Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-21


OF hm umblmg down, came tnat WIG
exultation Of the morning, ana WIN thai
I feeling came strength. ] sprahs up anu
began to whoop and dance.
Gone clean crazy, by Jln&o" hearu
Old Bill whisper.
80 | had. | fred three or four wild
shots, and then made rush Tor portion
/ OF the circle. never needing the hunter :
| loud shouts to return. You see, while
remember all | said and did, it is like re-
memneriug a dream. l can recollect that
I fired every shot i'm the magazine OF my
rifle. and tneu came a blank. ! must have
been completely overcome by the intense
excitement.
1t was like waking from sleep when
came TO. / was singing and laughing. 10
was about $ O'Clock next morning, and
the location was an Indian camp on the
banks OF the Cheyenne. The camp con-
tanned women aud children a. Well as
warriors. and numbered about thirty
lodges. l was free TO walk about, and my
strength had returned. | can't explain
my mental situation more clearly than TO
say | was twin. One twin was crazy,
the other in his sound senses. l was the
crazy twin at times-at times the other.
], as the crazy twin, laughed, and shouted,
and sang. and went about camp IN the
most lawless manner. !, as the same
twin, suddenly SdlQ 10 myself.
"Why am / in this Indian camp? Where
did they ind me? On! remember now
of fight on the prairie. Why didn't they
kill me? Where is Old Bill? see our
two horses, but did they spare him l
must look around the camp"
/ found him In the centre OF the camp,
firmly dashed to a young cottonwood. /
wasn'tright in nv head. and it was only
by an effort that | could hold the crazy
twin of and let the sane twin speak and
understand.
well, Chicken, how is You this morn
ingW queried the hunter as | approached
him.
"Who tied you up?'' asked in reply.
''The reds, of course. Chicken, I'm in
a bad way. In that leetle fort out thar
yesterday ] killed three of 'em. Pye got
to die for it,"
| had to hold my head tightly in my
hands and look straight into his eyes TO
understand.
so they will kill your" l observed.
"Sartin, my boy. They are already
making their preparations. You are dart,
and they won't lay hand on you, but Pye
got to die. The first thing will be to run
the gauntlet. Next they Will tie me up
and let the boys and squaws torture me.
After that the bucks Will slice off ears
and nose and toes and fingers, and end up
with roasting me at a slow fire.
At that moment a warrior approached
and mOtlOned me away. / New mad In an
instant. and, picking up limb from the
pile Of faggots at hand, / rushed upon him
with the greatest fury. He fed before
me, and the other warriors laughed up
rOariously atthe sight.
"Well done. my ChickenW chuckled
Old Bill as / returned 10 him.
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after looking at him for long time.
"Bekase I'm tied TO this tree"
"Pii let you loose"
remember the sudden change in his
cOuntenance, and how eager he looked as
he lowered his voice and said:
Chicken. try to understand what / say
to you-try hard. You know me, don't
yOuw
eyes. you are Bill.'
That's it, Chicken. fout fur you yes
teTday. and was captur'd while tryin' to
save ye. These Internal red devils are
gOin' to torture me. ! want you to help
me git away"
''shall kin lem ALI"
'Say, Chicken, listen-listen with all
yer might? You've got knife. saw We
hev 1t out few minits ago. The reds are
gathering of 10 the right to prepar' fur
the fun. II you kin cut my bonds l'ye got
a show. Do you understand meT
/ did, but it was the hardest mental eff
fort Of my life. l not only understood,
but that same spirit OF cunning which
sometimes comes to the insane crept into
my bosom. / looked cautiously about to
see the situation. No one seemed to be
directly watching us. To the west,
" nere the horses were grazing, the coast
was clear OF all except squaws and boys.
There was an awful roaring and buzz
zing in my head, and | wanted to yell and
scream. Old Bill couldn't detect it, and
he whispered:
"suddy there? Keep yer narve for jist
a minniL Cut me loose and I'll take my
chances.D
That spirit Of cunning directed me to
get behind him and wave my arms over
MIN. All Of sudden l drew the knife
and cut his bonds.
"God bless We, ChickenW he exclaimed
as he sprang away. He was stiff and sore
and he fell headong, but he was mp like
a cat, and be uttered peculiar cry TO at
tract the attention of his horse.
Then everything was dream to me.
heard whoOps and wells. l saw Indians
running. / saw Bill knock down squaws
and boys and reach his horse and dash
away. Then there was a blank. | be-
leve | went raying mad. That was ON
the morning Of July Is.
You may smile at the fms Of my story.
On Sept. II, half an hour after sunrise.
heard voice calling TO me:
eli, therel Come, cOmrade, wake up!'
reused up. All around me was prai-
RE, and in front Of me was a river. Ten
soldiers in United States blue surrounded
me. ! had a blanket, but no other prop
eriy. My horse was there, having on his
bride, but no saddle.
"Well, man. how are youY' asked the
Lieutenant in charge of the scouting
party.
IAN right"
Every man laughed heartily. I was in
rags. My hair had grown down TO my
shoulders, and my whiskers were long
and matted. When captured / weighed
1850 pounds. My weight now was not
over 10.
Where WAS |?
| had lourneyed southwest $50 miles
and was now on the banks Of the North
Platte. How did / get away from the In
diansy | had no idea. Perhaps they
turned me loose, believing that dement,
perhaps | escaped. Whether l had been
wandering for "A week or a month could
not say. The scouting party had been on
my trail for three days, knowing that
was white man, and either lost or crazy.
Now, another proof that my story is
straight from the shoulder. Bin Poole
escaped 70 Cheyenne, and related all the
circumstances up to the time he left me
as have given them to you. The Indians
followed him for nearly hity miles, and be