Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-20
station and ut police headquarters the next
day, and had detective put upon the ease.
COOL nERoIsm.
Nine Indiana Kept at Ray by
Wounded Man and q woman.

| grove by Indians who had broken away
| from enc Of the agencies TO the west.
| Half dozen shots were fred IN vol
| ley, and Weber was Int In the calf OF the
! right leg. in the right side, and rakcd across
| the shoulder, and his horse wa Also
wounded. As soon a. the shots were Tired
nine mounted Indians dashed out, ana
| Weber put his horse at the top Of IT.
| speed and headed for the ranch OF Charles
| Moss, about four miles up The river ana
| on the same side. For the first mile
Webter had no hope, a. the Indians
were close enough TO use their re-
| yolyers and arrows, and his horse was acom-
! mon animal. A score or more OF bullets were
| fred at him. and fully twenty arrows tipped
| past Lin. tut the wound bis animal re-
cciyed. aided by the continued shouting OF
/ the redskins. made him pull out like born
! race-horse. lie soon began 10 widen tue
| distance. and when he dashed NJ 70 the
ranch Weber was fun half-mile ahead.
/ lis shouts as be neared the place gave the
| alarm. but to bis dismay he dashed up 70 be
/ Informed by Mrs. Moss that sue was the
| only one about the place, her husband and
| his man having gone away an hour before.
The cabin stood on q rise OF ground
| about twenty rods from the stream, and
could be approached from any side. The
! Indians halted at long rifle-range TO see who
| was about the place, and this gave Weber
! tine 10 make explanations and do Il little
blaming. lie knew bis pursuers were
dad Indians, who had skulked OF the
| reservation, and realized that If he could
| keep them % for an hour or two rem
| forccmcnts would come 10 HIM, or the
| emmy would withdraw for fear OF their
| identity being discovered.
"What arms have YOU cot? y he asked,
after explaining the situation.
a Colt revolver
81 Lave Winchester rifle. We must
| hold en- off until aid comes. llclpmc oh.'
The WOMAN assisted him TO alight, ana he
! gave his horse . slap and sent the animal
| .alou,ng off up the trail. some OF The
! Indians pursued, but without avail. The
! first white man whom the horse cncoun-
| tered would understand that something was
| wrong. aud that his assistance was asked
! for down the trail.
The house was q primitive affair. divided
into two rooms, with only lover SASH in
cuch window. The only point from which
! The Indians could approach with shelter to
cover them weS the cast side. They could
approach this side within revolver shot by
creeping up a rayinc. Weber realized
| that If the Dine charged together from thi,
Tayine. with only the fire from a single
window directed al then. moi more than two
or three could be stopped. II the Others
reached the house the game was mp. He,
therefore, insisted on taking up m posi-
| ton outside the house. without even atWig
| 10 shelter him. His back Wa, 10 The logs
and the rayiue in his front For fear
some Of the lndinus might approach
tie house SiE2ly from another direction.
| The woman was instructed 10 first ia>tcn all
TIE doors and then pass from window 20
window. ana maintain an active Obscrya-
ton. She was woman Of thirty-lve who
had teen tCndriy reared ia IN eastern
state. aud bad been in the West less than
two wears. The sight Of a snake would
have made her scream out in alright on
thai very morning. and The thought Of m
attack by Indians would have been sIiii-
ciCnt TO chill her blood. Yet. y hen brought
face 10 face with the terrible menace, she
Was q heroine. With pale face and com
pressed lips. and stopping not 10 question
lie policy Of the wounded mans plans O.
save their lives, She promptly ohcycd.
The Indians must have known thlt " cd.
bci and the woman were a'ODo, and that he
was wounded. but they did not dare make
a rush. Much aS they desired scalp> and
piundCr. trey did not care 10 rcck,c>.ly
expose themselves. They crcpt t. the
raNine. ~ was expected, or started 10.
when Weber saw that their ponies
had been left within range OF his Win.
chester. lie opened fire Of once aud drop
ped three Of them 10 the grass before the
| redskins discovered what he was al.
This caused halt in the pro.
ccedipgS until they could remove the other
six 10 a place OF safety. He counted them
i ,s, .tttr hat
three were missing. The trio had Scpl-
rated from the Others to creep upon the
house, and this fac, was announced to Mr..
Moss. In the course Of fifteen minutes the
SIX had gained the position sought for op-
| posite. and Weber gave all hi, attention
| TO them, trusting TO the woman TO watch
and defend the house from the others.
From the house TO the ravine was
! gradual slant, the ground beng covered
| with grass and entirely clean. Weber sat
| there. as plain a target ~ man would de-
| sire for ms pistol, the blood from his
wounds soaking into the ground. aud his
/ ewes watching the Tayine with the know
| ledge that he was one 10 SIX. No Indian
| could fire on him without raising his head
| above the bank, an the first head up got
| a bullet through it, and enc red,liu tum-
| bled back a corpse. This was u caution to
the others, and instead Of raising their
| heads they rested their rifles oil the bank
and fired bhndly. Thirteen bullets struck
| the logs within six feet Of Wchbcr, and
| Others did not miss him except by a shave.
| II was simply Il question OF time, # the
| firing was Kept ur, when ballet would hit
! and finish him.
| Meanwhile The three bucks who had LETT
| tie main body were creeping toward the
fsg, a Il 81 ~
! could see two al them. but the third crepi
! along deep furrow, and finally gained a
| point from which he could fire upon Web
| her at fair range. From this point The red
| fired nine times al WC5bcr's right side,
| which was exposed TO his view. He either
! bad a poor Gun or was much excited, fir
| not one Of his bullets counted. although
some Of them whistlcd uncomiOrtaDly
! close.
~ knew what was up" said Web5er,
| IN mOdC,tly telling In, story, but | han
| 10 trust 10 luck. He was not where could
hit bin. and il he happened t. Bit me il
would have been no wOrscthan 20 be killed
hy the others in front. After h's first bull
lot | didn't even turn my head that way,
The woman came 10 the window near
me and said the other two were IN
sight, and | instructed her 10 open
Ere with the revolver. She had fired
lstol only few times. and
did not count on ANYTHING beyond her
giving the bucks something 10 think ahou..
II must have been entirely by accident that
ut hcrvcry first fire, she wounded one OF the
fellows in the hip, and he at one" craWlcd
away to take care of himself The other
one sent three bullets through a window at
which she was standing, but she kept iiring
away at him and sending so much lead
around his ears that lac dared not advance.
The fight in front lasted about hall an
hour. Whenever there was 4 lull i'm the
firing Weber looked 10 see the indians
spring up and make a rush. and 10 prevent
this he fired al random along the bank,
tearing up the sod and finging dirt over
The redskins in hiding. He bad no idea
that help was az hand, and was yet de-
rcnding upon himself, when the In
dams suddenly ceased firing aud beat
retreat, and ten minutes later Moss
and bis man rode up, having been
met on the open prairie by the
riderleSs horse. In retrealing nom the IA
vine The Indians carried away the dead
warrior, but The one wounded by Mrs.
Moss was left TO take care OF himself. H.
was found in the dry furrow and dis
patched. The herOism Of Weber in taking
and maintaining his position, severely
wounded as he was and of the woman IN
obeyng his orders, hopeless as the defence
must have appeared TO her, deserves place
on The pages Of undying history.
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