The Delta independent., 1898-07-01
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v1S 6oooSssd Ey Ma Turner. v6o came
tripping from AiD Aaynard's dds TO
nest her md 10 ~ with ssssr dilatioa
q tie ~ apd passinss Of the mouth:
She's baek-shs's just got here.
Where On earth can she have been?"
And turning. unatidying. from her
qusssionee. Asa Stannard rang at the
Bazrys' door and entered and found
Nathalie sobbins hsr heart out ~ she
knslt by NrA Bassy's side. snoirclsd BY
thst lady's lowing ax,na
II DECLARE" mid Mrs. Turner that
aiternooa, "thses's just ten times ~
much mystery and misery about this
old post when the men are away a.
when they're bsfe." for that night the
doctor bad . patient at Barrys' who
nseded all his care-Nathalie' 3 strength
bad given way and she was very i'll in.
dsed.
And then came stirring. thrilling
nsws next day from the front ROta
battalions Il the -th. diving after the
Cheyennes into the sand hills. had sod
denly been brought 70 bay. Yellow
Wolf apd his despsrate band. finding
Themselves oonfronted. 20 mid the young
men ssnt far out in advance. by strong
foeoss of cavalry and infantry from the
noethsgn agencies, had recoiled to cef-
tain we'll known old fastnesses In the
6esp breaks 10 the south Of tho NiObra-
-. and In recoiling had stumbled
a0ainst 6tannaSd's advance, thereby
brinsing o. . sharp and rattling fight
that had warmed the cookies Of the old
canpaigua's heart and shown even his
so0uits 10 - fellows of sxcellent met
Ia
All Tie Ams. Yellow Wolf was In NO
mood for . general melee. OF he could
have nads Il bot for stannard that crisp
April morning. for he bad only foar
troops. Barry being some milss away 70
The southeast Tho two battalioos wGe
cosvesging - they FASTENED northward.
and had Yellow Wolf been . strategist
he bad excellent opportunity 70 beat his
opponsnts in detail. The Indians, how.
sves. really wished to avoid conflict
With the cavalry. Every life was pro-
cious In the long bad6sred and fast d.
maintaining tEibe. and there was some
thiag alDost pathetic in the efforts Of
the old cAief and leader Of the Chey-
sssss 10 est his people. waxriorA WON.
= aed childrsn, nfsly d touch with
thsay kindssd a Tie northern tEibe. The
vey thing which Tie interior depart
Dsot Was most anxioas 10 prevent
Hus - boar bis young men bad kspt
- 49, daahiaG. long sanss aSht with
00nsaasd's 3 kisnish Ma sGsiviaS 10 kin
- woasd - naay q the soldiers -
possible % - 70 hamper their subss-
QUsot 0ovemeata Othsss at the same
time far 10 ths north ksps watch over
ths slow advance Of the force frUm tho
agsocieS while other braves sill safely
escorted the village-the old men, WON.
q aud childreu-fas In among the fast.
nessss Il ths sand hills to the west.
Tbers, - amoog TIE Bad Lands along
the Dakota border, wefc natural forti6-
cations md tortuoua. Intricate trails
along which only in sinsls Rls could
pofsuRs march. and 30 braves could
Aeld ths paaaags against regiment oi
soaAissA 30 perfsctly wss this masked
from the night Of the cavalry, caatious-
b advancing from tie north, but still
nearly dossn miles away, and from
etannard' q view, thanks 70 the intseven.
ing ridges st which his men wefe i'm
petuoosly dazzling. that when, aft9 .
long morning Of skismishing with not .
little los to ofnoefs, men and mounts.
the major ordered the recall and Assem-.
bly, sounded and proper disposition made
foe Tie care oe the wounded, nothing
whatevss had bssn seen Of tho flank
movement Of the village
An hour later. Just about o'clock,
VIXEN ths warriors themselves seemed
70 have drawn sway from his widely
dispssssd skiFmishefs now formed in .
bdg circle about tie pack train and
Woundsd. tho veteran soldier sent a
od3oR and . doscn men to - what
ooaA b sen from tie summit of .
batts barely mile distant, and almost
inseant1y these began signaling. and
pressntly trooper came tearing back
1t q eallop. "The cavalry from White
River, SIR, the lieutenant sayk You can
80 EN- plain not moro than six o. eight
miles on 70 The north.''
Damn the cavalry from White Riv.
err mid stannard explosively. "WhGs
are tbs Indiansi"
''Nons In sight, sif. snywb9N
well, then. thsy'vs sot to tbsir
boles in Tie md hills. and ven have
hell 10 pay Footing 'em out was the
old dsagooe's disgustsd ootbssak.
And 0tanaAsd was . true prophet
Tbs news that resched Russell By ssle-
graph that Ane April eveaips was thss
CoBonel Ath9sW himself bed hasesDed
fxo0 tAs nilWsy northward 20 ths
AsId. that Barry was ordered to Close IN
On 6taspard, that The Indiaas had got
Into H. soro1Ssse o6 their slFuogholds
end thos wR 10 the ksi1b was The
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