Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-08

ha kindly supplied ~'ith food and other !
ART icles not many DAYS before.
Wells Of savage Indignation came from '
the Sioux who entered the cabin and {
-, re, 10 hnd them already stripped Of '
their most desirable contents. coun-
ell was held Immediately.
They expected every moment 10 see
the flames devour their buildings but,
IN stead, an Indian who had been In the =
settlement often and had picked uD j
little imperfect English, left the coun-
CT and approached the retreat OF tho
W hitss, giving the peace sign
lie stopped when within hundred
feet of the fort, and called
"Runnin' Dog want talk with store
M an" meaning Harvey, who had built
u considerable trade with the Indians
irI his little isolated rural store.
"what do you want 10 talk about?"
Harvey shouted back through one Of the
Il op-holes:
"Runnin' Dog and braves want heap
ppwdor-shot."
ITO kill the whitas?" demanded Har-
vey.
aNo kill pale-faees; Sioux friendly"
replied the willy Running Dog
''what do you mean, then, by riding
around this way?" /
"Some braves get fre-water, drink
heap, make heap noise, ride over white
mans settlement; but no kill white
d an." answered the Indian.
| 'Then ride away II you don't mesn
dght."
| ''why whites go into store ho' ser
asked Running Dog.
| 1--WE thought change might b, COCO
| for our health"
| "Will store-man como out?"
| 'No, the air outside isn't good for him"
! 'Then Sioux burn store and csssn.
answered. tho Indian.
i THAT Is what we have been expecting
ever since your bloody gang rode AZ. 30
pitch inl'
| And 80 the conference ended.
| Running Dog returned to his fellows,
10 whom he lost no time in fully trans
lating the dialogue between himself and
the settler.
With whoop and howl some of the In
dams opened fire on the fort, while
others prepared for q great bonfire.
The shots against the fort had no
effect whatever. Very soon store and
cabin were wrapped in wild flames, and
the Sioux began a little war-dance
around them, ieaping and yelling In
hendish gleo.
The store being log structure, the
roof fell In before the walls. As the
Sioux leaped and chanted wildly about
their bonfire. suddenly there was great
explosion, followed almost instantly by
Ia 1lar
were hurled In every direction, and in
tense excitement reigned among the red
war-dancers.
Harry Grey only gave grim smile a.
his companions looked inquiringly al
him.
II merely placed half-keg Of powder
where knew 1t would do us friendly
turn II the Sioux burned the store, he
said.
The smoke somewhat subsiding after
the explosion, the besieged were able u
count eight Indians killed and several
badly mangled. Among the slain was
Running Dog.
The buildings consumed were the only
shelter from which the Indians could
attack them, and they we're now lost u
them. The gang clearly realized this
strength of tho little garrison, and pos
sessed caution enough not To attempt I
rush upon it.
The band soon rode of, taking theii
dead and wounded with them. Thii
: gave the besieged whites an opportunit!
TO leave the milk-house, kindle fires
: and prepare food enough TO last severa
days. Harvey and one of the settler
attended to strengthening the fort an'
perfecting arrangements for lonl
f, siege. There was no telling when re
! lief would reach them.
The shadows of evening were length
ening across those sadly desolated prai
ries, when the whites beheld O long lin
OF Sioux steal out of the forest and rid
like demons toward them.
Quickly entering their fort, they ha
I the door Darricaded. and every gun read
/, for use when the band, which nj thi
time numbered forty-one, rode up an
halted just beyond rife range.
i Harry Grey had counted them from
:, loop-hole. Suddenly his rudy face Rre'
pale, and he was observed TO tremble q
II an ague had seized him.
1.-THE fiends" came from his ashen lipi
"What Is it?" cried Harvey.
a Look. and he pointed toward I'll
a band of Sioux.
: Harvey sprang to ioop-holc and SUI
!, veyed the object of Harry's emotion. II
|, started greatly as his eyesfell on Lowell
white girl, with plump, graceful hgur'
long golden hair streaming wildly ava
: from her scared, colorless face, and wit
her arms tied cruelty behind her bacl
She was q captive in the midst Of a bar
= Of merciless Indians.
"Heayensl" calculated Harvey, lit
y Daisy Murdoch
y sYes, and she Is captive In the hans
" Of that fiendish band. Heavens! VIII
y" can do?" he cried. In wild excitemen
v Daisy Murdoch was the only child OF
= settler who had taken "a claim" abol
'" fifteen miles south of Haryey's stor
The Murdocks and the Greys had bee
}" old neighbors in Illinois, and had con
u to Minnesota together. Daisy and Hari
~ Grey had been lovers from childhoo
and the coming Christmas had boon q
~ pointed as a suitable time for crlebr
" ting their nuptials in good old-fashi0n'
81 frontier style. Harry had intended
then 10 have b Is own farm out on Ccd'
! Creek sufficiently improved 10 insta
4 Daisy as mistress OF home OF their ow
a. After considerable parley among ther
- selves, the Sioux marched the capti'
III toward the fort. The Indians halted al
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