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

Eyer see. IN iniuns he'd Killed er pony
an left Their body IN tn spring, an lh
course. IN water wuzn't tit ter drink.
That's IN OF trick or theirs. but wed no
idee tibet they'd got ser far west an
wuznt expectin enythin' ike met. IN
tracks aroun' was kinder OF an we
thought from them tibet er scoutin' party
"a done Their trick. on sum fyin' raio.
"a Their couldn't a bin moren fve or
six i'm tn crowd. an it couldn't er bln
IN gang we wuz after % our dispatches
he'd sed Their wuz bout sixty IN ther
band. an Their wuznt tracks enun Ter
show tibet many
we wuz in or nix now. an no mistake
an we older fellers done sum mighty
hard thinkin' fer awhile. We nnany
greed tibet Their wuz only one thing TO
do. an tibet wuz ter try an make IN
foothills. an find tn spring tibet show
ed on our map oyer see the War Depart
ment has maps NV this hull country
shown tn trails an springs), towards
which. 81 near "a we could ngger, we
wuz then headn'.
our lieutenant wuz a young ieIer
Gust out er West Point an purity SEN
sible lad too. an he jest set an listened
ter our talk. telln' Their Top chats IN
first sergeant ter go ahead an do what
ever m older fellers thought best.
"Th' Top an three others NV US wuz
with Reno's OUTFIT up on tn Little Big
Horn when Custer got wiped OUT an
he'd seen or few campaigns since then.
an we give the young man er good deai
NV credit fer admitten thet We knew
or little bout what ter do In or pinch
like tibet. ..-.
When We pulled out agin ! telt n5S ~
onsartin' bout how we WIZ c0n. -'er
git out er tn hole we wuz In. 90 / knew
il would be nip and tuck whether III
waterd last or not. an II It alan [!
Well it Jest makes me shivcr. ter TINS
day. whenever / think NV 70.
Il cu'd keep yer up all night tellln
uv tn little things tibet happened on
thct march. how IN feners would divy
up the last drop of water. an give 81
CUFF ter cheer each other up, an tnei
like NV tibet Yer little know. young TEL
Ter. "a how men gifts ter hang tgether
I'm times NV danger. But IN jest try an
keep L Their main fac's.
lords night we cum cross er lot Nv
dried sage brush an we pulled up ter
camp.
This give us a chance ter COOK or
little. an every Teller soon had or few
chunks Nv bacon sizlin over "a little nre.
Wuz yer ever hungry? / mean Ter a
couple or days. II yer wuznt yer never
kin imagine how good thet or bacon
tasted.
"What we needed the most, though,
wuz CT little coffee, but tibet wuz outer
M question. n every drop NV water on
han now We he'd L be mighty stlngy ~
dishin' out. ez IN supply IN tn kegs wuz
gttin purity low.
cit wuzn't very swell stun ter drink, %
it wuz purity warm. but 'twuz water
am or heap bctterir' nuthin.
9TH horses an mules WIZ sunerin
tn most 90 they needed moreh we
did. an the best we could do wuz ter
hol' up Their heads an let or little run
down Their threats.
a cavalryman. as q general thihs'
thing. thinks - much NV his horse o.
he does NV hisseif an 1 actually seea
sum fellers deyidin Their little share NV
water with EN-.
9TH grain on tho pack mules was sit-
tin low too. so We he'd ter issue II out
most "a careful % IN water.
"Ther wuz mighty little sleep thet
night. 81 IN hull gang wuz all broke up
Then tn animals wuz terrible Uneasy
an We had ter keep a guard 'rouno
'em all night. ez we wuz afeared they
stampede. II they did. tn jig wuz up
an every Teller might ez well hev put
or pistol T. his head at onct ez there
be no way er getting out an IN QUICK
er he died, tn better.
Long before daylight we wuz on IN
move agin. ez We wanted ter cover e1
much ground as possible before IN neat
NV Their day. Tn pace wuz d-ei'ul
purity slow at this stage er the game
an we hadn't got many miles lore IN
sun wuz er poundin' down Jest Ike IN
OF cuss had special grudge asln Us.
by noon we wuZ most all a-"aihlh
an leadin' Their horses, ez IN poor ocds's
wuz Jest petered out, an sum NV IN
felIers wuz so done up tibet they jest
wanted ter drop right thar an stay
Twas only by Their strongest threats an
plenty er cussin' tibet we couiu Keep en-
a-goin' sum Nv tn weakest wuz put on
IN, strongest horses an in thet way we
managed Z keep goin' without losih CT
man.
"yve'd sent the two scouts ahead ez
soon ez tn sun wuz up Ter LOON ie'
spring 'caiise Their hardy ponies KIN
stan, or bean nv traveln. what scouts
o. forgot L tell yer tibet troops goih
inter m field in Arizona alters hez injuh
scouts long fer guides. IN goVernlien1
keeps er lot NV them at every fos' Ter
p,,ides o. there's lots er places IN AT
1ona tbet it's purity hard L git over II
Yer don, hey some iniun ter show yer
.Rout noon we stopped fer little rest
an ter Give tn fellers sup er water
Gosh m stun wuzn't hardly M ter
drink twas so hot. Eatin' wuz outer
~ question. our throats wuz so dry an
parched. an our lips wuz cracked an