Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-30
A PERILOUS RIDE.


Indian fighter, Jack Bob" and in
formed him that the readers OF the Ex-
aminer would be pleased to hear Of
some Of his adventures.
"Wal. mister" he said. putting Wig
orously at short black pipe, II hev
had some tol'able tough times, and no
mistak The wust on EN- was in 6S,
when the Sioux was on the warpath. |
was to Fort Casper, Wyoming. in the
arly part err the summer, and Com
mander Frelinghysen engaged me ter
carry dispatches from thar ter Fort Phil
Kearney an back. 1t was allowed ter
be mighty resky job, fur Red Cloud s
war parties was Jest "A turnin therselves
loose, and he'd killed no end er dispatch
carriers and cow-punchers thet SPRING:
but he greed to pay me so lib'ral ef |
made out ter do it that | told him fin 'ly
thct was his hucklcberry: I'd make II
try fur it, anyhow. | he'd my pick er
the hosses at the fort, an took n rattler
--ez fine piece ev hossilesh ez ever
drawd breath. Knowd more n a man!
1t was bright mornin' when | TUX
cave on 'em at the fort-re exon they
didn't much 'spect ter ever see me agin
an sOt out on my trip. Jest back ev
my saddle packed n little chuck an n
cantan ev water, rolled up in Navajo
blanket: an | kerrled Springfield
rifle an a six-shooter.
~ made bout tiftyfve miles afore
sunset, 'thout seein' no Iniun sign an
made camp at Alkali springs, in little
arroyo or gully what folks call coalce
in this part ev the country. Wal, |
hednt more'n TUX off my saddle an
staked out my hoss, when two lnjuns,
all paint and feathers, what he'd been
hid in the tall grass on the other side
ev the arroyo. popped up their heads an ,
begin cuttin' loose on me. 1t kinder
ratified me, tell ye, it was so suddint:
but | thrOwd mysely down benin my
saddle, brung my gun to bar on EN-,
and let 'em hev it. They dropped out
ev sight quicker'n HI ever scorch ed
a feather an crawled away, for | could
see the grass movin' like snakes was
going through it. | waited bout half II
minute to see if they showed up agin.
then saddled up an lit out fer Crazy
Woman Fork. Bout two hours ridin'
bringed me ter the foot er the hill. Jest
this side of it. an thar-in course it was
plumb dark run right on ter big
Injun camp-'bout seventy-tive lodges
of 'em, | reckon-nOt mOre'n 500 yards
from me. Their dogs began to bark
an turned an rid back to the top er
hill ter make IL try at roundin' the
bluff. A few hundred yards from thar,
in the creek bottom, some Injuns what
he'd run out from the camp afoot begin
yellin' an firm clus to me, and give
my hoss the cuist an KEEP along clus ter
the bluff, jist a sailin', some er the var
| mints follerin' me five miles or more,
shud say. KEEP on ten or twelve mile
more, | reckon. atore stoppin maxim
more'n eighty mile I'd rid sence leav.
| in the fort-then staked my hOss 'thout
| takin' off the saddle: stretched out on
the bar groun' an slep' till daylight.
The sun was jest comm up when sol
out agin, eatin' my chuck-brcad and
dried venisOn-eZ | rid along. Nothin'
wuth speakin' of happened that dav.an
| bout 10 o'clock in the evenin, | rid
inter Fort Reno. The people at the
| fort he'd a idee thar was seve raj er Rec
| Clouds war parties 'twiXt than an Phi
| Kearney, an the commander would not
let me start on agin till 4 o'clock the
mex day. l knowed my scalp rested in
| fifteen mile from Reno, comm ter Il fine
patch O. buffalo grass, clus to er deeI
ravine, l made camp. l hedn't beer
thar but a few minutes when six In
juns-a Ute huntin' party, | reckon
they was-sid up out er the ravine, an
begun maxim signs that they was friend
ly. 1t was terrible lucky for me the,
was, fur they wasn't more'n fifty
yards away when just ketched sight OF
'em, an if they'd been hostile I'd het
hard work gettin' clear of 'em. l let 'en
come up, an though l could not under
STAN jest what they said. made GU
that I'd better look sharp after my seal
ez thar was lots er bad Injuns bout.
fal al 1.l t,x,
was right, an in a few minutes aftel
they left, saddled up an KEEP on. l rit
kinder mod'rate till daylight, an thel
made camp, my hoss shown signs e
being tuckered. Ez fur myself, l wa
plumb wore out, an, stalking my hoss,
laid down on the open per-airie-l dur
sent camp near water-an' was aslee
lcss'n no time. The sun was poot
high-'bout 10 o'clock, l reckOn-whe
reused an saddled up. Long 'bou
noon he'd ter climb high butte-i
I'D hev TUX me consid'able out er IN
way ter go roun' it and jest ez COM
ter the top, come in sight er six Injun
bout mile away, chasin' herd G
me ter onct, an sep'ratin', three on 'er
went round the bluff an three com
straight fur me. sent my hoss dow
the steep hill ez lively ez durst-it wa
all covered with boulder an loos
rocks-an' reached the bottom all right
then pushed on hopin' ez how I'd Civ
'em the slip, but less'n mile from
thar-jest ez | was comm ter a lttl
bluff covered with scrub pine-the thrc
Iniuns what he'd gone roun' the blu
come right out in front er me.
could'nt turn back an motioned fur 'er
ter keep off, but they made break fu
me with their guns skinned! Whc
was within bout fifty feet er me, lie
'em hev it, twict. with my six shooter
wingin' one on 'em, think, an checkir
'em up little. Then l give my hos
the spurs-I meant it, you bet yer swee
life!-an' went by 'em,On the dead jumI
one on 'em jest missin' my hoss' fore
shoulder with lance, ez | went by.
was a narrow squeai, you hear meth
narrowest ever he'd. | was not lon
in leuvin' OF 'em behind-fact, l do nc
think they tried ter foller me. | mad
Little Piney creek bout 6 o'clock in tn
evenin', an stayed thar till dark ter g
rested: then started fur the Fort, ,wantir
in course, ter reach thar arter dark
He'd rode off praps half mile, when
big party er lnjuns come swoOpin' dow
on me, a most afore knOwd it. Turnir
my hoss | rid back ter the creek jest
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