Arizona republican., 1891-03-06

kept up the fighting until dark, making (. third charge Ut the close of the day. Ths
 iosses in Forsyth's band had been severe.
 Every horse and mule had been killed ia their tracks. Lieut. Beecher had been shot beyond hope of recovery, and had died
 after yainly pleading with his comrades to put him out of agony. Four scouts were dead in their pits; a volunteer surgeon, Dr.
 Moore. was dead and sixteen scouts were wounded. S6 Col. Forsyth had two wounds, one a shattered leg bone. 1t was evident that the distressed party would have to stand a
 siege. They were hundred miles from
 the nearest post, Fort Wallace, and no other help was to be looked for. The asn-
 mutation supply, thanks to the self control of the men, was ample for some days, Qf bread there was q lack, bat steaks from the slaughtered animals would keep off famine
 for days, Tho gallant leader said to his
 survivors, "We will win the fight yet or sell our lives dearly in the attempt." un- der his orders spring was scooped out in 1 the sand, parapet was made all around the island, and the bodies of the dead horses and their saddles were placed so as to stop the bullets The serviceable parts
 of the horsefesh were prepared as food and
 sprinkied with gunpowder as preserve tive. Two scouts volunteered to try and
 steal through the Indian lines during the night and summon aid. and they left at
 midnight, crawling stcalthily the first two miles. ~ The following day the Indians kept up Q hot fire on the imprisoned scouts and made several attempts to draw them from cover. False truces were put up, and these, fail- 1 ing to be respected, the Indians went of out of sight in the hope of putting the camp off it's guard. When this trick did not succeed the sayages returned and vent
 ured close enough to fling taunts at their enemies, to goad them to anger and re-
 venge. But Forsyth's men were true borderers, as cool as they were brave, and submitted to their fate like men, On the second night of the siege two mors vol. unteers started out for relief, to Insure communication with Fort Wallace in case | the first two had met with disaster and the ! second should be more fortunate. The | third day the Savages kept up their demon strations, but made no effort to charge the camp. The wounded scouts suffered ter. ! ribly for want of attendance and nourish.
 rneut. The hcrsemeat soon became spoiled
 and had to be charred in the fire before it i could be eaten. Fortunately wild animal ! was attracted to the camp by the odor of burning flesh, and that was killed and served in scant morsels. The third night { the two scouts who had ventured abroad on i the second night returned, and reported l that the camp was hemmed in by hostiles, and there was no hope of passing their | wary seutinels.
 The men in the camp passed several days | in their wretchedness, but preferred the
 death that awaited them there, unless l speedily succored, to the inevitable cruelty | of savage conquerors. On Sept. 23 the In | dians disappeared without offering further i battle. The loss of war chief Roman Nose had taken the fighting spirit ont of them 1 and no remaining brave was able to rekindle
 their valor sufficiently to hazard another i charge