The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-01-12

they started into gallop and came for me-
They were walking their horses when they
first yelled at me- If they had said nothing
they might have come close enough TO me
before discovered them to have captured me
before it would have been possible for me 10
get away from them. Evidently they had
expected me to stop and wait for them to
come up with me- When the long drawn-out
90 h.h. b. b, thar!" first struck on my ears,
felt under many obligations to them for their
warning, which would not have gotten, most
likely, had it not been from the Discrimination
that all Confederate cavalrymen showed TO
exerting their horses except when obliged TO.
The reason probably was, that the horse lie
rode was private property.
Before they got the fence torn down was
III the swamp. The first jump took me into
water and mud above my knees. The surface
water was clear, and the whole surface of the
swamp was dotted over with small hnmmocks
of bushes, with long grass growing in the soil
among the roots. | passed several OF the
hummocks. as being not only too small for my
purposes but not far enough from the shore.
About 80 yards in | came to one which ap-
peared to me to be the most suitable of any in
sight Passing along to the farther end, l
crawled in among the bushes, SO as to lie with
my head toward the shore. As crawled in
three large water moccasinS crawled out ana
wiggled their way through the water to an
UlliSE uuiDMUChi Unsupported "h'ph5 wv
bushes and grass. / had got myself very com.
fortably settled, and knew that there was no
motion among the tops of the bushes that
could betray my hiding-place, when heard
the sound of the horses hoofs on the ground
as they rode up to the spot where had en-
tered the swamp From my covert could not
see them, and consequently knew they could
not see me, so that / nearly laughed aloud,
when l heard voice saying, Come out hyar.
! see you. If you don come l will fire."
At intervals OF few seconds the same voice
would repeat the command to Come out
hyar," and breathe dire threats of vengeance if
did not. was near enough TO hear every
thing they said while they spoke in their or
binary tone of voice, but it was always the
same voice that invited me to Come out hyar,""
from which / came to the conclusion that my
very persistent friend, who after each invita-
tion would lie like Ananias by saying, " see
you"
He finally became very profanc, and cursed
like trooper" Had it not been for the dis
patches there were times when ! would have
returned his "curses in kind like the Confed-
crate tax" and dared them to come in and take
me ont; and should they attempt it, had no
fears rs to the result, for / knew they could
only come, at the most. two abreast, and was
good with pistol at 60 yards for the size of
mans palm of the hand every shot.
l know they were up to a. m. right on the
shore OF the swamp; then all noises ceased for
nearly an hour. All of sudden the same
voice sang ont: do you see anything of
him?" No." came back the answer from some
place east of me at considerable distance.
/ could judge that they had sent three of their
number around on the borders of the swamp
east of me TO see if / had come out, which
felt certain they could tell easily, for look at
the water in the vicinity of the hummoek was
on looked roily yet i heard them shouting
to each other occasionally, until about p M,
after which hour everything slent.-JUD-
SON KNIGHT, Washington, ID. c.
ITO be contiRued)