The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-13


began barking furiously and, as we were
wholly defpnceless almost prostrated with
weaTi3ess and hunger, we knew that escape
| from an armed man and a pack of blood
\ hounds. was impossible. so, under cover OF
| the orderIy's revolver, We went into the
| house. Inside was a family consisting of an
! old man and wife. oun man and a boy and
| one or W other women. 4 cheerful blaze
cracked in a large, open fireplace, the women
prepared good food aud treated us very hos.
| pitahlv, We all pretended to he fOutsore,
| heartsick, discouraged. used up and glad TO
be captured.
That night We slept upon the floor. with
the enemy on guard. During the night the
orderly captured SIX more. making eleven
prisoners all told. Ia the morning he pro-
posed to take Us TO Lexington JAIL The cd
man harurssed up the mules in tu old eau, Z
wagon. and with the boy 0sJrli" Il mule. Tie
orderly on horseback and iii" uhj uud WON'T =
men ~ the wagons We travelled four ur i've
miles, mrhnwhlle Keeping up the rH~c Ollie
ing SO glad to be caught. Three Of Us mace
up our minds however, that We WuuIdn {
allow them 10 carry eleven Yankee otlrls
back TO JAM. On one PI"teNj We got 'He
young man 10 fall back from the team ON
another. the orderly 10 so 10 the post-Ofnrr,
which he spuh" OF as beng near. We thl'c
then sprong from the team and ran four cur
IyeS INTO "A wood lot near the O a growth
OF scFubbE oaks. hen stopp"d running
l Cuuidu STE or hear either Of my cOmpau'
IONS
Did you find them
l never saw them AGAIN, bur IN INN", WINE
at Alexandra, got a letter from
one 81 them saylTg they were h"tu re-
captured that same day, and alone OF the
eleven escaped.
How did you prOceed?'
L was alone that day and night; q COLI
rain was falling. Mt MINT il raIupl harder,
and lay curled up IN the woods; had a
ra" sweet potato IN my pocket when ate
lof breakfast. As the DAY opened l began 10
cTawIaround TO ma pIautaton' anu duflng
helour-noo reached one, crept uptoth renee
ana aliracted the attehtion OF an ora roloFed
man HJ Has "oINlhS WIN eeNeI"i o,heIsI II
d nelu' ms HamG was Ivy: ana ne proved
a very warm lrIehu' LoIu MN l was Il Ian
NV ne showed III "ne[e 10 HIue' anu az
n3on rousu me d oouhleoqS dinner oI 9onr
uo PoiT, a ITVSg pott'oSS amu Eo'4 pItau,
n nnJi :" IotSe' i, a. "oS lut HIS, HfIoIe
ho camn 10 aaoin h rI " uiUnViis Ao u aaI-
from his own nIantn+?on9 bn tp dmntribn+oJ JIby y
other friandIEF o@roosLcTicte Nil op y
otber+bingsE snmntrors mail INV sbowoJ
me a place to sleeD, in a bavmow bnt had
hardly got there ere he called me down IN |
meet several other Union men who had es-
from Camn sorghum Novemb her 2 n
WAS "A n0DDN mNptlnW and We afterwards TraV= |
elpd together tn The Tnion lines Those mon
were. Henry r Kendall Of Raodinw Adm.
tant Of the Fftie+b PannsvIvania ragiment.
Mai, CbarIesG Davis Gf the First Massachn,,
sets cavalry who is now cIort in the o8ca If
Searpeant-at,Arm Adams at the state.honse.
Cbas. s. Kendall of the First Mossa.
cbusetts infantry now dead whose brothar Is
Lieut.. Kendall of Station 4 Roston. Cant V
E. Hart. from Keokuk In If tho Nina+aen+b
now dead. LENT WiIIiom NoIson If |
Thirteenth regulars now IiTing in Ar.
kansas. Tient Thomas r Dowaos 6f Ponn-
s~vIvania of second TTnitad States % avail
now dead. We got +o the railroad oII0wsj
n 100 miles to the end and then walked 10
miles 70 KnovriIIo Topn
II was q bo2ardCrs axc;+ino +roun oil tho
wav. We Tere add bT nogsoos dra Jorl,
f,ggv niSbt To 800 ia d. $3.50
and were almost eTbersteJ TbdD q SooS
.arkav IeJ re- 20 IN Ia 5ooor+oJ - So
ne yv;tb a. on - GS'9tVVi ~
- M ~ "nu io1u' apples ana H"'
sooacc1, hnaJ naS aJonS HaSI anu camp
nTe We NEW ~ VnaVI os cauAA' november "a,
1864,
while in the Western part OF North caro-
ina We tried to follow the road along the