Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-25

in the early evening Mr.. Sbye and
his family sat down 10 thei: supper
Hearing a noise at the back door
Shye opened it, and there stood all
Apache in full war-paint, with gun
% level with Mr. Shye's breast.
Quick as a flash Shye jumped for
his gun, kicking the door shut as he
did so, and motioned his wife and
Child 10 ascend TO the loft. Almost
immediately perfect fusilade of
shots Oegan outside, Mr. Sbye re-
turning the Fl re from the windows of
his tWoroomed house. A fight of
two hours eusued and the house re-
sembled a sieve, while not a piece of
crockery or glassware was left un-
broken.
Noticing an unwonted glare. Mr.
Shye looked out and saw Mr.. Yater's
house, a few feet off, in flames. In
a few minutes his own house became
ignited and he knew it was time for
a change of base. The indians, in
the meantime, had retired to the
brush aud the firing had ceased. He
got the woman and boy and opening
the back door made bold break for
the side of high rocky mountain, a
short distance off. AS they reached
the base the Indians. with fiendish
yells, broke from their cover and
started for the fugitives. Mr.. Sbye
hurried his wife and child up the
mountain and ensconced himself be.
hind big rock and kept the Indians
at bay until it was dark. He then
saw rock little further up and he
determined to gain it, He made a
dash for it. and. as if by magic
almost, five Indians rose up, as Shye
says, with their guns almost ia his
face. and fred volley at him. but
by good fortune missed. Shye, in
stead of rctresting. continued to AL.
vance and pump lead at them from
his Winchester, and they inconti
nently fled, leaving him in posses
sion of the rock be wished To gain.
The little boy, who was half way
up the mountain and in position to
see the Indians by the light from the
burning houses. cried out. Papa,
you have killed two of them. saw
them fall" This was answered by a
volley from the Indians. when the
little one again cried out, ''Oh, papa,
they have shot me-" Agonized with
the idea of bis precious ones in dan.
ger. but with every sense sharpened
and every nerve strung by his peril
Gus position, Shye reloaded his Win.
chester and cautiously crawled I,
where his boy was. He found that
the boys cry was only too WEI.
founded. A rife ball had struck hin
in the back, passing out near the
groin. Mrs Shye, in the meantime
was near the top of the mountain
Shye fixed the poor little fellow n
comfortably as he could and then
went back TO his vantage ground be
hind the rocks.
The little fellow, finally, from hi
position saw the Indians withdraw
from beyond the circle vt light, anc
thinking they had gone. and bein,
nearly dead from cold rs well as III,
pain from his wound, essayed ,t
crawl to the burning houses la warn
himself. His mother saw him ant
leaving her position. overlook him il
a fainting condition. She place,
him behind SOME rocks, and takins
off her skirts and most of her oths
clothing. wrapped him up as wsrml,
as possible. Mrs. Shye had hear,
the boys cry when he was shot, bu
understood him 10 stay Papa i
shot" Thinking that her husband
was dead, she stole out of the rocks
resolved 10 make her way to Denim,
for assistance.
| In The meantime the soldier men.
tened above had reached Deming il
al exhausted condition from loss o
blood and told his story. giving tn,
direction To the place where he bat
been wounded and his companion
murdered. Saturday a party com
posed of citizens and few reguls
troops started out to trail the In
dams. Eight miles from Denim.
they met the halfclothed and pearl,
demented Mrs. Shye, who told hei
fearful story. She was sent back I,
Deming and the relief party pusheC
on and reached the mountains, ind
ing shye safe and his little boy still
alive. Shye. when the party arrived
: gave way, and VAS for q time uiterI,
nerveless- he told the story of hi.
horrible experience in q manner 1,
put 10 blush all Of the dime-noye
writers in the universe. He sale
that once, when going from one
rock to another, Winchester bal
struck small stone beneath his foo
and threw him headlong To Tho
ground. be had injured his hanC
some days previous TO the fight, hac
taken cold IN it and at the ii thu
attack Was made had ii 10 a sling
tie tore of the bandsge and moi
until the arrival Of the relief party
did be realize that his hand was sore
he was numb and stiff from ex
lpcsure.
The party then started to take
Shye and his boy back TO Drming
selecting = shorter ruuie than ths
one taken GA coming out. What
was the horror of the party, when
about three miles from the ranch. Ia
tiad 10 tn trail the dead bodies OF
iaier and his wife. Exsminaiion
proved that Yater had been sho,
three times and Instantly killed.
Mrs. Yatrr had been repeatedly out.
tagged by the red eeviis, her head
then crushed with stones and brr
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