The San Francisco call., 1898-02-06

in battle. His very name called forth fear. He laid about him so with his stone battle-ax that the Savages near him fled.
 Through the hole that he had speed fly made in the ranks of the spearmen poured his followers as flood breaks through a dam.
 A panic seized some of Binnie's fol- lowers although there was no reason for it, but the break was sufficient to throw even the reserves, who had come forward on the run, at the command of Koti, into disorder. To the disgust of Kemona the battle very soon turned into hand to hand fighting, after the methods of savages everywhere.
 Here and there were knots of bow men, who held together for time, and Koti. for short period, held one regi- ment firmly, and with it made repeat ed charges, driving hundreds of the kull-hunters into the river. But the overwhelming numbers of the skull hunters finally compelled Binnie's fol- lowers to retire to the woods. There they stood their ground, Ghoor-Ghee- Tee, having more respect for them than he did when the day opened, did not think it wise to try to crush them then.
 The battlefield, which Ghoor- -Ghee-
 
 strewn with the fallen braves who lay in heaps. Binnie's army had been saved from much loss by the breast shields, against which arrows and spears struck without inflicting any harm. Hundreds of the skull hunters had crossed the river and had fled from the scene of action. By night they recovered their courage and. be- ing reinforced by another army of sav- ages, returned to the river and camped there, planning to recross the river and go to the help of Ghoor- -Ghee-Tee in the morning.
 During the night Kemona managed to steal into the camp. of Binnie with great news. Then he departed In a different direction, going at the top of his speed
 Brave soldiers" so Binnie caused Koti to say to the tribes. You have done well to stop the march of the fierce Ghoor-GheeTee his army being so much larger than yours. I have knowledge that, if you can hold your own one day more, you will win the victory
 What was this knowledge? Binnie would not say to Koti what 1t was. The treason of Peloto. while 1t had not yet led to any serious result, had made Binnie afraid to trust any of the chiefs Already he knew that
 
 driven Ghoor- -Ghee-Tee's army. al though it was much larger than his own, into the river. True, he was on the point of doing this when the break in the lines and panic took place. The reserves would, in a few minutes, have finished what his own command had begun. The chiefs did not consider this.
 Binnie waited anxiously for the morn inc While ha naced nerVOuSlv back and forth, in the shadows of the for est, Koti touched his arm and pointed out a dark figure that was stealthily approaching on hands and knees.
 "Peloto," said Koti laconically and fercely.
 Peloto never reached Binnie, whom he sought to kill The f1aring of a camp fire showed his face. It was al- most fiendish in it's expression. Sud- denly there was sharp cry. Koti had ended at once the life and treason of Pelotoi
 After this proof of loyalty on the part of Koti Binnie determined to keep Koti near him.
 With the earliest dawn the two armies of savages renewed the fight ing An attempt was made
 to force Binnie's army out
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