The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-09-02

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her how to use. She possessed quite a
collection Of moccasins. necklaces Of
dried red berries, and softly tanned deer
and tiger skins, and every visit added to
her store. vi, I.
So three years passed. .;it q
Slowly but surely the section of Ari-
iona in which the Bishops had set up
their homes had filled up. Where they
had been the only one in miles Of coun-
try, the farms were only mile apart.
The log hut had been added until it was
quite an imposing structure, with
wings more extensive than the original
house. Herds Of fine cattle grazed on
their prairie pastures, their barns were
full, and all about them abundent crops
grew on the rich soil In short pros
perity reigned at Long Prairie, and not
q cloud darkened the pleasant future
which seemed to spread before the set
tiers there. sS.!!s:s;; ,s5
But unfo reseen events were brewing
trouble. The Ind ians had been annoy
ed and in some cases treated with IN
Justice by the whites, and an outbreak
was smould ering among them. It was
only held back BY the Influence of Big
Bear. The war chef was friendly to
the white man, and his potent voice in
the councils Of his tribe kept their an
GER in check. Il Es9s .*:=.5 I
5 One day, however, Big Bear went
hunting and met with an accident in 4
terrific encounter with o grizzly; he was
struck down in 8 lonely pass among
the hills, and, as: day BY day passed
without witnessing his return to his
camp, the rumor went abroad that the
whites had killed him. s1 Il s&:s e. : Z. Z
Then another chief rose to rule the
councils Of the tribe. &
81 This warrior cherished fierce and
bitter hatred to the whites, and lost no
time in declaring war against them.
In o single night a descent was made
upon q dozen settlements; and next
morning where prosperous farmers
and happy homes had been the rising
sun saw heaps Of smoking ruins. Such
few Of the farmers as escaped fled to
the larger settlements, and the call to
arms went throughout the territory.
"a week of the outbreak passed, and
the Bishop homestead remained I'M
scathed. s. rs s.ss IS .:fss y :;
Z All around the settlers had fallen
victims to the ferocity of the savage,
but the protection of Big Bear still
sheltered his friends. Immunity frorS
attack made Ransom Bishop reckless.
He began to think himself safe forever,
and though he kept a watchful eye
about him, he still entertained little
dread Of serious trouble to himself.
s He was doomed, however, to 4 find
himself sadly mistaken q, I. r.
The ferocity Of the Apaches grew
with their success, and when they had
Wreaked their wrath at tho expense of
Ransom Bishop neighbors, they be-
gan to cast hungry eyes upon the we'll
stocked farm. He was the friend of
Big Bear, it is true; but Big Bear was
dead, they argued. Why, then. should
his friendship project themp They an
swered that question one night by at
lacking Bishops house. ~
3a:s To offer any resistance would have
been simple madness, and Ransom
Bishop knewSit. All the hope of safety
he posed was in flight 8.
But how to fly u
The Apaches, apparently certain of
the people in the house, had begun
operations by plundering the outlying
storehouses. While they were thus
employed, the farmer got his wife and
child out by the back way, only to dis
cover, to bis horror, that the gate of
his corral had been beaten in and the
horses removed from It. 81. s
He had hardly made this startling
discovery when o mounted Indian rode
around the end Of. the house. in whose
shadow the fugitiEos were concealed.
Gaunt and thin from sickness the farm
er did not recognize Big Bear, and he
raised his rife to his shoulder, when
the Indian called out: 81
10 5shoot!'' he said. Ne come to
sabe little missile. :, RI. NV
Slipping out OF his saddle, he motion
ed to the farmer to mount, aud hurried
away, rs he had come. He returned
presently with another horse, and, seiz-
ing little Dora while Ransom Bishop
and his wife mounted the chief s own
horse, the Indian led way into the prai-:
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The fugitives, as they departed,
could hear the exultant shouts Of the.
Apaches as they reyeled in the plumber
of the store-room but with the house
oained Tia ss so,,en tnrairia nnabservai &
q thav rnda swavfs Rio Rear cave Mt 4.
t tai n 4 rnttnral or,,nt and no;ntad
back to where j red lieht'besan Is glow
araiyst tha somhre nsin;gb sl-v e..
y The The farm buildings had been fired.
5Rtittfha hirda thew had cha1tarnd xuarn