Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-11-14

your nOISeS. LIS lust9hs sou AShh
our first voiley dash like lightning
through the pass.
"YouIl see the woman tied up clos,
to the rocks on the left of the pass as
you go ont. Two of you, appointed be.
forehand, must snatch her up and fly
back, while the other eight join in the
fight. 1t won't last ten minutes, for
there's not band of Indians on the
plains that will stand that long when
Unexpectedly attacked Mt night on both
sides at once. And now," concluded
the intrepid and experienced Carson,
eve may rest for few hours in abso-
lutte security"
AT midnig gh. Carson and his selected
party left So steaith;ly that some of US
who were doing did not notice theu
departure.
Precisely ct I, Lount havias
previously let us draw lots to determine
wLo should accompany him, directed
the mount. Both young Alec Fraser
and myself were of this number. The
whole ten of US, silent as statues, sat
motionIess for some time in our
saddles.
We were armed with percussion lock
muzzle leaders. Each man carried,
besides his belt knife, heavy Colts
revolver.
At last, when nearly half hour HAD
gone by, the old guide whispered: !:
Gan goes well, boys. If the redskins
have no dogs along, Carson'n surprise
them"
He had hardly spoken when out upon
the night air rang volley of rifle
shots, and simultaneously from the
Indian camp rose pandemonium Of
yells and shrieks.
"Ride, men! 1idel" cried Lount.
The corral keepers whirled one of tha
encamping wagons aside, and We flew
into the pass five abreast.
As We thundered headlong over it:
900 yards of length Lount hurriedly
added: "You two, Prescott and Adj
ans, seize the prisoner. You others
follow me, and, boys, don't tLtow q
bullet away"
The next instant we flashed OFT
upon the Apaches' canpins ground
and Immediately caught signt OF tha
captive. She was sitting with her
back to us, bound to spear shat
driven into the earth. Never drawn !;
rein we dashed past her, leaving Pres
colt and Adams. We spurred on whe j
a fight was raging hundred yards t,
the west.
The savages, ready to fly when q
score of warriors failed to rise at {
the rifle volley, had now correctly es.
timated the number of their assailarti
AMI were rallyin;. Most were on foot,
bat some had scrl:n oled to their ponies
bareback. just as we came out upon
them 1 saw two mounted braves charg3
furiously down with leveled iances on
Carson. Before eithar came within
striking distance the unsrring merls-
man had fired twice, lightning like,
and both fell.
They never noted our approach, nn !
when we fired upon their rear tn:
whole body broke and fled.
Then Carson's voice, no longer so't
AMI low, but rin-ing :rt trT.,.-t
.olad, rose ,oy5 .Il I'll: "I.,5I'
yoIr guns an pistols! Follow up!"
We eight men had aimed only at
tue SIA IDDu.So III tIS IleIee All w utiJ
orougnt them down, so that among tl.e
,ush OF flying sivaSes there was mes
now q single mounted man.
1t was a Wild race. We did not in
tend n second ambuscade to be set fox
is. 1t took us only ten seconds to re-
,hGrge our rifles, then we dashed Off
Carson, who carried two magnificent
joining Us and leaving h }
party to reload.
The sixty-fve Apaches were straia-
ing every nerve to reach the shelter Z
tas ds-l. rav.ne, ~. as they had prlt
one mile to cover it seemed possible
that we might not oyertake them.
Carson, Lount and Scott, superbiy
gained on them and came
within hllf rifle shot, while the other
six of us were still 15J yards in tia
rear. Suddenly, seeing only thrca
were close upon them, Il dozen W.
riors turnel AMI delivered their fire.
Scott fell, and his trained horse came
to dead stop. In the hope OF seclr-
ing at least one scalp, the braves rusha
up with tomahawks and knives. IS va
pressed torwa~i we could see in ths
brilliant moonlight, cl, sc on each sid
of the rilerless horse, Carson on thi
right and Lount on the Left the tw1
veteran plainsmen sitting calmly ii
their saddles awaiting the onset. vi
did not dare to discharge our rifles tor
fear of hitting our leaders.
Carson had said calmly: "rl,e';
pieces are empty, Sam. Wait till tns.'
almost touch us.
The Apaches, finding the whites d
not fire, evidently supposed that thei.
"shoot-a ll-day little guns" were ri
loaded. With exultsnt yells they c..mi
on. They had reached withia
fifteen feet of the impassive horsemen,
when six shots, go rapidly discharge
that the report of one overlapped TIA
other, blazed out and as many braves
went down.
Then, before the remaining six coul I
turn and run, Carson, giving way to 4
fit of rage, drove the spurs into his
horses TANKS, and, with an appalling
shout, fairly rode two of the miscreanti
do wn and the others skurried away,
but orr rifles finished them.
The twenty mel who had been let
oehind to reload rejoined us here for
the pursuit, but Carson put up his re:
volvers. "That will do, boys. The
reds have got their lesson"
All this, which has taken so long to
tell, occupied scarce a minute in the
doing. We found Scott with but
scalp wound, and We set off back to the
Indian camp jolly party.
Scattered over the ground we founl
blankets, buffalo robes, deer skins,
prairie wolf pelts, war clubs, bows and
arrows and spears. Twenty sets o!
these weapons still lay by the warrior,
slain by the opening rifle volley. Near
ut hand were tethered more than hun
dred ponies.
Then we set out for the corral. The
approach, the attack, the rescue, the
'kirmish, the pursuit, the destruction