The new North-west., 1892-12-10

dead warriors We're stripped of their or
namenTs, at least while arms and ann
nunition We're carefully gathered up
No one thought of burviny the deutl.
The Indians would return for that pur
pose If not, let the wolves and yult11res
hav" their feast
Let us trace the fate of Huntley. You
may be one of those who believe that
the Indian has been grievously wronyed.
You may believe he has the sentiments
attributed to him by novelists You
may have read that the feeling Of mercy
has lodgment i'll his heart.
When the man rode out Of the fort on
his scout he firmly believed that the In
dians had withdrawn. He was a brave
man None but a brave man would
have periled his life to back his
opinions in the face OF the warnings he
received. When he rode out for half
mile and turned to the left the last
doubt vanished The Indians had with
drawn. He had made assertions an1
proved his sagacity.
Next moment, as he disappeared over
the crest Of the ridge, he found himself
III the midst of a horde Of Indians lying
in concealment. He uttered one loud
farreaching shout of astonishment. and
was pulled from his horse to be lnell;sced
to silence by tonahawk and knife. But
there was no need to menace him.
A great terror seemed to have frozen
the blood in his veins He could not
have cried out again had they pricked
him with their knives He was dumb
He was helpless.
The captives signal OF alarm had been
heard and understood at the fort, and
the Indians, angered that their trap had
been exposed, now showed themselves
and affairs turned as related in the pre-
vious chapter
Brave men have no fear Of bullet.
grape and canister when charging Il
battery. Men go to the y;lllows without
fiinching. The fear Of death itself
makes but few towards, 1t was what
would be before death that broke this
strong man down and held him i'll chains
of terror. He looked about him with
horror i'll his gaze His bronzad face
grew deathly white. His lips had that
blopdless, blue look which the lips Of
the dead carry.
1t was not until he had been cruelty
beaten about that lie partially threw
off the horrible incnDus and secured
strength enough to 90 forward and make
the appeal he was tod to make. He
heard his own voice but he could not
recognize it.
Huntley had been mounted to b.
taken away before the attack came. In
deed he and the two warriors guarding
southwest and We're bevonl pursuit
After ride Of ten miles over the broken
ground a halt was made ut a grove
which appeared to be all old camping
ground As the Indians fled before the
vengeance OF the whites they made for
this grove, and at length all who had
escaped death We're reunited here.
A score OF tigers starved for days
could not have been in worse temper
Wounded and rnwounded alike thi1sted
for vengeance. Had they held e hum
dred prisoners each one would have
been put to the torture, and yet the s,1f-
ferings Of all would not have plucated
the defeated and derinlute,l band.
They had but one.
Fifty en:aged s;tvages rushed at him
to chop him to pieces with knife and
tomahawk, but the chiefs restrained
them. A speedy death would be too
merciful and deprive them Of antici-
pated enjoylnents. AS soon as the scouts
posted on the distant ridges signuled
that the white men We're moving for the
forks there was no occasion for further
delay.
Hunth.y's dcmeanor had undergone a
change. That dumb terror which had
made woman of him had passed away
and his own brave spirit had returned to
make a man Of him. He reproachetl
himself for his coward q, in begging Of
the fiends to spare his lite He tllirsted
for revenge. He exuitei over their
bloody defeats.
Let pack of wolves follow OH the
trail of a brave niail ;ltit he may seek to
outrun the1n-dodye-r He will
fear them. Let them drive him into a
cul de sac from which there isno escape,
and he will turn and fight them, even
with bare hands, and die fighting.
A sapling was cut down and driven
into the ground for d stake. and ii dozen
savages ran about to collect fagots for
fire.
Huntley's eyes blazed. His bonds had
become loosened and his guards We're
watching the preparations. Uttering
the hunters warwhoop and wrenchiny
himself free in the sudden effort, he
twisted a tonahawk from the belt Of
the nearest savage and began to lay
about him.
He could not escape. He realized that
he would be quickly oyerpowered and
tortured with additional fervor for every
blow he struck. but he dashed here and
there with the strength of giant and
the frenzy OF a nladman.
Crash! Crash Crash!
The Indians We're taken by surprise by
the hunters sudden break. and then
there was such a terrible change in his
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