The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-26

o"t TOT signs "A Sioux Ipdian- NJ
know. beats the world for sneaking q
wagon train He don't follow M q
crawl like other Indians He to<
"head 10 meet you. aud then seems 4
rise right up out of the ground n n
tack.e you before you know whethe
you are on the prairie or in the queen
ornwing-room- We didn't see anythin
Out OF the ordinary till along in m
afternoon, when two more lines q
smoke appeared ahead instead OF -,
one side OF us, but each on AN opposi,,
side OF the range. which was narro,ye,
down close and not far from IN,
canycn. sensed j; that the Indians
mad gone ahead Of us during the dav
and were gathering - meet up a, ,
pass which judged must be between
the two ranges.
THAT night we camped close IN .
Dig height of rocks so as To guard on,
side. and after putting ont the ar..
moved half mile from the wagons 10
throw the Sioux OFF the track. Ma.
ioney stood guard, but the morning
came without any trouble and we
started on.
In the middle of the day we got
righi into the geyser country. and |
'eii you IT was sight. The first
geyser we saw was what they now call
va FAITHFUL. but which the professor
named the Abe Lincoln. 1t was run
ning then all the time instead Of at in
tervals as now shooting the hot water
high IN the ART seemed like a mile
ana scattering it all around the lava
oasin. All around the ground was
torn and broken until it looked like
the devils own home. The poor Brule
Tell on his knees and crossed himself.
while the rest of us stood around and
listened to lecture from the professor
we stood there maybe ten minutes
when there came 'zim, <im.'
Drop to the ground yelled, face
down
Down they dropped and then came
another 'zim' and no more Good God,'
says ! TO the boys. were in for il now
How under the sun them Indians got
rifles don't krow. but / turned pale
right there when saw what shape the
light was going to take. There we
were in an open plat of ground and
nothing To prevent the swarm coming
Town on US, but for some reason they
iidn't come. and when we got to our
'eet and ready to fight not an Indian
vas in sight But that didn't stop US
rom being scared. The Brule kept
rossing himself until his buckskip
hirt was white from the marks of his |
myers. which had been buried in the
Ilkali dust The professor. l recollect,
aid:
Gourley, why didn't you tell Us
hese Indians had guns?
"'When you get back to Washington
ou ask the government where they
ot EN- says l.
He will never get back says Ma
oney.
That was about the talk. as near as
can recollect After waiting . half
our, may be, we got back on our hands
nd knees to the wagon, which we
,und all right because the shots
seemed to come from the other side of
Be range Then we held q council of
ar. and decided for the night to move
b into the opening Of the canyon,
here we could see another mound of
,cks which would protect US We
ere never considering how to get out
the cursed place. only thinking
bout q safe place to live from one
our to the other. Right alongside of
lese rocks we found two springs. one
nbbling hot water and the other cold !
Ice. Both springs are now dried out
hat was the toughest ont of good ,
any tough nights have spent We
pain put out the fires after picketing /
e horses a half mile away SO that +,
eir noise wouldn't bring the Sioux !
,wn on us. and there we lay close to-
'ther cursing our luck for ever CON-
< into such hell mint as that was
ID doubly cursing the government
ne Brulc moaned in broken French.
lille Maloney. who wanted some fun.
pit asking whether he wanted to be y
rboilcd with or without onions. The
ofessor. who knew nothing about In q
ans. tried to cheer US up by saying !.
1t maybe we had heard only chance \
pts Small chance for YOU 1 .
ought. III you hear any more h
Finally the morning broke, but it :,
,k a long while for daylight to get a
wn through the canyon after we b
nld see the light on the hilltops No o
dy had slept wink. but we did not a
IN tired; excitement. guess, kept d
awake, and some way or other we h
felt more cheerful though knowing II
1t the danger was ali the greater 81
III daylight had the same feeling d,
&c after that when in a three wceks- n
ming Indian fight in the Wolf noun h,
ms. 1t is kind of don't-care feeling pi
It grows on you in danger. o,
When the morning was fairly on We c.
on our rides, on which We had sa
n sleeping. and, after taking a d.
nix, began to think about break fast. e
vent over to the wagons, which l W
nd safe enough, and packed up some sc
Zee and canned stuff and some eggs b
ich we had brought packed in salt hi
cr . few more drinks, the Rrule
rmed up SO that he could cool. a
zen he reached the eggs. took EN- m
says what's the matter with boil Dc
them in this spring Of .hot water? W
~ all agreed, so ! dropped bucket ! |