The evening times., 1897-11-29
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| four daysthere was nothing IT, create alarm.
| One man WAS sleftin camp To act rs sentinel
and COOK, and the ether five were more Or
less scattered as they cut and distributed
poles. The sergeant took charge of the
mules AID the hauling, and this work
took him beyond our support much OF the
time. He was veteran Indian fighter,
however. brave as n lion. and had no fear.
On the morning Of tie fifth day, while
he was returning with the mules, after
hauling role TO sIGt two miles away,
| rarty of ten Indians suddenl Y Confronted
him. They Were led by a subchief named
Little Hear, who was frequent visitor az
the fort and well known to all the soldiers
During tie war, which had closed only
a few months before, this subchief had shot
and scalped corporal near the fort, and
after the treaty he had come swa ggering
into the post with the scalplock attached
to his belt, an action which so provoked
Sergt. Milton that he snatched the CHASTITY
trophy away and offered 10 go outside
and fighl Little Beariu any manner desired.
When the lndian demanded his trophy it
was refused. and he left the post vowing
vengeance. Since then they rad not met
until now, and the soldier had but to look
into the eyes of the redskin to see the
pleasure ne felt at thus finding his enemy
alone and seemingly helpless. AS the
meeting took place the sergeant backed
up against a mass OF rock, got his carbine
and revo'ver ready for shouting, a nd was so
Cool and determined that the indians were
awed anu pIzzed. They were anxious
enough to kill him. but had only Just ar
rived IN the neighborhood and did not know
how many men he had behind him or how
near some OF them might be. For the first
ten minutes they were determined on a row.
yet the sergeant's quiet way acted as a
bluff, and they finally drew off. Refore
going, however, Little Rear said to him:
when my father and other chiefs
signed the treaty of peace / told them
1 would be against it until / rad killed
YOU. There is 10 war, tUt stall not :so
into th- fort again until L can wear your
scalp at my belt"
The sergeant replied that If his scalp
was wanted il was a good time 10 take
it, bTt ;he Indians had other plans in
view and left him. When the sergeant
returned to camp lie related the incident,
AMI for the next three or four Ga Us one Of
us accompanied him on his trips. ami signals
were arranged by which we might Quickly
come together in oase Of reed, but nothing
WAS heard Of the Indians On the afternoon
of the firth day we We're cutting poles
nearly a mile from camp, leaving a man
named Brisbane TO act as cook. He hat
been instructed to fire his musket in case
he saw Indians. and having heard nothing
iiom him, We started for camp at about
= O'clock with feelipp ttaf oil ran
We reached camp to find the man missing.
His musket had been left behind, AMI
nothing about camp had been disturbed.
For an hour we expected his return any
moment, thinking he had wandered away.
but when night came and passed we were
sure that the In,lans had had something
to do with his disappearance. They had.
Instead of being watchful and vigilant,
the man had carelessly wandered down
into the larger valley in search of berries,
with no weapons, and Little Bears band
had pounced upon him and made him cap
tive. They took him up into the hills,
and at first decided to torture him. That
idea was gwen up, however, that they
might make him, messenger to capture
the rest of Us. Why. after Brisbane was
captured, the redskins did not enter and
ttSuOy Jul NdiiP W ds d puLzits Dut us IL
matter of fact, they hastened away, and
we heard nothing of them until about sun
rise the next nurning. We were about
to set oft in search of our missing nan
when he appeared at the mouth of the
valley with an Indian teside him. He
had been stripped OF all clothing, and the
blood OF q hare had been daubed all over
him, until he seemed to have been wounded
i'll a dozen places. The Indian with him
could understand English very well, and
Brisbane had doubtless been told just
what TO say. Is our attention was at
tracts.i he called out:
"Sergt. Milton. the Indians captured me
yesterday. and l have a message for you
They say that if you will come out and sur
render yourself. they will permit the rest
of US to re:urn to the fort, but aIlmust Iea~e
their guns behind. If you refuse to do this,
they will attack the camp and wipe you all Z
out. Little Bear has been joined by twenty
more bucks, and you have no show"
JIM called the sergeant, when he had
recovered somewhat from his surprise, "ars
you talking dead square,"
"No!' was tie reply. THE force is the
same as yesterday, with five on top, who
Joined last night. There are six OF you
and you can stand them off for a week"
The Indian beside the captive pulled his
arm and muttered threats, evidently sus-
piicous OF his words, which he could not
fully understand: but Brisbane continued:
LET 'em do with me as they will, but
do you hold the camp. Their idea is to
wipe US all out. You might shoot this brute
beside me, but there are two others be-
hind that hush over there who would do
for me. You won't surrender. am 70
tell Little Bear that and let him do his
worst
but how can we save you, Jim?' shouted |
the sergeant.
''There ia no way. Make ready for |
row and fight to the last. 1t serves me |
right %,;r not being ON the watch yester |