Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-27
Soaring Wild Indians.

ROMAN CANDLES FOUND TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE
WEAPONS THAN RIFLES.
zone OF my adventures, eh?" said the book
agent to a reporter OF the Omaha Herald "Well,
about eight years ago carried pack Of novel.
ties such as you frequently see exhibited on the
street corners and presided over by sunburned
Italian. With another man and young fellow OF
eighteen Travelled through Kansas to the Colo.
dams for anything MARKETABLE in the cities About
the time OF our arrival in the western part OF
Kansas the memorable Indian outbreak was Ter.
rV.H1ng the country. From the South and West
came reports Or the terrible outrageS perpetrated
by the Indians and greaserS Houses were burned,
the inmates were Killed instantly or tortured to
DEATH and all the cattle were driven scattered.
You may be sure felt considerable sOlicitude
concerning The safety Of my little party, and took
extra precautions to ind secluded spots When
camping. OF course, under the conditions ]
deemed 1t advisable TO get out OF the neighborho0d
Immediately. TO do SO we found II necessary TO
With struggling bands OF Indians. Despite the
risks we determined to make the attempt. fter
long, hard days tramp we encamped for the night
in one OF those small canyons so prevalent in
western Kansas II was an excellent place, too
Our backs were erectually protected by natural
which was concealed by brush and tall grass. SAM
the boy OF the party, was an unusually bright
indian warfare. just before lying down / noticed
HIM untying good sized bundle or sticks reSemb-
ling short broomhandles- lie placed them within
easy reach and lumbled down TO sleep. l had
noticed him fumbling around the bushes a short
time before, but did not pay much attention to his
actions The other fellow and myself concluded
not to set guard, as We were in such an excellent
place. Idon't know how long we had slept when
we were awakened py sam shaking US slightly
and whispering:
",Be quick, now. the Indians are getting ready
TO slip In on u.s.
"By this time we were both wide awake and
ready with our rifles.
"'Listen,' whispered Sam; hear the dirty
scam scampS sneakng up. Put down tire rifles I've got
ma m achf our Yhac Lois
remarklng: :
"'ThemS Roman candies. I've got q pile OF
WnOpperS along, and / think we can scare these
scainpS clean out y their hides
IL caught the Idea in moment and strained my
ears TO listen Tor further demonstrations from the
attacking party. We could hear them creeping
mere ana tJhere through the bushes, scarcely
making noise, but easily distinguished in The
silence OF the night.
"'Now,' whispered Sam. take two In each hand
and I'll light them
'Sulting the action to the word, he contrived TO
Hght thein IN rapid succession. Then he turned
them into the bushes, and heavens! what O sight
Vlualnous-lOoAlng savages and greaserS were
STOPPING and creeping toward us. AT the first
nasn They stopped as n spell-bound. We turned
them so the green and white balls would strike
theu In their faces. The candles were tremendous
AFFAIRS, ana eight OF ten OF them popping away In
dependent or human aid was enough 10 terrOrZe
any 0ne Our aSSallanLS wavered moment, then
with terrible yell bounded away toward high
ground as II the devil himself was in pursuit. We
could hear them scrambling up the hillside, mount
their horses, ana gallOp away. Sam afterward
explained that he mad brought the candles along
as SIDE speculation, and he also explained that
he had arranged a system Of strings among the
bushes, so that no one could approach very close
without meeting the obstruction ana arlarming
him. II Is needless to state that We reached safe
ground In due time without further molestattOn."