The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-09

4 Southwestern Rsaasee.
Col. Albert G. Pclton, whose besuti. |
All 9,OoO-scre ranch IL Gut toward the |
Rio Grands. near Laredo, has been the
Peter the Hermit Of the Texans for
Years. lie has believed that he held a
Divine commission to kill Apache In. |
NAAs.
Col. fsltou came 10 Texas In 1874, q
common soldier. by taleu, and cour.
ace he gradually arose tn the rank Of
Colpnel, and finally In 1850 commanded
Fort Macrae, That year he fell in love
With . beautiful Spanish girl u Abb.
auin, New Mexico. Her parents were
wealthy, and would not consent to their
daughters going away from ali her
trends to live In \ garrison. The AL.
uirstion OF the young people was mu.
mal, and parental objections only in,cn.
sitisd the affection II the lovers. The
nature vt the Spanish girl Il such that,
once in love, she never changes. Final.
h, aher two years Of entrea,y and devo-
tcn, Col. Pelion won the consent OF the
parents Of the beautiful spanish Girl.
and they were married. Then com.
msnced . honeymoon such "A ONLY
lovers shut up In . beautiful, flower en-.
yiroued fort can have. The lovely char.
seter OF the beautiful bride won the
hearts os all the soldiers ut the fort, aud
she reencd . queen among these rouoh
tron,iersmen. Tine day, when the love
/. q the soldier and his lovely wife was NJ
+ n sweetest, the two. sccompanicd nv the
Young wiie's mother and twenty soldiers.
rode out To the hot springs, six miles
from the fort, to take bath. While in
the bath, which Is near the Rio Grapde.
an Indians arrow passed over their
heads. Then = shower III arrows fell
around them, and q band Of wild Apache
Indians rushed do n upon them, whoop.
! Ing and yelling like . band of demons.
Several OF the soldiers fell dead. pierced
With poisoned arrows; this frightened
the rest, who fed. Another shower Of
arrows, and the beautiful bride and her
mother dropped in the water, pierced
( lby The cruel weapons Of the Apaches,
With his wife diving before his eye,.
Colonel Pclton lesped up the bank.
r grasped hi, rife, and killed the leader
Of the savage fiends. But the Apaches
were tho much for the Colonel. Pierced
! With two poisoned arrows. he swan md
ths river and hid under On overhsne;ns
rock. After the sayages had LEFT N
|, swan the river, and made his wsy bscl
J 70 Fort Mscrse. Here his wounds wer,
u dressed. and he finally recovered, bu
!. oaly % live Q blasted lile-without love
!. without hope-with Q vision Of his bean
tiiul wife, pierced with poisoned arrows
dying, perpetualiy before his eyes.
After the death Of his wife . chang,
came to Colonel Pslton. He seemed /.
p think that he had . sacred mission IRON
Heaven to syenee his Young wife
\ death. He secured the most unerrin,
,riies, surrounded himself with Draw
\, COMPANIONS, and consecrated himsel
70 the work Of revenge. He was al
ways anxious to lead any and all expe
ditions against the Apaches. Wheneve
any Of tho other Indians were at va
with the Attaches. Col. Pelton woul
.sscon be It the head Of the former. On
y day be would be 1t the head Of his ow
.oldie~. end the next d., b would, would b
Nothing gave him pleasure but the sigh
d dead Apaches. He deied Indian n
rows and Sourtsd death. Once, with
,r-hasd Of the widest dsspersdoes, be per
j eratsd hundred miles into the Apach
country. The Apaches never dreame
=, hat anything but An entire regimen
|. Would dare . follow them to their cam
q iathe mountains. So, when Col. Pc
AsaE0a swooped down into their cam
With ten tr,isty followers, firing the
VI henry viaes at the rate Of twenty tim'
tsninute, the Apachss fed in conste
''s eaaon, leaving their women and chi
,S1!su eehisd. IL was then that the
1aRted but Of . lodge white woman.
|''n "s6pare The w0msn!" she cried. On
On she iainted 70 the ground.
Fsl1 Wien the ColonN jumped from n
ipnedAle, 70 Lii Up the woman, he four
sAe was blind.
"How came you here, woman. vi
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