The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-04-15
NUMBER I3.

ton and dashed among them. Their bold
ness was rewarded by finding in this group
the women of whom they were in search
one an American and the other a Mexican,
and both, notwithstanding the grief and anx-
iety depicted on their eountenances. fair to
see. The hags who had them in charge were
10th to let them go, but our heroes, dismount-
ing, swung the captives, by main force, to
the saddles, and then, springing on behind
them, began their retreat
This was a much more difficult feat than
the advance. for the Indians who had at first
supposed they were assailed bya detachment
Of troops, now discovered that their assail-
ants were but two in number, and were
rallying to cut of their retreat 4 running
fight ensued, in which the deadly accuracy
OF the carbines told TO good advantage, while.
on the other hand, the nature Of the ground
gave the savages opportunities for smbus-
cades, which they were not slow to improve
Only the proverbial cowardice of the Apachcs
saved alive our heroes and their precious
charges, exposed as they were to assaults
from every side, unable to urge their iaded
and over-weighted horses to any satisfactory
degree of speed The feet-footed sayapes
were easily able TO keep up with them and
harass them from behind trees, rocks and
bushes with rapid discharge Of both ar
rows and firearms, the number of their war
riors having evidently received an accession,
while the squaws and children kept up an
internal uproar of boots and yeIls. DupOnt's
horse got an arrow in his shoulder, which
rendered him almost unmans geable, and Mrs
Benedict the American lady, who occupied
Tallman's saddle, received a bullet-wound
in the fleshy part of the arm. As soon,
therefore, as they reached a convenient spot,
the little party stood at bay and the fight
began in earnest. The rapidity of the car
bine fire soon partially silenced the volleys
of the Indians, who now skulked under shell
ter and watched their opportunities but
every time one of them raised his head it at
tracted a bullet, and it is almost certain that
several OF them were converted into good
Indians by the gospel of lead. 1t looked
that way to our heroes, who, although they
had no way of ascertaining the fact, felt
sure that some of their shots were effective
by the evident Consideration of the enemy
and the fact that with each volley they beS
came more cautious and retiring, and at last
withdrew from the field, when our friends
4ONt liO tAillG IA CtliiA AiDN II liOlh Tie
tains and putting good piece of ground be-
tween themselves and the redskins.
Their camp at night was carefully chosen
and strictly guarded, but they suffered no
further molestation, and in due time arrived
in Tucson with the rescued captives, who
were receivedwith the active and cordial sym
pathy which grows only on the wild soil Of
the Western Territories and Pacific States
1t was found impossible, however, to restore
them to their friends, for these also, alas
had been murdered by the Indians. Mrs
Benedict was, at her own request, sent to
California Sonora Riviera remained in Tue
son and was in due time married to an m
/ erican in respectable standing. AS for Char
lie Dupont and Billy Tallman, the Ooys ap-
plaudcd them; and that, beyond their con-
/ sciousness of having done a good and brave
thing, was the extent of their reward. And,
doubtless, if necessary, they would undertake
a similar adventure upon the same truths
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