Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02

ball, and holding his knife in his left
 hand made furious stroke. at his assa' |
 ants throat. But Frank. keen of eve
 and supple as leopard, caught the
 tawny wrist half way, jerked the knife
 from its owners grasp and drove it uI
 to the hilt in his heart.
 The main body of Indians now wheeled
 about and came back on their tracks
 hoping to wipe out sthe two foremost | pursuers before the. others could come
 up. Once again they'were too late. We
 though nearly breathleSs from running
 reached our own men Jas soon as they,
 and fierce but short lived conflict en-
 sued.
 Several of us received ugly wounds 1 my own cheek was cut open and bears
 the scar to this dayE-but none of us was
 disabled, and whenl the. Indians finally | plunged inoo the cat:yoH they numbered
 only 14-9G being left tdead upon the | plain.
 Right smart of ;s scEmmage. warn't it, cap:" said John Wells. a big Ken. l tuckian who had fought liko a hero, as 1 we turned toward camp.
 l "I should say so, John, .and 1 never saw green hands lmale such a good"- 1 He stoppeNin theLmidlle off Qiis, sentence, | for at that moment, floating down the soft breeze. there re:aounded n scream of terror. then another, and another-the last suddenly mufflett4 then silence! My God. men, tho. women. The wonl- enr' shouted Secord -sdarting away like a madman. the whole Ehorrified party fol- lowing. As we ran straight in a limo and at top speed. weAcould see nothing but the canvas TO ofst of the corralled wagons ghstening ilatlbe moonlight But what wasEbeyond?
 It took ithe slowGSt of us perhaps a minute to cover thoS c 300, yards, but Carson and Austin again outran the crowd, even the halftfrantic Sccord not being able to keepupwith them. When these two got far enough around theco ral to see what lay lon the, other side, both uttered cries of rage, and WIG. on hurrying up, at oncesaw the cause. Out on the plain. .Ialreadyi halfsa mile away and pressingttheir ponies Ito the utmost, rode smallt tband of Indians Jseemingly 10 or 12 in nJmber-andEthe 1.-two young women were gone!
 Carson twas thundeEStIuck "Outwit- ted by these miserable%skunks at last" |" he bitterly'moaned.
 As for thet young khusband and his friendE Frank Ithey were like men bereft of reason, andAthe formerk literally tore his hair in theN extremity \ of grief and impotent anger,
 We afterwarta learned Jthat this little band under tho subchief, Lone Wolf, and led by thatNwarrior !in person, had been canEped or the bank of a stream a mile or solfromjus. and kearingiour first volley hadiridden down to the wagons, but seeinGthow the fight was going had not dared ito take part lin it nor even waste time meinEetting atiour'horses, con- tenting themselves by carrying off the women, whomJthey fou:ld standing out side the c01'raltlistening to the sounds of battle.
 Almost'in aIInoment KitfCarson was himself again 4and theman'sisternly set, calmfface wasla perfect study as he is sued his clear, ,incisive orlers:
 You four men, Wells.t tSecord, Aus tin and Wilkinson. will saddle up, reload rifles and rovolvers. take fvater bottles and three pounds each fof hardtack along andEstart with mo inttive minutes. You other(14 men will stayfright here for two days-if we don't return sooner and keep the stock alive at all haz- ards
 Those whipped -Ara ches will hardly attack again, but you'd be%ter stick to camp as close as possible. If We don't get back by the n.orning of the third day. you'll know we've gone under. Then push ahead to rsttmilitar~f post and get q new guide. All! ready, men? Then mount Tho reds are making for tho mountains. ard we've got ! Long chase be- fore IS. Good by. boys'-sand before the five minutes were uD Kit slnI his com rades had GallOped away.
 The savages wereitwO miles ahead and were double the number of their pUrsu- CTS. but we knew tlEl5 the latter would rescue the captives or die in the attempt.
 Carson was hostNin himself, andywe had little fear of the&resr1t. The fonly question was, CoSlld tour eastern bred horses run down the tough Indian ponies and do it in time? Fo-Fit was a matter Of vital ilnportano' 10 the well being of the women that their brutal captors. should not be permitted tothaltSor even, half hour
 We who were left watched our five gallant comrades untillthcy were lost in the distance and then prepared to pass the remainder of the night, ,oCtrather the llIS SI 1OIIS OI tLlG 1lOIlIl 4l1f ODldlIluN much needed rest. Feeling certain that. the ambushed Indians would not again molest us unless themselves re-cnforced. we agreed to keep guard turn and turn about. one man att a time, while the others slept. On drawing lots the first watch happened to faYl to me, and with my rifle on my lap seated myself in a position; commandingta clear view to the edge of the canyon.
 l had not been 10l minutes on duty when tlle loud snoringtof my tired com panions proved that they were already buried in profound slumber, and smiled to think how easily men become famil-. iarized to danger. It was now past 2: o'clock. The days were at their longest, and the sun would fise at 20 minutes. past 4. As it would be nearly daylight at the expiration of my watch, I deter. mined not to disturb the fellows at all, but to let them sleep until they should awake of their own accord. One of them an embryo surgeon-had put a couple. of stitches in my cut cheek, and the, wound was painful enough, I thought to drive away all drowsiness.
 By and by, as l sat comfortably on one of the wagon poles, that peculiar dark ness which precedes the dawn came over the landscape, and l congratulated my self on feeling so alert and wide awake!
 Only moment afterward, as it seemed to me, looked around in positive af- fright. I could have sworn that had never closed my eyes, and yet the sun was now above the horizon!
 Stranger still, every last one of the l fallen Indians had been carried awayl L had slept on my post with vengeance. and doubtless nothing but the fear of n possible interruption in their supposed l