The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22


the Two APaches were on foot in II
rear. was sitting inside the windo
reading book and John was next
the door. Wilson and McGinnIs we,
IN the lead, with McGinnIs right behir
wilson, and when they were 20 fe,
from the door ] told John to step IN III
doorway ard tell them to stop.
lie did so, and McGinnis. who W..
carrying his Winchester In both hand
ready to shoot and cycling the hous
very closely. fired at once. John So,
tag lodged 10 the side of the door an
me1innis missed him. Seeing WiIso
pull his pistol drove my shotgun thr,
the window and fred it, when both me
ien jumped to the door and fired a
Inc crowd at the gate, and one sin
struck AL Whitney on the neck, and h
howled like a calf.
LOOK my Winchester and charge,
them, hfing at Burke. AS he dlsapnear
ed behind the fence he fired in retnr,
ana got behind rock pile near the eate
wnere he fired again. l got close sho
DIT MIN that time, and he ran down m,
guich, under cover of the fence. like
JACK rabbit. | then turned nv attentior
10 the rest and shot Warren HIPS horse
wneh ne struck out for Sanger through
the brush on the hillside, and was last
seen on that day carrying a broom nm
mis- shoulder when passing Todis ranch
thinking 1t was a gun.
VIII Smith wheeled his horse IN 40.
cape and clasping his horse around rho
neck with both hands, put the spurs IN
MS hanks, and on the third Jump of the
Morse fell off, losing his gun, revolver
ana nat, and leading Warren Hill and
Al witty, established his reputation az
Splinter. The Indians ran for the rocL
PIE to the left which commanded tho
whole place and went to a big nine loo
tnat lay about 40 yards in front of them
ana about 30 feet from where McGinnis
iho wilson lay, with my back to them
here my early experience with the Tn.
lians won me the day, for whenever the
nadow of one Of the Apatches showed
p olazed away at him, and MI. Apache
lot caring to expose his head. pnt bis |
Jun up over the rock and shot at me
without taking aim.
n oaii made the bark fly by my side
nj looked quickly in the direction 90
'utke's hight to see If he was firing a,
ing range. Then turning saw the
pache's head moving slowly ont bv the
'eN 10 get shot at me and mad drawn
nne bead on him and was pressing the
lgger when ball struck me from hs
ND and missed converting Telon into
good Apache.
! was shot through the left eyebrow
ID turning quickly round saw Mc,1ir. {
$ working the lever of his gun t O shoot I
e again. worked mine and bringing =
quickly to my shoulder, shot him t
rough the head. The gun fell from /
hands, he quivered a moment ana
lay McGinnis climbed the golden t
lirs.
Following is Evans account of tha q
mt at Stone Corral:
'nink we were betrayed. I know b
"en now although thought at first
was mere accident their being A. a
CABIN. Now believe differently %
Ne left Fort Defiance on SATURDAY. v
10Th Of June, and the next morning a,
uaYiight went into camp on the hin W
out one mile south of the Widow par
$ mouse, eat breakfast, and then a.
Ut TO sleep under an oak tree. where W
could watch the surrounding conn. OF
we wokeup and eat our dinuer at tn
VI ana then watched The Perkins
Use TIL 8 o'clock p. IN.
proposed to Sontag that we 90 to
house after dark, get our horses and II
ana drive out to the main road. He
i'ed that there was treachery at that
&c and that he had been shot ar in -
cart once and that he would not ~
in 1t any more. on
Is words were prophetic. | told him
DIS easier riding than walking. and -.
IL we were fired on and badly burt 49,
Quiz De almost impossible to get
10 camp. He insisted on walking s
SO that we might reach Visalia in
10 go to bed and sleep before dav. -.
y we started at once and took the 49,
tnat came out of the hills near the
q. We carried a shotgun and RIA
&C. intending to hide two Iof them .as
'atterson's grain. But as we an.
ched the house we saw the manure n
little straw where an old barn Az.
S'oou' out which had been torn H.,
ana removed, and l walked rapid. o
IL TO see If we could put the ppps o.
% mat we could iind them handily 9th,
we could come back some other a.
, do F.
uown with my right side toward ,ot
ouse and unstrapped my shotgun "
'oKed into the straw. There was an,
btn,,,r "eA' 10 me, and | schn
- .o'er up the guns deta
bullet struck me in the right drr,,
nd went through my back, graz nh
spine 1t hit me like a sledge folio
!, e moment bullet No 2
IN the right eye, destroying the Post
,,.,, Fara
w,nahs "y iisn' nand slipped Hugh
nj, u'dwing the ham Falls
,r'ly back and discharging the Post
nough did not know it at the TIL,
fion ,