Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-28

IlDuldnS, cApcCIiuS W hno WIZ SSoiPS'
and mutilated body of the young ten
derfoot close by. A hundred yards
from the camp we came across the
bodies of four Apache warriors lying
close together.
"Well, maybe those fellows who had
chased Dupree up into the hills didn't
stop and look at each other then.
"sGuess there is some fight in that
chap after ALL" remarked Atkins, with
something like respect in his tone.
ave followed on the trail, and q
half-mile away we. found two more
dead Apaches. 1t was evident now
that there had been running fight
and that our young tenderfoot had
been taking a very lively part in it.
The bodies of the Indians looked as il
they had been dead at least two days,
but when we moved forward again it
was with more precaution. You see,
the whole affair 80 far had been such
surprise to every one in our party,
we did not know what to expect.
"We followed the trail for 10 miles,
and in that distance found two more
dead Indians, making total of eight.
Then the trail led into a narrow ravine
that was walled on both sides with
high cliffs that even mountain goat
could not climb. A mile up this ra'
vine one of the boys who was scouting
little ahead of the main party, came
running back and reported that he had
seen the smoke of camp fire only a
short distance away.
STARVING THEM OUT.
"We dismounted, and creeping for
ward cautiously soon came in sight OF
camp fire behind q big bowlder that
Law out in the middle of the ravine'
Sitting by the fire with his back against
the bowlder, smoking pipe, was Jim
Dupree, the young tenderfoot. We
all ran forward and began asking ques'
tions at once. Jim was glad enough
to see us, but not for the reason we at
first imagined.
essay, boys, I'm starving 'em out !!
was his first remark, when we asked
him to explain the situation.
aWhen we said we did not under.
stand, he explained that three days be-
fore, on returning to his camp, be
found that 20 Indians had taken pos
session of it during his absence. He
promptly opened fire before they saw
him or suspected danger, and brought
down four of them. Then when the
Apaches, or what was left of them
ran away, he started in pursuit, dodg'
ing about in the brush, keeping out o.
sight himself and firing every time he
caught sight of a redskin.
"The result was that he got them
badly frightened, and they ran up the
ravine, thinking to lead him into 9
trap. But the tenderfoot galoot hao
already explored this ravine, while
prospecting, and knew that there was
no outlet, and no chance of escape al
the other end. He had followed to 6
point where the ravine was SO narrow
they could not slip by him, and ther
he sat down to starye them out. They
were without provisions, and could gel
no water in the ravine. Dupree was
on short rations himself, and had beer
without sleep for two nights, but he
did not seem to think he had done any
thing remarkable.
"Well, sir, the boys in our party
who had led in all the pranks that hao
been played on Jim, took off theil
hats to him and shook his hand in 81
lence. Then they wanted to know
about the dead snakes we had found.
"Oh, the snakes pestered me wher
was prospecting, and l killed them
most always kill snake wherever
find it, Jim answered, and then and
there the boys decided to call him
Rattlesnake Jim.
"But about the Indians he had
hemmed in there to starve. While we
were holding a council of war to de-
eide what we would do with them
they suddenly made charge on Jim's
camp. He had taken the rifles of al
those he had killed, and his camp was
a regular arsenal.
"When the redskins came yelling
down the ravine, Jim put down his
pipe, and taking up Winchester, be-
gan to shoot just as steady as if he
had been firing at target. l never
saw anything like it. Every ii ne be
fred he brought down an Apache, and
in less time than it takes to tell it the
band was wiped out.
"Then Jim picked up his pipe, and
remarking that good tobacco was toe
precious to waste, he went right to
smoking.
"Our march back to Tucson was 8
sort of triumphal procession with jim
Dupree, the tenderfoot, at the head Of
lit. He was the hero of the town fol
time, but somehow he could not un'
derstand that he had done anything
extraordinary, and he was just the
same simple tenderfoot, so far as ap'
pearance counted for anything.
"But the real interesting part Of his
trip to the hills was that he had found
paying ore up there where everybody
else had failed to find it. He staked
out claim and worked it for time
with considerable success. A lot ot