The Grenada gazette., 1888-07-26

left me undisturbed. Several years
later | met the one who almost rode
into the sink His name was Man
Afraid Water. and he assured
me in the most solemn manner that
must have been dreaming, as he would
have been certain to see even a rabbit
in the washout. also met one Of the
other warriors, and he had the polite
ness to hint that | must have been
drunk. Still, every thing happened
just as have described.
gave the Indians an hour to get out
of sight, and then abandoned the sink
and rode down to the station. The
house was still burning, and at that
time. as | could see nothing OF the
men, | supposed they had been carried
off After | left several settlers
reached the spot, found the bodies,
and gave them burial. My mission was
accomplished, and my orders were to
return to the fort Between me and
the post was full band of blood
thirsty Indians, and an attempt at
progress in the day time was fool
hardy. secured water for myself and
the mustang, and then struck off to the
north for mile and descended into
dry gulch filled with sage brush.
Here WAS pretty fair shelter if we lay
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minutes when discovered the corpses
of four Indians, all still warm. who
had been killed in the fight. No at
tempt had 0een made to bury them,
but they were rolled under the bushes,
legs Strengthened out, arms folded
across the breast, and all their
weapons left with them. In inspcct-
ing their rifles, which were new,
made the discovery that the maker OF
the weapons wanted to accommodate
the savages without doing the white
folks any particular injury. The front
sights were so far ont of true with the
hind sights that no one could have hit
COW ten yards off. Each one of the
Indians had received ball in the
breast. and each one was of middle
age. | made bundle of their weapons
to carry to the fort, and although four
corpses are not pleasant company to
one in hiding. was obliged to put up
with them for the rest of the day.
T., l,,f. Indiana
passed on the stage road going west,
and from the terrific pace of their
ponies had judged they were after a
Reinforcement As soon as night had
fairly set in led the mustang out of
the ravine and mounted and set off,
not daring to 90 near water for fear of
an ambush. planned to keep to the
left of the road about mile, and | got
along without incident until about
midnight. was then riding at lope,
using eyes and ears to the best advan-
tagc, when the mustang suddenly
stopped. 1t could mean only one
thing | slid out Of the saddle and put
my ear to the ground, and after min
ute ! heard human footsteps. They
came from the east, and | knew they
were made by whitc man having
boots or shoes on. | stood at the mus
tang's head, when, out Of the gloom OF
midnight, "A human figure walked di-
rectly up to us. was satisfied that he
was white, and uttered hist! which
halted him scarcely five feet away. Ho
uttered groan as he came to a stop,
and softly inquircd
"Whitc or rcd?'
"Whi'e'" he eagerly answered.
"Thcn come on
1t was settler named George Rob-
inson, whose wife and children had
been hutchercd and his buildings
burned. He himsclfhad been wounded
by Indian bullets in the hand and
shoulder, and had been three days try
ing to get to Fort Hays. Pain and
fright had 50 unncrved him that he had
lost his bearings, and had the fort been
only mile away he would have missed
it, He was suffering from hunger and
thirst as well as his hurts. We soon
found water in hole, and spent half
an hour getting him in shape to ride.
Then took the lead and he followed
on the mustang, and | kept a pace
which brought us to the post just after