The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-18
\ QUICKsAND EPISODE.

From the Detroit Free Press.
The man had refused 70 take drink
| and had also declined tobacco in any
form; he had even refrained from pro
family. when the occasion would have
excused it, and when everybody else
had had an adventure to relate, he was
silent. it was not strange, then, when
he left the smoker, that the drummer
should turn 20 the only man there who
knew his name and plumply asks
who's your friend?'
"Him?" was the reply: him? Don't
You know him?"
''Of course don't; could say he was
a preacher, though, Judging from his
mildness and his morsIity."
The other man haw-hawed like mule
in a meadow wy" ne said, hes an
Injin fighter, or was, ct least, when
there was enough Of II in the west TO
be called fighting. lie was corker,
too
HE don't look II, " asserted the drum
mer. Have You got any afidavitsY'
That's ali right, said the fighters
friend, but let rpe tell you what he
done one time, and if you don't believe
me you tell him what q fine lie told
you and see what happens"
go on with tho story" replied the
drummer.
We'll, once him and me had camp
ont along the banks 81 the Missouri
where it's wild and woollr, and Injins
were as thick as blackberries in August.
I never had much liking for the red
devils, but wasn't afraid as long "a
was with him, for they were a. scared
Of him as Of pizen, and wouldn't poster
him unless they had a whole band %
put on his trail Our camp was located
in a sort of swale IN the river bottom.
and there was ulire and quicksand all
around II, except IN one place, where,
ii you lHnoved the wa. you could get
IN without much trouble. Vel, one
day he went OF up the river. leaving
me IN charge OF the camp. and telling
me 70 lay low, for there was signs OF
Injins around, and Il anything hap
pened for ne 70 let OF tv-o-pound
charge q powder we had loaded ia
boiler log, 90 a. 70 give him waning,
as ne would not be very far OF Moth
ing happened until about o clock IN
the afternoon. when about half a mile
of saw him coming sfoOt with q dozen
or more Injius ciose On his heels and
yelling worse than an election night
hulIabzloc. 7 was only a boz II them
days and didn't know Jus: what q
do, but I had confidence IA MIN aud
] got out M gan and revo.ye-s
and waited for ny chance 20 coule IN
The Injlns ciGu't lruogs where our camp
was, and they didn't seem % know
what kind of ground az between
where j. was and where lie Zzs ruCusa'
along a. ths foot q the last bug 5e-
fore the soft bottom was reached
They didn't do any shootin' To- they
wanted % eaten hIrn alive and have
fun with hi1 after the Iu5.a fzsk4la-
he had his gun but wasn't dong any
sEooti1'. and rec<oned so-rs thi-z had
got he matter with - When hey
first struck The lo~ ground zsaat tArc=
hundred ards behiuf "a trey s~eTs
sure tasv would get h.1a art :asy
throwed their syuEs down and 80 taess-
selves co. Then he beT1a r-1@-1'
queer and ziTzag. and -80~sl BE- vsas .
looking Tor ~ strip % har- Frp-f1 .
ia: led over % Nc camp. IaeT cscnt
know that. tho1gh- ane svhgn be- stTgc<
81 and stzrtel OTe-- - EAa qaaTtzr-a' !
- them. zld taeF So up s--1 yell 1
zr6 cz- ARCS lhss Bottom - ae2d Esza .
Or Taa: VA BAD 1~l re fg- then. 4
l7r oeEore they had gaue $50 hundred |
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