Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-06
A WILD RIDE.


around uur campfire THAT was pilot
ing small party " Uncle SANS mon
up 10 one OF Che now forts o1 Oh. uupcr
Brnzos-l believe they called it Fort
Bolknap or some such name Tho solcri
was % precious 90 OF grclniorns-ilcW
recruits, should think
"Wyll tleo foIlowa vco undr che
command OF white sknAaA Flrli-h
looking Young CHAP ffe.1 from W'.t
Point But young nna ttc'n .' ho wa.
The Lieutenant WI. Eonuen.n ana 81.
heTt as good f"iio" o. ever hNoL
'i1' party was mounted on au'h nag.
a. tho qunrforn1..'r oua'd rWcha.' iIf
them 100 hWfy, i1r i1untl tn.I M'f'
Infantry ih' Journey l.I0l' ih'm wa
Zoo Ions t' n' undertaken niooi over Tn
grassy iiNH'
"semcely any on if' men bod orcs
before thrown Jog over h'Eatin, put th'
lieutenant know something about rld-
ing ucuoye me- siid no h'a b'o1
learned % where h' learned .Wyring
hnd after low days c'1lu ono hi. saddle
ana bear the iausao as We'll uH any olh
Texan.
ia boon down 70 Non Antonio about
three weeks, aud when the qunricrinas-
ter engaged mo 10 pilot the .ol'r
strawberry Ind had tho quiet range OF
tho prairie all that tins, and whnn We
took the trail hc was Ia primo order
The moro goi acquainted with Che
Lieutenant tho hCttCr liked him Hut
tho fellows ho had along with him vUra
Of no account and ] know n Tho Co
manchos or Kiowus should cross our
trail they couldn b. dcrondod on
I'VE Journoyod with tho Brnzus ON
our left and Ia n northwest direction
ull, altar about "a week or ga, we
reached tho hcadwaicrs II the Icon riv.
err and a. we'd discovered no signs Of
Indians ] was glad 20 think wo'd have
no occasion 70 Try tho fpunk Of our
grccnhorni IN q night
I'VE had reached tho foot ~ the
Black Hilis, whore the country Is badly
cut up with deep baunncas, crossing
each other IA every direction. and hay.
ing had hard days travel | proposed
mn early cafpp. While looking for "A suit.
able spot discovered fresh horso tracks
and know that largo party ~ Indians
woro In tho vicinity I Informed the
lieutenant Of my discovery and advised
him 10 sccrote his mon ~ soon a. posi-.
bic. for as yet was convinced our ap.
proaoh had Dot been detected
but ~ soon ~ tho men heard the
word Indians thoy set up such hur. |
rnh that you'd "a thought them the |
brnvost chaps In the world, and IL was /
not long before know that tho Indians |
had discovered us for We could hear |
them calling 20 each other In tho bottom
Of one Of the deep gulliCs aud presently /
score or two showed their heads above
the edge Of tho bank. and letting fly "a
vollcy lodged ont ~ sight again.
81 was for getting ont Of tho prairie
~ soon as possible and reaching q spot
among tho rocks ut tho commencement
OF tho rising ground. whore we could
receive Thorn ut bottcr advantage. but
the lieutenant was 30 greedy for 10 fight |
that no wouldn't listen 20 mo n moment |
and gave orders for his mon 10 di.mount
and form In regular limo and await the
attack
But scarcely had some Of thom
opvyud the order than we heard a yoll,
ana the next moment tho prairio was
covered win host OF mounted kio'
was thnt came pouring out Of u bar
Ianoa and charged right down upon us
Inc soJors who had not obcyod tho or |
ger trusting more 10 their horses heels |
imam TO thoir riiios' put spurs to their |
broken down nays and attempted 70 %. |
cape But they might NJ wei have os' |
thyod 70 ny from tho switt tornado ~
70 gvt Beyond tho reach on those wild
flu,r| A part on the whooping Hnvngos
made dnsh Tor tho cowmdly fools and
soon hAd thoir scnlrs' while tho rest,
ranging p''st MS with hoadlong gullop
ana lying over upon the farther side OF
inc h'ry ll''lo mustangs scnt volloy
INTO our ranks Ana now taking my
hdNlo'' th' u'ntohAht ordered h's follows
20 tolnouht ana IN close order mako nm
euoit 20 gam th' rocks but TWO on tho
mon W,ro past mounting ana wo had 70
leave thsm,
No hHl ABOUT hali milo To go 70
got among mo nearest rocks but TO do
90 Wo haa To run the ganilet OF tho In
dlhns, VINO Kept mp hot discharge
when ihhdo desperate work IN uur lit
Tie ranks Wo spurred through the saw
ages, who attempted 20 cut IN ahend Of
us, and with our sahcrs and royolyors
Aupt tue 'rAok olcT tlll Wo hah reached
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600 ta ,as,n = ga,noa ,ho . , however