Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-28

large pile OF buffalo hides, and while
the fight was In progress l noticed an
Indian horse standing by II and could
Also see the head-dress or feathers of
an Indian, ms though he were hugging
very close to the hides. ! hred at his
feathers and he lodged around to the
other side of the pile; this brought him
within range Of the guns from Rath' s
house and he was forced to dodge
back again. In this manner we kept
him in hot water about ten minutes.
I then fired at his horse, which
dropped Mt the crack OF the gun.
could then see the Indian little plain
err. or rather. could tell better where
he was standing, behind the pile Of
hides, by his head feathers. was
shooting n buffalo gun, known as
"Sharps big hfty." Guessing at his
position as well az could, fred right
through the hides at him. / must have
scorched him, for he Immediately
broke from his hiding place, ran about
10 steps and then dropped In the grass,
He gave short yelp like coyote at
every jump. After the fight was over
we found nine dead Indians lying in a
space OF hundred yards square. When
we had got rid OF the Indians around
the buildings we began firing at long
range, and drove them out of sight
over the hills. l went over from the
saloon to Rath's building. and found
they had barrlcaded the door with
sacks OF flour. While looking out from
this position, / noticed something NOV
ing at the base OF the hills, about eight
hundred yards away. ! fired several
shots before 1 could get the range
right, and then the object stopped NOV
ing. When the fight was over ] went
out TO see what II was ] had been
shooting ut. and found It was a dead
Indian. he had his knee crushed with
utagIn and drn prugn
himself n quarter Of Il mile when hit
him Il centre shot through the breast
and finished him.
1t is Impossible to say what the loss
of the Indians amounted to, but l think
II must have been very heavy, for be-
sides the thirteen dead ones left on the
field there were found behind the hills
many Indications Of wounded Indians.
At one place lot OF clothing, such
as moCcaslna, legglns. blankets, etc,
had been cut up and destroyed; the
fragments were bloody. and from these
Indications | Judge that many OF the
Indians had died OF their wounds, and
their effects were destroyed because
because they could not be carried off.
The warriors We're from the Coman-
chea HiOwas Cheyennes, and Apaches.
Their object was to plumber the stores,
as they had learned that there We're
large quantities Of ammunition there.
Inc previous nlgnt one OF Tue lutuiclne
men OF the Comnnches had held a med
iclno dance to determine the advisable
lily Of attacking the place and had de-
clarcd In favor NJ II. telling the Indians
that the medicine was 80 strong that
all they would have to do was to ride
up and knock their intended victims
ON the head while asleep,
They came very near succeeding; had
they been tftten miuutcs earlier, or
had It not been FOR the cracking Of the
ridge los In the saloon, which aroused
the slecpors their medicine would have
been a success. The Adobe Walls were
soon after abandoned as trading
post and the bunalu hunters nearly
broken up on account OF the noise
made throughout the country by the
accounts Of the desperation Of the
Indian attack.
DIR, w. THORNTON PARKER,
late Surgeon U. x Army.