The morning call., 1890-10-11
BURIED ALIVE.

Rlrnts hat they wure.
The cabin was like those of the other set
tiers Of that day-built of logs, the spaces
between the logs filed with mud "chinking"
or "daubirg." At one end Of the cabin,
= which contained but one room, was the fire
place, occupying nearly all OF one end of the
room.
An iron crane" on which a kettle and
iron and teakettlc could be hung swung
from one side Of the rude chimney of rough.
undTessed stones.
Over the fireplace a rough wooden shelf
was placed against the logs. and on this an
old wooden clock licked loudly and mOn0t-
unously.
. A step came hurriedly along the path that
led TO the weeds and Mr.. Fleming called out
III an excited tone:
'sAIeck Buyd Is down by the ford He
has found the den Of wolves that have been
stealing our sheep. I've come for the other
rife, Tor we're going to clear out the whole
pack, II possible.
He took down the gun fr ON the wall, ex-
amjned the lock, and started oil at quick
run toward the bottom trail. as 1t was
called, a path that led through the woods.
81 declare" said Mrs. Fleming To herself,
IF il isn't after ) o'clock. must 60 TO the
spring for water so as to have supper ready
when George returns
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that led through the wood TO the bottom
trail" path That wound through the TIM
her land that followed the course Of the
creek.
: She dipped her pail in the spring and
turned with swift, cautious footsteps TO re-
=. trace her way, when sound of voices
. reached her, and, crouching in the bushes,
strau.nE her hearing to catch the laintest
sound, she heard the deep, cultural tones Of
The Indian language and soon saw, through
fitsft hpf
trees two Indians dart forward and throw
themselves fiat on the ground.
=. From the head-dIess they wore and the
color Of the paint on their faces she recog-
niZad them as belonging to the Sacs and
+ XrS.
Close beside the spring. which was sup
pied by small stream that dripped from a
assure IN the rock. was an opening III the
side Of the hill, sort of natural cave, which
HAD been used by the Indians as a cache IL
" hich TO hide their corn.
Mrs. Fleming had ufteu noticed this cache
or Biding place. 1t was a large cavity OF
irregular shape. with an area OF, perhaps,
POO square feet, and not quite high enough
T. permit person Of average height TO
sta upright
y narrow space between two points Of
. rock gave her a limited view Of the mouth
II the cave, and soon, as one after another
: came into view, she could count ten brawny
:: SavageS, among whom she recognized Au-
luckee, son 81 the chief Halliday.
p MI. Fleming, accompanied by young
Boyd, had reached the wolves den at the
lord about three miles up the creek.
Here steep hill or cliff arose abruptly
from the side of the water overgrown with
stunted cedar bushes and tangled vines.
4 cleft in the rock vide enough 10 admit
a man led to q cave that had an opening
farther down the hill near The creek bank.
You stay here" said Boyd, land watch
for the varmints aud shoot them as they
come out, and the dogs and | will 90 in and
drive them out Ii you can kill both the
old ones The dogs will make short work OF
the cubs"
Fleming took position near the opening
AT THAI moment Boyd appeared at the
-OUenng above, and called out in sup
pressed voice:
For Gods sake hide! The redskins are
coming over the prairie yonder with pIis-
ontr.'
Fleming was a cool. courageous young
man, Who could think and act quickly IN an
emergency.
He raised cautiously up and saw band
Of Indians approaching, and even at that
be distance could recognize from their peculiar
dress that they were Sacs and Foxes There
were IN all about twenty or thirty, and in
their midst, apparently bound fast TO the
pony she rode, was white woman, her long
lair lair floating out on the wind as she
rode Two powerful Indians, one on each
s. e, rode beside her, each holding the bride
e II tle ony 10 which she was tied.
IT'S those cursed Sacs and FoXeS.' he
whispered back to Boyd; they are riding
straight Tor the ford to water their ponies !!
They have evidently ridden long dis
lance"
And they are evidently fleeing from pur-
suit" replied Boyd eXciIedly. Cant you
hide in there until they have gone on? Their
halt is not likely to be a long one.'
While he he>ilated a new danger presented
E itselI-an0ther band of Indians, apparently
T. detachment from the first. came i'll sight
iGom point Which commanded view Of
the cliff from base to summit
Not a moment was 10 be lost. Taking his
rife IN his hand he ran in a crouching
posture little way up the creek until he
reached a place where the shallow stream
lad deepened into dark, still pool, around
which was growth Of tall, coarse weeds.
Laying his gun in dry place he Waded
into the pool, breaking off a reed with a
hollow stalk, which he put in his mouth.
Then he sat down in the creek, and, the
wafer being over his head, he let the reed
project out Of the water to breathe through
Scarcely had the rippleS settled into quiet
over his head, when the Indians rode up and
dismounted. Fleming could gather from
tile confused sounds he heard that thev
WIRE making preparations to burn their
prisoner at the stake.
Two or three times he was on the point of
eme ging from cOncealment to 60 to her
rescue, but a second thought told him that
he would only be placing himself in their
wife.
A sickening feeling came over him as he
heard tie WOmgn's ptiful screams, and it
required q powerful exercise Of seif-c0ntr0l
10 restrain him from making an effort in her
behalf He dared not raise his head to look,
but lie heard them driving stake into the
ground at what seemed a distance Of about
Lwenty yards away.
Then lie heard the screams again. and knew
they were tying the prisoner 10 the stake.
hon mira fnf.r Il
began dancing ana yelling in such way as
to drown the voice of the victim. After
dancing around tie stake for few minutes
one Indian darted from the circle and
stopped 10 light the fire at her feet.
A loud QUERY startled him, and Autuckee,
with 100 followers at his back, dashed
through the circle and cut the thongs that
bound her
~ am the white mans friend" he
shouted above the outcries of the enraged
saVages. There was a hush, followed by
Sulen murmurs, but Autuckee went on.
So" have eaten bread in his lodge, slept by
his Size, and followed the deer and buffalo
with HIM for months together, and more
than once has he shown himself my brother
and my friend. From his white brothers
Autuckee has received nothing but kind
ness, and now, when the white squaW calls
Tor help, SHAH not Autuckee hear|
A founder murmur of disapproyal an
swered him, but Autuckee waved his hand
majrstically.
We have no quarrel with our brothers,
the SacS aud Foxes, but the white squaw
must 60 back to the white mans wigwam,
anG you, my brothers, must follow the trail
that leads to the Father Of Waters. See !!
already the white men are in pursuit"
He pointed across the prairie, where q
cloud Of dust in the distance told of pur-
suers on the trail
The Sacs and Foxes spraDg to their
ponies, and in less time than it takes 10 tell
we're out OF sight in the timber that skirted
the bottoms. Autuckee and his followers,
not caring TO be identified with the rescue,
disappeared also. and when, hall an hour
laler, the settlers, twenty or thirty in num-
Der, rode up TO the ford, they found only the
young woman, nearly lifeless from terror
and exhaustion, leaning against the stake
that had 50 nearly been her funeral pyre,
and Boyd and Fleming striving by every
means 10 restore her strength aud courage.
1t is needless TO say that they all went to
Flemng's cabin to spend the night, accom-
panied by Boyd, who did not care to under
take the journey back to the settlement
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