Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-01-11

outline needle in the hay-stnct M
mute down my blankets and wont
cnrity. ~ absolute Sc
some time about the middle oe.h.
night, as could determine ~ t sho
stars, awoke without any apnSrs s
reason. Looking about me ami
listening attentively, all seemaJ
quiet. Sinking back 10 rest ana
When IN a condition between semi
consciousness and oblivion I not;oaa
that my pony had quiteating This
again aroused me, and soon the uer-
Iect silence was broken by flint
sounds Of horses feet in the iistance
~ y DO Indians,"I thought amv
caution has been warranted for thay
can md me for some time at least
ana no matter what their number /
can reach Nulture before they harm
me; u white travellers, they do not
concern me, and will camn at the
tanks, where ! will see them IN tba
morning" Notwithstanding nv
confidence, sat up and listened.
The sounds OF the hoofs became
palmer, and was soon able 10 de.
terinlne that single animal mar .
them. and that II was being hard
ridden. Wonder andalarm took pos
session 81 me when, at a point on the
trail directly opposite from which i
was sleeping, the gallop broke. and
az amuch sl0werpaee the horse IN me
IN my direction. | reasoned that il
conldnOt bean Apache, for solitary
Indian would select AN open place AT
some elevated point TO sleep. and
would himself drink and also water
his horseat the tank. Ii followed then
thatthe midnight rider was white and
q stranger 10 the trail Not knowing
theproAimityofwater. he had selected
the elnmp Of mesquites as good
place AZ which 10 rest for a few
hours, aud his approach was moth.
ing more than "a chance This rea-
soning was completely upset, when,
IN a loud voice, the strange horse
man, now quite near, sang out:
Hello, stranger! where is you?
Don't be tall alarmed; it's all
right"
How the man could possibly know
Tint ] Was in that vicinity was some
thing passing my understanding,
bat ! answered Ills salute, although
IN low and more cautious voice,
and when be- came up To me, pro.
cecsind 10 inform him in language
more iorrible than polite that We
were in an Indian country, and that
people nhn went riding over il yell.
ing like tomanches were likely 10
lose lock or two 81 hair; that this
might ~ IA trivial matter with him.
hnt for my part considered my
traassw gnluahe
ilcg pardon. but that's al
right. partner" be coolly replied.
there amt uo lnjun ia five miles
III here. that can bet. But it's
lucky for me YOU camped on the
right hand side of the trail. or |
wouldn't have found you Where's
your water"
hnudci him my canteen. and ]
was thoroughly vexed ut his impru.
deur' III exposing us 10 The danger Of
IN attack by making known the 10.
cation ut our camp. as well us ieitled
at tile cHse with which he found me
inter nll this prccnntion had taken
TO prevent such thing, inquired.
In 4 manner not NJ all intended to
Disguise ms feelings
silnw in the devil did you find me
anyway Wrrc you hanging around
here watching me make camp and
waited until this time to make your
presence known
"Nu. lie answered, In an undis
tnrbcd manner. rs he took his lips
from the cnnten
II know you did not trail me. My
horse must have attracked you by
some noises'
mo. partner. did not hear your
ho' sn. reckon ! was fifteen ortwenty
miles out on tho desert, seeing the
time OF night II il, when you spread
your blankets. / didn't trail you
either: | felt you, It's lucky for me
that your on the right hand side Of
the trail
He lelt me II distance OF five or
six hundred yards The reply con-
WINGED me that | had been orertaken
by n lunatic, but as my nnEnown
rompanion had 80 little difficulty m
finding me, did not see how could
easily be rid Of him. Before ! had q
chance 20 speak again he inquired:
where's highest water?
told him where the tank was, and
with the assurance that he would be
right back. he rode away, That
wns completely COMPOUNDED at the
strange visit and nonplussed with the
travel. freely expresses my sensations
~ the time, That he was stranger
~ the.trial was evident from the TACT
that he did not know the location OF
the water.tnnks. That he was
yreonhorn IN the country was equnl.
IL bInin. for the reason that he dld
not nnnrecinte the existing danger,
and ~ his noise needlessly exposed
himself. vet the mysterious manner
n which he found my camp, salutlnlg
nj the proper time TO aVolu