The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-11-17

oiaiiAetH, Yes everything, II ne would
permit Us to 90 our way. He stood
IN a thoughtful mood few moments
surveying our outfit, suddenly shak-
Ing his head said NO good" and
Strengthening his tall fern, and look
ing us full in the face with all the
wisdom GA Congressman exclaimed: /:
81 scorn your profefcd gift, too long
have we been bought and sold with
triilng toys and gcw-gaws, too often
have wc accepted the cast OF. clothing
of our enemies alta dear price. No
no. your bodies shall hang and decay
upon the trees of the forest, where no
Rlzpah can come to club of the vul-
tsres. " At the close of this little
speech hc waved his hand and on
ward moved the. to ps) funeral train ;
with sad and weary hearts we were
marched onward until night fall. The
camp-frcs were lighted and We allow
ed to prepare cur own meal, which we
ate in silent unhappiness' Another
sleepless night dragged on under the
watchful eye Of the "poor Lo.' How
often my mind reverted to my good
old eastern home and boyhood days,
how l yearncd for freedom and long
ed to be member Of Congress, that
| might advocate and vote for 100
acres Of good tillable land to each one
of these lovely cusses who were then
holding me in durance vile, with no
prospect of liberty and but little hope
of life. Thus the weary hours wore
on, | tried to sleep, l thought an
hours sleep would do me good, if |
could only forget my misery; l fell
into a doze, which relieved the veins
of my head from the fullness Of the
blood poured into them by intense
mental anxiety, and toned the heart
into softer beating. Morning came
and the bright rays of the sun shone
from cloudless sky, but it had no
charms for me, within all was dark
and forebodlng as stormy night :
no breakfast passed my lips, l had no
heart to prepare it, Whittier We were
to be taken and what our fate was to
be, was running constantly through
my mind in titful surmises thus in
silence we travelled onward not a
word passing between my Partner and
myself.
At noon halt was made, dinner
prepared, Of which l forced myself to
partake scantily of, being weak and
faint. The Chief held council and
soon | saw that our guard and escort
was reduced to three including the
Chief; at this place we remained for
three hours; spring of cool water
was near by from which the chief de-
sired some water, | volunteered to
bring the same, and taking tin can
from his hand proceeded TO the spring,
l remembered having in my pocket a
goodly sized package Of Epson salts,
| at once took the same and emptying
it INTO the can filled it with water !;
after it had fully dissolved, returned
rernarking as l handed it to the Chief,
"good mineral spring" yes, says he
"much mineral The three drank
freely Of the water, in fact drank it all,
and having finished theirrepast, noun
ted their ponies and we all started for
ward, but had not proceeded far when
the Chief suddenly dismounted fol-
lowed by the other two, holding their
hands to their stomachs as if in great
pain, exclaiming as they disappeared
in the bushes "Indian sick, heap sick"
I drew near to my companion ex-
claiming in an under tone, "now is
the hour of our escape at hand, mount
quickly the Chiefs poncy,'' which in
the twinkling of an eye he did, and
one of the others, and giving the
third healthy cut with my whip off
we few at tightening speed, leaving
behind us our entire outfit under the
guardian care of three sick Utes, all
Of which We gladly, freely exchange
for our liberty. Onward We sped with
the heetness Of an antelope, too full
for utterance. Of all violent shocks
sudden joy is the hardes, to bear.
Great grief dreadful calamity oppres-
sion tragical and crushing nercifully