The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-09

air was blown past us in sufYocating Gusts. un-
I'll, fortunatelyNf for us, a sudden heavy shower
A soon as It was dark enough We SGT out
their ponies, to whose'tails the Sergeant and I
Si%dP Escape ,sss WIFE Siih6 5'sS us. s We soon si l.ft " Il. w. Wcos st,4
bottom and travelled across the prairie; Soy
thinking from the size OF our ponies that we
were Indians. did not modest us. As we nenred
he f ford Ts found immense nm free M BURNING and
possible. to cross there. we started. up. the
stream, hoping to find some undefended ford.
Ing the faint trail along tho river. when s'.d-
denly. almost In our faces. was grunted out n
1ndinn challenge:
Tho mounted members Of our party
T cSnIpSe up Their hSn Ipn Sahdiss and moi,e sped 9, P tSs a she
mails had thrown the Sergeant and myself to
the gGroup%Eii where we Icy hardly t daring ms,t to
the darkness; The Sergeant and ]. now left to
daylight overfesi k US before we reached m UNI
guarded ford. so we found a good hiding place
Along. toward noon. we heard the tramp Of
put through the brush. Ali at once ! heard an
Iron shoe strike against a stone on the bank OF
Did you hear that, Sergeant p I Whispered.
they cam in sight, thsrs we're the blue uni
both ieaped to our feet and yelled i0r Joy: Our
spmi sss fsIa, I'm Indi ,S.y ye MeI IN FsgsIsns T dssss we
II nb sas @ %hsss ia q t We .a aSIal't sss ana aims oH RnsH
nothing. ,WWe ran back Into the woods Is RAPID,
sss ss p9ssiReilH s;d fio,!o " Sus y l g he %s threw Il, y' 'on4:
selves behind. 1t and opened FIRE, upon them.
They stopped at once, and. afraid to charge r
US until q bullet. apparently from the clouds.
s sronpsSd S Spm MY ana sIdde. 'efFS ssri my e eau 'Xlas On e yss
the top OF the log to ascertain. II possible.
J, Sh saS s ss%s Sq 'b1 pi TIy. ssnEiS5ii I saw ss shss a point Ssi
tor, Of the blum on the other side.
log. one end Of, which was in the air. and 81
the proper angle to protect US from the ensmy's
intS the Ssn sreieh p0 Ws 'a vi istssdrPf' nr!h saFs dsyslo up
ments. Pretty soon 1t became evident that they
wers ;Iat ct to b sar !, us ysc out: ana N l the b%r ilre c Ws rs so
before the fire for a quarter of a mile. when We
crossed an open space where only q few leaves
stopped MopiS and wien VII the ire II reaehed us Wrapped
our coats around our heads and dashed through
our enemies could not see us; so we again
found q hiding place near the river. and waited
when it grew dark we swan the river. and
steep that We could not land. We fioated down
reached the, mouth Of a rayine and ,crept out.
We had had nothing to eat and had not slept
f9I i sps ietisas hoqr rsm nsd Tsrs fa dhsi from aSnnt hS AVE-
miles back, from whore we, had crossed the
r nSssed o n the he ! mo Or nj I h Of the tb battle ,s. we Trdi had
teEmined TO hunt for the trail. and 90 Tor i. .
The country, was very broken and the climb
when when t an 81 seFfg \; gave out st.d declaring e that .a he
s sSR.a { s1 NO We ,u eonid n as' Be %ore than 10 our a S nile
from the dead buffalo. I decided to go for It
had climbed the next hill to carry out the plan.
when for of in the distance saw a light-ap-
and receiving no reply. went back to him and
found him fast asleep. but finally succeeded in
aw.akening him and getting him pp the Hill.
was that of our friends or our foes. but decided
TO take the risk and go toward it., 1t was g
long and painful, tramp. but We, finally reached
Cautiously we commenced the ascent, and had
decided to wait, for day In q clump.o Of brush
some distance, ahead when clear and distinct
HALF past two o'clock and ail's WE'LL
nns M,fn ,a a ,ee1Ie STy and ae,t TeneT bsd 1bn ssr we
and help us in. Here we found what was left
Of Reno,s command. WHO learned from us Of
ths asis sent Of ou Ga ,bs ps, d%esss sY 1enort.s sf sgs ms
dams all gone. and the day following the in
fantry came up;
for the remains Of Clusters party, and a sad
scene it was whom we found them. Groups. or
rather piles. of dead men and horses showed
The bodies were 50 mutiIsted. and by. this time
so decomposed., that it was impossible to rec
ognize them. We buried them in a common
the sad late Of 50 many brave comrades"
When. the Count had finished his story we
thanked him for his kindness. and left him
with the memories that its recital had recalled.