Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-20


II vas q scout and hunter for Fart
Stanton, il Nee Mexice, for couple ol
seasons.n said Tom White. sThe forl
i on one Of The upper branches Of the
Bonita river, with spur Of she S1lsdad
moantains 20 the n0rth and east. lnjunl
was pretty thick and mighty mean,
thongh they made q pretense Of being
a. peaee, and more or less Of EN- were
lying around the fort all the time.
bad the dfat Winchester rife ever seen
10 that locality, and ths redskins iusl
tumhle1 over each other Ia their eferis
b buy that gun. They offered ne thras
times tbs value of Il. but ID vas 4 pros-
ent from an old friend, and I eouldn't
les Il 80. knew enouRh Of Iniun na-
tufe, hoWe7er, % feel aArtin that soms
ok tho bucks would lay fur me and
ahoos me doWn 20 get possession ef The
gun, and therefore when I went out On
hunt OF with dispatches had 20 OBJ
serve Just as mlny precautions as
II aetuai var existed. dodRed t9o
or three put up Jobs 10 mnFaer me.
and lack had made ne sort q
reckless, when I vas brought 40 With 4
round turn. I had wounded . desr Ia
the foothills airly one mornfng and vas
pushing on after him As hard as osuld
&c, when . bullef knocked my CAP OF
and / heard two kndiana give tonaaa.
In aboat i've GecOndG 1 was lying naa an
my face behind biz rock, aud il abeui
ave more had made Gus that The ew0
reds we're behind another rsck hfsean
rods away with nary bush nor atono b.
tween rs. Oniy ore had hrsd at ne
aud be bad aimed a my head. u vas
80 cut and oat ambush, but as the chap
Who fired had missed bis target and al
lowed me 10 secure cover, the advantaRs
nov rested with me In several paints. /
bad the most shoia, I vas Oh higher
ground, the bushes grew quite up 60 my
back, while they had opoR aFound all
aroRnd '0m. ehuokled away % myself
when I hRd 6RQered out the lay Of the
ground, and made up my mind In a
few minits that there was q aarsin tribe
Of Indians In New Mexico who'd miss
two bucks from their ranks afsre the
sun bit y o'clock that day.
"Io Be sariin sure that they we're lay
inc far me ! got held Of q stick and
pulled IN my cap and elevated Il, and
one Of EN- sont q bullet through ID
quiokeg'n q wink. Then l called out
and told 'em who was, but they yelled
and ieeFed a. me In reply. Their plan
was 90 keep one load always ready far
me, while the other fellow hlaSed away
every minute ~ show ma they were ID
airnest. His bailets chippad the raek
all round. but l was as safe as II IN the
fort. let 'em fool around for half an
hour, and then worked M way back
ward through the bushes, took Z half
circle, and presently hit q spot not over
800 feet behind EN-, from which ooald
zee the pair as plain as day. Both we're
on their knees, the one holding hts Ore
for me 10 raise up, and the other blazing
away Rs fast a. be could load. had
'em f0nl, and the idea of two thorough
bred iniuna being laokasae8 enoaRh 10
try 10 blun me Ia that way made me
grin all over. / could have shot 'em
down at onos, bat 1 waited 3 while 20
enjoy the situation. One Of 'em vas q
buck named Cloady Day, and the other
vas called Out-in-the-kain. Both uere
at the fort she previous day trying 70
bay the gun, and protesting the greatest
friendship fur me.
i waited about ten minutess aud than
drew ap and sent bullet into Ol0ady
Day'sapine. Hetumblsd backward, and
I'LL wager be didn'5 kiok twice. The
shot, Of course, alarmed the other, and
be sprang 20 his feet and looked around.
he started 10 bolt. bat called for him
10 halt, aud stood there q fair mark and
shouted 30 him 70 shoot. didn't want
10 kneok him over In cold blood, you
see. He drew 40 his gun and blazod
away, but the bullet went wild. Then
be threw down the gun and started 20
run, bui be hadn't gone ten feet before
! tumbled HIN over. flsft the eareasses
lying there and overlook my deer and
carried him into the fort. There was a
snb-ohief thare named Small Horse, and
after biz asked him II be knew where
Out.in-fhe Rain aud Cloudy Day we're
summerinR. He said he expected 20 see
them at the fort that afternoon, and
told him 10 prepare bic uind for 3 dis
appointment. Then I let oat she whole
circumstance. The bodies we're found,
aud & hundred diaeront bucks suoFe 70
have ny life, bat pm ssill living and 10
good health, and was never even fred
on aQin.n