Wichita eagle., 1889-11-27

mission was sent to The east to locate post
on the Rio Pecos river, and as the country
was full Of hostiles the party was made pretty
strong. There were six scouts thirty private
soldiers, three or four officers and some seven
or eight prospectorS and hunters and trappers
who wanted to get sight of that country.
Tho distance from the fort to the river is
aboat sixty miles, and all open country, and
we we're accompanied by two wagons and an
ambulance While we did not number over
fifty all told, each man was heavily armed
and well mounted, and 500 Indians would
have hesitated to attack us in the open. All
the scouts were paired of, and the name OF
my Iartner was Calvin. He was rough and
rugged man of so, and most Of his life had
been spent in the Indian country. He had
had dozen of close calls, and the scars he
could show in proof counted UP a dozen or
more | did not know until we had started
on the march that he had prepared any trick
against the Indians, who would be sure to
menace us, but at our first camp he showed
DE canteen of whisky, which he said was
poisoned. He had about half pound Of
smoking tobacco in a bag, and poison had
been mixed with this. While the rest of Us
hated Indians as bad as Calvin did, no one
else had prepared any such weapons. Indeed
it was nos looked upon as exactly honorable
in white man.
We reached the Rio Pecos, opposite Cor
porals Teak of the CASTLE mountains without
being annoyed by the Apaches, although we
saw mum oers of their scouts and had no doubt
that considerable force was hanging on our
TANKS We made our camp in a defensive
spot, and, after rest, small parties secuted
md tho Yiu RI "a az 0f
the country On the third day Calvin and
myself, accompanied by a corporal and two
private soldiers, rode up the Pecos about ten
miles, crossed over and started to come down
on the other side The ground was more
broken on the north side, and we had hardly
turned to go down stream when we found the
redskins more numerous and far holder. The
soldiers had seven-shooter carbines and Cal
vim and had Winchesters, and we felt no
alarm even when we knew the Indians to
number fully one hundred. An ambush was
the only thing to be dreaded, and we got into
one in spite of our vigilance Two miles be-
low where we crossed the river the ground
came very rough and was cut up into gulles
This extended from the river back as far as
we could see, and we could not flank it. We
could have crossed the river here, but our or
Every man knew that If the Indians meant to
attack they would do it here, and the first
notice would Re volley from one Of the blind
ravines.
In this emergency we strung out in single
fle the corporal leading, Calvin next, l
third, and the two privates making fourth
and fifth. We had not advanced forty rods
into the ''bad ground" and had not caught
sight of SO much as an Indians feather, when
we received q voIley from twenty-five In
dans in guieh. They were only 200 feet
away, and ons would have thought every
man of us would have been riddled. On the
contrary, however, the last three of us were
untouched, ard not one of our horses WIS
hit. The corporal and Calvin were both
wounded and their horses killed Stimuli
taneously with the volley hundred or more
Indians exhibited themselves in front and on
or left, shouting and firing III such al
emergency every man acts for himself. The
three Of US wheeled and retreated as fast as
our frightened horses could run, all the time
under fire. But as soon as we had cleared
the dad ground" we took shelter in small
grove on the eAge Of the stream and prepared
for defense. We were charged by sixty OF
seventy warriors on foot, who perhaps i'm
agined us badly frightened, but we pegged
away at them so steadily that they broke
and took to cover, leaving six dead men in
plain view.
This was at 10 o'clock in the morning, and
we did not get another glimpse Of an Indian
until in the afternoon, when l climbed one
of the trees and saw body of them making
off to the mountain. then made a scout of
the neighborhood, and soon ascertained what
had occurred. Both Calvin and the corporal
had been put to the torture, but they had
been amply revenged. The six We had killed
lay where they fell, as cur fire commanded
the spot. We found, in sort of pocket,
covered with bushes ard limbs, eleven other
dead every one of whom had died of poison
One was Chief White Bird, a noted warrior,
and the others were veteran warriors of his
band. The bottle was empty, and the tobac- |
co bag had been turned wrong side out |
Three or four years afterward I met an
Apache who was present on that OCCASION !
and he said that White Bird and his chosen |
few drank the whisky and then smoked their |
pipes while the others were making the priS- |
oners ready for torture. The corporal died |
before they could make ready, and when the |
warriors began to die of the poison Calvin !
was soon dispatched by blow of toma |
hawk. The bodies were badly mutilated |
but it was mostly after death. The band |
lost seventeen to our two, and was so dis |
.eartened that it reiterated and went into |
mourning for weeks.-New York Sun
EradicatsIs Flesh Worms.
A German lady states that for two years |
she was tortured by flesh worms and finally |
eradicated them by the following method |
tdiet, exercise and sleep, of course, being |
first considerecD: Twice week she took a |
Russian bath, using the cold shower after |
ward, and invariably taking an hours nap, |
rolled in blankets, afterward. She then useG |
at night on the affected parts of the face q |
wash Of borax and water. AS her nose was |
chiefly affected she rubbed it smArtly with a |
piece Of crash toweling, after which, very |
lightly but thoroughly, she rubbed in a |
little olive Oh. Twice day she applied a |
weak lotion Of sulphate of zinc. This, with |
general care Of her health, entirely eradi |
icated tie flesh worms and restored her |
skin to its former condition of smooth fair |
ness Glycerine must not be used where this |
exists. The use of the flesh brush |
on the body is an admirable tonic" so to |
speak. for the complexion. and we'll managed |
gymnastic or dumb bell exercise is also bene
dcial-Phiiadeiphi Record.