Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-11-18
Overland With Kit Carson
By ". Tu0Ts0N.

IICopyright, 1893, by American Press Assccia-
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While thus converslng we reverently
smoothed the earth over the humble
graves of our murdered countrynen. foi
tidings of whom relatives and friends.
perhaps wives and sweethearts. would
long wait in vain-no book. paper, scrap
of writing by which the bodies might
have been identified having been found
by our men, All had been consumed OF
carried away. and who and whence were
similar wayside tragedies might never
be known-yet. over all, in the azure
vault of heavenly sky. the sun shone
as brightly. wandering birds scared as
joyously as il the demoniacal passions OF
men had never stained with the blood Of
their fellows the rolling surface of this
vast solitude
Wishing to economize our dry feed az
much as possible. we led the horses
about the middle of the afternoon lit
tie way ont on the plain to Craze. II
was very pleasant to see how greatly the
animals enjoyed the sweet buffalo grass
after their "a hours deprivation. They
had fed for some minutes. and we were
interestedly watching them and the
mouth of the pass by turns. when we
saw a single mounted warrior ride ont
OF the latter and speed away northward
parallel TO the course of the canyon.
IL Y,aadaI-I I,,t fhsa o., 10 fhuf
50 far from having been re-enforced, tho
ssvages were only now diSpatching ar
envoy to summon help. and we instantly
realized that the salvation of our whole
party depended upon the arrest of this
messenger.
| Among our stock there was 3-year'
old thoroughbred mare. exceedingly Geei
of foot. Int not taken by Carson on his
! presumably hard ride because of her ten
| der age. ST the MON mt we caught q ;h'
of the fling Indian Hugh Elliot wa
holding tie rein Of this beautiful cred
| ture Q,ack us fash he put the TEN
| porarily displaced bit in her mouth
snatched.1p his rife. sprang to her bac.
and @us'df like the wind.
= Whentae warrior first emerged from
the pass. he was Of course 800 yard
from us. and although riding furiouslN
he was not much farther away now, a
his rout. lay S1Ongsi0e the canyon. whicl
might be said to form the base of righ
! angled triangle of which the line from
the wagons to the pass was the perpen
dicular and that between him and US tn
hypothenuse. Along this latter Hugl
Elliot was now racing at flight Of speed
80 much greater than that Of his enemy
that it became at once evident the chas'
would not be long one. Probably nj
other horse in our outfit could have ont
run that swift pony. but it was no mattel
for the blooded mare. each one of who's
sweeping strides lessened the distance be
tween them.
Before pnrsuer and pursued had gon'
a half mile the former had gained quite
150 yards and was then within possibl,
rifle shot.
In that highly rarefied atmosphere ev
cry motion Of both men was distinctly
visible to us. and as Elliot drew still
nearer we saw him raise his gun, bu
while studying his aim the quick eyed saw
age threw himself fiat along the off sid'
of hi my. and Hugh lowered his weap
on az Looking on then with breath
less interest. we saw him press the littl,
mare to fresh burst of speed, and wher
within 100 yards of his quarry the piece
was once more brought to his shoulder
This time he pulled the trigger A fash
a puff of smoke, and before the report
reached our ears the pony fell to the
ground, rolling over and over by its owr
impetus and hurling its rider 30 feet
away.