The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-01-25

rise right up out of the ground and tackle you before you know whether you are on the prairie or in the queens drawing-room. We didn't see anything out of the ordinary till along in the afternoon, when two more lines of smoke appeared ahead instead of on one side of us, but each on an opposite side of the range, which was narrowed down close and not far from the canyon. sensed it that the Indians bad gone ahead of us during the day, Ind were gathering to meet up at a pass which judged must be between the two ranges.
 "That night we camped close to a big height of rocks so as to guard one side, and after putting out the fires moved a half mile from the wagons to throw the Sioux off the track. Ma loney stood guard, but the morning came without any trouble and we started on.
 Tn the middle of the day we got right into the geyser country, and I tell you it was a sight. The first geyser we saw was what they now call Old Faithful, but which the professor named the Abe Lincoln. It was run ming then all the time instead of at in- tervals as now shooting the hot water high in the air--it seemed like mile and scattering it all around the lava basin. All around the ground was torn and broken until it looked like the devils own home. The poor Brule fell on his knees and crossed himself, while the rest of us stood around and listened to lecture from the professor We stood there maybe ten minutes when there came 'zim, zim.'
 Drop to the ground yelled, face down
 "Down they dropped and then came another 'Zim' and no more. Good God! says to the boys, we're in for it now. How under the sun them Indians got rifles don't krow, but l turned pale right there when saw what shape the fight was going to take. There we were in an open plat of ground and nothing to prevent the swarm coming down on us, but for some reason they didn't come, and when we got to our feet and ready to fight not an Indian was in sight. But that didn't stop us from being scared. The Brule kept crossing himself until his bucksltin shirt was white from the marks of hls fingers, which had been buried in the alkali dust. The professor, l recollect, said
 "Gourley, why didn't you tell us these Indians had guns?
 "'When you get back to Washington you ask the government where they got 'em,' says l.
 "'He will never get back says Ma loney.
 That was about the talk, as near as can recollect After waiting a half hour, maybe, we got back on our hands and knees to the wagon, which we found all right because the shots seemed to come from the other side of the range. Then we held a council of war; and decided for the night to move on into the opening of the canyon, where we could see another mound of rocks which would protect us We were never considering how to get out of the cursed place, only thinking about a safe place to live from one hour to the other. Right alongside of these rocks we found two springs, one bubbling hot water and the other cold as ice. Both springs are now dried out That was the toughest out of good many tough nights l have spent We again put out the fires after picketing the horses half mile away so that their noise wouldn't bring the Sioux down on us, and there we lay close to- gether cursing our luck for ever com ing into such hell mint as that was, and doubly cursing the government The Brule moaned in broken French, while Maloney, who wanted some fun, kept asking whether he wanted to be parboiled with or without onions. The professor, who knew nothing about h. dians, tried to cheer us up by saying that maybe we had heard only chance shots. Small chance for you,' l thought, if you hear any more
 Finally the morning broke, but it LOOK d lODp Nllllc TUT RSJ down through the canyon after we could see the light on the hilltops. No body had slept a wink, but we did not seem tired; excitement, l guess, kept us awake, and some way or other we all felt more cheerful though knowing that the danger was all the greater with daylight. had the same feeling once after that when in three weeks running Indian fight in the Wolf noun tains. It is kind of don t-care feeling that grows on you in danger.
 "When the morning was fairly on we got off our rifles, on which we had been sleeping, and, after taking a drink, began to think about breakfast. went over to the wagons, which found safe enough, and packed up some coffee and canned stuff and some eggs, which we had brought packed in salt, After few more drinks, the Brule warmed up so that he could cook. When he reached the eggs, l took 'em and says what's the matter with boil ing them in this spring of 'hot water? They all agreed, so I dropped a bucket in the spring, and then in joking way l turned and said:
 "'How will you have your eggs
 Eggs? There came a Sioux war whoop from the canyon mouth with a