The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-02

up quite near, when Maxwell seized ,
gun and shot him. sending him back &c
the rear bowling with pain.
Lie close. boys, and shoot every one
that approaches, said Maxwell. Nigh,
shut down on the besieged, and it was
as still as death again. The fires Of the
Indians could be seer on the hill, but
mons of them came near. Two Of the
men slept while the others kept watch,
but the night passed without event.
Early in the morning the Indians
wanted to talk.
Come! come on!" cried Maxwell.
II am spelling for a fight. ! don't
want talk. Why don't you fight, you
cowardly red ~rascals? Here goes for
you?" and he fired his piece at
the nearest warrior. The In
dams fell back in naste, no
doubt thinking the very devil was
in old Maxwell. But they soon rallied
and came on and tho battle became
general again. The white men were
surrounded on every side, and it was
with the utmost difficulty they could
keep the Indians out Of the fort.
Charge after charge IA made, but the
brave garrison stood true. After an
hour and a halls fighting the Indians
fell back for a rest and smoke. They
next commenced throwing arrows from
their bows, shooting them mp in the
air and letting them descend point
foremost into the fort. As the men
had no protection for their backs and
heads this proved a most formidable
mode of attack. One of the men was
soon severely wounded, and May Max
well got an arrow through her foot.
About noon an Indian who had been
observed smoking all forenoon on q
hill near the fort suddenly rose up and
walked down toward it. He kept on
until within sixty yards Of the brest-
works when he suddenly fell dead,
pierced by a bullet from old MaXwell's
gun. He was probably a medicine
man who had lied so long and so much
to the Indians that he came to believe
his W lies and thought that the
mG, could not hit him with a
bullet.
As soon as the medicine-man fell the
Indians drew off and held a council.
They seemed to think the only way
was to watch the garrison and
it out. Creeping up close to the
works and picketing the stream they
their patient siege. Not a head
Or hand in the garrison could be raised
without a bullet being fired at it. The
besieged had to lay close; but old
Maxwell raised the devil about mid
night by making a sudden attack, and
Indians. thinking he vas coming
enough, ran off a little. Next
morning Maxwell surprised the saw
lges by building a large fire, showing
them he had wood and water. Mrs.
Maxwell had also had a tent put up,
md the Indians observed the condition
If the garrison was much improved, as
I they liked it and were going to stay
here and fight it out if it took all sum-
ner. Dashing down on the fort, they
lred over a hundred shots at the tent,
,ut Mrs. Maxwell bravely stood her
and quietly went on with her
cooking. The Indians circled around
he besiegncd for nearly an hour, but
t was observed that they did not fire
much.
lney are getting out OF ammuni-
said Maxwell. Let us give
hem Il bluff" and, jumping up, all the
len poured in a steady and rapid fire
a few minutes, The reds fell back
nd counseled again. and then one OF
hem came down and called out:
Goodbye; we are going now"
Don't cried Maxwell. "Give us
more good fight before you go; do"
hen the Indian could'be heard laugh
lg as he called back:
High! high, You are heap much
30 brave
who are you people?" asked Max
ell.
Sioux and Nez Perces," he replied;
good men, but you are too tough for
5. Goodbye
is it on the square?" asked one OF
lie men of Maxwell.
Il guess So" he said, ''but we will
Ike nc chances and keep close"
The Indians then rode off. Maxwell
nd his little party kept close to the
'rt, but never saw an Indian again.
hey had killed eight reds in the fight,
i'd only two OF their men were
ounded. During the battle Mr.. Max.
ell had a close call, a ball cutting
way a lock OF his hair and another
grazing his jaw, Mrs. Maxwell
I'd a ball wound in her arm; another
all carried away a part of her shoe.
The man Maxwell sent out on the
st night of the siege reached Fort
in safety, and Colonel Baker
it'll a party OF cavalry was at once
mt to the relief OF the beleagured lit
garrison. He reached there the
" after the Indians left and found
axwell and his party enjoying them
Ives. He brought them back to
lies City, where they were Toasted by
g citizens and made much of. Mr..
axwell gave up all idea OF
ttling on the Little Mis- ]
uri and became a citizen of {
lies City. He was the pioneer in
a line Of stages from Miles tn .