The mountain signal. (Mount Vernon, Ky.) 1887-18??, 1888-02-24

the muzzlcs through the loopholes
in the planks, and at another signal all
fired. We killed or wounded two In
dians by the volley, ana the others
hastily departed. Half an hour later
two or three of the reds crept up to
the barricade in front of our door with
arms full of light wood and started u
fire. The posts were only half sea-
soned, and all that afternoon / had
kept them wet with water. They
charrcd little under the flames, but
the fire would not take hold. From
the number of Indians we could see,
and to Judge by the yells of those out
least fifty. After trying us with fire
they drew of to wait for daylight. and
the most of them probably went to
sleep.
When daylight came our enemies
were re-enforced by II band of twelve,
and these newcomers brought with
them two settlers teams and wagons
and three prisoners. Two of the pris-
oners, man and woman, were killed
soon after coming up. l knew the
man. He lived about eight miles away,
and had frequently called at our house.
The third prisoner was a settler none
of us knew. About an hour after day
light the Indians sent him forward with
n white flag to demand our surrender.
He came up within thirty feet of our
barricade, and then halted and told us
what he had been commanded to do.
A dozen or more Indians had their
rifles on him, ready to shoot in case he
attempted to play them false. He was
a big, powerful fellow, and never saw
such grief and anxiety in II human
countenancc. In voice loud enough
for the Indians to hear, he demanded
our surrender, but in whispers he
warned us not to, as every one of us
would be butchered. Miller replied to
him from loophole, telling him to go
back to the Indians and ask their best
terms. When he returned he was to
come us close rs possible, and at sig
nal he was to spring forward, and the
door would be open for him. He
was Il pretty cool fellow. in spite of
all his suflerings. He returned to
the Indians, consulted for few
minutes, and when he came back to us
he approached within twenty-five feet
before they shouted to him to halt.
Then he told us that we would be per-
mitted to take one of the teams and
leave the country; that the Indians all
loved us; that all they wanted was
their land. We had our guns ready to
cover him. and l saw him draw II long
breath before the signal came. AS
Miller uttered II whistle one of the Wen
PMiSNk opcri tlnei0S;. And a the fame
instant the str;thsef made utprinS for
SHELTER 1t was vcritable spring for
life. The Indians fired at him. but too
late, and he pitched in among us with
out scratch.
Then began q siege which lasted nine
days, and in which over forty Indians
were killed or wounded. They gath
cred in the quarry, us expected, and
Miller exploded the torpedo and killed
four and badly wounded dozen. They
tried every possible way to burn us out,
and on one of these occasions, while
they were congregated together, Miller
sprang another of his mines and killed
several of them. Five or six different
times they displayed flag of truce and
sought TO coax or threaten us into sur
render, but Miller was wise enough to
refuse to trust them. From first to last
they fired about four thousand bullets at
our fort, over q hundred of which
| lodged in the door, but none of us were
wounded. The besleging force never
numbered less than thirty-five. and one
day the number was over one hundred.
On the ninth day troops came and
drove the fiends off, and it was only
then that we learned of the widespread
devastation. Not Il house nor barn had
been left standing for miles and miles
in any direction. Crops had been de-
stroyed, stock shot down, and settlers
butchered or driven off all over great
section of the State. We been the
only ones outside of the towns to make
II fight, and by our standing IL siege we
kept large force from going against
! the settlers.-N y SIN.