The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-07-14
A TEXANS REVENGE.
Colonel Pelton, the Slayer. Of the
Apaohes. Revenged.

Apachss, Revenged,
Col. Albert @. Peltcn. whose
beautiful 10000 acre ranch is out
toward the Rio Grande, near Lafe
do, has been the Peter the Hermit
of the Texans for years. He has
hs.l:.-s .:.:,t r- =. 49,. :. .si..aIo
commission to kill Apache Indians
Colonel Pelton came to Texas IN
IS41, a common soldier. BY talent
and courage he gradually arose 70
the rank of colonel, and finally, IN
1856. commanded Fort Macare
That year be fell in hove with a
beautiful Spanish girl at Ablequiu.
New 4texico.1 Her parents were
wealthy and woulu not con seilt to
their daughtcI's gpiHg away from
alliher trlendsdo live in a garrison
Hhe admiration otithe young peoI'
JIle WAS lnutusll5t IAN q sssgg entsii .itjl
Jections only Intensified the atfec-
tion Of the hvers The nature Of
tue Spanish i9ir is such that once
ia love she tvVrclIanges. FlnaIly.
after two years iofleGtreaty aud de-
votioa, CooneloPe won the con
sent Ofrhe epatctfts OF the sesutl1ul
Spanishsgirf,e and they were mari
ried. Yf fa rem 20 81 lE
They esmiaehceF a. honey neon
snchas oAip'sioSers shutdapqiR .
beautiful, Aewef ci,kironod ioi0aeah
haVe.n rhe lavely Characterized GeAee
beautiful biittelwon thtcheafts ofshlF
the8soldters at tbs forei aHa. She
reigned a queen among ngthese rough
frontiersmen. One day. when tue
love of the soldier and his lovely.
wife was at its serenes:, the two.
accompanied by the young wife's
mother and twenty soldiers, rode
out 70 the lrot springs, six miles
from Tie fort Is take a bath. While
in the bath, which is near the Rio
Gtande. an Indians arrow passed
over their heads. Then shower
of arrows fell around them, and a
band OF wild Apache Indians rushed
down upon them, whooping and
yelling like a band of demons. Sew
eral Of the soldiers fell dead,
pierced with poisoned arrows. Il
This frightened the rest wko
fled Another shower of arrows,
and the beautiful bride and her
mother dropped in the water,
pierced with the cruel weapons of
the Apaches. With his wife dying
before his eyes, Col. Pelton leaped
to the bank, grasped a rifle, and,
killed the leader of the Savage
iliends. But the Apaches were too
much for the colonel. Pierced
with two arrows, he SWAN into the
river and hid under 'an overhang
ing rock. After the savsges had
left, the colonel swan the river and
made his way back to Fort Mac
rane. Here his wounds were
dressed, ard he finally recovered,
but only to live a blasted life, with
out hope-with a visicn of his
beautiful wife, pierced with poisoned
arrows, dying perpetuaily before
his eyes.
After the death of his wife a
change came TO Col. Pelton. He
seemed to think that he had a sa-
cred mission from heaven to
avenge his young wife's death. He
secured the most unerring rifles,
surrounded himself with brave
companions, and consecrated, him
self to the work of revenge. He
was always anxious to lead any and
all expeditions against the Apaches.
Whenever any of the other Indians
were at war with the Apaches, Col.
Pelton would soon be at the head
of the former. One day he would
be at the head of his own soldiers
and the next day he would be at
the head of a band of Mexicans.
Nothing gave him pleasure but the
sight of dead Apaches.
He defied Indian arrows and
courted death. Once, with band
of the widest desperadoes, he pen
etrated hundred miles into the
Apache country. The Apaches
never dreamed that anything but an
entire regiment would dare follow
them to. their camp in. the mountains.
So when Col. Pelton swooped down
into their camp withten trusty fol-
lovers, finng their Henry rifles at
the rate of twenty times a minute,
the Apaches fled in CONSERVATION,
leaving their women and children
behind. 1t was then that there
darted out of a lodge a white wo-
man.
"Spare the womenP' she cried
and then she tainted to the ground.
When the colonel jumped from
his saddle to lift up the woRah he
found she was blind. surs sEm !
eHow came you here, Woman,
with these Apaches2" he askeddf d
81 was wounded and captured,' III
she said, "ten yearsiago. Take, OH,
take me back againYl des
"Have you any relatives in Tex
as2a asked the colonel.
. p "Nog My father lives in Albe
quin. NY hus band, Colonel Pelton,
and my mother were killed by the
Indians.'' 90 o..a
sis"Great heaven, Bella is it your
my wife, p ,.,., ~.
@Oh, Albert, / knew you would
comeY' exclaimed the poor wife,
blihdly reaching her hands to clasp
her husband.
OF course there was Joy 10 the
old ranch when Colonel Peltcn got
back with his wife. The Apaches
had carried the wounded woman
away with them. The poisoned ar
row caused inflammation which de-
stroyed her eye.sight. lfr n4adi
When saw the colonel he's was
reading a newspaper TO his blind
wife, while in nher hand she held a
bouquet of fragrant cape ijessasr
Minis, which he Ind gathered fof
her. 1t was picture OF absolute
happiness San AsteRio Cores
pondent Chicago Tifhe!qse = o.
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How She "cpppsrsag his Game by
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