The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-03-17

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set OF sssin l vs bonnd "a lefore. aad
se rode .ts ssliop uo,il ten o'clock al
nigh, before the village vss reached.
understood the Sioux lingo very yell,
though ! did not lei on 70. aud tbs talk .,
ss rode uss anything but plssssut 10 me
II vss sgreed thss you'd be put 10 ID,
torture. and ths, II would BE- made TO lss'
as long ~ possible.
When vs reached the village uss
pisced In . tspee ard ny arms unbound.
They refused 10 cas-, the lssbing Of my
leps, though three Of the bucks stood
guard outside. vss 90 stiff aud sore
With The ride that could not have taken
Ave steps had they turned me loose aud
told me 10 60 ] got not wink OF sleep
that night, and il vas not until eight
o'clock next morning thu, nv legs we're
freed. II vsss village Of eighty lodges.
and the one occupied vas almost 10 the
center OF the collection. ! couldn't have
escsped had they left the tent ungsrded,
bu, they took DO risks. There we're slsays
two and sometimes four oi the bucks squat
ted ou,sids Of the lodge, aod on,sids Of
these circle Of squsws aud children.
1t Was the third day after my capture
before / wss disturbed. Then most OF the
warriors having returned TO the village on
purpose TO witness my death, l was led
out st three O'Clock in the afternoon to
undergo the preliminary to sctusl torture.
Thi. is running the gauntlet There Was
as near as could judge sixty meu aud boys
in each line, and the lines we're four feet
apart. Had each one been armed With y
switch to strike me il would have been
punishment enough. but they were allow
ed to use clubs and sticks and tomshawk
handles. When / looked down the line |
felt that there was no show for me to make
the run, and yet must mske the attempt
You may ask why did not obstinstely re.
fuse, aud let them do their worst then and
there. Because ! was hoping for them to
show me q little mercy. They would tor
ture me, but not so cruelty as II refused
to ruD.
l got as good ready IS l could and
when the signal came sprsng away at the
top Of my speed. BLOW after blow fell up.
on me while the ssvsges shouted their
pleasure, and to my great surprise at
last reached the end Of the lioes. There !
fell in heap and they gave me about ten
minutes in which 10 brace up for the run
back. | made only half the distance this
lime, being struck such blow over the
head with 9 club that / sank down uncon
scious. When had recovered my senses
they returned me 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
village fifty miles away, had not yet ar
rived, She wanted TO be In ct the death
and SO further proceedings we're declared
Of for the day.
The squsw arrived soon after midnight.
Ny ankles we're tightly lssbed and l could
not sleep. She WAS for having me out at
once, and came sud looked into the lodge
10 see il was safe; but she was told that
would be put TO the torture after break
last in the morning, and long after they
bad turned away heard my guards glost'
ing over the prospects. 1t was agreed
lmong them that was . game man and
would hold out for several hours and give |
hem lots OF amusement.
Halt an hour after daylight the village
vas astir, and ct sunrise . squsw brought
ne some breakfast and the lsshinRs around
ny ankles we're cast off. ! learned several
1ears after that IL WAS intended to oblige
ne to run the gauntlet sgsin. l was eat
ng the meal the squaw had brought when
sudden excitement arose outside. There
vas great shouting. followed BY cheers
md the report Of firearms. and the next
minute the two hundred frontiersmen who
lad been raised in Kansas and Nebraska 81
IN independent force charged into the vii
age. 1t WASH I five minutes before the
ieeing warriors rallied for defense, bnt bel
lore that time | was safe. At the first
.larm leapei up aud sprsng out Of the
odge full against one Of the guards, and
Is ran was fred Vt two or three times.
was among the horsemen in minute or
wo, sad after bit got rifle and took
IN active par, in the hot fight going on
We we're driven of sfier couple OF hours
,ut we 60, every pony 10 the herd and
burned ali the lodges. and they had many
dead warrior to mourn over
1t was u singular thing that in after
1esrs l should meet the squaw OF Little
Feather on the reservation and have 9 long
ak with her. SO ii happened, and she
told me that she bad been promised
ny scalp ss . keepsake and that it would
have been her hsnd which would have en-
led my sgoDies after bad smused the
Earriors to their fll ss q prisoner at the
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