The daily gazette., 1882-04-06
The Timely Warning
BY /. HARVEY SMITH.

Jhe camp nre.
We were sitting In an attitude Of at
for our guide, Jake Carver,
was about To tell US q story.
He took an extra chew Of "nIgger
head" and commenced:
"It wur about six years ago that this
ere adventure happened to me. wur
q totlng q young teller across the pera-
Try to Browns Hole (Fort David
Crockett 10 its right name) In course
you all know where that is. Wall, we
run about six miles, or maybe more,
from the Holes and it war pretty dark,
so concluded 1t wur beet TO stay
where we were till mornin. / knew
there wur an old shanty near by that
would shelter me; not that cared, you
understand, about sleeping in the open
air, but oD account of Ham!in; that wur
the young feller as told you about.
Wall, we soon found the shanty and
wur nicely housed in 1t in no
time. l soon had fire blazing, not to
cook anything, but just for the comfort
Of 1t. Wall, lit my pipe, but the
youngster wouldn't smoke, 'kause he
said tobacco was poison, though 1t never
poisoned me, and I've been smokln' 1t
ever since .wur a little shaver, but
that's got nCthin' to do with my story.
We set there fur a long while, saying
nothin' when Suddenly Hamlln says:
"Jake, wonder whether there's emmy
Injins around?"
"No, says laffin," "of course moi;
what would emmy IDjuLs be doing
around here, unless they were friendly
onet? So you needn't be afraid" He
iewed up at this.
81 am not afraid" he said, kinder
mad like, "but l don't feel easy to-
night, somehow. feel as if something
we're going to happen"
"Wall, to tell the truth, felt just the
same though didn't say so, for fear OF
making him worse. EnDyhow, ! deter
mined to stay awake that night If had
to prop my eyelids open with my finger 8
felt for my rifle, and found that the
priming wur all right. As lay listen
ing heard sound as OF somebody out
side walking around the house. sat
up and waited. Putty soon the door
was pushed open, fur we didn't have
ennything to f4sien 1t with, and q girl
stepped into u room. was settin' In
the corner in the shade, but the fire
shone right In her face, aud knew she
was q white girl!
'sShe was dressed like an IDjun squa ",
an bad little rifle III hsr hand. She
looked all around the room and then saw
me, for she came right up to me anG
touched me.
"tGet up,' she said, the Indians arr
all around you,'
"You'd better believe, boys that
didLt let time fly by much before
wakened Hamlin and told him.
"'Where are theJ% he shouted; 'can'
we escapef.
"Hush,' said the girl, In q whisper
they are not more than hundred yard
of, and they will hear you. You liveI
depend on your silence"
"How many are there2' l asked.
"'Seven,' answered the girl. III yol
can keep them eff for an hour, you vii
be safe.
"'How?' asked; but she had gone
and we then commenced to work at ou
defenses. First took look out OF
crack In the legs, aud saw the Injin
creeping up towards the hut, said W,
went to work at our defenaes; but, ii
fact, the only defenses we had wur GU
rides and knives, and one pistol tina
Hamiin had. We cudL't fasten the door
so 1t all depended on keeping them a
bay, and let them get near the door
Well, they cum nearer and nearer til
they wurn't more nor fifty feet from Us
when we let driven, and two Injin
were shot. The other five dropped a
quick as flash. We reloaded, aud al
ter while redskin popped up, an
dropped him, and jg then Hamlin fire
at another. The lnjins knew how man
there wur, now OF US, an four of then
the other two Wur dead, and one q
these wur wounded in the head--rose t.
their feet an rushed toward US.
Gas they cum in the door struck th
first with the butt Of the rife, but th
Injin, who wur as timber as painter
lodged, and the blow fell on his shoul
der, The next minute was In hand
TO hand --tussle with the biggest one o
the lot, As rolled over on the floor
caught glimpse Of Hamlin strngglln
with two Injlns, and the other IDjin, th
wounded one, lodging around with hl
tomahawk trying to get chance to das
has brains out.
l tell you what boys, kin fight semC
but had my match then. / cudu'J ge
stick at him with my KNIFE, bus
managed to keep him from getting
chance at me. At last he slipped an
loosened his hold on my arm liltl,
and ! drove the knife up to the haft /
his breast, and thaG finished him. Han
lin all this while was fighting like hls gel
never thought there wur 40 muc
pluck in the lad, Isprang in the mid
Of them, aud drove my knife right inl
the eye of one Of them. He gave q ho
BILE howl and hee.ed over.
"There wur sill two Injlns, but the
, they bad tho advantage, cause they wei
both unwounded, while HamilD aud N
were bleedin' all over.
"One OF them had Hamiln down, an
the other pinioned me by the throat
: shut my eyes aud gave up all hop
"A. 4.