Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-16

why he was going to all that trouble.
and he said that some bad white men
had sworn to have his life, and he
wanted to be ready for them. 1t was
doubtful whether the redskins believed
his story, while on the other hand he
dropped no hint that he anticipated any
trouble. When the various tribes were
all ready the war opened and they turn
ed themselves loose to kill and scalp.
For three days not an Indian appeared
at Uncle Peters cabin, nor did he see
one in the neighborhood. This he took
for hint that their plans were about
ripe, and ne kept his weather eye open.
On the afternoon of the day before the
warhoop sounded he decided to turn all
the stock loose to run their chances, and
it may be said here that he afterward
recovered the oxen and horses. As the
sun went down he barred the door, put
the shutters up to the windows, and
turned his faithful dog outdoors, that he
might give the alarm in case the Indians
came under the cover of darkness to set
fire to the barn. The arms in the house
consisted of rifle, double. .barreled
shotgun and revolver. Mrs. Nixon
had practiced shooting with revolver,
and, though not a good marksman, she
had considerable skill. The night pass.
ed without the slightest alarm, and the
morning brought such a beautiful day,
and everything seemed SO peaceful, that
between 9 and 10 o'clock Uncle Peter
determined to venture out. One of the
calves had returned to the barn and
when he left the cabin it was for the
purpose of driving it off again. The
calf moved around the corner of the
barn as Nixon approached, and just as
he was turning after it five Indians in
war paint appeared before him. Each
of his arms was seized by warrior, and
as he stood there too dazed and dumb.
founded for moment to speak or act,
the leader of the Indians chuckled his
satisfaction and said "Good. Little
Crow want you. Come along"
His words seemed to arouse Uncle
Peter from his trance. With a yell
which could have been heard above
any warwhoop, he flung the two war.
riors to right and to left and seized
the leader. In a jiffy he had shaken
him loose from his weapons and slamed
him up against the barn with awful
force 1t was little surprise party for
the Indians, you see, and before they
could rally the signor do1bled up one
with kick IN the stomach, smashed
anothes's face with blow of his fist,
and after swinging the leader in the
air and hurting him to the ground, the
cannon-ball man made q run for the
cabin and reached it without being
fired at. After the uprising had been
subdued and peace restored, he was
told that the plan was to capture him
alive for torture. In his tussel with
them he broke one Indians arm and
severely bruised two others.
When Uncle Peter dashed into the
cabin he made his wife acquainted with
the situation in q word, and they picked
u2 the guns and went to the loop.
holes to watch the enemy. The In
dians retired and did not appear again
until night had settled down. Then
ten or twelve of them, who carried the
trunk of a small tree for q battering
ram, boldly approached the door. I'm.
Gle Peter and his wife opened fire. The
reports of the firearms were followed
by screams and yells and groans, and
the log was dropped and the redskins
few to cover. One or two crawled
away on hands ard knees, proving that
they were wounded, while one lay
stretched in death.
After sleepless night, Uncle Peter
and his wife were gladdened to find that
the redskins had disappeared, and with
out delay they joined the forces of Col.
Slbley, and my uncle gave q receipt in
full for all the redskins owed him by
killing three re.-New York SxN.