The Penn's Grove record., 1894-11-09

your horses. This instant you hear
our first volley dash like lightning
through the pass.
'YouT seq tle woman tied mp clos,
to the rocks on the left Of the pass az
o go out. Two of you, appointed be-
forehand, must snatch her up and fly
back, while the other eight join in the
fight. 1t won't last ten minutes, for
there's not a band of Indians ON the
plains that will stand that long when
unexpectedly attacked at night on both
sides at once. And now" concluded
the intrepid md experienced Carson,
''we may rest for a few hours in abso-
Lutte security"
Al midnight Carson and his selected
party left So stealthily that some Of us
who were doing did not notice theu
departure.
! Precisely at /, Lount having
previously let us draw lots to determine
wko should accompany him, directed
the mount. Both young Alec Fraser
and myself we're of this number. The
whole ten of us, silent as statues, sat
motioniess for some time in oui
saddles.
We were armed withpercussion lock
muzzle leaders Each man carried,
besides his belt knife, q heavy Colt's
revolver.
At last. when nearly a half hour had
gone by, the old guide whispered:
"All goes well, boys. If the redskins
have no dogs along, Carson'n surprise
them"
He had hardly spoken when ont upon
the night air rang a volley Of rifle
shots, and simultaneously from the
indian camp rose q pandemonium Of
yells and shrieks.
"Ride, meni ridei" cried Lount.
The corral keepers whirled n Of the
encamping wagons aside, and We flew
into the pass five abreast.
As we Numbered headlong over its
200 yards of length Lount hurriedly
added: fYou two, Prescott and Ad-
ANS, seize the prisoner. You others
follow me, and, boys, don't throw .
bullet away"
The next instant we flashed out
upon the Apaches' camping ground
and Immediately caught sight of the
captive. She was sitting with her
back to us, bound to a spear shat
driven into the earth. Never drawip3
| rein we dashed past her, leaving Pres
! colt and Adams. We spurred on whera
a fight was raging q hundred yards t,
the west.
The savages, ready to fly when q
score of warriors failed to rise alter
the rife volley, had now correctly es.
timated the number of their assailant5
j End were raliyiny. Most were on foot,
but soma had scrambled to their ponies
bareback. just as we came out upon
/ them / saw two mounted braves chargi
furiously down with leveled lances on
! Carson. Before either came within
striking distance the unerring MARK,
man had fred twice, lightning like,
and both fell.
; They never noted our approach, and
when We fred upon their rear tha
whole body broke and fed.
Then Carsou's voice, no longer soft
AMI low. but rinring CIT tr.
soned, rosa ABOVE Tis Gsn: "ssolf
your guns and pistolsi Follow api"
/ We eight men hal aimed only OF
the Six ponies in the melee and we mad
orougnt them down, 10 that among tie
rush of flying sayagss thsrs was mob
now q single mounted man.
1t was q whtsace. We did not in.
tend a second ambuscade to be set for
us. 1t took us only ten seconds to re-
charge our rifles, then we dashed or
Carson, who carried two magnificent
revo,vers, joining us and leaving his
patty to reload.
The sixty-fve Apaches were strain
ing every nerve to reach the shelter OF
the dart ~ravine, and as they had but
one mile to cover it seemed possible
that we might not oyertake them.
Carson, Lount and Scott, superbly
mounted, gained on them and came
within half rife shot, while the other
six of us were still $50 yards in tls
rear. Suddenly. seeing only thrsa
were close upon them, q dozen wGr-
riors turned and delivered their fire.
Scott fell, and his trained horse CAME
to u dead stop. In the hope Of seestr.
ing at least n scalp, the braves rushed
up with tomahawks and knives. As wa
pressed forward We could see in tina
brilliant moonlight, close on each sidi
of the riderless horse, Carson on thu
right and Lount on tine left-the two
veteran plainsmen sitting calmly ii
their saddles awaiting the onset. Wa
did ho5x ahr discharge our rifles for
fear of j 3akel sssdsfE-
CARSON MOI id calmly: "The',
pieces are jam. Wait till they
almost touchk% ericil
The ApachdI n, ding the whites dill
not fire, evideA ~ supposed that the:
.'shoot-all-da1 guns. were nc,
loaded. Withfwertant yeIIs they can't
Fecklessly on. Somy had reached within
fifteen feet oft*, Empassive horsemep,
when six shotsAR rapidly discharged
that the reportHs' one oyerlapped tia
other, bla1sd ouS ! as many bravs'
Then, before thelremaining six coull
turn and run, Carson, giving way to a
fit of rage, drove the spurs into his
horses TANKS, and, with an appalling
shout, fairly rode two OF the miscreants
down and the others skurried away,
but our rifles finished them.
The twenty men who had been left
behind to reload rejoined us here for
the.pursuit, but Carson put up his re.
~yolvers. "That will do, boys. The
reds have got their lesson"
All this, which has taken SO long to
tel, occupied scarce q minute in the
doing. We found Scott with but a
ecalp wound, and we set off back to the
Indian camp = jolly party.
Scattered over the ground we found
blankets. buffalo robes, deer skins.
prairie wolf pelts, war clubs, bows and
arrows and spears, Twenty sets Of
these weapons still lay by the warriors
elain by the opening rife volley. Near
at hand were tethered more than ahun-
bred ponies.
Then we set OF or the corral. This
approach, the TX, the rescue, the