Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-03-03
HIS LOST NERVE RnrupNED.
An Incident Of the Banaock Indian
outbreak---Con Tstro Relates an
Occurrence ON Little camas.

Occurrence ON Little Camas.
Fren The Idaho Democrat
IL was in August, 1878. At about 5
o'clock p. IN. one day Of that month
Con Tatro. proprietor OF the line be-
tween Rocky Bar and Boise. was bowl
ing along with HE four horse stage on
the divide separating Little camas
prairie and Dixie station. There was
but one passenger, Frank Allen, and
both men were armed each with car
bine and revolver and belted with cart
ridges--for Buffalo Horn aud his war
riors had just declared hostilities by /
raiding the cattle camps on Camas
and shooting and badly wounding two |
men, and had started on their famous
swaop OF pillage aud murder. At one
point in the road the stage struck the
broad trail made by Buffalo Horn and
his band in crossing. IL was fresh
enough TO make the men feel uncom-
Portable. The dust raised by the cross
ing column still hung over tho land
seape. Tatro pulled up. got of the
box. and critically examined the trail
for a considerable distance up and
! down the road, and among the tracks
made by the horses the Indians had
stolen he saw those OF one OF his own
which he easily recognized by the PEI
culiarity of the shoes worn. He then
|. 4 A 4. tartxr
ahead turned TO his only passenger,
who occupied the front with him, and
said: Frank, we are in great danger.
We may or may not get through alive.
The chances are that the red devils
have looted the next station, killed the
hostler, and are lying 10 wait Tor our
: scalps. Will you stay when the trouble
J, commencesf Great God, man! why
. what's the matterY"
Allen was white as death. His
breath seemed 10 have forsaken him
n He could not speak, and he nervously
4 ciutched Tatro's arm with one hand
and his carbine with the other. There
n he sat, rigid as IL carved in stone
u Tatro believed his companion had beer
stricken with some suddenly fatal dis
l. ease or was dying OF fright. He knew
- Allen but had never seen him tried
10 and whether from fright or other cans
> the paralyzed man would prove sc
:, rious drawback should time Tor &C
7" ton arrive. How could he make an
kind of a stand with a helpless ma
y and his teams on his handsf Will
a. this was flashing through his mind,
CT dust appeared three or four hundre
IN wards ahead, and there filed into Oh
road a small band OF Indians, circle
Ne and punched in consultation. Tatr'
az who Of course had refined in, counte
- one. two, three, four, and on up TO
~ Seventeen indiana, splendidly mou
- ted. well armed and painted Tor wa
H Seventeen murderoas demons, thrs
ng ing for blood, and one white man hol
be ing his team in the road, within ~
-ly range, revolving in his thi obbing bra
TO how he should receive the charge IN
he felt sure was TO shortly come. ~
mr. Indians were the rear guard or the Ia
mo OF the main body.
~ Now, everybody who knows hmm W.
n ~ knows that old 1atro packs around
Ine sloueh Of a nerve himself, aud "
I'll. mighty shitty in those days--and
OF vet. Tor hat nlalter-in any busins
tic that might have been called up
let consideration. Rus the condition
things then confronting him. bodi
mr. more serious r.aalls than he had e
arv before been threatened with, Fonewi
staggered him. His nerve did
:. leave him, but his hair tried to.
'ias saws his hat raised six inches, and
knowledges that he felt curious.
yea wheel about and run would have b
cen as fatal as 10 face the music.
'at- But as not infrequentiy does in en-
and gencies the unexpected hap en-
Frank Allen recovered himself.
,eb- sight of the Indians had brought
ali back. The breath which had all
~ time been unable 10 escape by
49, contraction OF his throat, was sndde
'no exhaled with whistle not unlike
R. of dying bullock in slaughter
and catching another, he braced
soci- self and with a look of determina'
o. in his eyes, roared out to Tatro.
one aBy -. pard. I'm with you'll
i all am eomef"
and Tatro could not have been n
agreeably surprised had he awake
". IRON sleep and found himself
heaven, and he felt like hugging
aick passenger. lie knew then thai
man Was dead game, and with b.
show they could make good !
'o'so' HE hair limbered up and let hss
ium. fall back 10 place, and THROWN
per the brake he whirled off the road
Sing soon had team and wagon sn
banked In a thick patch OF willow
ca another Instant he and Allen
sting .yns - wagon and horses with
in hand and prepared for the exp
ually 6aht. Allen nearly cried becan
' mo- was not allowed to open fire OF
still undemonstrative enemy, ant
with difficulty restrained.
nassa But the attack never came, attn
MI be the Indians had seen the TWO '
I'D oil and knew where they had oa
Whether the red devils feared TO
4 son. the attack, knowing il would D
: the tain death TO not lew OF ths
'epart wne'ne. s" Ia ,;,ns and agai
friended many of the tribe,
rrived known; but whatever the ear
tx, 10 their nonhnslllity after little i
/ tenn consultation they started oil al q
,alley. gait over the hills and were SOC