The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-04-10
AMONG THE BRules.
An Exciting Experience During the Re-
eent Indian Uprising.

The next morning announced my
intention of going to Pine Ridge
Agency. which is twenty-five miles
away. MIR. Thompson, two scouts.
and d Swedish teamster are to 20 in
for provisions and messages. Mr..
Thompson got in the wagon. L eN-
pressed my astonishment at this aud
the fact that he had no carbines, as we
expected TO go through the hostile
pickets aud camp. He said, IF |
can't talk them Injuns out of killin'
me. / reckon I'll have to go.a ! trot-
ted along with Red-Bear and Hairy
Arm, and mile and half ahead went
the courier, Wells. Poor mani in two
hours he lay bleeding in the road, with
bullet through the hips, and called
two days for water before he struck
the long trail TO kingdom come" rs the
cowboys phrase it.
We could see two black columns of
smoke, which we did not understand.
After we had gone eight or ten miles,
and We're Just crossing ravine, we
saw a Sioux mex on little hill Just
ahead, out of pistol-shot. He immedi-
ately rode the danger signal" Red
Bear turned his horse in the peace
sign,n and advanced. We drove over
the ravine. and halted. 1 dismonnted.
Six Young Brule Sioux rose out of the
ground. and rode up to Red-Benr, and
the hills were full of pickets to the
right and left. We walled TO hear the
result of Red-Bear's conversation,
when he presently came back and
spoke to Thompson IN Cheyenne |
looked Mt HIM; his eyes were swapping.
and his facial muscles twitehed fright
fully. This was unusual. aud | knew
that things were not well.
..Reti-Bear SAYS we will have TO go
=. 4
ing to Red Bear he requested that two
Sioux might come closer. and talk with
MS Things looked omiuous to me,
not understanding Cheyenne, which
was being talked. This is a bad hole.
and l reckon our cake is dough right
here, said Thompson.
Hairv-Arin's face was impassive but
his dark ewes wandered from Iru to
Brule with devilish calculation. Two
youn@ bucks came up AMI one asked
Thompson for tobacco. whereat he was
handed package of Durham by
Thompson, which was not returned.
''It's lucky for me that tobacco aiu't
a million dollars sighed Thompson.
Another little buck Slipped up be-
hind me, whereat Mr., Thompson gave
me a warning look. Turning. | all
vanced on him quickly I wanted to he
as near ;is poSsibj- not being armedD,
and holding uuu my hand, said How.
co,ah2n He did noi like 10 take il. but
he did. and was saved the trouble Of
further action.
''We'll never get this wagon turned
around = suggested Mr.. Tho npson, as
the teamster whipped mp; bat we did.
And as we commenced our movement
on Casey's camp, Mr.. Thompson said.
Go slow now; don't .'un, or they'll
sure shoot"
''Gemme gum said the little scout
Red-Bear. and we all got our arms
from the wagon.
There was no suspense now. Things
had begun TO happen. A little faster
yet faster, we go up the little banks
of the coaiee. and. we godsi what!-ive
fully armed. well-mounted cowboys
regular rescue scene from Buffalo
Bills show.
60 backr' shouted Thompson.
Bang! bangi bang! and the bullets
whistle around aud kick up the dust.
Away we go.
Four bucks start over the hills 10 our
right to flank US. Red-Bear talked
loudly in Gaevenne.
Thompson repeated. s'Red-Bear says
If any one is hit get of in the grass
and lie down; we must all hang to-
gether.''
We all yelled, I'VE will"
A well mounted man rode like mad
ahead of the laboring team horses to
- carry the news to the scout camp. The
cowboys, being well mounted. could
easily have gotten away, but they
stuck like true blues.
Here is where the great beauty of
American character comes out Moth
ing can be taken seriously by men used
to danger. Above the pounding of the
horses and the rattle of the wagon and
through the dust came the cowboy
song from the lips of Mr.. Thompson:
"Roll your tail,
And roll her high;
By-and-by."
We deploved on the fianks of the
wagon so that the team horses might
not be shot, which would have stopped
the whole outfit, and we did ten miles
at a record breaking gaIlop. We
struck the scout camp in blaze of ex-
citement. The Cheyennes were in
war-paint, and the ponies tails were
tied up and full of feathers.
After lull in the proceedings. Mr..
Thompson confided to me that 1.-The
next time I go TO war in a wagon il
will put the drinks on me-; and he
saddled Piegan. and patted his neck
in way which showed his gratitica
ton at the change in transport. We
pulled out again for the lower country,
and as our scouts had seen the dust oi
Colonel Sauford's command, We
presently Joined them.
ANY remarks made to Mr.. Thomp-
son on the tobacco subject are taken
seriously, and he has iniimated to me
quiet yearnng for shot at 1.-THE par.
ticuiar slit-mouthed Brule who go
away with that Durham"
How we awoke next morning witt
the sleet freezing in our faces, and how
we made camp in the blizzard. and
borrowed Sibley stoves of the soldiers
and how we were at last comfortable
and spent New-Year's Eve in a proper
manner, is of little interest Frederit
Remington, an HarpeT's H'eek{y-
Remarkable Preservation of Bodies.
During the Hungarian revolution in
1S49 forty prisoners Of war were
thrown into "a deep pool near Her
mannstadt. A few weeks ago the
bodies were recovered, after an i'm
1nersion of fortY-one years, and they
were in a perfect state OF preservation
their organs unchanged in form, color
or conscience. It is supposed the min
erals in the water passed in solution
through the pores and had a preserya
effect upon the internal organs al
-aan the eufire body