Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-03
A TerribIe Ride

SaNoBnt ouOtner Chillln
 Indian scare, and some of the easily d;.
 placed scslps of the community xer
 almost in the act of making a voluntar
 sacrifice to the great aboriginal WIZ. col
 lector. The sombre shades of nigh
 were about adjusting their hallisrds {,
 draw the starry curtain over the world
 and the shadows of evening were bein,
 merged into indistinct and grotesou,
 phsntoms, when a solitary horsema,
 appeared like a knightly ghost auains,
 The sombre gray background of tb,
 northern cactus-lined sky. The marbl,
 slabs or the cemetery rattled with :
 slerd ana omlnous trembl az as the
 1osm-necked steed rushed madly on.
 ward, tne chatter of its ringing hoofs
 bearing Tar in advance an anticipation
 ot important and exciting news. On.
 ward came the knight of terror. past
 sepulchre anu tombs of forgotten nor
 tsls, down through arroyo and up the loDg streets of the city, the foamin0
 steed apparently inspired by tbe demon of fright and the dire necessity
 or gaming few moments advantage
 which might turn the tide of battle and save thousands of hirsute appendsges From ornsmenting the autocthopons
 war-oeit. Into the crowded street ex- cited men rushed- eager to catch inc nrst dreadful news, and the psntino steed tsltered and stood gaspInp for breath and trembling with the extraord. mary muscular strsin, The pale and ghostly face of the rider was a picture Of solemn terror and unspeaksble de. spar, and his efforts to swallow tbe northwest corner of his heart. which persisted ID crawling up like a living thing, between hIs teeth, were indeed pltiaole to witness Al last by hercu- lean effort tbe triumph of will WAS an- nouneed by his cry of "IDjunsr
 lEe by islanders, at first believing him to be a victim of Apache treachery. began to look about his person f.r evi. dences of tho deadly conflict, during winch smomentary lull in the excite ment be found words to say that his passage to the Rillito was blockaded by Indians; that upon the roadside were others Tn ambush; that he had heard their war whoops. (slthough the sequel showed that none wore hoops); that sig- nal fires m the Tucson range denoted the proximity of confederates and that only hls rapid flight had saved his life and would save the whole city from massacre
 The valiant volunteers, who are all ways ready 10 meet every real danger that may appear, did not appear to credit the story. and individually they had engagements for the evening which must be met though the Armament be robbet of half its brightest stars and the clouted demons should hold high carnival upon the open plszas of the city lit up by the flames of the burning buildings. At last four brave men went out to investigate the matter, and all though darkness had hidden from their view the trail of the bold, bad pets of the government. they finally succeeded Tn discovering the moccasIned tracks of the tends, when loi apparently proceed ing from the clefts of the adjacent rocks they heard voices. Listening intently, there came the hslf-discOrdant semi. | vail, like the melancholy strains of an 4E0liaH harp In the distant somewhere, savR2e-lIke in the monotony of its | strains, yet a weird melody. half-soOth- | Ing and not at all repulsive. IT music | hath power to soothe the savage, it | wss argued that the soothing process was then m state of gentle ebullition | and 1t would be the proper idea to rush | ID upon them, bind and gag them, ard take them in triumph to the dungeon within tee gates of the city, there to | severally suffer for their dread ul | crimes. Acting upon the impulse they | approached the melancholy | and at last reached the scene | of their musicale. They proved to be | B family of pesceable aud harmless I Yaqui Indians. who subsist upon the | llfal dispensedi at Pusch's slaughter house. and who had become possessed If enough mescal to make them very merry and very boozy. This Indian raid WAS therefore terminated with the lsr sl suffix of nobody hurt"