Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-21

10 our caiup-wc'll have breakfast ready
l presently"
AL turned and hooked In the direction
I Of our camp I saw that the other line oi
/ Arach,s had snetkod mp 10 our wagons
/ while our attention had been nxci oa tho
| chief iudiana IRE very cunning Ne signi.
| fed his warriors 10 follow. nnd we were all
tuon back at the camp.
There were nhout ninety ~ them, and
they al stayed for brcakiaa,, and con.
auino1 enough provislons 10 have done pur
parts two months, Then tho chief wiped
| his mouth and iaidi
Want nm horsU."
We told him that We uosdcl our horse,
aud dll not intend 20 give them up
"Kiii um thenm be- exclaimed, drawing "a
long knife and ilouhahireit IN che air., ADD
I MI. actions were followed ~ the other
eighty nine wAuioul.
We didn't want 90 be- lilleil-ihat is. The
mai1riiy N us iidnt, aud wc told him 10
! take the horses along had hacome worry
I much attached 20 our horses, but was aiso
,ufy much attached 70 my scalp -tlHt n,
/ d was very much nttlrhod 90 me-. ana j
/ know II was ~ mo yaine 70 detached. %
~ I trpi silent After they had helped
thcin.olvcs 20 oar horses tho chief up.
rfoarhel me and aid
"Oimme una watch"
! gave him my witch without further
paflgy ! didn't want 10 hear ihose nor.ls
'klil um" AGAIN " J could help &C..
30 nest asked for my cont and a pair ~
MI uspeudets ! had Min Tact he akel
for ever thing be- saw with achililikroon.
nuancu that WINS touching 10 hholi r.
whs very fortunate he mt M whun be- ia.
Tor De- secuted 10 be out Of everything that
WIS ucrcssnfy 10 make his lin happy
After BE- bad tlkenrvefyih We had that
be- could c.urg away BE- siiil SEEMED dis.ai.
isiici. and went through our huNcl again,
smelling ~ tie vinegar and the popper
fnucr bottles iu vague sort Of n way.
Then De- called hls braves around him
and rude AWAY When tho Indians wcro a
feW rods away Klstitr. OF The Optic. turned
20 NJ aud said,
"Aro tho-a friendly indiansW
"Nra." answered the man who had hdyo.
Gated a peace policy, "they aW evidently
/ friendly. and q O. our duty to frport their
actions 10 tho Indian agunt"
Just then. icipru we could prevent W,
kl-tlor. who had grabbed % giin from one
Of the wagons, ront "a bullet into the rank.
/ ~ The Aparhcs
IN moment tho widest excitement pro
vailed, and with series OF savage yell,
/ they whlppci up their ponies till out ol
range. AMI then wheeled about and began
circliug around ~. yelling aud nring a,
| they rode.
u was fortunate for us that the most OF
/ orr arms and ammunition. hcingtoncrnlel
/ IN tho lsy Ia our WAGONS. had Csupcd h.
/ ing found by the Indians or we would have
been wholly NJ their mercy. There was
/ nothing let Tor us 10 do but fight. uoa
! that q was commenced, mud "a moment
1 later every wiu aud pistol belonging 10 ON
party was brought forward ard put int
service. aud a telling frc was poured int,
them ~ they swept past ua.
kistlor. armed with a double barreloi
shotgun. kept perfectly cool loading and
shooting ns fatt as ho could.
| Again aud again the Indians charged us
aud each timn from our hrtnstwofka he
hind our wagons We poured = deadly iir'
| Into thom, sending thom back with ono III
moro 81 their number dead GA the ground
| The shnieun- ia our party wuns doin.
deadly work, bat presently 10 wa an
nounccd that our supply VI shot wa. "a
imudel, I.I .r...
Kistlsr said nothing at this. but took
hatchd aud broke oppn the boE that con
tAlnrd onr type, Then be- TOOK handful
OF "lons primer ahi'lnadcd his gliu. ~
Wien hie Indians charged ~ again The
wrrc greeted Is a dose of cold tyiis, Nhicl
seemed n make great inppsiiri ri
thrJn. Again aud ngain they charged n.
and each tlme We distributed shower q
cold iewtcr among them. Fur tho mex
half hour the siegu was kapt MP witl Ion
primer, aud ~ the supply OF that was ~
haustel We commenced % ponr "nppe
cisen into them IN most rvnrrous an
lavish mnnner When these were III usei
upwu commenced USING mixed charges O
SPACES aud exclamation points. Tho
vhcn they made another chnrg. We gav
them a dose of quadl aud display Tyre
which 10 discouraged them that Ii wa
plain 20 see that they had got enough
'Nou SEE, observed Kistlcr gsmly. 'th
pres eScrts a great influence Ia this couu
Try, even among the Apaohra. don't b.
Hove they Will come again"
His words proved true. Tor thry soon lof
~, taking their dead aud wounded nlnng
Two OF our party had been slightly wound
ed, bat uoue was killed. That night vi
walked back TO Mutt station aud the mex
day purchased some hun,ts, and ln com
pany with .syrrai citizens ruturuul flr ou
wagons to iind that they bird hrru bnrnc.
hy the Indians ln our nhseure.
We did not consider the press woftl
moving after II had passed through th
iirr. aud leit 10 ihrfu, where II can BE- -e,i
q this daY, half buried Ia the sngu husl
by the road side. eighteen miles frum Nut
station on the old Kingston road. Drake
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