Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-03

do to keep the road, cause there was
likely to be a squad of reds left about
there to gather In the stage and pony
stock, while the feIlerI had killed and
the others 1 had seen went on and
cleaned out the next station west;
also there was sure to be a guard of
reds outside somewhere between the
burnt station and Green River. So
turned to my right OF southwark,
where a mile away was a creek tsame
as I mentioned befOre), with brush
and timber along it's channel. Down
into this I went.
81 followed the creek for a good bit
keepin' down below the high banks
among the trees and WiHers. Every
little while I'd tie the HOSES, creep up
the bank, and take a look over the
open ground that lay between the
creek and the smOkin' station. Fin
ally, when 1 was taking an ObserVa-
ton and was about cOncludin' that
the coast was clear, I saw a kyOler.
He wars going toward the creek.
When he got to the bank he suddenly
Whirled and loped back in the direc-
ton that he had come from.
Z" Hal Oh, hOP says /, man
therel' I knowned nothin' but a
man would make the kyOter turn
tail as he had done. 1 spotted the
place by a bigcOttOnWOOd, and leave
in my bosses tied went forward to
prospect.
''TO the big cottonwood was a
quarter of a mile down the creek. /
had my revolver, all loaded, and a
big knife I'd got with the belt of the
it was Iniuns that the kyOter had
seen, but as it was more likely to be
wounded white man from the sta
ton hid away there, felt it my duty
to find out.
CAT last the cottonwood was about
two rods away; jist round a little
curve of the bank. 1 took off my
boots and crept fOr'ard. Peepin'
through some Willers I saw,
settin' on some blankets spread IN
der the cOttOnWOOd,a solitary Injun.
He had a lot of traps of various
kinds scattered about him. His
back was toward me and I couldn't
make out what he was up to. Pret-
ty soon he lookup a bottle and took
d big guzzle. He then set to fun
bin round at sOmethin' for a while,
when he laid back with his head on
a bundle as eff to go to sleep.
81 waited about twenty minutes
and he didn't move. His head laid
toward me so I couldn't see his face,
but I concluded he was asleep. 1 de-
termined to kill him. I'd got to do
it to get past him. The only road for
! me was down the creek. All on each
side of the valley was high, rocky
mountains. No gettin' over 'em. AS
didn't want to shoot if l could help
it I'd have to kill the fecher with my
knife. The knife had a blade about
sixteen inches long. l felt the edges
and it was good and sharp. HOldin'
it in my right hand and my cooked
revolver in my left 1 crept for ard like
a cat.
/ 81 got to his head and sat down
and listened. The Iniun breathed
like he was asleep. wanted to
strike the knife down into his heart,
but to do it I'd have to reach my arm
out over his face. No doubt he was
a little booty, but he might be awake.
1t was risky to reach for his heart, so
I began to look at his throat. He
didn't lay jist right; the bundleraised
his head so much that. his neck was
. kinked downward. I wanted to be
/ sure Of both Windpipe and jugular.
. Eff I only cut the jugular be might
hOller, and eff L only cut the Windpipe
. he might getup and make me trouble.
CAT last he turned his sideways. /
laid down my pistol to clutch his top
i hair with my left hand and gripped
. my knife firmly in my right. 1 was
/ jist going to do the job when the fell
/ Ter suddenly sat up. AS he might
! turn round any moment there was
( no time to be lost. l made my spring.
As my left hand went into his hair
/ the knife in my right was pulled
; across hisneck. 1t WeRttO the bone,
/ and nearly took his head of. As the
blood was spurtin' on the blanket he
had spread I jerked them from under
him. In dom this a revolver that
was in one of the folds was thrown
against a rock and went off. This
3 made me cuss. After all my trouble
the thing had happened that didn't
I want. I might jist as well have shot
the teller as to fool away haitian hour
in order to git him with my knife.
/ craWled up the bank and took a look
about.
''Nothin' was in sight. Coin back
to my Iniun I examined his face. I
/ knoWed the rascal. He belonged at
the station, and was a Ute. LOOkin'
! about on his plumber [ saw the whole
business. He had been in with the
GOshutes, and had given away the
station to share in the plumber. He
had got what he wanted and hid him
f self here to wait till night to slip away
to his own people with his booty.
+ He had a fine rife that belonged at
the station, a revolver, two pair OF
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