The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-02-17

which he lay. and knewthat il was bis
voice HAD heard calling, There were
mo IndISns nb6ur uSoxccpt hostlics.
and jn-t before tho snow came they |
had killed two mGp belonging 20 our
camp. We ha@hn( fear Of them after
winter set In< knowing that they stuck
close 70 their Villages Here &1s 3
retlskin. however. and IN full war
paint; but J had no sooner fond him
than saw that 10 was dead. though
his bod WA stliswann He had been
marIed In a terrible manner. both
legs being broken. his head al bloody
from an injury. ana his right arm
doubled under him as II broken ]
could see the butt Of his rifle sticking
out u the auow.i but when pulled ~
\ II 1 found the barrel missing. u had
been wrenched, oik got his tomahawk
and knlze. however. togcther with pow
der horn and bullet pouch, and when
A had pulled the body along and crept
beyond It, Icaught sight Of mocca-
sin in the snow and dirt. i took me
4 an hour TO unearth the body. which
Y was that Of second warrior. The
" life had been crushed out Of him In a
second. Tho mass Of rock which had
II come down with him had broken every
bone in his body. and . great share Of
his face had been ground Of. His
rifle could not find. while both knife
! and tomahawk we're broken. While
searching his cold and battered body
I found a buckskin bag containing about
! three hundred dollars worth Of small
1 nuggets Of gold. and this gave me
1 hint to overhaul tho other ! also go'
from him bag containing abouttwt
i hundred dollars worth Of dust and
4 nuggets. and in the search found At
/. tached to his belt white mans scalp
which had not been or the victim
!, head overtwo days They must hay'
I been in ambush part way up tn
mountain. intent rpon taking the her
4 mit's scalp. and but for the ayalanch
: they might have had mine as well.
y The day had gone by the time ha'
j overhauled the second Indians body
1, Being at work the hours had passc
!. swiftly away. and had not given my
! self any time to brood over the horror
! Of the situation. After supper sat
y front Of the fire for awhile, then wrot
Il up my daily Journal and when ! yel
i 10 bed left the door wide open
i seemed to me that the air was gcttin
foul down there. and by opening II
! door the room was greatly purified.
was midnight. as / afterward came
j know, and the fire was all out, whf
4, some noise in the room startled me.
Y sat up In bed and was soon convinc'
a that some one or some living thing b
:. side my self was present I could ne
tlabored breathing. together wi
sounds as Of some one pulling hims'
Il. along the floor. and climbed over Z
foot Of the bed and lighted the candl
=, What was nv amazement TO find = thi
u savage in the cabin! He he'd qul
~ reached the side Of IT, bed. and had 1e
~ out that way, as usual. he would ha
I'll AZ least wounded me, for he had
~ ~ naked knife in his hand and was be
M on murder. The hatchct was at har
~ but | did not need q weapon. !
III warrior had been dreadfnlIy hurt, Al
M as investigation had proved. had be
"a buried Just beyond the other ~
: When left the bodies he had dug
"A way to my tunnel. pnd then pull
q himself along to the door, intending
u. have nv life Is I slept. When BAN
-. in this. he glared at me with all
~. hate 4 human heart can betray.
IA was crushed at the hips, and none
~ savage could have accomplish
~, what he did. could have killed B
u at a single blow. but the horrible W
Il, was spared me. Death was alrea
/. beside him, and as stood and lool
80 down upon. him. candle in hand.
III uttered faint war-whocp. and
~ over, dead. When ! was sure that
~ had departed 1 dragged him into
/, tunnel and shut and barred the dc
n and SO upset had my nerves bocs
. - by the adventure that l did not 81
.ept again that night
and In the morning I excavated
The near where tin two bodies lay,
ned pushed the three into It, and packed
ftsr snow over them. Then began runr
,der a tunnel for the ledge in front Of
tIck cabin. and had gone about twenty
q when the second night came. =
\ in the third day had 20 abandon
ia tunnel On account Of cavc-in WI