The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-26

thh8 t1he rIveE Hny 11tut8Il&0 EG6t 080 O68n
mufiied with oet sacks 30 that he could
leave mo- trail. There had been no rain
for two or three weeks, and no living In
fsr.am. i removed the hsx.. i should Id
leave n plain trail, hat must thereafter
trust "a lack and my own sagacity.. II
was u starlight night, and as l rode for
ward ] routed up q deer or other wild
game every 50 rods. This satisfed me
ned my ride until midnight. BY this time
was at least 10 miles below the fort, and
went into camp tn wait for daylight.
the two animals. rolling myself in u
blanket, and pllmping down at the roots
OF n cottonwood. J. was asleep I'm Ave
minutes, and when l opened my eye IL
was daylight.
The ina were close al hand, and
zach had his Nose in the mir md was
feet before l ssnelied fire. There was u
light breeze blowing. up the valley, and
1 proposed to go. moved Into the belt
OF timber and began to crawl forward
for am observation. and after going about
waited five minutes before advancing
nearer, but seeing no movement. 1 crept
forward, saw the body Of q white man
lying OH tho ground, under the trss,s. I
knew IL was, 10y the dress, and now, think
ing that l had come upon a government
sSo'' and %G "o naSsn wsat' in n""'s the ea rSSs
No man ever made a more appal.
ling discovery. 1t was the body of
WI 5tbllllSfbls 0ytAika tuu IloTGIDNy nltlLt-
lated. and between him and the river, 10
distance OF 10 feet, lay the dead bodies of
nine Indian warriors. While n glance
took me some time to satisfy myself as to
the cause: finally found u stone hottie,
about two quarts, which rcineIn-
bs.red To have seen I'm Johnson's possess
sion. 1t had contained whiskey, but WAS
now empty; The posture of the bodies
roisd nroS %ns sh / did sv s5s k Massi" until hna a d msns "a
that johnson fixed up the dose before
leaving Fort Ransome on his return. He
would he captured, and he bought two
quarts of whiskey, and dosed il with
knowing that it would surely
johnson had evidently been driven out
of his direct course. As l saw by scouting
over the ground, he WAS well in the lead
his nine pslrrssis.rs when a chance shot
from u rifle struck him in the right hip and
tumble him from his saddle. His mule
had gone ON and the Indians had gone in
tai ramp to- torture the wounded man. They
had cut oil his left ear, gashed his checks,
severed three or four toes, and inflicted
they had imbibcd in the whiskey began to
time among them for half an hour, during
bls% to heath. johnnsS".s
me eyes of the dead can reflect anything
of the Indians were i'm u grassy
He'll q quarter of u mile away. and each
was hobbicd; IL seemed an awful wicked
to do, but i approached each one i'm
urn and drove my knife tn it's heart.
Then ! gathered up saddles and lankcts
md lariats and flung them into the river.
took the rifles, t~omahawks, knives,
and hcaddresscs of the nine
and made zap u load for the
brush and stones tn keep il from the
l went forward ON my Journey,
which was completed without ~ further
worth mentioning.
A connie. nf vpnF - later / vyna traplsfprrSxl
n Fort Davis i'm the Guadalupe mountains
IF Texas, and i'm the Apache country. A
! post ON the Rio Pecos river, and as tho
country was full of hostiles the party was
made pretty strong. There were six
Our officers, and some seven or eight
Drospectors and hunters and trappers whO
Santcd to get sight of that country. The
va were accompanied by two wagons and
ambulance While We did not mum,
nan was heavily armed and well
mounted, and SOD Indians would have hes
.couis were paired Off. and the name of
ny partner was Calvin. He was ~ rough
rugged man of 40, and most Of his
he had had n dozen Of close calls. and
he scars he could show i'm proof counted
q dozen or more: l did not know until
prepared any trick against the Indians,
Who would he sur. To menace us, hut at |
'tr first camp he showed me u cantecn of
vhiskey, which lac said was poisoned. He
,ad about half n pound of smoking to- |
'acco i'm u bag, and poison had been
with this. While the rest of MS
lated Indians as bad as Calvin did. no
nc else had prepared any such |
indeed il was not looked upon as exactly |
honorable i'm a white man. |
We rcachcd the Rio Peos, opposite Cor
,oral's Peak of the CASTLE Mountains \
being annoyed by tho Apachcs,
we saw numbers of their scouts
md had no doubt that N considerable
orce was hanging on our TANKS. We
made our camp i'm IA defensive spot, and.
,fter IA rest, small parties secuted up and
Town the river to examine the lay of the
country. On the third day Calvin and
myself, accompanied by N corpora and |
wo private soldiers, rode up the Peos
about ten miles, crossed over, and started
q rome down Oh the north side. and
Hc had hardly turned to go down
when we found the redskins
more numerous and far holder. The
had seven-shootcr carbines and
alvin and I had winchestcrs, and We felt
10 alarm even when we knew the In
lians tn number fully 100. An ambush
VAS the only thing to be dreaded, and we
rot into one i'm spite of our vigilance. Two
miles below where we crossed the river
he ground became very rough and WAS
up into gullics. This extended from
he river hack as far AS we could see, and
could not Hank IL. We could have
the river here. hut our Orders were
IN come down on the north bank. Every