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

II hadn't got the word out hardly rore
a dozen NV EN- jumped up an ohHIsu
T. go. Then Jack steps up. say Sersea"''
7 don't see no use In lettin' or dozen refers
eet killed. I'll go alone. an II Won oe
much loss If 1 do git hit 20 yer N'''
.,.ior snare one man than et w..
,.i, ,,axe tn spring ! kin gu nun wa, -.
Nil -. ,,,teens ter kinder Keep "'
in few cdhee'
eUi, now, jist thought / d ulop
st., 7 ever ned, maklh d VI
~ .ha, n nut me in ct ID" ~ IA
Ike thel' - oor,rnand wv tn troop heu
q D. 80 sum kind NV er move n,,t
yer me- i, tor cit water sum way -.
we - r, of consentin' ter let tnS me. ~
Ter 'li''i 80 WV. il made me ieei IlNo
60 oNe - lest wanted ter SIT 40"
cry. 81. IL, ont Nv It, but tn
- sllers kinder burned opss''''' 80
80, nd sot his min on any 80 con.
W W NO use an I he'd ter CIV in' hoart
mt tho twas jest Ike pui''"
out ter do H. .,.,,, dark. an wuz
o,,.,,,' cloudy too. which "uI -,
in. hut | knew tn moon VIZ ,,ight
yinder carly. an 1 wuz aieereu ~ - a
~ fore it'd be dark nun 'ei '''''
break be,ueen two big
rocts where tn bottom wuz Oh no
Win III groun' in front uV US al
this Jack decided ter 60 -, .ide Nv II
81 nosted ten fellers on each S'N r,ci,
?, onen a rapid IRE on tn inlu"s' Il 80 ,.aon.
~ fred on. so ez ter MAKE en-. 80,
down ez much ez possible hl''1 ,e-
rocks. an not give EN- er olla'' bcd
eboot much. Tn fire NV both Nv - ~,
stoned. ez it wuz hard I sec
kind NV er shot ,... carteens
LACK slung seven er eight cah1'S'l9
-, sbouIder. an crep' thro' tn rocks
keepin' 81 close Z tn grouh 20 po1s',,a
Yer COUNT hear a SCUM. Ncepl III NO.
~. IN, wounded an tn suppressed bredtn-
i'm NV tn men er watchin thet Doy s'''
pin' Their guns like bans NV s'ee,. ,.,,
We'd Jest made out Jack creep'h 30
u.1en fb' moon commenced ter sho"
H.. ~ clouds. 1t Jest seemed ter freeze
ms right 4 tn grOun' an we almost stop
breathin' ez we saw IT gittin' lighter n
LIGHTER. We cu'd see him now purity plaih'
lie saw how light twas gettin' an start
ed = run. He'd taken bout dozen steps
when tn mjuns spotted i'm an turned
loose TIL poor boy made a couple er
Jumps an dropped.
Fer a second We seemed ter be par %
lied. A veil went up an ez one man we
started forard; climin' them rocks an
chargin' cross tn open 81 If tn deVil
himself wuz arter us. Away we went
past Jacks body. past tn springs heed
less Nv tn shower wv bullets tibet met
us: needless NV IN fellers dropin' 'roun
US. We SKINNED up tn rocks In front NV
US: an Jumped right down 'mongst IN
iniuns. every Teller itchin' ter git even
fer Jacks death
what foller is hard fer me T. tell
Tn yells NV TN injuns. tn hoarse shouts
nv tn men. IN hard breathin' nv man
an injun, a rastlin L tn death, IN death
vclp Of sum injun ez he felt tn keen
huntin knife stickin' I'm Ter his ribs,
mixed with tn sharp crack of the pistol
an carbine an IA rifles wv tn inJunS
SCENE ter me 81 tho all hell itself hed
hu sted loose. Jammin' my carbine gainst
the naked breast NV an injun iired-with-
out raislp' IL 10 my shoulder. IN recon
ierked 10 outer my hams an 1 he'd l Ial
back on Their pistol.
NOW mana did l kill Sho yourg-
ster. yer suppose a man stops .eE
count. IA scrap IKE tnvt.
Il nTed IN SIX s.Ots an wuz Feachih
Ter my knife, wnen 1 got crack IN
M shoulder tibet Ielt Ike er red-hot
ron goin thro Il. tnen thump on IN
mead an l dropped. IN rest was 4
plank. ..
..Wnen / cum 20 I'll injuns was gone.
one NV IN fellers was a batnln my
mead. which telt eZ big ~ buanel ods-
s4r IN nit IN my shoulder WuZnt ser
,ad ez IL mignt er Din. II Dunet just
clipped a piece from IN top NV IN Dohe.
wuz soon able ter git alOun ana size
things up though / WuZ tdlnt ana sleh'
Twas qTeer looking crowd tbet
gethered 'roun me, IA tne mOonhs"I
Their hans and faces wuz smeared WIN
,,trnr powder an dirt. sum ned tnef
snirts torn inter bits: others with heaus
an arms tied up, an worst OF All Lete
am thar a silent form on tn ground
top me. only too well, NV tn cost NV N
victory. IN brave fellers III only as
am American kin fight, an when IN
angel Gabriel sOuns tn nnal assem-
bly" | know they'll be IN IN front rahA
Nv Gods own troop. -,
ssTher wuz sixteen dead lnjuns lay
ir, 'roun-an' no tellin' how many more
uruz in bout ez bad fix. but IN wound
"a he'd managed ter crawl away, an
| a GOOD thin fer them TOO. eZ our teiers
Vrtiz purity savage. an twouidn or ON
healthy fer "A live injun. II eny wuz foun
MY mex thought wuz NV poor JacH.
an / went over 10 where he lay. hopin
IN might be possible thet he wuzn.t dead.
+ gently raised i'm up an opened his
| shirt front to feel over his heart fer ehy
| sign NV life.
| "A faint futterin' tot me he still lived
| an, I TOT one NV tn fellers ter git sum
| water.
II -ould see Their wuz no hope mo eI
Their wuz three ugly lookn' noes in nj
| chest where tn bullets he'd come out.
| an he wuz bleedin' Inward.
I'VE gently forced open his ugh snei
a..th an, Let sum w tn col water E4n