Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-09

know it. Thcy will not bolieve us. bu
thcy will believe you. Como aud Sc,
him."
He was led to the tcpee and Hall ad.
mitted his identity and charged him
with some farewell message, to friends.
He also gave him tn, dispatches he wal
To deliver, or rather asked Roman Nose
to do so, and the chief then said:
"That your white brothers may know
you have been captive in our hands We
will send them our mark"
Hc thereupon sliced eff both OF til,
Transfers ears and handed them to hiu
to put IN his pocket. The direction o
Fort Wallace was pointed out, aud h,
was gigon one of the stage horses aud
started off, reaching the post next fore
noon. There did not appear to be on,
chance in a hundred for Hall to escape.
but the village had no sooner beconu
quiet than he began to plan. He was so
trlced up that it was utterly impossible,
to free himself. He wor!lc at his lash.
lngs for an hour Or SO, and then gave ut
the attempt. IIc knew the situation oil
the village aud the country around, aud
be finally decided that his opportunit,
would come next day, when taken out to
run tho gantlct. No matter what tn,
rest Of the programme is this portion OF
preface is never omitted. Tho Indian
seem to get more amusement out Of il
than any other part.
When morning came Halls arms were
cast loose and he was provided with
hearty breakfast. The Indians know he
was game, and they wanted him to keep
his full strength aud last as long us pos.
siblc. lie also had an object in Wow
and ate all they brought him. 1t wa,
about . o'clock when lie was taken out
to run the gauntlet. All his lashing,
were cast of, rope tied around hi,
waist, aud he was exercised for fifteen
minutes to Timber him up. There vert
about 400 bucks in tho lines as they were
presently formed. Ia most instance.
the warriors are allowed to strike with
CLUBS, the handles of tomahawks, OF
their hickory bows, but in this case ONLY
switches were used
Hall was swift runner, aud his plan
was to make n bolt for il when he reached
the west end of the line. To his cha.
grin he found dozen mounted warriors
placed to head oil any such attempt,
He made it, however. Running down
the lines at the top of his speed and re.
ceiviuG cut from almost every warrior
as he passed, he broke out on the prairie
and ran for his life. The pursuing Iu-
dams could hivo killed him, but the
idea was recapture. lie got two full
miles from camp aud lodged them fol
an hour before this was accomplished. |
He was then made to pass up and down
tho lines four times, after which he was
returned to tue tepce for an hours rest.
Being stark naked, every blow of tho
switches had raised Il welt and he WA,
scared from head to heel.
The next move on the programme wa,
to bind him to a tree and throw knives
and tomahawks at him. The idea wa,
to torture his mind, but some o; the
weapons slightly wounded him, and those
who threw them wcrc laughed a. n,
bun9lers. The lobe of one ear WAS split
by tomahawk, aud the rim of the othe,
carried away by knife. Hall won the
admiration of all the warriors by his
display of nerve during tue trying or
deal. AT noon he was taken back to tho
tcpee, where he had another hearty meal.
1t was about 1 o'clock when lie was
brought out TO be bound to stake to
undergo the splinter torture The old
men and boys had furnished great heap
of dry splnters, which were to he stuck
into his flesh and lighted. As four
stalwart bucks were conveying Hall
from the tepee to the stake something
was happening on the eastern edge OF
the camp. The Chcyeuues had about
600 ponies in their herd, with fifty or
more captured horses and mules. The
herdcrs, anxious to witness the torture,
had come into the village, and Halls |
mule, which was 4 vicious animal, took |
advantage of their absence to raise a
rumpus. The whole herd had become
excited, when au old buffalo bull, pur-
sued by. wolves, dashed into it.
With the rush of cyclone the whole !
herd broke for the village, and so sudden |
was the alarm that everybody was for the
moment upset. The idea was that an at
tack was being made by soldiers. The
frightened horses, followed by the bel
lowing bull, rau over everything in their
way, aud Hall and his guard were
knocked down like tcnpins. Tho in
slant he was freed he rose to his feet
among the horses aud ran with them.
hanging to the tail of pony and yelling
to keep the animals excited. He was
carried along for mile or more, and
then as the speed of the herd began to
slackcn, he suddenly caught sight OF his
mule. She was as obedient to his
whistle as dog, and he WAS sooa on
her back. AS he circled around to the
north the herd followed after, and it was
not until she had put five miles behind
him that they slac&eued up and finally
stopped. A hundred warriors had pur-
sued the herd, but before they could got
mount Hall had a long start He was
riding without saddle or bride, but that
was no trick for scout. He headed
away for Fort Wallace, and, tholgh pur-
sued to within mile of the post, none
OF the Indians got within mile of him.
After the red men had been thorough
ly whipped and returned to their reser.