St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-02

Sioux lingo very weA, though d.A not
let on TO. and the talk n we rode was
anything but pleasant to me. It was
agreed that would be put to the tor
turc. and that it would be made to last
as long Is possible.
When we reached the village / was
placed in . tepee and my arms un-
bound. They refused to cast the lash.
ing on my legs. though three of the
bucks stood guard outside. / was SO
stiff and sore with the ride that could
not have taken five steps had they
turned me loose and told me to 60. I
got not wink of sleep that night and
1t was not until eight o'clock next
morning that my legs were freed. Il
was village of eighty lodges, and the
one I occupied was almost in the center
OF the collection. ! couldn't have es.
capped has .hcy left the tent unguarded,
but they took no risks There wero
always two and sometimes four of tho
bucks squatted outside of the lodge,
and outside of these . circle of squaws
and children.
1t was the third day after my cap.
ture before I was disturb bed. Then
most Of the warriors having returned
to the village on purpose to witness
my death. I was led out at three o'clock
in the afternoon to undergo the pre-.
liminary to actual torture. This l. rum
ming the gauntlet There were ss near
as I could Judge sixty men and boys in
n,ok linz ~rI Hl,o l;~>s v~,orn fr,,. Eat
apart Had each one been armed with
. switch to. strike me- Il would have
been punishment enough. but they
were allowed to use clubs and sticks
and tomahawk handles. When looked
down the line felt that there was no
show for me to make the run, and yet
must make the attempt You may
ask why ! did not obstinately refuse.
and let them do their worst then and
there. Because was hoping for
them to show me little mercy. They
would torture me. but not SO cruelty -
il refused to run.
got as good . ready as could ard
when the signal came ! sprang away at
the top of my speed Blow after blow
fell upon me while the savages shouted
their pleasure, and to my great surprise
I at length reached the end of the lines.
There fell in . heap and they gave mn
about ten minutes in which to brace up
for the run back. made only half the
distance this time. being struck such .
blow bver the head with . club that I
sank down unconscious When I had
recovered my senses they returned mo
to the lodge, where lay for many hours
expecting to be taken out any moment
for torture. They would have finished
me but for the fact that the wife of
Little Feather who was IN another vii.
lage fifty miles away. had not yet ar
rived. She wanted to be in at the death
and SO further proceedings were ds-
clared of for the day.
The squaw arrived soon after mid.
night. My ankles were tightly lashed
and could not sleep She was for
having me out at once. and camc and
looked into the lodge to see II was
safe; but She was told that I would be
put to the torture after breakfast in
the morning. and long after she had
turned away heard my guards gloat.
ing over the prospects. It WAS agreed
among them that I was . game man
ami would hold out for several hours
and give them lots Of amusement.
Half an hour after daylight the VII
lagc was astir, aad at sunrise . squaw
brought me some breakfas. and tbs
of. learned several years after that
it was intended to oblige me to run tho
gauntlet again. 1 was eating the meal
the squaw had brought when sudden
excitement arose outside There was
a great shooting, followed by
cheers and the report Of fire.
arms, and tbs next minute the two
hundred frontiersmen who had been
raised in Kansas and Nebraska rs an
independent force charged into the vii
lage. 1t wasn't 1--WE minutes before
the fleeing warriors rallied for defense.
but before that time was safe. At
the first alarm leaped up and spranH
out of the lodge full against one Of the
guards, and as ran was fired At two
or thrcc times was among the
horsemen in q minute or two, and after
bit l got a rife and took an active
part in the hot fight going on We
were driven of after . couple Of hours
but we got every pony in the herd and
burned all the lodges, and they had
many a dead warrior to mourn over.
1t was a singular thing that in after
years 1 should meet the squaw of Lit
tie Feather on the reservation and
have a lonv tall, with her So II han.
pened. and she calmly told me that shc
had been promised my scalp as keep
sake and that it would have been her
hand which would have ended my ag-
onies after l had amused the warriors
to their fill as a prisoner at the stake
NJ. Quad, in N. Y. World
He Stood rat.
II was on Sixt. avenue surface car.
A young woman occupied one end Of .
seat and a young man the other. Tho
vOunv woman was rcrfectlv ssoher: the