Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-07-29

child who fell into their hands, but al
ter a powwow lasting an hour the team
ster was brought out aud Roman Nose
said to him.
"We have captured Flying Horse
(HalD and we want all white men to
know it. They will not believe us, but
they will believe you. Come and see
him."
He was led to the tepee and Hall ad-
mitted his identity and charged him
with some farewell messages to friends.
He also gave him the dispatches he was
TO deliver, or rather askel Roman Nose
to do so, and the chief then sail;
"That your white brothers may know
you have been a captive in our hands we
will send them our marx"
He thereupon sliced eff both Of the
teamsters ears aud handed them to him
to put In his pocket. The direction of
Fort Wallace was pointed out, and he
was given one of the stage horses and
started off, reaching the post next fore.
noon. There did not appear to be one
chance in a hundred for Hall to escape,
but the village had no sooner become
quiet than ne began to plan. He was so
triced up that it was utterly impossible
TO free himself. lie workc | at his lash
ings for an hour or so, and then gave up
the attempt. lie knew the situation of
the village aud the country around, AMI
be finally decided that his opportunity
would come next day, when taken out to
run the gantlet. No matter what the
rest Of the programme is this portion or
preface is never omitted. The Indians
seem to get more amusement out of it
than any other part.
When morning came Halls arms were
cast loose and he was provided with
hearty breakfast. The Indians knew he
was game, and they wanted him to keep
bis full strength and last as long as pos
,ible. He also had an object in view
and ate all they brought him. 1t was
about 8 o'clock when ne was taken Olt
to run the gauntlet. All his lashings
we're cast of, rope tied around his
waist, and he was exercised for fifteen
minutes to timber him up. There were
about 400 bucks in the lines as they were
presently formed. In most instances
the warriors are allowed to strike with
clubs, the handles of tomahawGs, or
their hickory bows, but in this case only
switches were used.
Hall was a swift runner, and his plan
was to make bolt fer il whea he reached
the west end of the line. To his cha
grin he found a dozen mounted warriors
placed to head of any such attempt.
He made it, however. Running down
the lines at the top of his speed and re-
,eiyinr cut from almost every warrior
Is he passed, he broke out on the prairie
and ran for his life The pursuing IN
1ians could have killed him, but the
idea was recapture. He got two full
miles from camp aud dO1ge1 them for
an hour before this was accomplished.
He was then made to pass up and down
the lines four times, after which he was
returned to the tepee for an hours rest.
Being stark naked, every blow of the
switches had raised welt and he was
scared from head to heel.
The next move on the programme was
70 bind him to a tree and throw kniYes
md tomahawks at him. The idea was
70 torture his mind, but some OF the
weapons slightly wounded him, m,and those
who threw them were laughed at as
,unelers. The lobe Of one ear was split
oy a tomahawk, aud the rim Of the other
,arried away by knife. Hall won the
,dmiration of all the warriors by his
display Of nerve during the trying or
Ieal. At noon he was taken back TO the
epee, where he had another hearty meal.
Z was about 1 o'clock when he was
brought out TO be bound to stake to
Undergo the splinter torture. The old
nen and boys had furnished great heap
# dry splinters, which were TO be stuck
nto his fesh and lighted. As four
talwart bucks were conveying Hall
rom the tepee to the stake something |
vas happening on the eastern edge of
he camp. The Cheyennes had about
100 ponies in their herd, with fifty or
nore captured horse, and mules. The
ierders, anxious to witness the torture,
Iad come into the village, and Halls
nule, which was a vicious animal, took
dvsntaye Of their absence to raise
umpus. The whole herd had become
xcited, when an old buffalo bull, pur-
ued by wolves, dashed into it.
With the rush of a cyclone the whole /
eri broke for the village, and so sudden {
yas the alarm that everybody wa' for the
noment upset. The idea was that an