Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-24
THE RIDE THAT A HALr-sRErp uapu
CHASED and Shot by Indians % he Garcp~d
Away FOR Reinforc.mensa


CHASED and Shot by Indians % He Galicp>d
Away for Reinforc.uneats.
From the New yOrs Tribune.
Rider said the colonel. 'there's nothing An
the world can touch an Indian for -idiuc. Hs
can ride on q pony's neck, on his side. on his
nAnk-he can ride under pony, for I have
seen him do il many time.
AND nov that We are on the subject Of rid.
ing III tell you about q ride that a hals-breed
Indian made once. I never liked half-hreeds
before that-any more than Ike Indiana 4
donf like hsE-breeds now, but I iiksd thai
critter Joe
This Was all down in Arizona Never bee.
IN Arizona, eh2 Well, q was a nice country "A
those days Your scalp ~ss worth inst sbou,
10 cents, par value A friend Of mine. win
sAsrin, was hentenant in the til. he picked
up han-oreed. The meanest looking half.
breed 1 ever saw. The whites Of his ewes
showed every time you spoke 20 him. I
wouldn't have trusted him II my neck had been
In danger and he could have saved il win
ioane some OF the soldiers kicking aud cutting
the haf-breed around camp on. day. The
Indian was just whining and taking it all Win
cursed the men OF the spot and throw two or
three OF them over their heels lie took thu
haf-oreed. warmed him mp and gave him
worthless devil away then and 90 made tind
OF man servant OF him. naming him Jos but
work.
.'will was an awfuliy rechies, fellow. Bs
didn believe that the Indian lived Who would
nght lace TO face with . man. He used 20 SAY
| that ne would take ten men aud ride through
whole tribe, shooting whatever men he chose
ano Thai they wouldn't show eight n be could
keep them from closing in behind him
He got his chance one day. He vas escoytins
supply train wagon, you know, across the
piain he had about twenty infantry men with
nun; Aswarm OF them came down upon him
snd began 70 blaze away. They fred like .
haiistorm- They got the wagon rounded mn
and then tried TO make the Indians come In
ahd night him. Not Q biz of d would thew
have. They hung around like Q swarm of be.s
just out OF range Every time he got the train
an motion down they came again with a ,woon
They were losing mules and viii v.s ,. An
curslng mad he couldn II make them neht rim.
| 80 there they stayed That night the red
devils led them terrible dance. but thew stuck
~ OUT Inc next day was one Of those scorch-
ing. clustering GAYS that you get on the plaina
The sun was like flaming sword and the wind
| shat came over the bleached plain cut the i'm
open; There was no water 10 drink. the men's
swoolen tongues were hanging out of their
1 mouths anu their carbines were so hot thew
oiistered the flesh on their banda And All Tia
while Wal vas swearing and swearing and trv-
ing TO get the devils TO fight him Tber. vn.
no hight in them They had sure thing of il
| waiting.
in the afternoon Il 70, 90 terrib,, tina, ,hs
men could not breathe. They began 90 faint
under the torturing sun. VIII wanted .ome
one 10 come out and ride into camp for a
cavalry troop. Joe was lying in the shade of .
Supply wagon and he got up and led his pony
over. Inc Indians we're lying OF about three
miles then waiting for night. when they could
| come IN and make thugs lively again with
showers Of rife balls
Joe started on to the south on an easy lopa
dsxla I'm I..A.
had rested Ike a shadow on the plain. Then
out came circle like the curve OF a band of
blue swallows 1t spread out, widening ana
widening, and circled in again like closing fan.
stter zoe. All the while Joe was looping over
| the white plain TO the south. They were after
HIM now at q hot pace and Will gnaved his
mustache as he watched his half breed getting
Smaller and smaller. He was riding harder
4 now and the pursuing Indians were between
him and the train. The soldlers could ace nu<Fe
OF white where the Indians we're sending balls
after the half breed, and then the speck Of
soc went out Of s,ghs and sfterward the band.
only nne cloud Of alkali dust showing where
AZ toated over them.
Tho redskins chased the half breed Joe for
nine hours They shot him, too. but the boy
| TOOK on sash which he wore and tied birnseiS
TO ms ponys neck, when he got % weak that he
could hold on no longer. Aud that's the way
,ne pony Carried the boy into camp In q dead
liant There was no need 20 tell them what the
| trouble was IL was after midnight then. but
In twenty minutes a cavalry troop was gaIIop-
ing northward. The next forenoon the men in
the tram could see their sabers flashing in the
sunlight miles away. They came over ths
PLAIN with the sound OF light thunder and the
nrst cries the relief heard from the train were
| eheers that came from burning throsts ana
shriyeied lips for the half-breed Joe.
| Inc cavalry brushed the redskins Oh the
plain and sent them scurrying In the direction
that the sun went They pulled Joe together
and got him on his feet again, but after he gos
well he vas the same lazy, good-for-nothing
han breed that he had been before-absolutely
Mt for nothing. And yet don't you know, L
really believe in spite Of myself that think
better OF all half-breeds on account of that bow.
Gentlemen, viii you drink TO the halt breed