Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-25

was sticking IN her neck Then I
worked of my heavy nuckskih coat,
which Wan Hopping about with the M
row clicking init catching q good deal
oil wind, and threw II away. | kent
on about a mile further Without gain
Ing or losing much. Then l INSIDE up
my nina 10 stop and let my mare
blow a little because [ knew il / did
not she could aot hold OUT much long-
eT, 30 ! pulled up and alighled aud
Looked around. IL seemed as II The
Whule country was alive with them.
About forty Ia u bunch few hun bred
yards behind and one not y hundred
yards off. l loosened my SADDLE glrth
50 the mare could breathe good, took
my bride IN my left hand aud pulled
my butcher knife with my
right. IL was the only wea-
pom bad. l bad dropped NV
rifle when got dizzy. Tho Indian
Was game. lie never stopped until nc
got within ten feet Of me. Then he
threw away his bow, Jumped I'll his
horse and came ~ me with long
knife like mine There wasn't time
for long fight. l had made my call
Culstions anu he wSs too sure he hgd
me. He ran full against my knife,
and / left him lying there. [ heard
al awful howl irUm the others rs
pulled II my heavy boots, frightened
NY girth and mounted. A few min
uteB more ard struck the timber of
the Trinity and made the beat OF my
Vay through IL TO the river. l knew
thai iOr miles up and down the bsnka
thrfe were bluffs fifteen OF twenty ieet
| high. Where struck the river they
were about fifteen feet high. 1 knew
| II my more wouldn't take
the lesd had TO do il
without her. she stopped an instant
| and snoTted once or twice, but hearing
the sSvHges yell once or twice close be-
hind, she took the jump downtown
| we went, full fifteen feet, plump into
| the deep water. We both went under
| for q second, then che ruse aud struck
out for the opposite bank with me on
her back. Poor creature She got
| about two-thisdA across and then gave
out under me with q grOan. ] tell you,
/ fairly loved that animal that mo.
ment and hated to leave her ns badly
as IN she had been human. ] SWAN
| the rest Of the way ana crawled out
/ upon the bank pretty we'll used up.
| But / WAS safe, / saw the howling
and disappointed ssvages come 10 the
| bank had left. But none Of them
| dared take the legp. and the distance
/ was too great or them 20 shuOt. 81 |
Fest, for while aud then made the
best OF my way 10 the settlements.
Josiah Wubarger, man Of plain,
practical sense and strong nerve, was
Il native Of Bourbon county, KY, and
! in 1925 when just arrived Ut manhood,
he removed with his parents 20 Pike
county, Mo. Having married, he
removed 10 Texas in 1867, and
about 1880 he settled nc or near Bss-
| tTOp, ca the Colorado, chen the eX-
! treme outpost OF The settlements in
| that direction. The event that wa
Bhall here naTrate occurred ia the fall
OF 1898.
Wilbarger in company with two
| other companions, 3 Mr.. Horns by and
another gentleman whose name we do
not remember, had gone on
an exploring and hunting
excursion in the mountains
near and about the present city oil
Ausio. After spending several days
hunting and fishing Ia this wild region
they concluded TO return home. Aftel
the first days journey homewRrd they
enCamped for the night on LITTLE
stream, since called Wilbarger creek
st the foot Of one OF the numerous
spurs in that vicinity, feeling
quite secure, as they haC
ence OF Indians on their trip. While
quietly dispatching their morning ra
past after "a pleasant nights repoa
] .,,Ia. f1na lie agnpwu If hHguan
they were stAr,led by the sudden roA
OF horses feet GU the mountain sid
, above them, and on looking up the!
beheld a large band Of mounted Indi
ans, armed and in their war paint
dashing upon them at full speed will
} Wild aud savage yells. Ere a secon'
! thought could enter their excite'
minua the painted demons weT,
, throwing their balls and arrows will
deadly aim in their midst, One Q
Z the men fell with q death-Bhriek
pierced with score Of balls and al
rows Wilbarger received a bal
| through the neck and sewers
: AfIsws elsewhere on his pei
5 son, and sank, apparently iifeless, TO tn
g ground. SEEING this and terrified
E wIldness, the survivor, young MI
r HoTDsby, new conner 10 the country
/ mounted his feet Eteed without saC
0 die or bride, with nothing but rop
!. around his neck hastily thrown owe
h the nose and gave the noble snimi
= full OnpoTtunity to do or-let hi
o rider die. The horse, whetht
!, from fright or instructive adectio
Il for his master, performed what hi
e rider considered a noble part and 900
d left the yelling sayages far behinS
n Seeing that pursuit was uselrss, I'll
q Indians hated, leaving young Horn
IL by TO pursue his course alone, But
IA excited was theyOung fellow, who WI
,e on his fret frontier expedition, that
Ie Was said he arrived at his home
II Bastrop, thirty-iive miles distan
Ie with The piece OF buffalo meat !
% was masticatlDg when the attack VI
d. made firmly elenched in his teeth. I
le Of couree reported both Wilharger az
4, the other person as slain. The setil
Al ments were then very feeble. and IL
Il 1uired eome little time for the niece