The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-08-23
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your scalp nailed ony"

Never saw one y1t that dldn Z. I'm
going to bet my rifle agin keg Of pow
der that you don't come back"
As soon as we We're out of sight of the
fort l motioned for the Indian to take
the lead. He seemed to take it as a mat.
ter Of COURSE and he led off with lope
and held IL for six or seven miles with
out a halt had not only to keep an
eye on him, but scan the country as
well. He appeared to be on the lookout,
as well he might be if his story was true,
and about II o'clock we approached the
spot where he claimed to have hidden
his property. had kept him in the lead
all the time, and we had had more or
less shelter along the bank Of the stream.
Half a mile from the grove l drew rein
and said;
II will wait here while by brother
goes forward after his propertyHj
rs the Swift Rider tired with his
rider he sarcastically answered.
Zone must keep watch for danger. l
will do that, for YOU will be busy
IF my white brother is afraid he need
not go.
IF my rcSsTother has cache in the
grove let him look for it. If not we
will return to the fort"
He hesitated moment, and then, sat
isfed that 1 was on my guard, he walked
away and soon disappeared in the grove.
1 had every confidence that the trees
sheltered n band of redskins, and it
would not have surprised me in the least
to have seen body of them dash out.
/ was therefore taken aback, at the end
of about a quarter of an hour. to see Little
Smoke reappear with backload of stuff
from his cache. He came straight
toward me, but very slowly, and halted
every few yards to adjust his burden. l
was carefully watching him when my
horse shifted the air uneasily, and all at
once it came to me that / was being
stalRed. l left the shelter of the cot
tonwoods for the open ground, and as
l rode away two bullets tipped close to
my head, having been fired from the
opposite bank Of the stream. At the
same moment Little Smoke dropped his
goods and fired on me with his musl1et.
While half dozen Indians in my rear
were yelling and shooting l rode down
to within 200 feet of the smooth tongued
traitor and dropped him dead in his
tracks. There were five Indians in the
ambuscade, and they mounted their
ponies and pursued me for three or four
miles, but ! got safely away.
The second attempt was made in De-
cember. A half breed Cheyenne-an
old man with very honest face-came
into the fort and reported that white
man, a trapper, was in camp ON the
river above us with broken leg, and he
had volunteered to come in and report
the case. The distance was not over five
miles, but the snow lay deep on the
ground and it was very sharp weather.
The old man probably reasoned that
would be sent out to guide the relief
party. He was asked to do so, but re-
fused, even under promise of gallon Of
whisky. This refusal aroused my suspi-
cions, and instead of going out as re-
lief corps dozen men went armed to
the teeth. The place designated was a
grove, and we approached it as near as
possible under cover and then made a
sudden dash. Eight mounted Indians
rushed out on the other side. There
were evidences that they had been there
in camp for two or three days.
In the spring, when war had been for
mally declared, most of my work was
along the Smoky Hill stage route.
When the stages finally ceased running
carried food and ammunition to the
station employees OF guided them safely
to the posts. Lookout station, twenty
miles beyond Fort Hays, was more ex-
posed to attack than any other on the
route. The hut for the shelter of the
men was half wood, half mud. Two
stables filed with hay and oats flanlzed
it and stood dangerously near. While
at every other station the men had made
dugouts for their protection this precau-
ton had been neglected at Lookout.
Small bands of Indians had appeared
and been stood off by the well armed
men, and they had come to believe that
they could defeat any force likely to ap-
pear. On the morning of April 10 was
approaching lookout with 900 Win
chester cartridges for the men, when,
just as day fairly broke, l was discov-
cred and pursued by band of about
fifty Indians. / got into the station after
lively chase, and within an hour it was
surrounded by over hundred redskins
had been recognized, and they sent a
flag of truce TO offer the three men Their
lives if they would hand me over. This
I offer was twice repeated, and then the
Indians settled down to besiege the sta
ton. During the day the firing was kept
up at long range. All the horses in the
stables We're killed before noon, but none
of us was wounded. As night came
/, determined to get away, being under or
ders 10 report at Hays as soon as possible
= The men encouraged me to go, saying
! they could hold the place until sent
. assistance.
At about o'clock l crept out of tn,
hut, crawled ON my hands and knees intC
the darkness, and after twice almost
humping against Indians / got beyond
! their lines and headed for the fort.
was only three miles away when l saw
, the glare Of the burning stables, which
J. tha redskins had crept up to and fired
9 The hut caught from the stables, and a.
Q the three brave fellows were finally
L driven out they were shot down by the
N horde in waiting, and thus every vestig'
"a OF the station was wiped out.-New Yorl
Sun.
q '--.~s Wool, or Wooi Produced IN Nats.'
o 1he ueihhto oi hlutsi III llo ollS9
j. mention Of them. are required to weai
d clothes of yellow ocher color, all other
a being free to wear any color of vestur'
they please When the Greeks witt
o Alexander arrived in India they noticed
that the garment worn by the people
n was made of tree wool, or "wool pro
! duced in nuts. Megathenes says thei
@ robes were worked in gold and orna
/. mented with various stones, and tina
3, they also wore fiowered garments of thl
N finest muslins. Dry Goods Chronicle.
&. A Fetching Costume.
Cousin Tom-Yes, she's a darling girl
r and she's going to be my wife.