Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-02-03

,hey h'u gone WITHIN 100 yards Of the
INDIANS. : Ao had not heard them walk
ing upon the muttei earth, thev
stopped - discuss lie work that was
b"foleth"nt. Tie Indian. putting her
hand on the sheriff : rife pushed il 10
the ground "ni shook her head. mean
ing THAT ~n. would not have them XIII
the Indians, whom they outuumberel
two !" one. The sheriff was a. los.
70 understand how he was 10 cantrre
tins hand without firing, for he had no
d"nht the Indians would fire upon him
IN" moment they caught sight Of him.
Int the sqna" vas equal TO the elner
gency. She began 70 form the men
III two lines. Taking hold Of their
coats size would place man on the
right flank and another on the left,
lntil She had divided the sheriff
posse. Sh" then placed the sheriff st
II" head Of one column and ,hc con
dnctor, whom she regarded as a sort
81 captain, AZ tho other, and then
made sign - them 10 90 forward, one
half - the right and the other 10 the
left Ihru he made it plain TO them
that sltc would have them sHrround
tie Indians. She brought her two
honv hands together slowly, with the
fingers spread ont, and when they
We're quite together she closed her
fists 50 tie sheriff made ont she
wonl9 have them steal upon the In
dlans and dls4rn them or awe them
luto guaranteeing ut the muZZles Of
them guns, and lie gave Instructions
to tine men accordingly OF course
each individual must now use his
Indictment, and 90 the little band sur
rounded the Indians.
: In the meantime the squaw stole
into the camp and s4uatted near the
fire As the sheriff. men closed III
upon the Indians the Squaw leaped TO
her feet and put ont a hand as q signal
for tic band 10 bc still The Indians
listened, but the sheritfs men seeing
il all. stood still in til. snow. Now
the squaW spoke 10 the Indians, say
ing hat Size had seen great many
soldiers coming down the hill that
evening and giving it us her opinion
that the camp would be surrounded
and that if the Indians resisted they
would al BE killed When she had
succeeded IN pcrsua ling them that it
would be best TO -urreuder IN case the
! AGAIN This. tie sheriff concluded,
was signal for the men TO advance,
. and the posse moved forward. When
they were quite near. the Indians were
made aware of their presence by the
swapping Of Il dry cedar bough, and
tho sheriff. knowing that delay would
be dangerous, shouted to his posse to
advance At the sound of his voice
the Indians sprang fer their rifles, but
when they had got them and got 10
their feet again. the shcrltf's posse.
coming ont Of the woods from every
direction. held the clittering steel
barrels of their rifles IN the glare of
the campfire aud the Indians LAID down
their arms.
The brakeman. who had concluded
that tie was TO he butchcre1 or roasted,
was almost Wild with Joy. Wher
asked bv the sheriff why they held the
brakeman. the loader said the white
man was lost. they found him ano
were oulv waiting for daylight, whel
they would take him back TO bis peo
pie and .ot ''hoap rum The sheriff
pointed t. the white mans tettere,
hands anlasked the Indian to explain.
and tac lndnn SAID that the man wa
.heap mad, aul they were afral'
tia, II they left lbs hands loose h
would take their guns and Kill then
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