The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-31

prove my story. Yet believe Il, for It has been
handed down from father 70 son to the present
time: and must say It IL entitled to as much
Another evening Archie told about, Daniel
tan brawny warrior remarked that the beasts
bad probably just eaten q hearty meal ana were
""imyseli.b he said, Single handed and with
only o knife, once crawled into, q bears Den l
found ! pEeyed e the tUh Sun to S, std ri me- m AND mIasE
There were three In the den, and killed them
all. That's more than your men did, Tor py your
2wn account 1t would seem no was etra'o 70
Very early. one. morning it was reported thet
table land three or four miles cast Of camp. Tho
camp crier was soon abroad. shouting out the
S Siesp,, came amS t tImbIinF r'SSnuft' Of iF the lodges rsST n. hsste
for their horses. One OF the %strictest ruleH for
The s 10y p1Toro b Of The peG qSfn EHs t lISs TSS %.
were their food. clothing. and shelter: hunter
S@S on s' WAS S SHS TafG 70 hunt them alone. under
Property. and, even death. Sharp tioofouts were
always Watching for a herd. and when one MAS
s ssSnt ! Tse as SS@R S5i0 at SH he cS SnS sf lodge, and
under the leadership Of some chief. and thus
Il was not hall al, hour after the alarm had
been given before the warriors, mounted on
Saddles had been discarded. and even clothing,
many OF the men wearing only the breechclout
VIA %ith m %fiSes, But a some o. os srS% "f Bows sF% and
srrow " VIII which a,s at Slos &c STHrtO{s were almost arD1d
sight to sec these. lIt6e sud llnsSy men move
9f Of the signsl Of their leader. The imnpptisns
vi, . at sGS ,Rsr q T. [ 6S %sS T ana i HS:TR R5 Ss Ss% SSs;
sSsIr se sS ssFi ponl sS' and StfH Sos ssc Went PS with shcS%n
driving strings Of pack HnIPals which were to
CHIEFS wives had prepared our morning meel.
and after eating 6orTowed q horse from ne
hunt. "'J ! was a much too late TO join in the chase.
buffalo had been discoyered: s6e hsTq had been
f B9uashs P Pfe{ inS T aar ,EBiSEiy wS Scst eSnS S;,t Ga' t 5ns huge huge
forms 81 the slain to the number Of eeveral
ths t RSS' n SeEe fAH sFye s and tRSr sn g eoS SPH 81 meG
c %sTo H HRRiH561'lB5 oss SE%SF ssH SpH Ssns Gh Ct " B sas
those disputes were seldom. serious. and, gen
e eEFSsldly s2 sna sSe IN t & sI bd% and 81 ar tRs R %ss th In o sAS
for each Indian had a mark on his shafts.
their eiGH Women Gr mt the eu animals they had Udi" Killed. now W
began to ride slowly toward home: They had
happy over their success. and nearly every ono
who passed called out that. he would send q
fit T int SEsst &c t IN T SatShs iSq lie 1S5 msi cut neT up 3
the buffalo. although l had seen them at, such
cSsssl % WRicb TINES e9ssn ! sGd ssE Sgt lG @Ipes,' th fb hinS HS OF
iinnssn,. and and laa"uSbSeedd and iofed witt; Il each other
ducive to contentment as a goodly store Of pro-
visions, As l rode among them they turned
/ got the Better Of those encounters.
While, was Joking with them we were star
f fhT to by hefF ths e hsdf y t tein IiRe eo oE the c cRd:e lo0 @o
saw a large, party Of yelling horsemen swooping
already had killed several Of our people. By
this time very few of our men remained on the
camp; But what few We're lett Instantly mount
ed their horses and RODE swiftly toward the
h aGR fyst sn Been T GIsc TleR she as tS %Se To DE u Sn eReE
effectively rushed to the men for protection.
Filled and scaiped. The survivors now formed
five different groups. each one protected by
I EePe f fnFSs rapidly az fSv' at G The e 'cirslln @ee ene wSo
And as i9r the enemy. they seemed to
o oS f tSeiE Seet at ng ge 3 T nessr sbu fis66IIins
ard presenting 2 difficult mark. They were
SaS%Ija and 20 f fssm' 9Ts in the Rer t1il T SoEs sos aY ne
Fastening g to the deiencs Of those beyond and
as %aG We ,6 dr fSo H HsS5 the as si SSd i SiEEclSsd dbi out and and
tufned Sf then and s heade edf tRem or M fiIli 1ssf two M oi
F THfRa RS S2 my s fRe t AZ s ssSs , z RsR t E9S T uP
from q nr the different groups ftn and soon there re- we're we're
ewentT maTe Of 2 3he 81 siou Gha Tho 6u an 6er sae f {
were good lighter, but our people we're better.
for they were fighting with desperation for their
our pursuit we determined to let them 70. and
turned back toward the women. thinking the
had stopped and evidently held a council. for
suddenly they started toward us again, spread
Ing leSsf S9s :, h 6Sr ina FAN we 20 s as to attack sa6, th hSJ T nIts
the point from which 1 had at first started.
Our men had all dismoupted here and there
among the women, and their shots began to
times both horse and rider. Would i Iff among non
the sage bush. Their shooting even from the
e s&sets G for their tsey Riy iIEsa 4 t%o S SSs R Rot SIth S1S
wounded a man. But now reinforcements be-
gan gan to com9 n siEht; for some Of our hunters.
soon coD'l as the enemy saw them coming NJ Tpi they
as fast as they could &c. pursued by some Of tho
men 2 !, T IN had been pr99tteeGtlng the .w,99men' and
We now had time to count up our losses.
which we found &c. be two, men. seven women.
and one Hna boy G,r killed nsd AN and ! tn, three men: eight wo,
enemy we had killed seven and seriously
%ounded ono. who was quickly despatched.
take me long to, 6asten back to camp and tell
mept there wasl. Men excitedly rushed for
their arms and horses and. fastened away.
Women cried and walled and surrounded me,
begging to know who had been killed. I could
not Of course give the names Of the women, but
when I told who the men were their relatives
in the crowd h~astened away, sobbinE out their
or two the dead and wounded were Drought in.
and the SOUND Of mourning was heard on every
relatives Of those who had killed an enemycall-
Ing out their names and prelsing their courage
and success, ADOuG rundown the DnrauinU
party, returned. having had a running fight with
the enemy had better horses.
Archie and I put in a sleepless night, for the
mourning was kept MP without intermission.
Even IN 99r lodge there was sorrow and gloom.
We both were depressed by the calamity which
had hefallen the PEOPLE. Early in the morning
blankets and robes. were carried on travels to
q grove OF cottonwoods, up the stream. and
then placed on platforms lashed to the branches,
for their eternal sleep. Beneath the aerial
graves OF the men horses were killed that they
| might not 20 afOOt m the aandhilla and NV