Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-28

nail him he'll nail me, and I'm goind
to take a chance on il"
At dawn the next day the Indians
charged again. As usual they were re-
pulsed. Just as they were riding away
to the shelter Of the cottonwood groves
Mastert0n rushed from the front door
and began to yell The Indians stopped
at once and wheeled, with the big ne
gro in the van. In an instant they made
a rush at him. thinking, perhaps, that
he meant 10 surrender. When they got
close enough, however. the old Colts
revolver barked, and the negro rolled
off his horse shot through the head.
Then Bat turned tail and ran back TO
the shelter of the adobe house for dear
life, The death Of the negro seemed to
dishearten the Indians and they left
the village in peace. a week later the
government troops drove them into the
agency with loss of seventy-fve kill
ed, over half of whom had met their
fate at Adobe Walls. Three of the buff
falo hunters We're killed the two Sad
Ter boys and Billy Tyler.
A month after the fight General Nell
son a. Miles sent for the intrepid Mas
terson and made him second in COM
mand of body of eighteen government
scouts.
RESCUED THREE CHILDREN.
Shortly afterward a report came to
General Miles that the Indians had at
tackled a wagon train on the line Of
the Kansas Pacific railroad and had
murdered all il the train except four
sisters named Garmaine. These I'M
fortunate children, who were brought
up in luxury in the East were made
captives. Their ages were eighteen,
sixteen, five and three years respective
~. MastersOn led the party that went
out to rescue them. One day while
hunting for antelope, with which to
supply the camp, Bat" saw an Indian
slipping along the river bed. a half
mile away. He followed. and found
the two younger Germaine sisters sleep
ing on buffalo skin in a ravine, guard
ed by three Indians. The main body Of
Indians were out on a marauding ex-
pedition. Without hesitation Master
son rode right up and demanded the
children. The Indians showed fight.
but Bats" revolver cracked with
rapidity, and that night he rode into
camp with the two younger Germaine
sisters, the heads Of three Indians, and
an antelope.
He threw these CHASTITY trophies at
the feet of his comrades without a
word. The other two sisters were sur
rendered by the Indians at the Cheyenne
agency during the following spring.
and Henderson was delegated 10 con-
duct the Indian prisoners to the gov
eminent prison in the Dry Tortugas.
On the way Old Greybeard, a Cheyenne
chief. made an attempt 10 escape He
was shot through the heart by Master
son.
ADDING TO HIS RECORD.
About this time Bat received word
that his brother had been appointed
marshal at Dodge City, Kans. At this
time the town was the most notorious
and disreputable OF all the frontier set
Elements. and was just the place such 4
shooter as AIastersOn was calculated to
shine. His reputation had preceded
him. and when one day he rode up the
street of Dodge City the residents well
coined him with open arms. The cow
bovs had things their own way. It
was unsafe for anybody else to walk
about the streets unarmed. Bat was at
once elected sheriff, and as soon as he
had taken the oath Of Office the blOOdiest
mart of his record began. There was
not a week THAI some desperate charac-
Ter did not bite the dust before his
deadly revolver. There is no one, how
ever who has ever said that Masterson
took a human life where the killing