Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-10-21

We had inst mouzteG orr horses
after bite Of breakfast when The In
dams appeared o19z ri6ee one and one
half niles away They had Eiclzed
mp oar trail At daylight and followed
Il Al fall gzllop. We were On the
broad plains, with the nearest post
ninety miles away
-H0E many. Texas asked the lien
tenzz1 Of the seOu1-
"a million mebbe. b1- zoo for sn-e.'7
Eas the growing reply
EEerF man SHADED his eyes wFrh his
hand from the morning san and took
= iOzg look TIE hundred warriors
70 fifteen troopers = big Odds bat
there Eas no tenent-no eoufu-
si0n- The foremost Indians we're
within a mile Of r. ard their velis
plainly reached or ears when the
officer altered h5s eOz1 nand, and Es
moved Of At . steady geilop.
We ascend and desec1d swell after
swell reminding che II farrOws
tzrned bT some monster psow. The
Indians gain q little. We know 4
from the note Of triumph IN their
yelis- The scout looks hack and
watch his face u read the sit1ation.
4 smile fits over IL That means our
chances are still good. He casts
rapid glance over the party and his
face expresses anxiety. The labored
breathing OF some Of the horses tells
him that the pace cannot last much
longer.
All! There IS the spot IS we
raise a swell we see ahead of us a
cone-shaped hill higher than anything
else within . mile OF L. That's the
place for stand The pace is in
creased bit, and we thunder down
the incline across the bit of valley and
spur the blowing horses up the
hillside. II is a last effort -Four or
FIVE Of them lurch and stagger as their
riders dismount, and not one Of them
could go another mile. The top Of
the hill is plateau about thirty feet
across. No water, no grass.
Down with the horses, is the or
der from the lieutenant, and we lead
and push them into a circle, and if
teen revolvers go pop, pop, pop! Gal
liant old troop horses. every one, but
! they must be sacrificed. The dead
horses make our brcastwork. Above
US the summer SKY, below US hum
dreds Of savages shouting in glee that
we have been driven 70 bay.
''UnPack the spare ammunition and
then take distance around the circlei
Every bullet has got 70 lind an Indian!
Hold Your reviewers for close work.
We have worked rapidly, and the
warriors are not up in time 10 make
rush. They part 70 the cast Of US
and encirclc the Hill. That Is ALWAYS
the first move, and we had expected
II We are no worse off, however.
No IGlr1 10 1r.T.o.1 q
distant post. and IL matters not what
tactics they adopt The Indians take
breathing spell for half an hour and
thcn make ready for a charge. The
base of the hill covers about two acres
ofground. Warriors On foot step forth
and form circle numbering l3j The
lieutenant counts them AMI gives us
the number. The odds are nine TO
one, bnt the scout calmly lights his
pipe andfemarks:
''BOye, you've got a picnic! They
won't make a decent mouthful fur
You TO ealaw on"'
The officer and the scout have Win
chesters, and we have the seven-shot
SpenceEs. Every man works himself
down where he can secure protection
and deadly aim, and of a sudden,
"ANh JSAAp 0Npi d5 uENltb uLDeF. Lfle
circle dashes for the crest. Noorders
are given--Bone needed. No man
fred over five shots. When the smoke
lifted, only dead Indians were TO be
seen. We rose up and cheered, and
our cheers were answered by bowls
and lamentations
Told you so!'' HEowled the scout.
Theirs over thirty varminUs who
won't banker arter any more scalps
right away. The next thing will be
a rush by all hands We've got EN-
mad, and when an Iniun's mad he
kant got no sense
We were as ready as we could be
when the entire band made a grand
rush, The din was terrific, but every
gun had dead rest, and every trooper
was sure of his first man. The inn
petus OF the rush carried some Of the
warriors up to the breastworls, but
only to die there. We rose up to
cheer. but never q man opened his
lips. The number OF dead had
and wounded men were