The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-22

acting 10 play SEX But when the In
dams unpeexed me from fae greuna !
short distance. I was peggsd 30 the
ground again fer ten nights In succession.
and 30 &as s~sta a-ongsaee OF me
played sick Every right Annets came on
her hands and knees and brought extra
food 10 me when the guard had walked 70
some ether part Of the y.i.sgs- she tod
me she was q niece OF the Chi.k2t chief
One night she informed ms that was
70 be killed one week frcua thar day. but
that the braves In their council had not
decided in VIVA, fern of torture they
would kill me. Their AnaotA informed me
that. IL possible. sse would have two u
the nsefest ponies in the camp saddied ard
bsbdied and tied in u secret place % the
brush the next night. and tina; SsstA Ard
] must try TO make our escape. told
her that on the day I was captured and
while being led into the village l had
thrown q buckskin bsgfui Of gold dust
into the thick brush =, a certain place be-
side the trail and that ] had not been de-
fectsd In dong So told Annota that II
she ccusd snd this bag OF gold she could
keep II as q reward for the azistance she
had given me
s.At 10 O'Clock the next night Annota.
true 10 he. wo-d. crawle1 quietly - me
on her hands and knees and thrust my
revolver. my penknife. and. to my sur
prize the little bag of geld dust into my
pockets. She hastily Informed me that
two saddied and bridled ponies were In
waiting. She CUT the thongs that bound
me and / then cut the thongs and re-
leased 9esta. The night Vas tnky black
and deashIy stu. The village was asleep
and the slsncs was only broken now and
then by the howiinS OF "A woods wolf that
Was lurking In the timber. Annota SAID
she did not know exactly where the In
dian guard Was. but that he was In the
brush near by and that we would have
to proceed very quietly. She led the way.
crawling on her hands ana knees. and
Eeeta and followed in the same way
across the srernsward, and we did not
rise TO our feet until we reached the brush.
Then Annota led us quickly 10 the ponies.
Just a. ] was throwing my rght leg over
the saddle OF my pony ! heard the click
Of \ musket. Tor the sound was famsiiar
one 10 me. TIE Chiikat Indian always
aims to shoot a man In the stomach.
They have oid-f shloned raskcts 'ha- Ere
but once and they load them with buck
shot I threw myself on the other side OF
the pony Just in time TO catch three buck
apof n my right thigh when the Indian
guard fred. I rushed toward him and
fred three shots from my revolver. and
he fell dead
Now came the flight. and shall never
forget Il. Annota sat astride the pony and
/ behind her. and she led the way along
a secret trail. Seetz followed on his p0av.
The sound OF the revolver and musket
shots had aroused the whole village. and
the Indian dogs were bowling. and there
was great commoiion. Annota had pre-
pared for the Night by quietly stampeding
all the ponies Of the village earlier In the
night so that they would run TO pas
iure some distance away. BY thia trick
the Indians could not get their ponies i'm
med.ateiy. and We had good start. An
nota led the way along trail straight up
q s,oping mountain 1000 feet high until
we stopped on a Level plateau on the back
bone OF the ridge. The regular Indian trail
was around the bottom OF the blum. and
by gong up the side OF the mountain to-
the top We eluded our pursuers. Once on
tn. top Of the mountain Annosa kissed NE
good bye and said I must come back and
find her again. She said she would have
10 work her way back TO the camp again
quickly. before her absence was discov-
cred
Seeta and I rode along the top OF the
mountain all night. At dayhreak we lock-
ed dawn and saw the Indians following the
ether trail In the valley below. They fol-
them return In disgust. The huckshot
made my leg swell and the pain and fever
was severe THE second nigh. picked out
the buekxhot with nv penknife Annota
had fortunately given me ard washed the
wounds IN snow water and then made a
noul.iee Of wlId balsam bark ana tied it
around my leg with a part OF my shirt.
The balsam reduced the fever and SWELL
ing 1 couldn't bear any weight on the
lame leg travelled that way for ore
week and went down into the valley on
the other side 90 the mountain les mics
from where was captured and there
Sseta and I found a lodge OF friendly
chueco,ln Indians and ar old c'u,ehma n
lsuGawl uursed me short time Ssets
lsft me here. / finally rode nay pony 10
Fraser river ard was nursed hy n French
trader az f'te<eat 4 SesRN reint- = sg>e-" nd
tsen 7 rode - r.yston. ON the Canadian
Pacific railraad and took train for
tsncouver Il e.. where first found a
doeso-, ore month after ] had been seat
then went Ia San Francisco ard srseni
49, wnter there and spsnt the Sc 40 OF
gold dust that Annota had saved fer ms
81 seeing the elephant never saw TOT
heard OF Annoia from the night shs
kissed me good bye on that mountar
top.
Il went 70 the PeiIv river country II
tSss ard brought out SIS asa IN gold dus
and $40 worth II fars And haekskIn.
sela thsEn In Vancouver. White there
met nv shane. Miss Clara Collins IS wears
s,,a whom had knawa back In old Eng
Land vhen she was n;tie giri. She wa.
| living In Vancouver with her parents Te
frake a lorg story shors Miss Collins he-
came my wife. and she sS tnfsv vsssfsns
her parents. who are now living tn Spring
field Mass "~2sf0bc- Ire Fseses1s