, 1897-12-04

young leiiCW merely al ulln
III Il rage. his muscles never quivering
tCi al instant.
While the men were trying to con-
sole each other two OF the savages.
VINO lac gone away for u short time,
returned, bearing the carcass Of the
deer thai AL. had killed in the norm.
ing, and commenced dressing it n
cutting it up. They had made several
small Iires, and, roasting the meat be.
fore them, began to gorge themselves.
indian fashion, with the savory NOR.
seis. The men were awfully hungry,
TOO, but not u mouthful did they get
OF their own game.
The lnginS were more than an hour
roasting, while heir prisoners kept u
cooking for some help To get them out
II the scrdpe they was in.
"BouI Il mile down the creek me
that morning, being scarce OF meat. we
dill went ahnnting. We had killed two
u three Elk and was bout going back
to camp with our game when we heard
hiring, and supposed it was a party OF
hunters. like ourselves, SO W. did moi
pay any attention to 1t at first; but
when it kept up SO long and there WAS
such a constant volIey, | told our boys
1t might be a sCrimmage with Il par.
~ of red devils, n we concluded to
go and see.
We left our elk where. they were
and started IN the direction of the
shooting, taking mighty good care not
to be surprised ourselves. We crepl
carefully on, and a little before sun,
down saw Il camp fire burning in the
timber quite a smart piece ahead of us.
We stopped then, and Ike Pettet ana
myself crept III cautiously on our
hands and knees through the brush to
learn hi the fire meant. In a little
while we seen it was an 1ngin camp.
and W. counted % warriors seated
round their fires a eating as uncon>
cernedly as if we wern't nowhere near
EN-. We didn't feel like tackling so
many, SO Just as we was bout to crawl
away and leave 'em in u~ndisturbed pos
session of their camp we heard some
parties talking in English. Then We
pricked up our ears and istened mighty
interested | tell you. Looking round,
we seen the men tied to the trees Il
the wood piled against them, and then
we knowed what was up. We had to
be mighty wary, for if we snapped a
twig even, it was all day with us and
the prisoners, too; SO we dragged our
selves back, and, after getting out of
sound of the Ingins, we just got up
and lit out mighty lively for the place
we had left our companions. We met
them coming slowly on bout two miles
from the lngin camp. and telling 'um
what was up we started to help the
trappers what the devils was going to
at the camp as Ike and me was going,
and we soon came within good range
for our rifles.
The Ingins were still unsuspicious,
and we spread IL selves Out in sort
of a half circle so as to kind o surround
them. and at a signal | give. seven
rifles cracked at once, Il as many
lngins was dropped in their tracks:
a second volley, for the red devils had
not got their senses yet, tumbled sew
en- more corpSeS upon the pile, and
then we white men jumped with our
knives and dubbed rifles, and Their was
a lively scrimmage for a few minutes.
The few lngins what wasn't killed
fought like devils, but as we was get
ting the best of 'em every second they
turned tail n ran.
Wed heard the firing of the fight at
the cabin just in time; and as we cut
the rawhide strings that bound the fell
lows to the trees, Ike. who was a right
fine shot and had killed three at
time, said: 4 always like to get two
or three of the red devils in a line be-
fore l pull the trigger: it saves lead
Then we went back to our camp and
made a night of it. feasting on the elk
we had killed. and talking over the
wonderful escape Of the boys int Little
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