Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-06
CROSSING PIMAYA GULCH

away the breakfast dishes. ANA the two
r,d-cheeked sturdy children. Tin and
Nelly. whose respective ages were FIVE
aud three were at play on the grass
III front OF the house
John Wardrop who had been en-.
gagged 10 repairing "A pillow rose from
his employment 10 walk toward his
mules grazing about their picket pins.
A cowboy came galloping up tho val
les and drew rein before him Both
horse and horscman showed tokens oil
hari travel and the rider WAS warm
and excited
tieruuimO's broke lousr again. he
sailed hen he came near the settler
ll"sou the warpath with lifty bucks.
lHry jumped Mexican ireightiug
ou'ht on tho ella yesterday afternoon
ard they killed hcrdrr AT Malley's
ranch Il, >uudowu. The way they
wrra heading they d sweep this couu-
~ to-day You'd better get your
u'o ami children % town quick aud
no. spare whip nor hO,s flesh 10 do Il.
~ thank YOU, can stop even for
tfUr 1' coffee Eve cot "a carry III"
alarm 20 "a settlers along tho valley.
H. 'HgA,4 his hnrto and dashed
dons iHr trail. John Nnrdrop wIth
& gr-g syr.oH, looR ~, his bronl sd.
bearded aec walked back 10 the
hnu-. BOT before hr reached Il his
cuHalennnre resumed is u,unI expires
'uu enl He spoke ID cheerful voice.
NHa' need d Brighten his wife aud
rH trHa with tho ominous news tina,
hg hAa just heard n They were saw
I'd mg.' b. through h.s own knowl
clgu and efforts w." stopped 20 ca
r.. a.s l.u- ones and call PLEASANTLY
MARY be said I've made up ny
mind 60 d" = Silver City to-day In.
So 4 81 Whiting uutil next week. ana
uant sou and tho ymiug ones 10 b.
rady % .'nrl 10 fifteen minutes We
ar making 4 .nir start 80 don't stop
Z" IDS up nor fuss with dressing the
children VIZ cnn % that after we
ga - town
in 8trHa minutes irom the time
Whom ny brad received tie cow boy
warming john Warirop. with his wife
anh Younger child on Ia" scat beside
h.m and il'lic Tim SEATED on tho
luncheon hos IN front were on their
WY g town Is the settlers side
i"AiinE ia readiness against the wagon
sat. was his long Shnrps rifle Witch
p" hoped be- would have no call to
"" On this journey liz east back.
"'rd look az his cabin wondering
whether he should see II again, or
should return 20 llnd II in ashes,
he trail lying through succession
:" mountain valirys wus As smooth ~
o turnpike road. aud The blackboard
ruled swiftly on behind tho pair 81
't'' mules a person mknowing the
character ~ tho country would have
ln.lud u difficult to realize that deadly
danger could Turk ~ scenes so tran
F'il and pleasing where along the
valley beautiful mountain views open.
90 ~ every turn Of the trail
iberc were ccrinin sights however
"h.ea the husband noting everything
about him regarded with suspicion
aNd anxiety the spirc. uf smoke that
"hind the travellers aud on thoir right
ava left rose from the mountain sides
aNa tops appearing aud vanishing in
way which bowed that they did not
proceed from ordinary fires In these
"F'athcs, rising from invisible flames
'n' practiced frontiorsmsn recognized
.h' signaling OF Apache Indians and
Anew that the enemy was on the move.
nW' no danger appeared nearer nj
uahu. and with tho coming oil noon
''ne TO the party, now half way TO Sill
yer city no cause for disturbance had
revealed itself beyond that indicated
y me mounting smoke signals, BY
VIC side OF pool caused by summer
,"lhS the party halted 10 cat their
"'nch. while the mules were watered
and fed.
ne journey was soon resumed. As
'"hn Wardrop specded the mules
uo"n the trail at the starting, looking
vi TO the westward above the Burro
mountains, no saw thick mist with
o,ouded pearl.gruy tInts settling down
noont the head Of the pimava canon.
n'yond the nearest range on the
southwest was gathering another dense
,'oud that, advancing, shronded the
mountain tops in vapor
~ these signs OF approaching rain
'ohn Wardrop became very anxious,
'or he thought of the Pimaya gulch,
across which his road lay, and which
mountain shower might I'll with
water. making IL impossible. With
.lls thought in mind he urged forward
mo mules with whip and call toward
,no wide, deep arroyo which lay four
niles ahead. At this point for the
,ongth OF mile, the rugged canon
~ldens into u valley, threaded by N
broad watercourse, before IL again
"arrows so as TO be impossible.
While he pursued his way, his eyes
p'nncing sharply from the trail ahead
20 The gathering clouds in the noun
Slns, or closely scanning the country