The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-15

vSh ri spysailve iace .and still more
eeapnse{ nues i 10Th she and her
ister q ~ who IS the elder. have had
sgvead III Il bordsr experience with.
ID = wet4 short time, having been within
,shinecS ai2es SOf The battle with the
famous I'M IAN commander Mana, in
which {sscrge DAY, the celebrated min.
sisE exh4at WIS killed. Miss Fannie
aspedlltn obuStle on bis arms when
Ia sxast faut to 1ght the Indians in the
GArao{ IQR Ind Miss Gertie, who
~as afd ~ s asked him whether he
had emo 9A cigars to last him till he got
bsck. Il vas then midnight and the
party we're at Mutt station, where he
~Wxx intAcested largely in mines. He
mid ks mad three cigars and that these
would last him until nine in the morn
Z ing, bY which time he expected to be
tack slsBut, >, said be, 'sthe bullets
viii hAset to strike some Of us, you know,
md, boya, they xre IS likely to strike me
rs any az you.r They followed the In
6aas up the canyon, striking the am
busk e nine Q. M, only few of the
party escaping. The body of DAILY was
6roight beck ~ next day. dashed to
hosse. These I've lhdies were guests of
Nc. Daay. Mis6' Gertie has money in
vssted q mines there, which she went
ant q lock after, and her sister,
vko was q consumptive. went out
80 get cured. DAILY is said to have been
. millionaire. He had spent most Of his
Ef1 on the frontier and he understood
die treacheryof the Indians, and before
starting out in pursuit of them he wrote
ont agned and sealed his will and
srrn0d Il over to Miss Gertie to be de-
,EuexA tn his executor, . Mr.. White, of
sPhitadelphia, in case Of his death. He
said he had dear little wife and four
children. whom. he would bring out
6here IS soon as it was safe to do 80.
Tho ladies also have charge of Turk,
his fAvorite bird dog, which they, are
fzkiag home . his wife. They also
AexH so4ie interesting relics Of their
-swn- A very fine silver mounted, pearl.
kasAiIed revolver, which has done serv-
nee far the whites against the Indians,
'Aefasgs to Miss Gertie. Miss Fannie
kss q bowie-knife with which United
States officer split open the bowels of
IN Indian in . hand-to-hand conflict.
Tia white blossoms Of the soap weed, q
RlanE resembling the Spanish dagger, is
En0tker of their keep-sakes. The
EaARes ct the plant are pointed with q
xh1gn Of q poisonous character. With
ekis thorn they prick the live bodies Of
Aheir victims, and q slow and painful
dssfh Is the consequence.
The ladies' were born, raised and ed
4acated in New York State, but three
months ON the frontier was sufficient to
lve them q deep.seated dislike for the
fndian5 Miss Faanie's idea of the In
dian is taken from Gen. Custer, whom
the people Of the Territory all adore.
She says "there. are no good Indians
hut dead Indians" Both she and her
sister learned to shoot accurately, as
their lives were often In peril, and both
became SO used to danger that they
think they had the bravery to defend
{ their home against the savsges.
About the eOuntxy the ladies had much
10 say. The younger one remarked
that III general appearancait looked like
S'the devils back yard. - the officers
expressed i. TIE !! climate ina was healthy,
but It gave your face the color Of > sad.
@11e. Mutt station, where they were, is
- the Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe
aairoad. on the oid Geo!getown tralI,
nan miles eOutnwest q LAKE Valley
sa.d nine miles nom the Aiembres
avs:. At thls point, made remote ~
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