Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-22
A TIMELY WARNING,

cnhllufo IN an attitude OF attention, Tor
our guide, Jake Carver, was about to tell
us II story.
at war about six years ngo that this
ere adventure happened to me. l wur
II tntin young fcller ncross tho pcrairy
TO Browns Hole iFort David Crockett is
its right nhmc) In course you all know
where that is Wnul, wc run about six
miles, or maybe moro, from the Hole, and
1t wur pretty dark, so / concluded 1t wur
host to stay where We wur till mornin.
knew there wur an old shnnty near by
that would shelter me. Not that / cnred,
you understand, about sleopln in the open
mir but on account of Hamlin. Tint wur
the young fcllcr ms told you about WAL,
we soon found tho shauty and wur nicely
housed In 10 In no time. ! soon had fire
blH2in--nnt to cook anything, but Just fur
the comfort of It, WAL, lit my pipe We
sot there fur long whilo snyin nothin,
when suddenly Hamlin says:
Jake, wonder whether there's emmy
iniins aroundy
"'No, says l, lnflin, lin course not.
What would emmy Injins be dom aroun
here unless they were friendly onesS so
you needn't be afraid He flowed up ut
this
81 am not afraid, ho said, kinder mad
like, but don't feel easy tonight some
how. feel as If somethin wur goin to
happen
"wanl, to tell tho truth, / felt Just tho
same, though l didn't gay so for fear of
maxim him worse Ennyhow / deter
mined to stay awake that night II / had
to prop my oyelids open with my fingers
l felt for my rifle and found that the
primin wur all right. As | lay lstcnin
I how'd IA glnnn as Of sntpalnttxs
walkin around the house / sat up and
waited. Putty soon tho door was pushed
open, fur we didn't have anything to
fasten 1t with, and girl stepped into the
room. was settiD in the corner in the
shade, but the FIRE shone right in hor face,
and knew she was white girl.
She wur dressed like an Iniin squnw
and had little rife In her hand. She
looked all around the room and then saw
me, for she came right up to mo and
touched me.
"'Gct up, she said; the Indians nre all
around you
You'd better believe, boys, that
didn't let time fly by much before l wax
ened Hamlin and told him.
"'Whero are theys' ho shouted. Can't
We escaped
Hush, said the girl In whisper
They are not more than n hundred yards
of, and they will hear you. Your lives
depend on your silence.
How many arc therer / asked
Seven, answered tho girl If you
can keep them oil for an hour, you will DO
safe
How" nsl,ed, but she Ind gone, and
We then commenced to work at our de-
lenses First | took IL look out of u crack
d., tt,..1 loo I,,s L..
up toward the hut said we went 20
work at our defonses; but, In fnct, the only
defonscs we had wur our rifles and knives
and one pistol that Hamlin had We
oudn't fnsten the door, So It all depended
on kcepin thom at bay and not lettin them
get near tho door. Waal, they cum nearer
and nearer till they wurn't more nor 90
feet from us, when we let drive, and two
Injins were shot. We reloaded, and artor
awhile u redskin popped up. and dropped
him, and Just then HAmlin fired at anuth-
on. The lnjins knew how many there wur
now of us aud four of thoin-the other
three wur dead, and one of these four was
wounded in tho hCnd-roso to their feet
and rushed toward us.
"As they cum in the door struck the
first with the butt of the rifle, but the In
jim, who was as timber as painter,
lodged and the blow fell on his shoulder.
The next minute was In hand to hand
tussle with the biggest ono of the lot. AZ
| rolled over ON the floor / caught a
glimpse of Hamlin strugglin with two
Injins, and tho other Injin, tho wounded
one, dodgiB around with his toInahawI
tryin to get chance TO dash his brain,
out. l tell you what, boys, kin fight
some, but had my match then. / cudn't
| get stick at him with my knife, but
managed to keep him from gottin q
chance at mo. At last he slipped and loos
ened his hold on my arm u little, and
drove the knife up to the hnft in his breast
and that finished him. Hamlin all thii
while wns fightin like blazos. / move
| thought there was SO much pluck In thu
lad. ! sprang In the midst OF them anC
| drove my knife right into tho eye of one q
them. He gave horrible howl aud heelet
over
"Ihero wur still two Injins; but, then
thoy had the advantage, cause they wa
both unwounded, while Hninlin and N.
wur blocdin all over.
Zone Of them had Hnmlin down, nnt
the other pinioued me by tho throat
shut my eyes and gave up all hope, whei
tho Injin who had hold of Iuo dropped off
shot through tho brain. kinder tainted
and when came to found that the roor
WIS filed with men, fellers that | kney
well, nnd right I'm the midst OF them wu
the purity gil that warned us.
"Hamlin was purity near dead, but re
covered, and when he was able to wall
around the girl told US about the way sh
saved us.
at seems that she WINS captive anon
these Blackfe0t, taken when she was a liz
tic girl, and that the Injins wur takin he
about % miles north TO another village
whore she was gUin TO be married to
chief. As they wur trayelln IN tho nigh
(they wur ufraid to travel In tho day o
account uf the fort bein so near), ono r
the skunks cum across our horses The
determined right away To attack us, bu
she heard Of 1t and cum and warned vi
and then stole back and took one Of thei
horses and not oil fur the fort, whore sh
soop found assistance and you know th
rest"
And what became Of the girlS" askc
ono of our party.
"Waal, replied old Jake Carver slowly
| ma glp didn't huEN my NINA argottt "a