The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-02-27
A P.R,Lous SITUATION.
The Act of n Brave Woman Who Faceo
Danger--A "Reminiscences of Wild Bill.

the buffalo. deer and antelope were
killed and driven from Kansas, i'll the
middle and western portions OF that
State, the settlers made ''duGOuts Tor
their habitationS. The settler would
dig into hillside one or more cXcava-
tionS, twelve or fifteen feet square.
In front and around the sides he stood
cottonwood logs, which would be kept |
firmly in place by stamping earth in the
trenches. The roof would be made OF
poles covered with branches, earth and
sod.
One of these dugoutS was constructed
in hill which sloped to one OF the
streams tributary to the Arkansas river
1t was of better class than was usually
found in that new region. 1t had a
panel door and two windows of upper
and lower saShes.
In this house lived an Eastern gentle.
man named WentwSrth, with his wife.
lie had invested in sheep, and was
obliged to go to store few miles
from his home to look at some blooded
stock which an importer had for sale.
He left his home without fear Of inn
pending danger, as the Indians in Kan
sas had been quiet for some time.
The day was passed by Mrs. Went
worth in woman'S usual horne pur-
suits Toward evening she stepped to
the door to see if hor husband was re-
turning. Her large Newt rundland dog,
which was standing near her, growled
and looked toward the thicket bordering
the stream at the foot Of the hill. Upon
looking that way she saw an Indian S
face peering through the bushes. She
called her dog to her and shutting and
fastening the door and barring the solid
inside shutters to the windows. she
lighted 4 lamp and prepared for the at
tack She knew must come. Her husband
always kept a gun loaded with buck
shot to defend his sheep from the large
grey wolves, which in that day were 50
destructive to the hockS.
In few minutes Nero, the dog. de-
tected the approach of the Indians.
They broke the glass in the window
and strove to push the blind open
Failing. they went 10 the door and ham
mcrcd on ii with their weapons. Mrs.
Wentworth made no reply. They
pushed, and the fraii lock yielded. The
door hcw open and the brave woman
discharged both barrels of the gun into
the group of savagcS The dead and
wounded fell on the floor of the room
and the porch outside. The dog flew
among them. and must have lSilleC
those who fell only wounded, as some
of them showed marks Of his teeth, anC
he was covered with blood when his
master returned
|. The Indians who were not njured re.
tired after their comrades fell, not know
ing what might be their fate were they
to attempt to enter the dugout
Mrs. Wentworth was thrown upon the
charged gun. In falling her head struck
the wall, and she was so stunned that
she became insensihle.
AS the Indians were accommodating
preparatory to another attack, Went
worth, accompanied by Wild Bill, a
well-known scout, leading some twenty
ranchmen. all heavily armed, rode up
Wentworth and Wild Bill threw them
selves from their Dorses at the door,
anu. lt.lnlIlS oNtI bllS oItlih, ldlNtL Az ~
Wentworth. placed her on the bed and
applied restoratives. She was soon able
to tell her husband of the attack. The
pile of dead attestcd how she had de
Tended her home.
Wild Bill left them, and, mounting
his horse, was sooh engaged in follow
ing the now flying savages. Few OF
them escaped.
The boy who herded the sheep was
killed and scalped by the Indians. but
the sheep We're brought in by the sEep
herd dog that night.
Had it not been for Wild Bill, Went
worth would have known nothing o.
his wifes perilous situation. and he
would have returned to find II deSolateC
and burned home. his wife slain, OF
worse, captive.
Wild Bill was on his way to For
Riley to procure troops to intercept {
band of Cheyenne Indians who had lief
their reservation and were on the war
path He went to the store where
Wentworth was, to inform the owner
so that he might warn the ranclime1
in the nciyhborhood. He knew the
course the Indians had taken woul,
lead them by Wentworth's ranch, anC
on hearing that Mrs, Wentworth wa
, alone, he called for volunteers to go t,
!. her defense. AS there was Il larg,
number of ranchmen at the store to SCI
the bloodcd sheep, he was soon on hi
; his way at the head of the squad o
men. who arrived at the Wentworth
ranch just in time to save the brav
woman from a horrible fats.
= After this experience Wentworth sol,
! his ranch and stock and returned to tn
4 East.
= Wild Bill afterward became famou
! as a marshal of Abilene and Salina
= Kan, where he was a terror to the will
:, element during the building of the Kan
q sas Pacific railroad, and companio
- scout with Buffalo Bill for General
Hancock and Custer.-Chicago Journal
c The Utility OF Sharks Teeth.
Q The natives on some of the Paci1
= Islands, being provided with neithe
u metals nor any stone harder than tn
J. coral rocks, OF which the atels they il
o habit are composed, would seem badl
d off, indeed. for material of which
r, make tools or weapons, were it not tina
;, their very necessity has bred an inver