The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-16

blecdin'. sum nv Their feners' tongues
wuz so swelled tibet they wuz M or
terrible shape.
while We wuz restin We spied ther
iniuns a-cOmin' back on ther jump. an
when they'd got up ter Us they tuld 81
how IN spring wuz on Z tn northeast
an bout ten miles erway. hoidn up Doin
hans ter show tn distance.
Tibet braced us up heap an We start
ed head at er purity fair gait. wed gone
bout five miles when We saw tn smoke
signals Nv the injuns, L our right. Yer
kin see er long ways In this country
an we knew tibet we wuz spotted by er
band NV tn cusses tibet wuz prooaoly
making fer tn spring thet we wuz.
I'VE felt purity sore now, ez twas pam
ter see tibet twas er case NV scrap Ter
tn water. an We wuznt IN mucn con-
dishion ter scrap enythin'.
But We jest KEEP right on goin 90
We kinder he'd n idee we might beat EN-
thar. ez they wuz much tartner away
than We wuz. an if we could only git IT
good swig er cool water we d feel sassy
nun ter lick tn hull Apache tribe.
"Th ground wuz gittin hilly an twas
hard T. keep sum NV tn tellers goin .
Jack wuz Jest Their life NV tn crowd.
He KEEP cheerin' III fellows on by tell
in' EN- how nice they looked; tibet tner
girls ought ter see EN- now, an breaks
like tibet. ter cit 'em laugnin. It's ~
great thing if yer kin git men ter feehn
anyway cheerful like. when Their IN eF
tough place.
"Th' clmbin wuz gittin' purity tough
ez tn rocks wuz ser thick. so We decided
ter leave tn animals an ten NV IN weak
est men benin: tn rest NV us pusnin
on ter tn spring. head NV tn njuhs'
who we could see now an theh' Win
or glass. % they rode over III hils.
we left tn animals in "A kind on
basin in tn rocks. an posted sum Nv
tn fellers on high places IN the rocNs'
ter guard tn place. We fingered the'
tn hull band nd make Ter IN spiihs
an. so we TUX chances ON IT.
9TH last drop OF water M IN KEGS
WIZ dished out. each Teller saNin er Il1le
i'm his canteen. an we started out
9TH fellers wuz gittin' desprit' 20
twas or plain case Nv lick iher inJuHs
or die NV thurst, an when men nee
death starin' 'em IN tn face ther haDie
ter do most enything
"Th' iniuns wuz outer sight now an
We hurried forward. Twas jest becom-
I'M or question Nv endurance an er
couple OF tn lads had ter cave but IN
rest NV us jest pushed aheda an le''
EN-. ez twas er grOun -hos case
"Ez we elm over kinder hish lot
or rocks an dropped Inter a mario" d"
shallow ravine. one NV IN SCOUTS sup
ned ms savin'. water udder SIDE point
i'm over tn rocks head NV us. Solu'v'S
no run. may be so Paches udder SIDE
TN fellers wuz "a little nasty an CHM
nm ter see. They dropped agin purity
lively 81 they heard IN bullets slhslh
past their heads.
9TH iniuns had beat US an Il q DC
,,rtv hard T. tell IN feelin NV tner
outdt bout thet time. We wuz all purity
nosr done up. an ter think thet We
WIZ so near tn spring, yet ned L hs"t
fer il. SO near an yet 80 FAR grunted
lack an tibet seemed ter echo IA iecl-
ms NV tn hull crowd.
Il elm UP tn rocks, kinder easy IKE
ter cit or squirt NV tn lay NV IN grouh
Fright In front wv US "uI IN puIlles'
enrinp yer ever saw. \ spot wv boat
er hundred yards wuz covered Win thicH
grass an bout I'm tn center wuz IN
snring. "A little stream no~ln from IL
lords tn rocks on tn otner SIDE Where
\
tn injuns wuz hidin'
I'VE WIZ in a purity safe place from
Their FIRE. an they couldn't jump us from
behind. az tn groun Wuz lower Il ""er'
we vuz. while L III right an lett Nv
rs m eroun' wus so open thet we couid
plug EN- purity easy II they tried TEL
flank US
wed spread out for some distance
every teller takin' tn best place he couid
An an tn carbines wuz soon crackln
avav. 'Twuz Jest CT runnin cross IRE
fer bout an hour, but tn both NV US
Ms "a well hid by Their rocks, thet IN
,y,zn't a great deal er damage done
mo several NV our fellers got plugged
an, kinder think we spilled tn mugs
nv sum NV Their injuns ez yer could
hear a screech now an then
9TH Lieutenant an tn Top wuz hil
early In tn night THROWN IN command
NV tn outfit onter me, ez wuz mex
In rank.
Tibet boy. Jack. it seemed ter me
WIZ In half er dozen places at onct. an
takin great chances ter GIT shot al
Their injuns.
i'm an he showed 1t more onct Inc
durn cuss even Civ up all N water II
his cantecn L IN poor refers 81 WIZ
hit. an sum NV 'em needed II powerfu
bad too. Yer could hear EN- groanin
an goin' on terrible. sum NV EN- WIZ
gettin' looney from ther hurts an IN
hardships they'd gone thro..
Il called er lot NV ther ieilers tgethei
blind er big rock an ,oi en- thet 81
soon ez It got dark weo hai ter MAKE
or broak fer tn spring. an called rel
,.oinntcsrs Twas no childs play ter
git out inter tn open an heV er lo' 81
I felt telt Ike ordsrin' EN- to DO It.