Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-11-08
There were thlrty soldiers in the

There were thirty soldiers in tho
command | had brought out, and this
large band OF Indians was afraid of
them. They signed to me to mount
my horse again, and we went off at a
pace which hardly slackened until we
had travelled fifteen miles. They then
went into camp at the head of a
ravine, and the ponies had scarcely
been unsaddled and sentinels posted
when they assembled at fire to de-
bate my case. II was as we'll known
before as afterward that was to be
tortured, but an Indian has a regular
programme to follow in such cases. A
dozen warriors spoke, but none for
me. l did not expect any one to.
There lay their dead and wounded,
and of the latter two were sure to die
before morning. 1t took them about
half an hour to bring In their verdicti
and by that time 1t was shutdown. |
had been disarmed, of course, and my
arms were also tied behind my back.
This latter piece of work was a sloven-
ly job, as | soon ascertained, and
while lying on the ground and waiting
the verdict felt sure that could re-
lease myself. Two warriors pulled
me to my feet and led me forward to
hear my sentence. White Horse had
just risen to his feet when a couple OF
bears came up the ravine, and some of
the warriors opened fire upon them.
| supposed, and no doubt all the
Indians around me believed, that the
camp had been attacked by my friends.
There was confusion and a general
movement, and at the same instant !
twisted my arms loose, knocked over
two or three redskins in front of me,
and flew out of the mouth OF the
ravine, calling to my horse as ran.
have no doubt that one hundred bull
lets were fired at me inside of three
minutes, but my horse came at my
call, swung myself to his back, and,
as we went tearing away, both OF us
were untouched. gave him his head
and his pace, and he ran like a race
horse for at least fifteen miles. Then
he slackened down and looked for our
band, but they had retreated ten miles
before going into camp. We reached
it safe and sound, but | had lost an
outfit worth three hundred dollars.
An adventure of mine much talked
of, and which is twice referred to in
military orders, happened between
Fort Sully and q temporary post on
the Big Cheyenne, fifty miles away,
called Camp Terry. AS the whole
route was swarming with hostiles,
left Sully early in the evening, forded
the Missouri, which was then at "a low
stage, and struck off to the northwest
| meant to ride all night and lay VI
the next day, and every thing went
well by to midnight. | had dismount
ed to walk and rest my horse when
heard the hoof-beats of horses behind
me. There was half moon, and one
could see an object as large as horse
three hundred feet away. They hat
either seen me leave the fort or blum
dered over my trail and were now rid
ing me down. / mounted and sough
to gauge my pace by theirs. | knew
that it was their custom to spread ou
in long line, and that it was no us,
to attempt to flank them. | would
ride ahead, save my horse as much a
possible, and hope to reach the camp
had the instinct of wild ANNA
! as to the points of the compass, bu
, there were SO many distractions in IN,
path that was forced to bend NOR
and more to the west, and | finally fel
; that | must hit the stream severa
miles above the camp. The Indian
did not rush me, perhaps not knowing
of the camp and my destination. BE
, tween two and three o'clock there wa
a thunderstorm to the north of me
and the redskins yelled out as the
saw me by the flashes. When l say
daylight coming l increased the pace
and when l finally looked back an
counted eighteen pursuers the line wa
mile behind me. Then they bega
u to push me, but increased the pac,
and when | finally struck the streal
: they were four or five minutes away
: The water was not over foot deel
u and we went through it in jiffy.
u then held for a grove about a mil
. away, but had not reached it when
: heard sound as of heavy sea breal
8 ing on a rocky beach. ] halted an
u faced about, and there was the creel
i now swollen to a river, and way
+ five feet high roaring down the chai
nell There had been cloudburst I
the north, and the waters had CON
just in time to check my pursuers O
, the other bank. They stood Their
{ shouting and gcsturing, and trit
s. three or four shots, but after | ha
: fired in return and killed one of the
. ponies they made off, and / saw the
;. no more.-M Y. Sun.
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