The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-10-02
THE OLD PONY EXPRESS.
Buffalo Bill Tells His Exciting
Adventures as a Mail Carrier.

tell you couple more anecdotes.
"The first will be about Indians, ant
of time when the redskin depreda
tions in the neighhOrhood If several o
the cNplcss station, RicW " be Sc
bad iL,u for period the express hat
to Suspend business, and cvcn III,
stages were run only occasionally.
"These occasional trips were full o
danger Ii ta.vIy nappencd that The
stage escaped without at least al
attack At last came day when
several hundred Sioux fell upon &
coach between Split Rock aud Thrc,
Crossings, killed the driver and tv {
passengers, badly wounded the assist.
ant division agent, Lew Flowers, and
made away with all tho valuables they
could fluid
Then we express drivers sworc
revenge. We banded together 10
hunt the murderOus Sioux OUT OF the
neighborhood.
"Wild Bill, the famous Indian
fighter, took charge OF the expedition
We soon found the trail of the Sioux
and followed stealthily until we came
iii view of the camp where they had
temporarily halted on the other side OF
Cedar Greek, a tributary of Powder
River. They outnumbercd us three To
one. Iii fancied security of numbers
and strategic position they had omitted
to post any scouts outside the camp
to give warning of the approach of all
enemy.
"By advice of Wild Bill we ue-
termined to wait until nearly dark.
Then we crept up as close as possible
and at given signal jumped to our
feet, made sudden dash into the
center of the camp, opened a general
fire, and stampeded the horses. The
Indians, taken by utter surprise,
scattered in all directions, and did
not rally until we had succeeded in
making off with all their horses, IN
Guiding those they had stolen, and the
larger share of booty they had stolen
from the overland stage.
"More to the purpose, we left the
camp strewed with dead and woundca
But it wasn't Indians we had most
TO fear. 1t was white men, road
agents, as they were numerously styled,
who were our greatest enemies.
Con one occasion l was Entrusted
with valuable package containing a
large sum of money. BY some means
Ii became known to the road agents
that the money was in transit.
reached the end of my route in safety.
But when got there 1 found that the
man VINO was to secceed me had been
killed in his tracks. lie had evident
~ been taken to be the bearer of the
package. There was nothing for me
to do but continue the ride myself
knew it might mean death.
"Before went 1 decided on
'tratagem. 1 secured a second pair
Of saddle pouches. These 1 stuffed
with papers, and hung them in full
view from the saddle girths. The
package 1 folded up in my
'addIe blanket in such a way that it
vas out of sight Then rode off.
"In a lonesome spot / was halted.
Two men sprang out from behind an
ambush, and covered me with their
'ihes.
Come Pony Express Bill, we know
'ou, and what you carry. Give up |
he saddle pouches
"Don't you know that it's hanging N
'ou touch me?' l replied.
eve don't want you, Bill. Give us
What you carry, and wen let you 60
But carry nothing valuable
"Well, Wen be the judges Of that |
Now quick, or you're a dead man."
So l began to unfasten the pouches
"Mind my Words l repeated, |
You'll hang for this
All right! Wen take our chances,
vas the hooking response.
BY this time the pouches were
nfastened. Taking them in onc
and and pretending to be wild with
niger, l flung them at the head of one
f the men.
"There, take them = cried.
The man lodged just in time to save
is head. Then he stopped to pick
p the bags up AS he did so / fired
t the other man with a revolver held
4 my left hand. The bullet shattered
is arm. Instantly / drove my horsr
yer the stopping figure, knocking