The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-01

| but IN shout five minutes after Lu0e
| and his comrade disappeared over tho
| hill Luce's horse came racing down
again, and the packers thought they
saw something wet and red staining
| the saddle. The two packers retreat.
ed hastily TO Alma When Myers
back, both arms were in the posture.
frozen there by death, of man in the
| act of firing rife Near by were the
dead body and dead horse of Lrce's
comrade. The Indian scouts pointed
| out the spots where the hostiles con-
| cealed themselves, and where. with
| guns on a rest, they murdered the two
men from Q distance OF not over ten
yards
| The succeeding morning. Friday,
dawned a glorious day Be- this time
Myers had become quite sensible that
scouting was not all gauoping aud
waving of sabers. and was beginning
| 20 possess a reasonable doubt con-
/ corning the absolute correctness o,
/ the famous illustration in the library
| book Of Custer and the Seventh cav
airy.
This days march was not over very
rough country in the beginning. bo.
the country became rougher a. the
march grew longer. Abour noon,
probably for incoming halt, horses
were unsaddled and dinners ordered
cooked when the command reached
the bottom OF deep and narrow
canyon The surrounding hills Of the
cany on-called Diablo canyon. in the
black mountains Of New Mexico-were
at lowest FIVE hundred feet high, and
the easterly hills, IN which direction
the trail was running. were the
steepest in point OF incline. and the
rough hest in point OF rocks Dividing
the narrow bottom of the canyon, which
was not more than one hundred aud
city Va rds in width. a clear. ice-cold
stream of water flowed, trending
southwesterly. There was excellent
grass on the westerly hillsideS
Orders were given that, as soon as
they got little TO eat, certain Indian
scouts should be sent up the easterly
hills to the summit towards the
hostile trail 10 guard against sur
prise. and the tired horses were scarce
" unsaddled and herds scarcely out
before few scouts, fed quickly, be-
gan TO climb the steep easterly slopes
in the meantime troops and packers
cooks were busy preparing dinners.
and troopers. packers and oficers
were scattered here and there. Two
officers. one the squadron commander,
were tempted by the beautiful stream
60 seize the opportunity of n bath
Everything looked peaceful, and nc
one had reason TO believe that immin-
emit danger was lurking.
Suddenly. by the time the foremost
scout had scaled the sxsterly summit.
. rifle shot WAS heard, followed by
second. aud Immediately by other
shots in rapid succession. The tall
Jersey lieut. cnant. lying down at tho
time on the east side of the stream.
towards the firing, wzs the senior Off
Ger present The men were scattered.
mainly on the west side of the brook.
Getting on his feet, the Lieutenant
called out; Get your carbines. men:
come this way" There was con-
fused murmur among some OF the moro
distant troopers abou: getting 10 tha
horses" Let the horses aloner'
shouted the lieute nant Get your
carbines; como tbs way" And. at
first all alone. he started up the east
erly hills toward the firing. and from
which bullets were now pouring down,
There was no chance TO form anyI
thing like . line of battle. Troopers
ieaped across the stream and followed
rs best they could their intrepid leader.
Myers was among the more distant
troopers down stream, but he and old
Sergt- Atkinson, of his troop. and sew
eral others OF the same troop, were
among the first TO respond TO the call
IL was stiff and hard climbing Start
Ing at double time. men soon lost their
wind, and were painting and struggling
o yer the entire hiilside. The lisutcn-
ant realizing this, shouted: Rush
from ledge 10 lie dgc Of the rocks, meni
Stop under each ledge and get BREATH
Take all the cover you cam And in
this way the advance moved forward.
Seventeen soldiers all told, formed
the frst line when the summit was
reached, and there found that the
had fed. Bravny Private
Lawler, OF troop, WA probably tho
first man up. bat the others came,
quickly enough-hcGr-avy (the Wild
Sergts. Atkinson and Walk
er. and the other brave men-and with.
them was little Myers, one OF the sew
cnteen United States soldiers ia Ia,
front rank. who caused the only defeat
during the entire campaign tina, GER
onimo ever suffered from regular sol
diers, not 20 mention the fact that this
time, and this time only. Geronimo's
entire band were al together. and not
get separated
Tho gallant Jersey Lieutenant. now
Mt last captain by slow hnsaI promo
ton, has not jet received his media 90
honor. but be deserves one. Perhaps
Private Myers deserve. one also. -H~r.
per's Weekly.
Cardinal Rich~lieu WAS cratic
from childhood lie was once under
restraint for teDporagy nad nesA