Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-01-05
ATExAN,s REVENGE.
70, re,ton. the slayer Of the Apsehes

Colonel Albert G. Pelton, whose beau.
,iful twenty thousand acre ranch is
ont toward the Rio Grande, near Lare,
do. has been the Peter the Hermit Of
the Texans for years. He has believed
that he held divine commission to
kill Apache Indians. Colonel Pelton
came to Texas in 1874, common sol
der. BY talent and courage he rose to
the rank of colonel, and finally, in
1S47, commanded Fort Macrae. That
wear he fell in love with beautiful
Spanish girl at Abequin, New Mexico
Her parents were wealthy and would
not consent to their daughters going
away from all her friends to live in a
garrison. The admiration of the young
couple was mutual, and parental objec-
ton only intensified the affection OF
the lovers The nature of the Spanish
girl is such that once in love she never
changes. Finally, after two years of
entreaty and devotion, Colonel Pelton
won the consent of the parents Of the
beautiful Spanish girl, and they were
married.
Then commenced honeymoon such
as only lovers shut up in beautiful
flower environed fort can have The
lovely character of the beautiful bride
won the hearts of all the soldiers of the
fort, and she reigned queen among
these rough fronticrsmen. One day,
when the love of the soldier and his
lovely wife was at its severest, the two
accompanied by the young wife's moth
er 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 GIande, an Indians arrow passed
over their heads. Then shower of
arrows fell around them, and band of
wild Apache Indians rushed down upon
them, whooping 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 fell in
the water, pierced by the cruel weapons
of the Apache. With his wife dying
before his eyes, Col Pelton leaped up
the bank, grasped his rifle, and killed
the leader of the savage fiends. But
the Apaches were too much for the
Colonel. Pierced with two poisoned
arrows, he swan into the river and hid
under an overhanging rock. After the
savages had left, the Colonel swan the
river and made his way back to Fort
Macrae. Here his wounds were dressed
and he finally recovered, but only to
live blasted life-without love, with
out hope-with vision of his beauti-
full wife, pierced with poisoned arrows,
dying, perpetually before his eyes
After the death of his wife Grange
came to Colonel Pelton. He seemed
to think that he had sacred mission
from Heaven to Gvenge his young
wife's death. lie secured the most I'M
erring rifles, surrounded himself with
brave companions, and consecrated
himself 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, Colonel
Pelton would soon be Mt 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 band of Mexicans. Nothing gave
him pleasure but the sight of dead
and courted death. Once, with band
of the widest desperadoes, he pene-
trated hundred miles into the Apache
country. The Apaches never dreamed
that anything but an entire regiment
would dare to follow them to their
camp in the mountains. SO when Col.
Pelton swooped down into their camp
with ten trusty followers, firing their
Henry rifles at the rate of twenty times
a minute, the Apaches fled in conster-
nation, leaving their women and chill
dren behind. 1t was then that there
darted out of a lodge white women.
"Spare the women" she cried, and
then she tainted to the ground.
When the colonel jumped from his
saddle to lift up the woman he found
she was blind.
Chow came you here, woman, with
these damned Apaches?" he asked.
81 was wounded and captured" she
said, "ten years ago. Take, Oh, take
me back again."
"Have you any relations in Texas?"
asked the colonel.
"No; my father lives in Albequin,
My husband, Colonel Pelton, and my
mother were killed by the Indians"
"Great God, Belle. Is it you--my
wife,"
"Oh, Albert, / knew you. would
Gomez exclaimed the poor wife,
blindly reaching her hands to clasp her
husband
OF course there was Joy in the old
rancho when Colonel Pelton got back
with his wife. The Apaches had car
ried the wounded woman away with
them. The poison caused inflammation,
which finally destroyed her eyesight.
When saw the colonel he was read
ing newspaper to his blind wife, while
in her hand she held a bouquet Of fra
grant cape jessemines, which he had
gathered for her. 1t was picture of
absolute happiness. - Cor. Of Chicago
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