Evening journal., 1891-02-19

they are friendly, but il they zilI and scalp
yau they are hostile"
This may seem like a severe fest. but IN
is what the government requires. and every
body should obey the government.
The two Lanes Of approaching Indian.
halted just out Of rifle range. and e SOLITARY
warrior rode out from one 81 their line.
ard came in the direction of orr camp.
He made a signal for some Of us to com
out from our wagons, and slipping a r.
volQer 10 my boot leg, I advanced to me =
him.
@HowF be said. as came UP in = ,aat
Ing distance.
I'm not feeling very well this mr. ,rpjno &
answered. 'Im little ho arsick I
gues% Pleasant weather we're havina >
He ignored this speech, and rev himself
70 MS full height
Me mighty chief Gero sinors be ~
claimed, slapping himself on the brease
was about 10 tell him that was rrood
aud to rake in the an se, when I reraera.
beFed might need NY scalp If I ever got
back to civilization, so ! said:
"tilad to see y5u, Mr. Geronirno-bave
read Of you 10 the St. Louis papers. Hope
you are we'll"
Me want heap to eat, p be exclaimed.
All right / answered "Just come m
to our camp-we'Il have breakfast ready
presently
As turned and looked in the direction
Of our camp saw that the other line ~
Apaches had sneaked up TO our wnroDs
while our attention had been fixed or the
chief Indians are very cunning. He signi-
fed his warriors 70 follow, and we were All
soon back at the camp.
There were about ninety Of them. ana
they all stayed for breakfast and con
sumed enough provisions to have done our
party two months. Then the chief wiped
his mouth and said:
Want um horses
We told him that we needed our horses
and did not intend to give them up.
xiii um thenFi he exclaimed. drawing a
long knife and fourishincit ia the air. AMI
his actions were followed By the other
eighty-nine warriors.
we didn't want to be killed-that Il. the
majority Of us didn't, and we told him to
take the horses along. / had become verv
much attached toour horses, but / was also
very much attached 10 my scalp-that Is.
u was YeFy much attached to me, and
knew It WAS Of "no value il detached .
50 | kept silent. After they had helped
themselves to our horses the chief an
preached me and said.
Gimme um watch
l gave him my watch without further
parley. didn't want to hear those words
Kill um" again If ! could help it,
lie next asked for my coat and a pair Of
red suspenders | had on-in fact he asked
for everything he saw with achildlike CON
hdence that was touching to behold. II
was very fortunate he met as when be did
for he seemed to be ont Of everything that
was necessary to make his life hapDv
After he had taken everything we had that
ne could carry away he still seemed dissat-
isiied, and went through our boxes again.
smelling q the vinegar and the pepper
sauce bottles in vague sort Of a vvav
Then he called his braves around him
and rode away. When the Indians were a
few rods away Kistler OF The Optic turned
to rs and said:
Are those friendly Indianssn
Yes" answered tde man who had advo. |
Gated peace policy; they are evidently |
friendly, and il d our duty to report their |
actions to the Indian AGENT
just then, before We could prevent ii.
kistler, who had grabbed a gun from one
Of the wagons, sent bullet into the ranks |
of the Apaches.
tn q moment the widest excitement pre- i
vailed and with series Of savage wells |
they whipped up their ponies till out 81
range, and then wheeled about ana began
circling around US. yelling and firing as T,
they rode
IL was fortunate for rs that the most or |
our arms and ammunition. being concealed |
in the hay in our wagons, had escaped be- |
ing found by the Indians or we would have |
been wholly at their mercy. There was |
nothing left for us 70 do but fight, now l
that it was commenced, and a moment
later every gun and pistol belonging to our /
party was brought forward and put into /
service, and telling fire was poured into /
them as they swept past US.
kistler, armed with double barrelcd /
shotgun, kept perfectly cool, loading and
shooting as fast as he could.
Again and again the Indians charged us.
and each time from our breastworks be. /
hind our wagons we poured a deadly fire /
into them, sending them back with one or
more OF their number dead on the ground |
The shotguns in our party were doing /
deadly work; but presently it was an
nounced that our supply Of shot was ex
hausted
Kistler said nothing at this, but took
hatchet and broke open the box that con
tanned our type. Then he took a handful |
Of long primer and loaded his gun. His /
example was followed by the Others, and |
when the Indians charged rs again they /
were greeted by dose Of cold type, which /
seemed to make a great impression on
them. Again and again they charged US,
and each time we distributed shower Of /
cold pewter among them. For the next /
half hour the siege was kept up with long
primer and as the supply Of that was ex-
hausted we commenced to pour upper
case" into them in a most generous and
lavish manner. When these were all used
up we commenced using mixed charges Of
spaces and exclamation points, Then
when they made another charge we gave
them dose Of quads and display type,
which so discouraged them that it was
plain to see that they had got enough.
You see" observed Kistler grimly, ''the
press exerts great influence in this coun-
try, even among the Apaches. / don't be-
lieve they Will come again.
His words proved true, for they soon left
us, taking their dead and wounded along |
Two Of our party had been slightly wound
ed, but none was killed. That night we
walked back to Mutt station and the next
day purchased some horses, and in com
pany with several citizens returned for our
wagons to find that they had been burned
by the Indians in our absence.
We did not consider the press worth
moving after il had passed through the
fire, and left it there, where it can be seen
to this day, half buried in the sage bush
by the road side, eighteen miles from Mutt
station on the old Kingston road.-Drake's
Magazine.
A Valuable rask