Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-26

cept, each NAV wnen the IbS,H.sIn
thu ,bero men ,s He down ready IA ns M.
W mere IL any depressIon a aoI actin /
VI uhy oDstaclc to yet Xxx * w MI
ahd good; but never salnd ii n
man who shoots n nnf.N Y.
muses. him should b. ~ Uni 11laa ~ h,
IRE until they are elo..H nlel D, \.
kllied beyond n dorh, sn2ssh 4, 4.
snort buffalo guns, ana They M,
Iar with them. Remcm', os'n't ~,
rily." ma lire rss,,..
inc men got ready, nltho,.,
mem were so badly wo,,sosgh sor.
hardly walk. and st eana they ~
blanket and made slyna,sa Z rals,a X
,sn, the Indians over X X Sa.sllts
NJ, Ivy Ivy We're going % es.M 4
s; nen .ne march to the plata nn
stewart In front, Hauser "s S,a, esfr
sna me rest strung out 4, ' sd IA
distance. They all thouyh, ns MI
marching out TO be exec,,,.s wv Va
single man hesltateJ ~, Wy u
solved TO die game and s.u'y u n
indians TO the happy hnr rsl Is "a,
az possible. In the short s nvl.I
they frightened several ma'Vh NJ
We're In ambush watchiny n ,tn' Il
ments. When they reachns, nslF mn
ground they were only ~ ~. 'ne art
the Indians on the hill W, saIaf b.
1 ninu frees frees and rocks M, \
~ o ,,s, inuiahs and their chief e., Va
70 70 i ,r,.. 70 Stewart, who lssas,
ehalienge In the sign language 'asa
stance ne said; We arr IN ~
men, with big hearts, ana sn va
come out into the open IA Tvs W. In
we have no towards ana "sn' u
who VIII get behind rocts y NJ
not brave men, but sauaws KY
behind trees and are AFRAID ne "
your foes In open battle" s " ~
The chief advanced ~ -,
yeards OF Stewart, and the i, NM
have Killed him easily I'M, avi S's
the lives OF the other elera, nr ka,
pended on his coolness ana ,uth
his reply the chief said sact h
t t,,',,sril accept cattle and Vh,, !
turned away Hauser cried "'"a 2
say. Jim. ls he gclng 10 n,h, ,..
res and immediately Rems...
we must not fire too SOON w IVY
In few minutes one huna,.s \.
nifty yelling Indians on non,es " ~
to encircle the gallant nttie bsra W
Ing in range OF the rifles IN, We
shot was fired at them rhs ",
men reclined on the ground llss ., ~
riile In hand, ready for The ~
some of the bucks gallopInr ssn,,,
discharged their short-rane', hasi
guns, the only kind they IA ~"
whites but the latter did moi teSnl
cate. For three hours The Inda.
dashed around, yelling and occssIona
~ hring off a gun, hut The chlef n
was a foxy old Fabian general 4
not give the command 10 AZ II
tlnally lie advanced to within w
yards OF Stewart and said: ''Yes u
are brave men, big hearted. ana n
wait until | can kill yQn ali al nv
without losing any Warriors pI
already lost too many men In the M
last night" ' "s
The Indians Withdrew. ana
twelve men began their lotp and No
Gus retreat. pursued by the MAN
VINO expected to surprise and Kill Ind
They had a few horses, and for .hI
weeks they were in Imminent dauu
or being caught In an amhusc h
one afternoon they arrived IN slp
of a delile In the mountains and M
Instinct told them that the I1il,
We're on the rocks above and VOL
slaughter them easily II they start
through. Jim Stewart, In his lacol
way. said: Somebody must 10 n
draw the fire of the Indians willis
go through; that In our only chan
No one volunteered, and finally
valiant "squawman" remarked: u v
20 to save the party" Ex-Gov.rr
Hauser demurred to the proposl,I
and said:
You know. Jim, we can never esd
without your leadership and kn{
edge OF the country. shall so |
draw the fire"
1t meant death 10 ride around
rocks and permit The Indians to
tack In full force. And the mem
the party knew 1t too well. The Il
who consented to sacrifice HIM
knew that 1t was his duty to fight
Indians as long as possible In or
that his companions might csc
through the deiile. The bravery I
GOODNESS of sam Hauser had made
hero In the eyes OF the miners /
when he volunteered 70 march TO
most certain death the frontiersn
who were supposed to " callous, 81
tears. one OF the frontersmen, Drt
Underwood, had become so attached
Hauser that he cried olti u VIII
with him: | had rather DE fghting
his side than to live Without hi
Drewy was badly WOUNDED In his
arm, but he put the br1le reins
tween his teeth, held his ax-shootel
his right hand and spurnd his ne
beside the one ridden by Iapser,
latter, who has a merry ven and ne
becomes lachrymose, althugh ne
faced death many times, called out,
"Good-bye, boys; trust IN lin and
will save you" 49,
The rough miners were tuched
replied: q,
forget you" He and Drewythen :
| away. The Indians were .onlne 70
ready to pour deadly yoi,eyupon
whites as they passed .nlisn.
when they saw the two horsalsh I
| ing toward them they retreaeu
| riedly. The Indians suspeole,a ,
and. as the miners learneu su SUI
1uently. the Indian chief wasinxl
10 make record by killing -
| many pale faces without io ss,a n ~
braves The two men expee'e, "
| charged upon at any moment ~ y
| rode with weapons cocker. ,s'
| action. After making a ue.ou, y
miles they reached their von ss ~.
who had gone through the pass "
There was great rejoicing NJ 7 4,
OF triumph went up that s chot,r
the mountain side. The op ,p,' nm
NJ the retreating expedition W.
snake river, where the sq me,
vie and family resided; p ,ssr
thoy reached the river tneya ,,sd
saSs for The country was nnyS
hostile indians. 1t was = aaross|
ming stream and how TO g.. s a IN
n problem. They built iai ,ss,sr d
When they all got on 1t the W.,
over II. AS Mr.. Haus an 10 shorej
swimmer he Jumped BACK . ~ nj y.
remarked that ne wouia ,raiaus
liable to come up Al ans MET hid
In The Language Of the c .hsrs w.}
big hearted men when NV"
danger, ia, ,ou sam IN