The Progress., 1893-01-28

. Hjre pro r...Ht# and hunters wiuu j.a
F indian hai cnutI'.l near Beaver, r.
+ t.. to surrender. auJ chem stood hy and
+ 9pplaudod their torture and death. and
we resolved to make fight f1gi. The
base liar and h.yocri,a made use Of the
/ half hour tp pJ'-' seven or eight Indians
/ into the rayjuo from each end. IS, thrv
might h' repdy TO charge us He did
not come back forD1-m answer. hut called
To us from the bank above Su.portiug
his game. we were ass ready as we could
be when they charged us Day was sGll
| talking to u- when there was veil and
u rush. We had one shot apiece with
I vur rifles and then our rcv0lvcrs came
INTO play.
Thcro never was an Indian born who
had the sand 10 stand mp 10 n fight uu-
less he had the odds IN ms favor. We
beat them back 10y firing three or four
shots apiece. Thomas killed one and
badly wounded another | wounded
one so badly that hc dropped ms rlile IN
getting away Under cover of the
smoke We got three u1es. aud Thomas
overlook his wounded warrior and fin
lshod him and stripped the pair of their
| ammunition. We further strengthened
the breastworls on each side and thcn
felt prepared for any move they might
make. II was about twenty minutes
before we heard from Corporal Day
again. Then he called out 20 praise us
for the fight we had made and TO renew
MS offer.
Our refusal brought him ont in his
true colors He declared that NE had
brought death to over forty white peo
pie; that hc had only lccu trying 10
dupo us. that ho was sure - our cap
tJUc. and that our torture should last
whole day before death Camo 10 relieve
ne. For half m hour attor he ceased
talking everything was quiet What
they were planning 70 de- was 10 put
their main force into the south end of
the tunnel for rush. At the same tim
they would put two ur three warriors
into the north end. who should advance
by rolling rocks ahead OF them. I'm this
way they would he covered and hold the
attention of one of us at the same time
Our mule had been wounded IN the
first rush and presently became half
Crazcd with pain and fear We decided
20 cut his throat but rs we seized him
and Thomas got ont his knife the beast
broke away. screamed out like a wild
animal and jumped the south brcas.
work and went laundering down the
raviuc. Corporal Day and eight or ten
redskins had gathered for thenext move.
The mule dashed among them. knocked
the corporal down and tro1 on him. and
he was 50 injured that he died week
later We heard great shouting from
the redskins. but Of course had no idc1
of what had happened.
The accident 10 the corporal caused
change OF programme. The Indians
walled mp each end of the ravino. So
that we could not make u rush. and then
planned To smoke rs out. They spent
whole day collecting brush and leaves
and limbs and tumbling them into the
ravine. As soon as we realized their ob.
iect we began work at our drift and
deepcned il 10 about thirty feet. Then
we carried stones to the entrance e
form n wall. and when the stuff in the
ravine was set on fire we retired TO ON
cave.
But for the work accomplished before
we were attacked we should have been
s"focated aud then roasted. They
neaved an immense quantity of stuff
into tho ravin. and when the torch was
applied there was suCtiun from north
to south which converted the entire ra
vine into q furnace. They could not
tumble anything directly in front of us
but even after we had retreated to III"
back end of the drift the heat nearly
Overcame us. They lighted the fire
about 8 o'clock in the morning, and II
was not until the next morning that we
could venture out. They had cut down
and tumbled whole trees into the ravine,
and there was "a good deal of fire at the
south cad as we left our cave.
The Indians had every reason to be
lieve we had been cremated. and about
10 o'clock in the forenoon three or -four
of them came in from the north end "a
see what they could discover. Thomas
got in shot which wounded one Of
AutiN btlbIt iii'N AtNah Sth W.
could not guess what they would do
next. and it was not until noon that they
revealed their scheme. The overhanE
to which have referred was like u
hood over door and projected out
about six feet. 1t was mass of rock
and dirt, with trees and bushes growing
on the surface. and was about forty feet
long.
For long tine we heard queer sounds
above US. and finally concluded that they
were preparing blast which would
tumble all the overhang into the raviue.
That was exactly what they were at,
and though we retired into the drift
again we had bat little hope There was
enough soil aud rock to fill the rsvine
ten feet deep, and Of course We should
be blocked in. There were crevices in
the overhang. Iuto some they drove
wedges and inte others they put powder,
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