The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-06
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 1897.

prisoners, a lot of young bucks galloped
into the village. driving a large buffalo
bull They had several ropes on the ami
| NAL and Barison learned from their talk
that they had struck herd of buffalo.
and that after killing all they wanted,
they had roped one in a spirit Of deviltry.
The Indians had been puzzling their brains
to devise the most fendish, inhuman, pos
sible torture for their captives, and when
old Lame Wolf saw the wild buffalo he
was suddenly struck by an idea that
| pleased him immensely. He told Barison
that he would give him and his whita
| squaw a ride. They lost no time in ex>
ecuting their design. The prisoners were
unbound and led near the buffalo The
horsemen had strung the animal out be-
| tween two trees by the aid of rawhide
| ropes attached to his legs and horns Using
stout strips of rawhide, they securely
bound Barison and the young girl to the
back of the enraged animal.
They fastened strips of the rawhide
around the bulls neck and body. and then
to these they tied the prisoners arms and
legs. Old Lame Wolf and his daughter
danced about in a perfect ectasy of fran
tic joy. The whole tribe mounted then
ponies, and at the word from the chief,
the buffalo was cut loose. He made a
desperate lunge at the horse nearest him.
| and then started down the valley at tina
top of his speed. Now, the Indians HAD
no idea of letting the bull and their pTis-
| oners escape. They followed the animal
yelling like demons, and raining arrows
| on their victims. Fortunately for the
prisoners 1t was late in the evening, ana
the buffalo ran into a thiclSet. where the
| savages soon lost sight of him. Briers
| brush and thorns lacerated the flesh of
| the poor boy and girl, but somehow
ray of hope sprang up in their bosoms
The bull never slackened his speed, but
| tore ahead through the brush, and finally
| it grew dark and the victims no longer
heard the savage yells of their pursuers
After a long time-seemingly years to the
| young peOple-the animal emerged from
| the brush and ran out on the open
| prairie. They were saying to each other:
| 1--WE might escape yet" when new and
| fearful danger startled them. Some OF
| the arrows had wounded the bull, and he
| was leaving a trail of blood behind him
| A pack of hungry wolves had struck this
| trail, and they were in hot pursuit of the
| animal. The bull evidently heard the
| wolves, and, although weakened from his
| burdens and the loss of blood, he strug-
Gled hard to increase his speed
Very soon the wolves were in sight, and
| Barison, whose face was toward them,
said that he thought there was a thousand
| of them. They were crashing their teeth
| and yelping, as If certain of their prey.
| Never were two human beings in a more
| serious situation. They were bound hand
| and foot and it looked as if the hungry
| pack would soon be upon them. The bull
turned as if to challenge his enemies, but
when he saw that the prairie swarmed
| with them, he evidently concluded that his
| only hope of safety lay In flight. The
| pack soon swarmed around the animal,
| crashing their teeth, and swapping at his
| legs. Barison struggled at the thongs
| that bound him with all his strength, but
L a oia
| hide Some of the wolves ran ahead of
| the bull and snapped at his nose. He
| caught one of these ON his horns and hurl-
| ed it in the air. The wolf fell swapping
| and snarling on the animals back, between
| the captives. Others fastened their teeth
/ in the bulls TANKS, while one old monster
lobo had seized the young girls dress, and
was hanging by the bulls side. Countless
| packs were bowling over the hills and
| SWarming across the prairieS to join in the
| pursuit. 1t was evident to the captiVes
| that the bull was growing weaker. and
| they had about given themselves up for
| lost when the yosSg girls attention was
| attracted by a shadow something moving
| across the prairie, and she joyfully ex-
| claimed II believe i see a column of
horsemen." Her eyes had not deceived
her. Her father in command of a COM
| pany of Texans, was in pursuit of the In
| dians. The moon was just rising above
| the horizon IN a ClOuuiGSS shy anu lle
| Texans, who had been listening to the
| bowling of the wolves for some time, saw
| the buffalo at about the same instant as
| he girl espied the column of horsemen.
| The buffalo was nearly exhausted, and
| barely able to move in a slow lope, when
the Texans set out in pursuit of him. The
| horsemen easily galloped amongst the
pack of wolves, and then for the first time
| they noticed that there was something on
| the wild bulls back. Both Barson and
| the girl shouted TO the Texans not to
| shoot. The horsemen were very much as
! founded, but Capt. Menefee recognized the
| voice of his daughter and he at once
reached a correct conclusion "The red
devils" he said, "have tied their prisoners
to the back of that buffalo" The Texans
| galoped around the bull and easily drop
| ped a rope over his neck. They soon
strung the animal out on the prairie and
| cut the captives loose. BaTison was no
| sooner on his feet than he expressed him
! self as enXious to set out and attack old
| Lame VOLTS village. The young girl,
eager to be avenged upon her cruel and
| merciless captors, declared that she would
! accompany her friends. BY hard riding
the Texans reached the vicinity of Lame
| VOLTS camp and charged him in the viii
| lage just at daylight, firing right and left.
| Barson shot old Lame Wolf in the mouth
| at the door of his tepee.
| Miss Menefee rode in the column by the
| side of her lover and fired as often as any
! of her friends After returning to the set
| tement on the Yegua the wedding guests
once more assembled, and the lovers, who
! had experienced such horrible cruelties at
| the hands of the Comanches, plighted
| their faith to fight the battle of life to-
| gether. There were a great many people
| at that famous wedding-nearly every one
within 100 miles having been invted-and
of all that crowd of daring men and fear
less women, only one is living to-day to
| tell the story of brave Barison and his
sweethearts wild ride on the back of a
buffalo bull, pursued by a pack of howl
| ing wolves.
| KnSCIUSK0,S HEART