The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04
a Fight Tor Life,

a Fight fol; Life. q
/ An Ar Arizona cores pondents q the
Boston Advertiser, writing about tha
Hualapais Indians tells this story Of !
Mr. Spencer who has lived with then.
many years -.
~ was carry ing the mail between the
Iorts 81 Ct that time, g he said and WAC
anbushed by the Indians r Il, Y q
canon sar about twenty-fi Ave miles so,,th a.
mere 81 Slnei Of my two compani ons was
khie stiss1 and the other wounded and II
oniy, escaped because the shot shit nv
pistol and glanced aside. Tie wound "A
lel1oW tried to escape, and while fha'
lndlans We're drawn Off in I'M pursuit ii him
slipped off my horse into tha fhrs ;t,1 (
Myrife cloggetl iii THROWING -, 1 anal ,,jr1' I:
and Z had to take the maIgasina mi !, and
reload 1T while expecting Al an m nv, !, :
o. any moment. After I7had my rife
ready I ooked about and saw that nv
only ,, chance was to reach the edge 81 q
small canon, where I should have =
rock IN front, and would not be attack
ed from behind. I started & to run m
Little arroyo but they saw me and
tired on me, one shot passing thronoh
my leg at the hip and ono in NV breast. +.
AZ. As:l fell they gave q shout and pushed
on me, but managed to- raise myself
and shoot down the first two. and thew
i Tell back Then i managed Stol draw 4
myself to the position il had chosen
Ihey had meanwhile caught the wound
ed low, and for two hours thew
tortured him. Finally they cut off His
hands and head. While ii had IA liz
listening to this and I. their fiedisb
I3Sells, had found nv b, pistol sWaa olog.
ged with the lei d 81 the bullet i from
| which l,1 II saved me. took lit all to
pieces and reloaded and put it together
again. determined TO sell my life as
dearly ms i could. but if there were no
hope, blow my own brains out with
my last two charges rather than fall in
to their hands. w hen they had finish
ed my companion Il heard them con
sulting and arranging to attack me from
three sides. My leg was entirely dead
by this time, and Twas very weak from
loss of blood, but I managed to kill the
1 lenders Of each band; i and they fell
back. Iheard them decide that It was
i NOT worth while wasting q number Of
Indiana 8 on one white man, and they
We're sure of me eas soon as night fell.
Il All was quiet for a time, and then I
heard one India who knew; little
English II call, 10 hurt Spencer, Go
home. knew this was onlly q trap to 4
i get me ont, and as he kept on repeat
ing this, ] thought i would try to see
HIM hun without exp osing myself. Ind
heard Of people aiming by sound,
though q had never tried il, Z listened
intently and kept bringing my rife up up
and aiming toward the sou nd. / fred,
and there was "a great commo ton. I
i learned afterWard -Afor I am friends with
all these Indians now that the bullet
just grazed his arm, and the start it
jsgaye him threw him. from % point Of
i rock he was ;stand r. upo and bruised
i him badly After this oil was SO quiet
began to suspect. something, and
raising my head very slowly and can
tionsly above the rock behind me, it
received two shots, showing they had
4 managed to creep mp there. raised
myself quiekly threw my arm over the:
rock, and fred two or three shots from
i my pistol in quick succession That
cleaned out that nest. Over at the
4 fort they had heard the firing in the
i morning, but paid no attention totit.
1 But when tic ntinued, they concluded
the dams had got hold of me and
Il sent out squad ito he rescue. They
came on the hands Of my companion,
flying in the road where they had been
i dropped, and were frigh tened and went
4 back. Mean while had determined
1 not to wait for the Indians, but, as soon
as it was dusk, to drag myself off and
see if 4 could get away However, the
soldiers came back and Just at dusk;
4 found me. But sc was q close shave.
4 At the last moment i could not make
them hear me, and they were about to
. turn bach, thinking Twas! gone up;
/ but i attracted their attention before it
4 was too late. That $Was as long q day
as Lever spent, gentl emen. = Is
am surprised, g said II thought
the Hualapais claimed they had been
always friends Of the whites. z $50
they were, but about o month before
this some men. were out on q raid and
caught fourteen young children. They
saw no other Indians, and they had
Il pASSOS OA1ASAI S5u Al BILL hiuDu1nuC6.2 lucy
did not wish to be ride n1ed for bring
ing home chill ren, 30 they consulted
what to do, and decided the only thing
was to- kill them. They pulled them
ont BY the hair, one Of d time, and blow
| ing their brains out threw them on the
4 road. The Indian's strongest instinct
i is love Of his children. and, coming on
the trail and finding these, theysvowed
to torture the first one Of those fellows
i they caught = Ii, II see, it was Like
MI other horrible Indian ontrag the
white mans first and the Indian fol-
lows. y That, IS about the length Of it.
She Underst TODD Politics.
From Puck u
! Nov, let me see If / md erstand this
presidential election at Chicsq ,,sasaid
4 a blushing bride Ut niagara to her
4 spouse, as they gazed sat tie Niagara
fall, after they had enriched the hack
imam for life
sS Blaine and sgleyel and we're chosen,