Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-12-27
HAWTIORNE, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA DECEMBER 27 \

Eyes, now handsomely framed youth of
fourteen years. And there We're moist
eyes, too, in the Quaker's family. and in
the households of the other settlers.
Ii was in the autumn following the
spring when Fleet Foot joined the tribe
Rumors had been rife all summer that the
Indians were in ugly mood and that raid
down the river to sweep away the advanced
settlements was imminent. The conse-
quenee WAS that the settlers were fully
armed and prepared to quickly muster all
the men within dozen miles along the
river.
Just at daylight one morning the
Quaker's family We're awakened by vio-
lent pounding on the door. On opening it
they Were amazed at finding Star Eyes
there III most pitiable plight. He was weak
and haggard; his buckskin clothing was
almost in shreds; there We're only remains
of his moccasins, and his feet were bleed
ing terribly.
He quickly told his story. The Indians
were on the warpath up the river After
the war party started he instantly took to
the woods, made a long detour in the
mountains, running at his best speed all
the time, and then struck the river be-
low the advancing redskins. His imper
feet sight had caused his clothing to be
torn to tatters by underbrush, and his
moccasins had worn out in that almost
perpetual run day and night for forty
miles. He thought the Indians would
surely reach the settlement the following
night.
The alarm was quickly sounded along
the valley. A good force of brave men
hurried up to meet the savages and to take
a good defensive position But their serv-
ices were not needed. When the Indians
found that their approach had been herald
ed and that the settlers were ready for
them they abandoned the raid and re.
treated.
Star Eyes remained with his Quaker
friends. About two weeks after the events
just noted he and two of the Quaker chill
dren were gathering nuts in the woods.
Suddenly there was a small volley of rifle
shots, and poor Star Eyes fell dead in his
tracks without word or groan The other
children were unharmed
This was the awful retribution visited
upon the nearly sightless Indian boy for
saving his white friends from slaughter.
Within an hour after the dastardly act
of assassination dozen brave settlers were
on the trail of the murderers, five in num-
Der, as indicated by their tracks. The long
strides shown by the moccasin tracks
showed that the assassins were running
and that they were determined to make
sure of escape. But the pursuers were
swift runners too Nerved by their graft
tude to poor Star Eyes and by the horri-
BILE atrocity of the Indians, they were de-
termined to avenge the crime at all haz-
ards.
As evening approached, the pursuers
found that the trail was getting warm
they were nearing the culprits. Sundown,
twilight, and the trail still warmer As
the tracks grew indistinct, and when fully
twenty miles of distance had been covered,
one of the party suddenly saw glimmer
of light in a little valley some distance
ahead. 1t was evident that the Indians,
believing themselves now safe from pur-
suit, were camping for the night.
A careful reconnaissance, patient wait
of three hours under the glimmering stars,
a cautious advance, the simultaneous
crack of dozen carefully aimed rifles at
close range.
Four of the sleeping Indians never
awoke; the fifth one helplessly writhed in
agony. AS the settler rushed up to dis
patch the wounded redskin the light from
the camp fire fell upon his face and they
suddenly stopped as if they had been
riveted to the ground.
1t was Fleet Foot, the father of Star
Eyesl
The muZzle of rifle was at his head and
finger on the trigger. His eyes turned
up sadly; he recognized the settler, raised
his hand and family said:
Eyes; but listen" They knelt beside
him to catch his words, for he was evil
IDENTIFY dying.
"When the war party returned" he
said slowly and painfully, they knew of
course that Star Eyes had betrayed them.
They bound me, Minnawaqua and my
three young children to stakes, intending
to burn us all. Older Indians, with one or
two chiefs, urged that we knew nothing
about the act of Star Eyes. In the end
there was a compromise. Five warriors,
including myself, were to go to the settle
ment and kill Star Eyes. was obliged to
accept the terms to save Minnawaqua and
my three little ones. You know the rest"
"And you were one of the murderers of
your own boy" excitedly exclaimed the
settler that covered him with the rifle.
NO" came family from the dying In
dian 81 might shoot myself but not Star
Eyes. There was no bullet in Fleet Foot's
rfe-I deceived them"
Suddenly he raised his head, turned his
already CLASSY eyes toward the twinkling
stars, pointed his finger upward and said:
"Tbere is Star Eyes nowl Do you see
him? He is beckoning to me. | must go
to him!"
Then his head fell back, his hand drop
ped-he was with his boy.-Philadelphia
Times.