Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-11-14

vance and give the coun:enipn.n Tho
| leaderimmediatelv dismounted and lead
| ing his horse, prom pity moved towards
us. This act completely quieted oul ex-
cited men, all of whom hat been ready
| for shot, and evevv gun wae at once
held BY . esreles. md. All eyes we're
fxed on the advancing mau, and no one
seemed to notice that the others had
vanished. A half Dr. ZEN ards he caue
in our direction, and then, like a flo sh,
he was in his saddle and gone. For q
moment all were dunb ard hen snap,
snap, snap welt tea or fifteen hammers
down on to vet caps Lefnra the order
came from Weston Lot 20 lire shot. It
was aneedless ort.ar, IA 10 OF believe
you could have p, rsuaded orc of thoee
wet guns to shoot the worst ,ebeiin the
country, unless you had given it q gccd
lot oath and filed It's stomach fill, Of
new powder and bal'. In tie dense
woods and densr fog it would have
been worse than useless t. have made
an effort to pursue then. We rename d
long enough across III -si!,csd at that
point to Illustrate ahy a...eraSt to d-st, OF
the bridge, which was evidently their
attention, and which woul't havt been 4
serious matter for army As soon as the
first elimmer of the coming cay depelled
the fog efficient ] m,cat my horss
and rode towards the point they had Sc
lected for attack. On my way | Iassej
the railroad station. There l met an
old schoolmate, 9. D. U!mtr Ct the First
Maine cavalry. We halted to examine
the premises. All was quiet as death.
There was locomotive and few cars
at the time of the attack, and they fed,
receiving a few shots from the raiders,
no one being injured. We rode to the
rear of the station, and aswe approached
the platform surrounding it we saw a
man uuder the platfOam, which was
about three or four feet from the ground.
He was OH his hands and knees and
heading away from ns Ispoke to him,
asking what he saw or what he was
looking for. received no answer, and
spoke to him again, still receiving no re-
ply.
TWAS ABOUT TO DIsMoUNT
and investigate when stranger came up
who was on foot, and asked him to see
what the man was after there. bespoke
to the kneeling figure, and, receiving no
answer, reached out with his foot and
touched him on the hip, when the body
Immediately fell over On its side. He
was dead. Either shot and instantly
killed while seeking shelter, or being
wounded had attem pied to get away and
died as he was creeping on his hands and
knees and remained there in that posi-
ton stiff and dead, the only life lost,
believe, in this stupid affair. In ride
of few moments we came to the centre
of attraction. tell you it was q mixed
mess, sort of headquarter hash. The
wagons, some twenty, more or less, in
number, were packed side by side with
intervals between sufficient to allow
men and horses to pass, were SIGHT to
behold. The raiders had come peIi.mell
down through and past the wagons,
stopping not until they reached the
camp, which was in a beautiful grove not
twenty yards away. To Judge from the
looks of the wagon covers, they had
slashed right and left as they prssed
through the park, and the canvass was
cut in shreds. They, evidently, had be-
gun the plumber, if appearances are any
indication they were somewhat in a
hurry, for there wasa little of everything
scattered about. Everything but Pope.
I guess they must have got him. His
tory says not and 1 believe he was not
present, but somebody must have got
him, or else, being left behind
he was no good, for the confeds had it all
their own way and it was a walk over
for them in the next few days.
SOON CAME THE SECOND BULL RUN
and what a fight. Many fell, but of one
I wish to speak, young officer of the
Seventh-third Ohio. Many times pre-
vious to this fight had we in our chats
about the camp fire touched upon the
bravery OF the troops in general, and In
diana troops in particular. It was I'M
derstood by us at that time, and I have
to yet learn to the contrary, that no In
diana regiment had ever run. Always
in these conversations this young man
would say: "Whoever likes to may run,
but I never will" To see him and hear
him say this would surprise us. A deli
cate little woman of q fellow, as fine as
elk, with some of the best blood of the
COuutAy III LILO uOdI v tu0 nOu VI I'LL GA
United States senator. When the battle
began to get hot the Seventy.third was
on the left. Anyone who was there
knows what that means. When the left
was pressed back by the overwhelming
force of the enemy all had to fly. No,
not all; this young man stood there;
stood as solid as rock, as one by one
fell away from him; in his LAND revolt
yer, firing shot after shot, until he
dropped dead in his tracks. When his
father. who went on from Ohio to get
the remains, found him, he had seven :
teen wounds in his honest little body.
A Drunmer's Check.
Greatest man to jump into q town
and get acquainted with folks l ever
saw, Jap johnson was" said q travelling