The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-12

Adrersiier, writing abou! the Hualspals In.
dams, tells this story Of an adventure Of q
Mr.. Spencer, who has lived with them
many years: 8&& .1a55.
II was carrying the mail between the
!orss Of that time" he said, ''and wae am.
ouseed by the 1ndisns In q canon about
twenty-five miles south ofhsre. One Of my
TWO companions was killed md the other
wounded, and | only escaped because the
shot bit my pistol and glanced sside. The
wounded fellow tried to escape, and while
the indians were drawn or in pursuit OF
him l slipped of my horse into tho bush,
My riffs clceyed in throwing up shell,
and ! had to take the magazine out and "a.
load It, while expecting them On the at apv
moment. Alter I had my rifs ready l
'noE cd abont aud saw that my only chance
waste reach the edge ofa email canon, where
lshould have rock In front, and would
not be attacked from behind. started to
run up a little arroyo, but they saw
me, and fired on me, one shot passing
through my leg at the hip and one in my
eresas'. AS l i4ll they gave shout and
pushed on me, but I managed to raiso N.Y.
aeii and saoo. down the first two, and then
lell back. Then l managed to drsw my.
seli to the position bad chosen, They
had meanwhile caught the wounded fellow,
and !or two hours they tortured him.
Finally they cut eli his bands and head.
Wnile l bad to lie Listening to this and
their fiendieh ytlls, I bad found nv pistol
waa clogged with the lead Of the bullet
from which It eeved mo. took It ali to
pieces snd reloaded and put it together
again. I determined to sell my life as
dearly as 1 could, butu there was no hope,
to blow my own brains out with my last
two charges rather than fall into their
hands. When they bad finished my com
panion l heard them cons using and ar.
ranging to attack me from three sides, NV
leg wss entirely dead by this time, and l
was very wesk from lcss OF blood, but
managed to kill the leaders Of each band,
and they fell back. I heard them decide
that 1t was not worth while visiting nun.
Der OF lndiana on one white man, and
they were cure Of ma "a soon as night ie!l.
All was quiet for time, and then I heard
one Indian, who kew a little Euglish,
call, No hurt Spencer. Go home.' knew
this was only trap 10 get me out, and, as
he Kept on repeating this, l thought l |
would try to see him without exposing
myself. I had heard OF people aiming BY
sound, though had never tried it. list.
'ned intently and kept bringing my r;tl .
up and aiming toward the sound. i free,
aud there Was Il gees! commolion. I learn
cd etterward-!or am friends with Gil
these Indians now-tha. the bullet lust
erszad h's crm, and the start i. give him
threw him from point CT rock be wss
standing uo1u, and bruised him badly, |
After this all wss co quiet I began to ana.
pect something, and raining my head very
elowly anu cautiously above the rock
behind me, it received two shote, |
showing they had managed TO creep
up there. l raised myeeli quickly, threw
my arm over the rock, and fred two or
three shots from my pistol In quick sue.
cess'on. That cleaned out that nest. Oser |
at the fort they had heard the firing in the
morning, but paid 10 attention to il. But
when it continued, they concluded the In.
diazs had got hold Of me and sen. out |
Equad 10 the reecue. They came on the
hancs Ct my companion, lying in the road |
where they had been dropped, and were
frightened and wsnt back. Meanwhile |
had determined not to wait for the indiana,
but, as coon lit was dusk, to drag myself |
of and see II ! could get away. However,
the soldiers came beck, and Just at dusk |
found me. But it WIS close shave. At
the lsst moment ! could not make them
hear me, and they wore abousto turn back, |
I was gone up; but I attracted
their attention before /! Yves too late. That
was as long day aa ] ever spent, gentle
men," #t555= s!jJ, -,'.s
II am surprised" said I. ~ thought the |
Hua!apais claimed they had always been
friends of the whitsg" $50 they were, but
about month before this some men were
out on q raid snd caught fourteen young
children. They saw no otherIndiana, and
they had these children in m ambulance.
THY did not Rish to be 1idicpled 10. bring.
Ing home children, 60 they conaulted what
to do, and decided the only thing WAS to
kill them. They pulled them out by this
nhlr, one ct time, and blowing their
brains out threw them on the road. The
Indians stror geet instinct is love Of his
children, and, coming on the trail and
finding these, they vowed to torture the
first one of those fellows they caught"
"Ah, zee, it was like all other horrible
Indian outrsges-the white mans first and
the Indian fo.lows." "That's about The
length OF it." S