South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-02-06

4 oS1 ivy 1uob. After trBv
cling four hours the indians made
camp without fire, food, or water
imust now continue the story from
different experiences. Twenty dsy
ahsr the party OF prisoners had dis
appeared into the Indian country
Was engaged by the father or tb,
Lawion boy and by brother OF Mrs
Cherry to make an effort TO find ant
rescue them. The northern and ives
tern parts OF Kansas we're then in ths
hands OF the hostiles, many of tn,
forts and post besieged,- and there
we're no railroads to transport troops
iadeed. the leshargy OF the Govern.
ment Ia reinforcing the troops occn.
plying ststious greatly encouraged the
Indians and prolonged the war.
when l cut loose from tha frontie,
l mad as comrade- scout and I'm,
Clan fighter named Reid. We were
mounted on fire anil speed mules.
hail Winchester rifles and reyolyers.
and the pair of Us were put IN
against four or Eve tribes of Indians.
Scores OF prisoners had been Carried
on along the entire frontier, aud to
loon Tor any particular one seemed q
hopeless tack. We knew. however.
that the two we wanted had made
their start from the grove on Mink
Creek. and we decided TO make that
our point Of departure. 1t was then
forty miles from the nearest military
post, but We reached il without ac-
cident. We had not yet unsaddied
our horees when Tom made discoy.
cry that furnished as with q clue.
He picked up an Indian tobacco.
pouch which bad belonged to Sioux.
Up this time We did not know whesh.
er the pair we were after had been
captured by Sioux or Cheyeunes.
Ibis gave US big start 10 the right
directio3. Although the two tribes
had joined hands for the war, their
territory still remained the same and
their villages had not been moved.
We must bear more 10 the vest and
search among the Sioux.
1t must not be imagined that we
went riding boldly around the coun-
Try On our errand. There we're DAYS
and days that we lay in hiding. II
we moved at all IL was by night, and
then only short distances, The coun-
Try sHarned with redskins, and
there was never a. b ur tina. we were
not in danger. Wa were gradually
working towsrd the villages on tue
Smoky Hill Ford aud its territories,
and our game was to play hide and
seek. AS both of us understood the
Sioux dialect, we picked up bits OF
informa' iol let fall now and then by
parties passing our hiding places,
sod such were our precautions that
We worked eur way over seventy
miles iEto the Indian country without
leaving trail anywhere.
We had one close call as we nears
ed the villages. We had advanced
about five miles during the night over
ground so hard as to leave no trail,
and were lying up for the day In q
dry ravine. About 8 in the morn.
ing, Is l was on watch, l espied q
couple OF Indians to the east. They
had been sent from some war party
with message TO one OF the vii.
lagos. They were riding at a gallop
when / first saw them, but of q sud.
den they halted held counsel, and
both rode into the ravine about eiRh-
~ yards above our position. They
could not have seen our trail, nor had
they reason TO suspect our presence,
and neve- could fathIm their &C,
ton They were coming right down
upon rs, and hal Tom awake IN a
jitfy. just above as was o short
bend, and here We took our stations.
revolyers In hand. The ponies of the
Indians came scrambling along the
rough path, one closely following the
other, and the first rider never knew
what hit him. The second saw US,
but was dead Eve seconds after, and
we at once secured the dead Indians
ponies. We were ANXIOUS for the
next hour, fearing that the reports of
the revolvers might have reached the
cars OF Indians riding about; but no
one appeared and the day wore away
without the slightest alarm. This
was the fourteenth day OF oar al
vance, and the thirty fourth day Of
Mrs. Cherry's capture, Let us now
return TO her.
The prisoners were marching
across the country 70 the village OF
The Smoky Hui Fork. The fret idea
was TO put ell Of them TO the torture,
but The chiefs finally decided 70 hold
them for awhile and see how events
would shape. Two sons OF promi--
nsnt chiefs and q great medicine man
had been captured by the whites and
u might be that they would have TO
De ransomed by giving up prisoners.
Mrs. Cherry and the Lawton boy
were kept IN one village, while ali
the others captured with them were
sent 70 another. They we're made to
carry wood and water, live 90 The
food thrown 10 The dogs. and every
hour In the day we're told Of che fate
10 store for them. Both we're bea' en-
BY Indian women and boys, bat they
did not feel their lives in peril. They
slept In tepee, with an Indian boy
and al old bag OF q squaW.
% the afternoon OF the day We
killed the two Indians in the ravins
Mrs Cherry secreted tomahawk
under the dry grass composing her
bed. ~ belonged 70 the Indian boy,