt dreadfully.
81 always go to the Belly river
when the snow is on the ground
nv the way of the Sweet Grass
Hills, and there camp one night.
One side of the hill is always bare
Of snow, and there is spring of
good water on the northern side OF
the centre hill. A strong south
wind was blowing when | started,
hut by noon / saw the clouds to
north suddenly rise mp. | knew
tina. the marshalling Of the north
winds was completed, and the!
were eager for the assault on thu
soft south wind. On camc thu
black cloud. The sonth wind still
blew fiercely, but it conld not sten
the assault from the arctic region
Birds few south before the storm
antelope and deer were running 10
shelter. / had reached my camp
ing ground, and stood looking ia
off to the north, seeing the land
marks disappear one 10y one as tn
head of the blizzard reache
them and shrouded them in its ic
breath. A calm. Then with
|, mighty rush and loud noise Of tn
blizzard swept past me. The a
was filled with particles Of iC
!, that cut through almost horizon
tally, and seemed as il they woul
never fall.
"Colder, ever colder. grew II
wind, and aenser the air as the IL
particles thickened. | sougl
. shelter in the rocks. Bnckling d
A clothing on the mare, l turned h
loose, knowing that she would n
leave me. Then / lay down on N
% blanket, and wrapping my beav
!, cloak around me, tried to slice
"a began thinking, and could n
;, sleep.
4, The buffalo had not come sou
=. that winter, and the wolves we
m gauut and hungry. As they follC
~ horseman over the plains in {
a summer, so they do in the whit,
"a only more of them-and tho