Evening journal., 1897-01-13
AFIRENYATER SPRING
sANGUlNARY PLANS OF WILD lEciAkS
cLEVERLY FRUSTRATED.

How SmuCgicr on Government Ecscr- L
walton laid Out Eand OF Red Devils (
with Forty Eod Whisky and Saved tho
Lives Of six Prisoners.
A Star man happened to meet a man
who had served term CT two or three +
In various penitentiaries, hadn't served
several he should have served and is
likely to serve moro before he is through
with himself. OF course that kind Of
man was interesting, and after a time,
when he got to talking under the mel
lowing influence CT things made for the
purpose, he was more interesting.
"When l was II years younger than
l am now. " no said, II was out in tho
mountains Of the west on o gcve1nment
reservation, where l could make money
by selling whisky under post prices. l
was always on the make, and SO SNUG
gled in dozen or moro gallons and had
them hid in a cave ten miles CT so out
Of reach. The cave was a kind Of a two
story affair, the upper story being my
secret, and there had my jugs of liq-
uor hid away, and from there / carried
it out in gmaller quantities fer distri-
button. The lower part Of the cave was
20 feet below the upper chamber, and
in this part was basin Of water, which
bad dripped from the upper part. II did
not contain more than gallon OF water
knew it was easily exhausted, fer l
spent many night there, and found
there WASH water enough to boil ket-
tie with.
"Well, about the time 1 get in my
second installment Of fire juice tho In
dians got bad and began creeping in
toward the settlements. / thought my
cavo was unknown to the Indians as
we'll as the whites, but it appears that
it wasn't, and one morning barely had
time to slip out of my down stairs room
and get up in the loft before ! 0 or IL of
the bloodiest looking braves you ever
saw squatted in front of my residence
and began holding council Of war. In
half an hour or more all Of them except
one went away, and he remained to
keep watch.
At noon three returned with lve
white prisoners, and ct 6 0 'cloclSthe rest
Of them came in with a girl about 4
years old. just what they were going
to do was not apparent, and it wasn't
easy for me to find out, because when
came down TO point where / could SEQ
Twas in danger of getting caught my
self. I did SEQ enough, though, 10 show
me that tho five white prisoners, who
were all old men, hadn't much chance
! for their lives, but that the child would
be carried away. To save myself had
been my FIST thought, and now to save
these poor wretchcs was first.
"While / was debating what 10 do or
give it up as . bad job cne of the In
diaEs went to tho spring and got some
water. That was my cue. In minute
more l was back up in my chamber, just
over the EeadwatCrs cf TIE spring, and,
having turned the dsip into another
channel, 1 started a stream Of that kill
at 40 rod whisky down tho shoot and then
slipped back TO watch the proceedings.
They woro discussing when to kill tho
prisoners--I knew enough Indian to
know that. And when it was about de-
terminad 10 hold them over a day and
sec if they couldn't pick up few moro
and have a real big time, another OF
them went Oh CT to the spring for water.
This tine it wasn't so m-ch water as IL
had been. Whu,over it was made tho
ugly redslzin give big 'Ughr Of delight,
and the Others went over to him. Well,
it isn't necessary fer ao to so into PR
ticula.s
Anybody, even n reporter, Enows
what becomes of an Indian or dozen
of them when there are unlimited guam
titles Of flrewater az their disposal, and
as sool as I saw how the thing was GO
ing / hurried back and set another jug
to work was little afraid they iright
get ugly drunk and kill their prisoners,
but evidently they hadn't had much &c
eat that day, Gnd tho liquor was getting
in it's work on empty stomschs. What
ever was the cause, before 1 had any
idea that it was time for it ito whole
of them was full, aud in a few minutes
mere they were lying around tho ii.tlC
basin Ct the spring so drrlk tEoy ccr.1
not move hand or foot.
"Ihen it was my timo to play, and
! tOLhtu NB AllA A44-tNl All0Ast4Ao ANA e-A+ct ~
er day and went down stairs. IhcrC
wasn't iauca time FOR thanks, hccansC
we didn't know whom tho enemy might
make it unplca iaat for Is. SO told 'a'
prisoners to take care cf the Indians
= while took caro- Of the little girl, which
3 did by taking her outside Of TIC cave
+ whero sho could breathe the free air q
d heaven once moro. You sec, kind q
thought they might like 70 attend {;
;, things themselves, y ho added apoiogct
ically and stopped.
"And did they:" inquired the ropc-t
|. or as tho narrator seemed TO thiak IL
had reached the end C his story.
II suppose they did, " he replied. "a
least, when / went back to the cave
about mcnth larer, when the war be-
simmc1Cd Gown some, found the bodio
of them Indians almost as well preserved
as if they had been l...t up III alcclol
that Cern whisky Of mino vas 50 power
full, yon know. was always kind
l.. 4 go "a