Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12

| war party OF natives ana eApccteu
n visit from them TO rob US ~ night;
twenty miles, the party wont into camp
/ about an hour before sunset, and was
| lying around the camp resting when we
/ heard several guns fired in clump OF
| COttOuWOOds across The rifCr ana lhth
! saw thirty Indians fording across They
| came on the run, y0ciicruiing 'how-oNe-
| do aud 'up-sarO-ka. the last meaning
/ Grow Indians. BY the time they were
| in our camp we had our horses tied up
| and every man prepared for cmcrgen-
cics. Their big chief told me to have
my men put nl our things in our tent
| aud keep q sharp loOkout0r We would
| lose them The captain entered upon
/ "a grand smoke with the big chief and
found q man among them who could
| talk the Snake lnngngc, and who was
! installed as an interpreter They sat down
aud swapped lies. and were philosOphic-
| al, while The camp got into o. furore.
For several hours tn i0rt on The tlme
that Stuart was smoking and talking
| with the chiefs, the young bucks werc
| forcihly taking possession OF our horses
and blankets and our men hy superior
strength rctnking them In many in
| stances the braves were hnndlcd with
out gloves, by throwing them violently
upon the ground upon which they
would become perfectly frantic with
rage drawing their guns bows. arrows
aud knives, pointing ~ their chief and
making signs that upon n signal from
him they intended 10 take our scalps.
Several times they fred on the sawed
or shot guns. with which they were
armed. ls well as bows and uuiycrs of
arrows, within six inches Of our mems
heads They also drew their bows back
20 the arrow hunds, placing the points
directly against the mems breasts After
several hours of this work. some Of our
Nt rHf
wanted ma open fight Watkins and
Bostwick. who had been iu mnuy Indian
fights before were especially disposed 90
commence an open fray, which ul of u5
believed would begin sooner or later.
Ono of the Indians fired his gun close tU
said that ho did not propose 20 wait Tor
orders amy longer Simultaneously with
the discharge of tho gun, Watkins went
for his gun, mountain expression for
drew his revolver. An Indian standing
hy him Fortunately threw % buffalo rohn
over his head and oluFpcd it about His
body and arms, This only cxusporutcd
Watkins. and when released 10y our
men. he and several other. swOre they
would wait no longer They were ON
the eve of commencing q fight, when i
ran over to the captain and cNcitpdly
told him that unless something was done
Immediately shooting would begin with
ont orders or concert OF action. Iic
told me 90 ten our men to keep cool. and
wait until De began the fight ON gave ore
q us 90 begin. Turning Go The chief hp
told him lu pcrnmpiUry voice tu order
hiH men To- como out from among our
horse. aud tents and keep quiet Tho
chief suw chat both parties were 100 uu
attitude of battle. with weapons drawn,
and siguului his men tn drop their guns
which they did. Our men cooled down
aud hogan preparing lur the night tt
about IS o'clock at which tilue the talk
broke mp.
A. thc chiefs kept close witch ON our
captains movements, Stuart thought
| host NOT fo give men the direct ORDER.
but quietly instructed mp to tell them
that Ht uuyhrcDt We would saddle our
riding hpriys FIRST aud get them ready.
I Then iI thr Indians attempted tO take
| possession of our pack ur pack horses, we
/ Wnud turn loose hll us many Indians
us we could and mount our horses to
| strike into the mountains for Fort Ben
| tom We would thus hp getting % good
start Of them before those who escaped
| could got iu their main camp aud arouse
/ Che reserve force there. We had learned
| that thp main Cumu WINS across the river,
| only some twenty miles away.
| During the three or four hours thut
! lhn chiefs had boon smoking aud talking
| with our cuptuiu they were apparently
! indifferent Tn what WIS going ON hp-
! ,M"vh 'l'lr H,,n uu' OUTS acting o-
! i'".-H NV I"N WIG i''I HH'' "W"f'
w In,' u,li' Ellu' OUT i'dgtI nl"pl llr'i
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! "' my 'IU'" p,.'',ly wy
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! igt' tl'E lUlll''l''ItlS lL",''uru 20 lui',
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| ii,"l,.' "iNYA u''nl9N lnt "'H' on que
| .'' -"l'' U"Y sPpI"Hll.ut every uiu-
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/ 'u. "M' "'N I"N'' =" N" "r Hl'' NNV ul.
| gnHl'u"' 1'Nuh was one OF th' most
uNuHE N'rua ''IE performed ny any
Hl1"' OF 'N' rtl'l'oe',H'l9i Uuu pray
| 'Il' ll5 'Vu 'v u"n IUI,lNt H ''JL n''U
! tHu',l'u wv. .tN'{ au. w" '," uN'U
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"l gus ulH' u'h"' UNu 20 ~ m nN
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! .n''I uN'r INul INV nuu' llt worry
! .4Du WI" nav "ll We p'tNlHu7 IltHl con-
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uu4uiil,' io"Nvu uP"n MN vs. nero o'
uHv'uh''u S"uruir whose nerve nh,
| t,l.N ,"u'u y" ""trr p' Iupeloh'u
| W n'u we pW''lN ,FEuh halui'nE ON
ruHE hul7o7 h' % o. No the indlnh
! iol'l"F hifN'ul.u our even nuullhE
hulsr ne captain Heelng his WAI
| lnNNll.N, hef"utN 'Vrln'u new one
| WllnNul mlnllvHVuE uhg surprise or 10
Wy WY showing any evidence oil brlhi
NHr"nv'I''u'
Passing close 10 me he said In an nm
dertOnc TELL the boys there's going 4,
Toe trouble To- hc rOndy keep as clos,
watch us / do, and for their lives not z,
! fire until my Gun Zoos o0. DO with mi.