The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-01

when the savages had entered tho
valley they paused as if in consulta-
ton. Thero were forty-three of them.
They were evidently surprised at see
ing white man there, and were con-
sidering if it wero Duboise, for had
they not thought him to be in pursuit.
of the Mexicans, they would not have
ventured to make an attack.
Presently they began to advance
very cautiously, creeping upon the
ground 50 as to expose as little of their
persons as possible to our fire.
They knew the man they saw was
not Dubois. I was aware that we were
in imminent danger, with scarcely q
chance against those savages, but SO
thrilled was l by the bravery and de-
termination of the girl standing near
me that did not feel afraid She had
not spoken since coming upon the
house-top, but, dressed in her Indian
costume, was standing, rifle in hand,
watching the painted forms as they
crawlcd nearer, her lips compressed,
and her fine Spanish eyes flashing as if
she had been some wild animal at bay.
l carried an excellent rife, and hesita-
ting no longer, fired at one of the saw
ages. A little cloud of dust showed
where the ball. had struck the alkaline
sand near sage bush some feet from
the Indian. A derisive yell was tho
only response. :
q Bad shotr said the girl, and taking
deliberate aim, she fired. No shout an
swered her rifle. for one of the Indians
was wounded. They seemed some
what disconnected by this. and paused
again then, spreading out their line,
began TO approach once more.
Presently there was Whit of smoke
among them, and ball whistled SO
near my head that instinctively l dodg-
ed. The girl laughed at me. The
Apaches evidently had the best rifles
made, and they knew how to use them.
We both shielded ourselves somewhat
behind the parapet.
Il was sufficiently acquainted with
the Indian tactics to know that when
they had approached within fair range
of our rifles they would make rush for
the house, and under the shelter of the
walls to try to break through the door or
climb up to where we were.
''That our last hour had come 1 could
not doubt, and it was horrible to think
of dyining by those fiends and being
cut to pieces afterwards.
But the girl stood observing them
as cody as though they had been rab-
bits, waiting till they should be within
better range of her rife before wasting
more ammunition. l was preparing to
fire again, for in another moment the
irrkk h.
when clatter of hoofs sounded behind
us, and, turning, Isaw Dan Dubois gal
loping up.
1.-The girl hurried down, and letting
her father in, both were with me in
another moment Springing upon the
parapet in full view of the savages. Da.
bois opened rapid fire upon them.
Instantly they recognized him, and be-
gan a hasty retreat The distance was
SO great that little damage was done
among them, but quito a number, as
was afterwards learned, were slightly
wounded.
'trhe rest of Dubois party was only
a short distance behind with the recap,
tured ponies and cattle. As soon a.
they reached the town they started
after the Apaches, and some miles
away from Zuni joined party of troops
under Lieutenant Gilfoyle, who, having
learned that the Indians had left theii
reservation, was in pursuit of them.
The fight which followed few days
later is matter of history which it is
not necessary to relate here. Before
being overtaken, the Apaches had mur.
dered and scalped forty men, women