Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-11

seat and khe team turned and began
q run. but tie nigh horse had bean
bit. and he dropped dead. Tho
other plunged and snorted. when
there came another yolley. and he fell
dead. and / felt ! sharp tIngIe "a
my cheek, and putting my hand NJ
found II covered with blood This
brought me 70 my senses for / had
stood perfectly transnxed with sur
prise after reaching the ground. +
picked up the ammunition that fell
to che ground when I jumped from
the wagon, and turned and ran to-
wards the other teams. We were So
completely taken By surprise chat the
men left their teams IS the Indians
appeared over the hill Some had
sense enough to secure their guns,
but It seemed impossible to make .
stand. "A man who was in the rear
Of our division on horseback galloped
back to the other division, and they
at once, under the direction Of an
old soldier. put their wagons IN cir
Gle and began to make barricade,
behind which they could protect the
women and children. They started
q couple Of men on horseback back
on the tail to call the soldiers to
their help. We had 3 hard time.
we only saved two teams and into
these wagons we had put the few
women that were ii our division. and
leaving the dead who fell under the
Gre, we managed to reach the barri-
cade that had been prepared We
would not one Of us have escaped
had MT the Indians stopped to catch
our teams and TO plumber our wagons.
When we reached our refugeswe got
over our fright little, and when tile
Indians came up we were ready TO
make a good fight. After some Of
them had been shot they pulled off
and began to fight at long range
We noticed that their leader was
urging them to charge us. and twice
he got q lot Of them and came up
very near. but we made it hot for
them and they fell back. not, how
ever, before we had seen that the
man leading them was a white man
with a long red beard We had been
mad before, but we were q hundred
times madden at that white fellow.
-Four times in the fight fred at
him and missed him, and I had had
good chances, too, so I was vexed
and puzzled. About 4 o'clock one of
our men yelled soldiers, and we
cheered as we saw the body Of troops
of ii the distance. The Indians
stoppes their firing and seemed about
to leave, when the fellow with the red
beard got them to try once more, but
II was no 60; We were encouraged and
fired faster and sharper than ever.
AS they turned to 60. they fell back
slowly. yelling and firing. said to
those around me. r am going to. try
one more shot at that d-whiskered
fellow. 1T amt any use. said the old
soldier. he is a Mormon. and he has
got suit Of clothes on that win turn
any bullet. well. says !, we will
see You had better hurry up. then,
says he. for he is going of with the
rest Of them Let him 60 said, as
Icarefnlly fixed che sights JIG my ride.
I am going to take him as he comes
up on that knoll. for ! can calculate
just how far that IS got my gun
fixed Hurry up. says the old soldier.
and as the others had stopped firing.
they joined IN che cry You bequiet.
says to them; when he comes up
there / viii Try him. | will try bis
head and have the whole body to drop
on. He had a kind Of rested in the
hollow, and when be came to the top
Of the hill he stopped. IS though he
hated to give us up. Now I was not
given to prayer in those days. but /
shut my eyes for moment and asked
the Lord to help me shoot straight. as
lie did David. when he hit the giant.