The Princeton union., 1894-07-26
Alone Among Savases.

became so frightened. fearing others wonld
Gonaa come, that that we left the building and wan
lind sol some way Of crossing; but finding none
we on,n sat e down in a clpmp Of bushes, not
atafing ttis t TO- GO 90 gut on the open prairie All
ssetons, as Wabasha had said, who were do
ing the killing for as yet had not recog-
WfS aRy OF the wer bands among those
sSettirg when I saw, an indian whom I
6y It proved pt to be sowata one whe yhe
had ha1 Of often been to our house asking. favors.
ana hnd tent to Tho bqt little while before we
self known, telling him n how @ hungry ;s TIE tie
iaHe sad ana Sst hsf M e him vSe @ hSd d
had not escaped from the agency had been
killed, but he did not say by whom: I
that there had been battle and he might
have been killed. but he did not tell me
that it was with the white soldiers they had
lzantons and Wacoutas) were in camp Just
below the agency, and he was going back
there. I asked him if he would protect
could but feared the warriors would kill
u.s. Still thin thinking that the lower bands
to thus us and that they
stay there We accompanied Il Elm NO to the the
stead stead Of meeting friends, sSi as 81 Supposed @ we we
would, there were only sullen and angry
faces on all sides. Everywhere, were piles
the Indians were angrily discussing their
ownership. I then realized that those we
had relied on as friends were our enemies.
chilli en- but she did not pretend to hear
me- Seeing an Indian leading one Of our
aoEses by the brd went to him and
eften fed his family, but he said he did not
eW betsr by eenr about out o fRe Re ha ha
would be killed, asked him if he knew
Of any place ;a. where we ve could go and b., be
river; it is better to drown than be to1na-
haMked." looked in vain among all that
excited assemblage for one friendly face.
Saved by wacouta.
Feeling sure that we would receive scart
mercy il we remained, I determined to creep
silently out and hide in the grass till the
Indians should remove, or perhaps I could
ffcgether. I had scarcely resolved to do SO
when I saw Wacouta, the chief who had
lived nearest us, approaching as If he were
him and asked his protection. He said:
Come with me. You are In danger here:
Lifting my little boy in his arms he rapidly
ea the way out OF e. mp we aae
small box Of figs and then left, locking
the OOOr IfOm the OUTSIDE. aHSelluS MO.
mentarily secure tried to hush the fright
ened children, giving them the figs to eat,
as they had eaten nothing since morning.
They then knelt down and said their even
ing prayers, and drawing close to me in the
darkness were soon sleeping the innocent
sleep of childhood,
Wacouta had assured me that he was a
true friend of the whites and would save as
many as he could; but knew the warriors
would not be controlled by their chiefs:
Besides all else they had found plenty Of
liquor, and a drunken Indian was more to
be dreaded than tiger In the jungle. While
thus thinking was alarmed to hear some
one trying to unfasten the door, and hearing
women's voices I discerned that Of Miss
and entered, and I was surprised to see
both Miss Williams and Mary Anderson,
with two Indians Who had "a Just brought
to tell me that she had been shot in the
back. She was in great pain and appre-
hensive of immediate death. In a few mo-
ments the negro Godfrey brought In Mary
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