Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-30

rowly missed slashina the canta;n,s
face, but the WEAPON was wrencha,i
away, and the writhinp vo,,pp w;ldcat
was helpless. ~
The prisoner expected no mercy and
he would not have asked Is had he
known it would have been Granted,
When he was piniored and could
struggle no more. he snhno;ttad Mn
the sullen stoicism Of his race = w.
There's no trusting the sn;tfre ),
said the captain. retainino his hold
and assuring himself that no weanons
were concealed about the nrisoner.
tfsWe'll bind him fast ), =
His arms were securely tied. and he
was forced, with very little oentlenass
upon the horse Of the officer 4 roma
was then looped tightly. around each
ankle, Joining nnder the holly Il ina
mustang. and with one arm around
the prisoners waist. tha canaan and
his men set out on their return.
Young Jack Burnlpam WAS GREATLY
interested in the captive. He vas
about the same age asthe Indian. and
despite their different blood. more
than one remarked a singular res,,m-
blance between them. The Anache
who was christened Zidda, by his can
tors because an exclamation which
escaped him sounded like that wordl
wore his long, coarse. black hair loose
about his shoulders. had very fine
teeth, was swarthv of comnlex ion. and
his eyes were as dark as .midnioht.
The wife OF Captain Burnham was a.,
Spanish lady, living in San Antonia.
Texas. The son Inherited her dark
| color and handsome features. His
hair was long and silken. and his
movements were as easy and graceful
as those OF Zidda. =
The Apache. however, WAS hare from
his shoulders to his waist. Below
a pair OF gaudy Mexican trousers.
brilliantly Beaded moccas;ns wh;la q
| heavy golden bracelet adornad h;s
! right wrist. A faded siIken sash anc;r.
cled his waist. and. as q rule The han.
dies of q couple of knives protruded
| therefrom. while q. cartr;d,a hox Nv. 9
suspended from his shonlder hv a.
string. The rife which he cast aside
like most ofthose used by the Attaches
was q breach-loader Of fhe 1atest i'm,
proved ,,attern
Jack wore a. st;f-h,;nm so,nhrorn
and a Short cloaL s,oh os onn otta.
Seen in Snan;sb al I A,oS;oan e OI.e,'
tries Whan n,o,,ntad ~ H., 49,
mustang and sneed;no over tho ,,ra;,.;o
With his lone ho;r ana b;s 49, Anr
ter;no in thS WIND hn fon,r,o d'oS nuv
esone f;o,ra '' ''~ @'A '''0A ~ t'A> '"A
The novelty Of Zidda,s connanc
wore off in the course of an ho,,r ~.
Two and the oene,aj o,,;1;o,, .;,,d
that tho hest th;na - az r. wn ' ,''t ~
desnatch him HE crns+;rn .'' o -"
VACANCY at least; in the horIa of wv,
tamahie red man Cant R,,rnbon, falt
no disposition to show the s.vana IL
tie fellow any ,nercv ana +hera 90, ~
little donbt that Z;5ds x,,,1d w., ve
been shot bnt for TIA +arooss;o,, 80
yo,,n, lax IL son, 80 s"a. ",
cr;n,a IN ire two I,xIt oua , pvaII ~
father that Z;dd, 1o;nbt 10 bei3 49,;
soner ~ ''o'~- ~ r.
,The .Anachas bava wh;to uo,,o,, o,a
children and we can exchanoe hin, ' for
some Of them. Such a, dar;ng how ,n,st
be highly valued Nv his neonle );
I'VE have been discuss,na the mat.
ter" said Cant Durham nand undor
some circumstances we micht trv to
turn him into q. Bland dollar and }orce
him into circulation: but + NAV no
several DAYS before we reach the fort
and more than likely no viii g,va srh,
slip after all"
p a et him do sou
Gle will nav MS nv 1eadino g. nartv
who will take every one IF nnr scalns :,
eve run that risk so lone as we ara
on the plains.''
"YouEn get over this sentimenta1;tv
before manv wears. hut on vour :1c-
count, ri Consent that he shall ba
kept prisoner until tomorrow.
Then we'll toss up to see how the
bother shall be ended.
Camp was made in an omen spot
that had been used for the same bur
pose more than once before. II was
close to a stream OF running water,
where enough succulent grass grew for
the horses, and where, With the bright
moon riding high in an ,nclouded sEv
it was not believed that the Anaches
could surprise them.
Jack Burnham stood in front Of the
captive while talking with his father
The Young Indians ewes fitted from
the face Of the PARENT the son. WIKI
an intentness OF interest that the 9TH
ers remarked. The words were in the
mongrel Spanish of the Southwest, and
though it was unsupported at that
time, Zidda understood everything
said. Turning his back upon him, the