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

was his dying wish j gave it to him
list where he wanted it. Then / re-
lieved him of his tOpknOt. Tt was a
fine one, the hair about eighteen
inches long and two eagle feathers in
it.
Gin the feller's pouch I found some
earrings and about fifty dollars in
paper money. At his belt was the.
scalp Of q woman and three children's
scalps, all rugged out with streamers
Of different cOlOred ribbOns2 Round
his neck found a lady's gold chain
and IOcket, with a mans picture In IL.
That picture was afterWard the
means Of the scalps and the whole
outfit glGtin' to the friends of the
murdered emigrants. Iowa people
they proved to have been. But I
must git back to the business in
hand. I knOWed that the Iniun's
pony couldn't be far of. Huntin'
about, l pretty soon found him hid
in a ravine among some bushes. A
fine animal he was, too. He was
about half Spanish and halt
American. I put my saddle on
him and the mail pouch, but
did not try him with my bride. I
left on him his own rope Bride
KNOWN how to handleit, and KNOWN
that mine would set him wild.
'MOuntin' my new nag I set out up
the road Jst a-fyin'; but I didn't fly
long. On risin' aridgeI came square
in sight of five mounted Iniuns, not
three hundred yards away. They saw
me as soon as 1 did them. All halted
and looked at me. had halted and
partly turned round, with the inten-
ton Of taken the back track. But
says /, that will never do I'm a gOn-
er if I show the white feather
"OuU on the plains a felleE. gifts into
places where he's got to think fast,
not in words, but in great chunks and
streaks of ideas. But danger bright
ems the wits Of all but regular white
livered towards. AS I had partly
turned round I remained in that pO-
sitiOn and waved my hand as if beck
Onin' to a party of men advancin'
behind the hill on which I stood.
Then IshOuted, Here they arel Come
on bOysp Wheelin' about, I then
faced the squat OF Iniuns and heIdup
and shook at them the scalp Of the
Iniun l had killed. They could
also see that was mounted on their
chiefs boss. From the way they
moved their heads and from the mo-
tiOn Of their hands knew they were
talking about this; so I pulled my re
vOlver, and instead Of firm toward
them held it high over my head and
fired straight up into the air as if
givin' a signal.
''This was too much for the reds,
and all turned tail and gallOped
away to the nOrthward across a
wide, open plain. When they started
my boss took after 'em full split. He
knOwed the crowd and their hags
and wanted to jine 'em. He was feet
as the wind and stubborn as an army
mule. Having nOthin' to guide him
with but single piece Of rope tied
round his under jaw, he was in dan
ger OF carrying me into the midst OF
my enemies before l could stop him.
Ihad almost yanked his jaw off; still
with his nose hauled round against
the left side of his neck, he blindly
blundered on. He had carried me
within a hundred and fifty yards OF
the retreatin' infuns, when ] thought
of move that would stop him if he
was well trained. L jumped off his
back, when he halted dead still in his
tracks.
"The Iniuns hardly knOwed what
to make Of this, and slackened up a
bit as if to talk about comm back
for me. I boldly pulled my six-shOOt-
er and began blazing away after
them, the bullets strilin' quite near
'em, as 1 could see by the little pufs
Of dust they raised.
''The shots from my pistol started
a herd of deer out of a patch of grass
on the ridge about forty rods to my
left. The deer took right down the
hill toward the Iniuns when they first
broke cover. Seem this break made
by the deer, the reds thought
the friends l had been signalin' to
was passin' that way round the hill
to head them off, so they instantly
changed their course from north to
east, and under whip made at full
speed across the open country, steer
in for a range Of black, rocky hills
about five miles away.
''The deer, on seem the Injuns, had
turned west and were now gOin' of
that way in a cloud Of dust; the reds
were raisin' another cloud to the east
and standin by the side Ofmy captured
pony I was left master Of the field.
For a time I almost thought / really
had a squad of soldiers behind the
hill, and couldn't help turnin' my
head that way. to see if they was com
IN so airnestly had acted my part
on that proposition.
''Wen, 1 had been fOOlin' away a
good deal of time without maxim
much Roadway, so I got back to the
road as soon as possible. l still had
about eight miles to go to reach the