The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-02-09
INDIAN VENGEANCE.


The shadow ol Death Creeping Under the
shadow Of Morning.
Soldiers, hunters, scouts, emf grants, In
dians-all are drinking and brawling at
the fort, writes y. DUAL in the Detroit
/ Free Press, describing a border incident
/ The Indians drink ie,.rly but are more
| quiet. They are the best behaved Of the
/ lot
Suddenly there Is a CIV and q shot.
| half-d .unk-r -rpHf has RAD a row with q
/ redskin aud %. u uiHrn him. lie had the
savage 90 8 Hat, srtn 20. Il WAS q word
| and a shot an a. tie crowd opens a little
the Young wurriOr Is seen standing with
one arm across bis la-east aud a look %
/ defiance on his face. Ills other arm hangs
/ by his side, hrn.-n h- the bullet
The i .AiI IS IN 40 troa rh-rOus than the
SERPENT, hut h. never forgive, treachery in
any one else. BE recognizes in the scout
an oil rn.3.y. niil b- rca zes that the
afl0r wa put up O. kill him of-hand.
| HoN his ewes strap, How his muscles
woTS How h-s chest heaves a. the pain
madd p, him Be- i,oss irom man % man
aud hr. 3 ~ his q, ould-le murderer. aud
then r9, i'- if,t na the crowd aud
W alks uat e tie strciadc aud over the
hills
BETTER io.k uut sur the varmint - is the
warn'He Utter 4 by hunter with snow
white ha r. He wiil lake your trail and
cling &" % Un'ii Pc wipes you out Nothing
but death An satisfy his vengeance"
" hen the scuUt became sober and knew
what he had done be realized the force OF
the old mans words Hencrforth. wax.
ing or sleeping, a menace must follow him
every hour II has lie. He mast either Kill
or BE- killed.
The days ran past sud the incident was
forgotten hy all save one. II was a season
OF peace, and one less or one more Indian
az the Fort attract- ro attention. N any
one looked in vain Or the Young warrior.
Who had the blood & CREST chief in his
veins, they mad uu remark ur inquiry.
The scouts had 90" b. a. Ter couple Of
months, but then -u me an alarm. band
Of warriors had b.uban away from their
reservation ani we're railing the settlers.
Messenger we're srnt her, and there in
hot haste. AID the scout with the shadow
Of death across his path went his wav
alone.
Men must hs brave who are scouts Il Is
q work which needs nerve and true cour-
age. The menace haunted the man as he
rode forth. "Ile will 70 YOU! He will Kill
you" kept ringing in his ears, but be
halted no.. Fad he known that a score Of
Indians sought biz e. h- would have gone
just the sa1l-. IS De ride away IN to
bright sunshine ~ MONDAY ne swept ths
plain around INN vita bis keen glance,
and then a strange l.ot settled on his face. |
10 was t.t- ai- S'ch com-s % the human
face ~ hen thr mind realizes q great dan |
ger, but is :. ; ar'd % lie lighting 10 the |
last
Hard, had thu soon. passed hsvond the /
stOckade when Vengeance was ready 10 /
take hB trail. The Indian is untirine. ]
He is inip!srahle. The wounded warrior i
had been In hiding for 1a,s ard DAYS, and /
his watching and waitng were AZ last i
rewarded. When the scout had passed /
out Of sight over the ridge the shadow
Of death took - his traH. He
had been told o. idr fast: the pursusr
was sfoot. II sreiued absurd 70 believe
the scout had cauSe 20 fear she dusky war.
rior who was ielt miles behind. The Taca
had begun. The one rides ike the wind.
The other fellows 10 an even pace pace
that reminds you Of oil nplacable hate.
at the secuad mile the scout had 70 make
q crescent % avoid q ftass Of rocks The
Indian cut across the angle and saved a
few rods. He had "a ned two hundred
feet on his victim. lnf1ition told him the
destination II the scout. Instinct guided
him 20 make short cats and pick I'D the
trad aga n. Here she iron hoofs Of the
horse were plain on the turf-thers only
the eyes Of an Indian could see that body
had passed. For hours and hours the pace
never changed. He looked neither - the
right nor left-cared Tor neither bird nor
beast-for shrub O. rock or serpeat-fOr
only one thing in the whole wurld-vsn-
geance. Noon found hini keeping his pace
might found bin keeping the trail with
the grim feTocity Of q bloodhound.
II was on'y when night fairly settled
down thar b. halted beside q rock, ate q
few moutbfulis q food. and cufied himself |
up Tor . nap. Two hours later the rim Of
, full moon showed above the plain, and
its first ravs Lad scarcely BEEN cast when
Tie warrior opened bis eyes. sprang 70 his
feet, and was Away on the trail again
Hour after hour be followed ft-hour bv
hour the night grcw Old and faded into
day. When daylight came the track vas
Iresher. While the scout slept death bad
made a decided gain. The second day !
passed IS the other.
On the morning % the third a nlist Law
1veT plain and valley art bin. Il arose ,
rom the brown tsirf-frnfn the huge ,
the fiirkets 81 cedar s
md ar "a the ragged halsides.
The eye n neither nan nor beast nor
hird could penetrate thEt curtain Of morn- !
Ing. After misini-h t lie indian had :
Ilackened his pace. As morning drew
iearer his head vas bed murs erect and
iis eyes carried new light. As the day
truEgled - break ihrouzi the mist the O.
Warrior halted, loosened his knife and
9mahawk, and then sank d3En on hands Z
nd knees and erepi under the black cloud i
g the wary panther goss forward b sur. 2
rise his prey. His keen scent had located
, FIRE. His quick ear had dstscssd ths
l0ysnsnts % . hQrss.