The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-15

means Of boards. q train Of powder was laid.
When the earth had been filled In again no one
'0 We w may9 as aei ready ya as Sss could aisiq be- az q O'Clock,
but the. sun was lust going down when 70 saw
the Indians approaching. BY that time moro
from their homes, and the war which was to
sweep over an extent OF country 200 miles long
o ops go 9 fn al it and iieT nlsr% so'9q9SS e s% SsnS xb had
now approached numbered only sixteen war;
riors, and az soon as they saw our strength
on to the east. At dark we entered the fort.
arranged the goods and provisions to give us
to to- s aes 5G %hllee S ons man nT MAS sy ie Gp on BY wn t@Tns Tb Is
was Miller. He was 10 watch until midnight'
and then call one Of the young mon. but at ii
Indians had arrived. We we're scarcely awake
being closely in @peS IY By spi eaa' When SRr 'S %S E@i
holes we could soc and lcarthem moving about
Der of them on the roof. They were probably
inysstiEating to sec how to burn us out. Alta
fully poked the muzzles through the ioop6oies
~ the, planks. and at another. signal oil. fired.
We killed or wounded two Indians by the vol
the barrieade in front OF our door with arms
were. only half seasoned, and ali THAT afternoon
i had Kept them wet with water. They charred u
t tn.s h %ade From rns a III nsm S%a offn ,is %9 Ma ao nd
see. nnd to Judge by the .yells OF those out OF
sight. our enemies numbered, at lenst fifty.
for daylight, and tho most Of them probably
. "%Gss d q / S,n sSm M , our enemies ,,;,s ,ss we're sd re.
Corners brought with them two settlers teams
and wagons and three prisoners. Two OF the
about sishts miles away. and hal ireausntly
settler mona of ia knaw. AhOut IN hnnr after
daylight the Indians. sent him forward. with u
white flag TO. demand our surrender. He, came
up. within thirty feet of our barricade. and then
halted and told us what ho had. been com
manded to do. 4 dozen or moro Indians had
attempted to- % play them ieaui false s"i He Was su a biz i:
powerful fellow, and j never saw such grief and
anxiety In q human countenance., In n voice
manded our surrender, but in. whispers he
warned US not to. as every one OF us would DO
hole. telling him to go back to the Indians md
ask their best terms. When he returned he
was to come rs close rs possible. and Mt a sig
would be open for him. He was q pretty cool
fellow; in spite of all his suferings. He re-
minutes. and when he came back to us he APP
proachcd within twenty-five feet before they
shouted to him to halt. Then he told us TINT
teams and leave the country: that the Indians
all loved US; that all they wanted was their
and / saw him draw q long breath Just before
the signal came. As Miller uttered II whistle
one OF the men pulled open the door. and at
the same instant the stranger made a spring
The, Indians fired Mt him, but too late. and he
pitched in among us without a scratch.
Then began a siege which lasted nine days,
and in which over forty Indians were killed or
wounded. They. gathered in the quarry, as ex-
pected, and Miller exploded the torpedo and
killed four and badly wounded u dozen. They
tried every possible way to burn us out. and OH
one Of these occasions. while they were conGre-
gated together, Miller SDranX nnOther nf hia
mines and killed several Of them, Five. or six
different times they displayed a flag of truce
and sought to coax or threaten us into surren-
der, but Miller was, wise enough to refuse to
trust them. From first to last they fired about
1000, bullets at our fort. over a hundred Of
wounded: The bssieginG force never NUM-
was over 100. On the ninth day troops
and drove the liends of. and it was only
then W. learned Of the widespread devastation.
Not a house, nor barn had been left standing
for miles and miles in any direction. Crops had
DESTROYED. stock shot down. and settlers
or driven Off all over u great section
OF the State. We had been the only ones out
side Of the towns to make q fight. and by our
a siege We kept n large force OF the
savages from going against the settlers.