Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-01-07

long time to see.if anybody anne and as mona
guard, and I climbed down the Wide outside
Of corn. Went up the Ladder and thers was q
s ssa 81 d %sas y. ag c sesaz f sad .aps sssH q "a e get sa ". al /
Of that i did sos ssrs 70 . K t. But / carried
the two ears V1eosA out Of the chimney wien me.
There was nreiin some Of the stunps on the
our supper. We veut down tbs river . little fur.
ther aud camped for the night.
The neX1 morn pg 70 continued down The
was better; when suddenly. around q sharp bend,
We came to largo house with two men sitting
en- the porch We concluded to go W to them
and ask bow fAr Il was to Cleveland, and maybe
ssassied, oSs b tss men came town 70 us and
told us II WIS stxty misA Then We asked for
some dinner. telling hinssAae No were sick SCI.
Tor bis pss. s US oppos.dsc Is VA. We .e re-
too:
We got 20 soms wsser and some soap, which
diannss sas sn ae s9P:a: T5sse : s ssDs e sss'' is aGane ons
Of the kind that H. ; rood deal of ehisiiaf and
ss tie table, shs said shs 1isSed ths Yanoses
coin ce e1s s1'i The n rs / sai si' sh ssi / aiEss s sVa 30 n too.
oasss,; ;';s :ssr: :: !. Is s s'ssiis'S & , ss'9s sh x:si sxa
men could not arrest u anyway, We said that we
were Uaion soldiers, and belonged . tho party
that raid. and now made Us welcome indeed d
we're willing, Il We could BE- seereted somewhere.
!Iaa ss, t ssea. rs sst ssrs e seSK e nos Ind sIa as. US i s,1sT sh sas
that was just whore ! wanted to so:
We had . good time. being kept In the back
100 on du nn n|c1 the ant Ts OH The, They dyn . ., larss
and sung songs till dark. Finally the dog bersed
and then stopped. They told us not to be IN.
easy easy :. as u the dog doS'is master It, vas coming < They told I'd
came In and took us by the hands, and laughed
and cried. and told US some hard tales about his
being ! imprisoned eti, because suss he he was to, the Union:
few daya. A large basket of grub was prepared,
and their boy, pretending to 10 going coon hunt
low q short distance behind. with quilts and pro
visions. We first went down the river, and then
turned up the mountain and went up, up, till
Thought we would never get to tho top. W.
| up. till ve came to O solid wall across our raviuc
1t looked as il the top of the mountain had slid
a a1t1I a no e bar ,sit the an na ssss. o. Our b guide Dc. t Su ne;
down and showed us q hole big enough to cruw
n. lie entered with his torch and we followed
said we could have all the fire We wanted, am
ha!to NJ loud as we Pleased without danger. l
did look us IL the Evil On. would have quite
signs aud promised to come again, ,nI lett w !,
enjoy our goou fortune alone. We began to ga
tue provisions brought along, and co. .tiuued til
it was nearly gone. We would eat and lie down
eat some more. Finally We quit lest our frient
should not como buck In time; but he did. anc
brought plenty Of food with him.
For i've days wo were fed and rested In thi.
safc retreat; then our kind friend tool; Us low
again to tie river and gave US a ;,uide whom vi
noticed o light In tue woods aud that he was
making for Il. There We found IN old house
stlndiug alone and surrounded BY the forests
When we got 70 tho d or my guide opened it
aud to my surprise 1t YVES full of men. They told
US TO come IN. for we were among frien,.s. We
old mna asked us il we had any money. We told
him We bod not. He said that our looks showed
that we lad no clothes. and turning " the com.
pany he said, W. must get th0ln clothes and
money, for men cannot travel without them
We were tahen 70 . barn and KEEP. I'LL the next
night, and were then given q SUIT OF clothes (thil
vas the first they had received since leaving the
Union arny) and $40 each, and q guide who was
TO- receive SO for taking u three nights journey
This placed US across tho Te .nessee river
when We were sent with instructions from one
house to another.
we passei rapidly and safely on I'll, we Eeaeslet
our own lines. We had spent fotfy.Sgven, dnyI
and nights passing over some Of tbs roughes'
country that ever laid out OF doors:
The rough and simple language of thi:
sketch covers q truly heroic achievement
The devotion to their sick comrade, WHIT
was, In spite Of all, returned to us IL
prison, and gave an account Of their ad
ventures that far, led to their singular
battle with the hounds and tho still NOR,
terrible race In which they escaped from
h0fsemen and dogs.