The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-27

toned to be very careful about drawing a
a bead on any suspected object he might
/ see, as it frequently happened that stray
/ "friendliesn came into the camp very late
al night. About midnight the camp was
aroused by the report of rife shot.
Whats that ID fool Frenchman
/ been doing now7n was the testy exclama-
ton of Paul Mccormack, who was the
! captain Of the watch that night.
As il in ans wer 10 his question the re-
( port of the rifle was followed by a scat
/ tering volley, that came apparently from
all sides. The roar aroused every>man in
Indians! I" was the natural thought of
/ every one.
1t was Indians, too. Following the vol
( ley. the cook came rushing i'll, his rife
/ dragging on the ground and he nearly
scared to death.
/ He managed to articulate something
/ about Indians having shot at him. The
I, condition of his clothes confirmed this,
] for there were three bullet holes in them,
/ one passing through his hat and two per-
( forating his coat
There was no time for any explanation
/ or questioning of the Frenchman, Out
side all was uproar and confusion. Sud
! denly the whinnying of the horses, fol-
! lowed by the sounds Of galloping hoof-
1 beats, told the story that the Indians had
/ stampeded the stock.
RESISTING AN ATTACK.
every man to port-hole!' was the
/ hastily-given command. The order was
! quickly executed. Fortunately the night
| was clear, the moon still casting enough
! light TO distinguish objects quite dis
! tiuctly to some distance away. Far down
/ the river could be seen dark moving OBJ
I jects, which the men in the stockade
| rightly conjectured were their horses
being run off by the Indians. The yells
of the latter could be plainly heard.
Fearful of an ambuscade, none of the
men dared venture outside to ascertain
the extent of the depreciation, so the
night was passed in suspense. 1t was
/ learned from the krenehman that he had
seen an Indian lurking in the bushes near
the rivers edge. The fellow was skulk-
ing. The Frenchman claimed he hailed
him but got no reply. Just as he was
about TO call out to him again he heard a
rustling in the sage brush in the rear, and
| turning quickly, was just in time to see
another Indian in the act of posing tom
ahawk. To draw a bead and fire was the
work Of an instant. He says the Indian fell,
but he had no time for further obser-
/ walton, as the moment he fired the sage
| brush seemed suddenly to become alive
with redskins, aud bullets whistled by
him from all directions That was the
Z Il ECHEA man > uCNOuuL, anu IL was &c
cepted with a grain of salt by his listen
/ ers, They considered it more than likely
that he had become scared when he saw
n friendly and fired at him. with the
result Of drawing the FIRE Of all the other
| Indians in the vicinity, who had been
| lettering around for several days. This
was afterward found to be the case.
When daylight came some of the men
| yentured out, carefully on the lookout
I n ms he
coast apparently was clear. An examin-
alton Of the horses quarters was made,
| and 1t was found that three horses had
been overlooked in the rush of the STAN
! pede. These were taken into the stock
/ ade with the men, as much might depend
/ upon these horses in the near future. An
| examination was also made of the spot
! where the Erenchman claimed he had
\ shot the Indian. Blood was found and
| the impress of a body in the soft ground.
| The traders worst fears were then reali-
! zed. An Indian had been shot, perhaps
/ killed, and they knew that reprisal would
| follow Later in the day, after the men
] had made the best preparation possible
| TO resist attack, an Indian was seen APP
/ preaching, making overtures of peace
One OF the men, John Mccormack, went
! Mccormack returned, his face showing
that he had serious news TO impart.
81 Il. "TBNDERFooT's" RASH ACT.
sits as thought. That Did French,
man had no cause TO shoot last night. He
| killed Long Face, one of our best trends. -
! This was indeed the case. The French
man had become scared when he saw the
Indian approaching, and without a wore
/ fired at and killed him. There were
other Indians with Long Face, and il
| was these who fired at the guard. I'm
1 mediately after firing the Indians made &
rush for the stables of the traders anc
ran of the horses.
There was CONSERVATION among tn;
men ia the stockade when Mccormack
/ made his startling declaration.
a. 'An' what do the Reds want now
asked Zed Daniels.
j Him - said Mccormack, sententiously
j pointing to the Frenchman. .
/ well, by God, they won't get him p
said Daniels. He made a id foo
break in shooting but we're all liable Il
make mistakes, an the Intuns don't ri
| him unless they come in here and TAKE
| him, an afore they do that"--and a sig
nlicant tap on his rife finished his sen
tenee.
The others were of the same mind, ant
Mccormack went out and gave the 1ndial
I scout his answer. The fellow turned OF
his heels and walked rapidly OF, Will
. AlC1OEuldCh TRUTHFUL 10 Ll6 StOCkdQe.
Here was a serious condition Of affairs
Thirty-one men, with only fourteen guns
none too much ammunition and sur
rounded by sayages. Had they beef
weak or towards they might have savet
themselves by delivering over the French
man to the tortures of the Indians, blu
the men in that party were not made o
that sort OF stuff. They would either al
escape or die together. Besides, had tn
proposition of giving up the Frenchmai
even been entertained, there was no guar
1 anty that the Sioux would stick to thei
word. No, as Daniels declared, if tn
Reds wanted the Erenchman they mus
u come into the stOckade and get him.
For few days not sign of an Indiai
was seen, but this fact did not throw tn
men off their guard, but instead the,
maintained constant watch against sur
prise.
RUNNING SHORT OF PROVISIONS.
+ After two months of this enforcet
siege provisions ran short in the camp
The men had all been put on half ration:
a month before, but despite this Their
was not enough food to last anothe
fortnight, even by the exercise of tn
strictest. economy. Game was plentiful
, / all around tnem but so were Indians
The latter seldom showed themselves
seemingly content with an occasional ran
, dom shot at the little fortress, as if L
convince the whites that there was n
hope of escape for them. One mornin