Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-16
A RACE FOR LIFE.

armed and bloolthirsiy Blackfcct IT,
J,,rs. ono OF the most cruel Of tho west
,yn tribes. Golfer had accompanied
i.ev..s and Claii: in their expedition TO |
a., MINOR waters OF tho Missouri, but |
c,rrinr n partnership with man named |
p..it. the tvo obtained pormil sion FROM |
Io,'{, q, stop Tor the purpose of trapping !
a,l hunting Lewis at the same tmc |
s'..,y,,nendcd them 10 exercise the |
,,r,,tcst prudence and cunning IN regard |
- ,bc Indians. whom he had learned o
IA cost 10 be MS treacherous ANA 81 saw
',rh, Man pursued by the partners WAS
=, sot thsir traps late iu the evening,
MAJ thrin ut early dawn aud, after Tu-
,-.,,,,, tbrin and the game. lie hidden
m Jav This course succeeded tplcn.
Jtiiy f5r some time, and thc men grew
Ti,lo careless Ia removing all trace NJ
,brr presoncc. One morning whiIo
sowing up the river In thCir canoe they
heard q heavy trampling a. Of many
loot. Golfer declared It TO bo Indians,
md was for abandoning the canoe aud
tatinr 10 the woods. but Potts, who
vas tho older man, laughed az him aud
propourccl tho feet ,ho4o Of huilnluos.
The question was soon settled by thOm
sending Themselves by few ,rokcs ~
Tine ears u yht into the midst OF several
hundred Indians that lined the shore.
Golfer, seeing in u moment that o.
capo was imro. lhlc, uhoycd thcm when
they called him TO come ashore and
rowod close 20 the bunk. Ho and Potts
wcfo Just stopping UP, whom an Indian
suatchld Potts iiilc. Golfer, n power
ful man, wrcstcd tho weapon away ir"Il
tho savage ~ once Gui returned it 90
Potts, who seemed 90 lose himself com.
plc,ely. He throw himself back into
the cauoo and pushed 1t ont into th'
stream. Coltor who hoped 20 release
thln from their position 10y strategy.
called 10 him 10 como back, but tho
panic stricken man KEEP; ont Ia the cur
rent. und presently crlclt0 Cultcr, "Oh,
lam woundedw Coiter turned just ia
t!ma 20 SEQ the Indian that had shot
Potts lowering his bow from his aim,
and Will, lac looked no saw ihl Indian
drop dead uEd heard tho report OF Pous'
ni1.
4 second after Potts llfolass body fcll
back ia the cSuur. pierced by u hundred
arrows. Golfer sas now in Tor u. Tho
Indians stripped him Of his clothes and
held q consultation as TO what was 20 bc
done with hint Golfer, who know their
Language slightly, gathered that some
81 his amiable cuptUrs proposed 20 whip
him 10 death, some to skin him alive,
while others wanted TO burn mm ut ,h,
stake. bfT the chief. hufly old clap,
with some originality decided the quts.
lion by declaring that Il he was not too
EHift q ruuaor that ho should have q
chance for his lie. li hccould get away
hcmight. but Il he was gecap,urcd they
would burn him alive.
The chief approached the prisoner and
asked " ho was % good runner. Golfer
replied that he WIS o very poor one,
while IN reality he knew himself to ha
one Of tho swificst foot racer, on tha
border. His answer wal hailed with de-
lish. by tho Indians, who were promi8'
ing thcmsulyos great diversion yglth tho
white man. Tho GOO Indians were f,s.
toned at enc point and Golfer given a
start OF 200 hundred yards, that the
sport might not be too quickly ended,
With q whoop from the Indians tho race
began.
Like an arrow from tho bow tho pris
on.r shot forward, and tho dipped Blaal,
feet saw that is would pa, them TO all
they knew to oyrrtlkc their human
prey, or oven 10 approach linn neal
enough 10 shoot him. They had on
great advantage over tlo white man
however, and they counted largely On
this 20 give them the victory, Thcil
feet were protected by mocclsiuq, Will,
those Of the trappgr were naked and OK
posed TO the fandburg and crcti, will
which the plain was thicl;ly ret, Tho.,
pierced Golfers feet terribly, hut III
could not pautc FOR such trilcs. He hRt
run three Of tho six miles that ~ he
tween him and tho jefferson fork of tll
Missouri. for which hu had made hofJr
ho dared 20 look back. When no did h
saw that ha had, with one exception
left all his pursuers far behind. on
warrior alone still held out, aud wit
his spear held aloit came ON with th
speed Of o greyhound.
llo was within hundred yard. OF IN
white man WHOM Col;or, resolved 10 saw
himself II it lay in human power, pu
forth u tremendous effort and tore o.
with all his speed. Tho blood bus
from his nose and slight homorrhlg
also iillod his mouth, but he pushed on
frantic ut the idea Of being rotakcn ate
his Fupcrhumnn efforts. Hc had nlari
reached tho river when he looked bacl
once more, aud 10 his diHuny lao say
that his pursucr was not thirty feet hC
mud him and was just IN tho net q
hurting his spear With incredible &C
leriy ho whirlod about, aud before tn
savage could check his rapid course ra
right into the lndiau's arms,
Golfers unexpected action aud hi
bloody appearance so startled the Black
foot That ho stumbled, and tho lane,
thrown ten feet, stuck In tho gronn
aud broke OF. While tho rcdskin tio
TO recover his equilibrium, Coltorpirkc
mp the pioco OF spear that retained IA
mead and drove IL through tho body q
tho Indian, pinning him to tho ground
dead man. But fearing that The rest O.
The baud would presently appear, III
frapper stopped only long enough to o.,
Slrs the dead mans weapons and the
,9h OF, reaching tho rlyer moro dea
himself than alive.
,Aflora rest OF q minute or two b
plunged 'nto tho stream and swan
thort distance 90 drift OF trash an
limbs OF trecsnnd brush. This drift la
lodged against the shore Of small san