New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-24
Rescued.
A Renaanescemce of the Prasrse.
Conclusion.

Al my comrade S call l had looked
around me to discover the nature of the
new danger, and had just caught
glimpse of a solitary figure making its
way through the grass in our front,
but the distance being too great and
prudence forbidding an undue exposure,
we had no chance to make out the new
conner. That he should be an enemy
we hardly thought, and rather guessed
that he might be a stray wanderer,
seeking escape from the lawless savage.
Ben crept through the tall and moist
grass as noiselessly as a snake. asking
me to remain stationary while he would
recennoitre the vicinity and ascertain
the character of our situation. seated
myself on q dehabitated musk-rat hill
and gave myself up to contemplation
of the rude life a Minnesota trapper was
forced to lead amid hostile redskins.
My thoughts tioated away, far back into
the early days of my youth, when | had
pictured to myself the charms of a ro-
mantle life in the wilds of the west in
golden colors. | had left civilization far
behind, had roamed over agreat extent
of country, from North to South, ,and
after years of hard battle with the ele-
ments and adverse circumstances, what
had /? A few dollars saved from the
sale of skins and furs, and laid away for
a rainy day. Doubly did I feel the loss
OF more congenial society at this mo-
ment, when / was cut off from the
world, in the midst of revengeful foes
and lacking the many comforts which
after period Of many years, but better
spent, / would have deserved,
Just then, Ben's loud halo burst up
on my ears and forgetting my cares and
worry, jumped to my feet, grasped
my carbine, and perceived my partner
in the presence of-Cardon, the half
breed, our long lost friend. 1t took me
but a moment to join the two, and when
finally let 60 of Carbon hand, it was
but to give Ben chance to grasp it
again, for in a spirit of the true pioneers
man, grateful for the saving of a help
mate,a brother, our JOY at our comrades
return was great. Nor did Carbon OBJ
ject in the least to encounter us so sud-
denly, for he was in a forlorn condition,
hungry tired and well nigh despondent,
having suffered great deal since his
capture, and been hopeless concerning
his release. His appearance did
not belle his reports, for his clothes
were torn in different places, his
hair unkempt, and his moccassins, from
which protruded the bleeding toes,
quite unfit for wear, much less the tear
which a rough path over the prairie
necessitated. We seated ourselves on
the ground and listened to the narrative
of his escape from his captors, which
had been effected the night following
our encounter at the cave. Carbon had
been bound after a vigorous resistance
and left in charge of a few young bucks,
while the rest of the band, numbering
some ten warriors, followed on our pur-
suit. From the conversation of his cap
tors, Carbon learned that the Indians { 5
the lower Sioux Agency were in revolt
and that bands of them were traYersing
the country in search of plunder and
scalps.
Among the bucks was one whom the
half-bread had formerly met and hunt
ed with, and after serious talking to
and begging, the young Indian, whom
his captive promised good reward,
cut the thongs which bound Carbon,
and thus relieved the latter in the dead
of night when he had the watch and
the others were sleeping. He had sto-
len his way across the country, con-
cealing in sloughs and clusters of bush,
and had finally, utterly fatigued and
discouraged, crept into the swamp
which we were entering when Ben dis
covered him.
Thus were we three reunited, and in
hopes of at last reaching the fort in
safety. We camped that night in the
slough, confident of not being disturbed,
and succeeded in the morning to shoot a
few birds for breakfast. This we soon
finished, and bright and early were en-
our way to Fort Ridgeley, which we
luckily reached without serious obstruc-
ton, having met q party of skirmish-
ers, whom we joined, and who escorted
us to the commissary sergeant, where
we prepared to rest and strengthen
ourselves.
We were afterwards in the fight, and
proved no bad recruits, as the reader
may judge, but on the first night of our
entry into the fort, when we heard the
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