The herald., 1895-04-21

ulstduce running OH our. stCCk. ~ ne DOC
tor tried to wrench the gun from me. cry
ing they would surely shoot US all If / did
not let them in. He was so, scared with
| fright ne really did not know what he
was doing. T,held on, to the gun. though.
and made him get back out of the way.
The Indians watched the struggle from
| the outside, grinning with satisfaction at
the spectacle we made, aud no doubt con-
gratulating themselves with the idea that
| they only had to 90 a ainst coward and
weak woman. The doctor rushed out
at this stage. All this. happened good
deal quicker tilanit does to, tell it. The
Indians rode slowly towards the stable,
and I rushed out after the doctor.
caught him Just in time to twist hin
around and push him into the house
when bang roared a rifle in the hands OF
Mr.. kiowa, the bull ct hitting the door
| jam about three inches above my head.
| lssprane to the door and closed it before a
shower of bullets reached it. Putting a
'1ong. TOM into the hands OF the doctor,
I begged him to, keep the Indians away
from the front while ] watched the hay
stack from, the other side. u.
| Realizing If they set hre to 1t we
would be smoked out and be massacred
| I dropped the curtains SO they could not
see IN and flew through the house tothe
| little back storeroon,, taking my.little girl
/ Edith with me. | sat her aowns anon:
the potatoes, piling them around her for
| protection from stray bullets. L climbed
on box and peeped out towards the
hsystack.. I saw the Indians snAaking
around it towards the, corral on the west
side of;the house, was intently watching
them when I heard horses approaching
rapidly from the east side. + Just had
time 20 turn my head when right there
within fifty yards OF me was the kiowa
coming right towards me. He had not
observed me, or would not be telling
this story now. - :: te.+ -+-
Were YOU frightened?' the writer
asked her, for she looked as though she
was experiencing the horror of that try
ing moment.
didn't have time to be frightened. Il y
That which was TO be done had to be
done Instantly. He was coming in one
direction and the others were coming,ln
another to meetsand surround the house
/ took in the situation at glance. II
looked at my child. raised the needle
gun on the windos sill for rest, aimed
towards the Indians, clos d both eyes.
pulled the trigger: a loud report, followed
by an agonized grunt from the outside.
1t was an9 Indian that grunted. had
shot him and he was filling forward on
the pony's neck on which he wasriding.
The bride reins fell from his hand. The
other Indians, seeing his predicament.
went to his rescue and took him away.
| watched them ride slowly UP the arroyo,
until they passed beyond view. :, Alter
waiting a considerable length OF time 1
started to the front part of the house. Il
met the doctor he was an abject-looking
creature at that moment; he was crying
and franticaIly waving his bands, Oh,
we are all lost now ~ Get out of heah.' (
said old Maria, the colored cook who for
the first time in her life had spoken, con
temptuously of or to a white person. rl
But the doctor was quick to recover
4 al v-J,n ha fnnnd the
danger, was over, which he became aware
OF on seeing the Indians departing over a
hill to the west. When L observed that
my husabnd was returning in a direction
opposite from that which the Indians
were going he was about a mile away:
/ ran out and raised the gun that had
used and the sheen thai the sun rays
caused to glsten from the barrel made
known to him that something was up.
He hurried toward US. But noticed that
our boys were not with HIM. MY boys!
The tension. caused by fear and excite
msnt on my nerves bnih.,s ss pGys
and he was informed vi what had taken |
place during the two hours that he wss
absent. Thankful to find US safe, he i'm
mediately returned to hunt for our child
rem and he found them about 500 yards
in the arroyo under shelving rock. The
Indians had passed within fifty feet o.
notes even the sparrows' Iall had kept
them SO quiet that the Indians never
heard them or suspected their close proIi-
nifty. In few moments l had them i
with me. Later on the Mexican boy. |
Florencio. came sneaking towards the |
hidden savage. Our herder. had not
Jared so well. The Indians had run him
into the rocks and he had to ,dismount
and abandon his pony in order to escape.
They cut up new saddle that we had
given him that morning and scattered the
at that point they stopped and. buried
the dead chief Now. sir" directing her
remarks to the writer. you know that
this story is not romance. and if you
should be charged with SUCH it. you
should ever repeat me to anyone. and
they should doubtit, Just give the date,
July the Sth. 1874, and refer them to Cap
tain McClaave. l think he now has charge |
of the veterans home. Yountville. .Napa |
county. California. who was at that time |
the commanding officer at Fort Bascom.
New Mexico. -
Walker? That's the ladys name-Mrs
Charles H. Walker-"Oh, the doctor? !
Why he belonged to the army at Fort |
Bascom, and heard afterward how he |
told how we had killed the Indian.
Governor Hughes and the mem bers OF |
the board OF cOntPOl nave returned form
their official visit to Flagstaff.
The election ofthe hi III school board, as
we'll as the regular members of the board
of trustees will take place tomorrow. The
Phoenix joint district will have five mem |
bers. The Grand avenue district voters
have nominated W. A. Moor. The Will
son district, John F. Hill The, other
three members will be selected from the
Phoenix district. IA
p. j. Cole, territorial treasurer. has is,
sued call that he will pay all general
fund warrants from 1i3 to I25, in p;rSu.
ance of house bill No. IT, 4 f.''f e
Tile directors of the Glendale school
district have petitioned the board of su-
pervisors to issue bonds in the sum of
$4,000 for the construction Ola school
house in their district. .t>
Professor r. B.. Comstock OF the uni
versity has gone to the northern part OF
the territory to examine locations for the
establishment of an experimental station.
At Flagstaff he will consider the feasibi-
lily of establishing station IN connec-
ton with the reform school. This would
furnish employment to inmates of the
school and make a test of agricultural ,,
possibilities in a locality where conditions
are different from those in either OF the
four stations now~in existence.
The latest bulletin from the university
is on the mesquite tree. The economic
uses of this interesting tree are 30 numer-
GUS and varied that its cultivation in arid
regions is very desirable. ~