Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-31

my coming Suddenly half dozen stall
art Indian bucks dartCs, from the brush
40 either siae of the trail and covered scotia
AMI TIC with their musaCts. Of course dis.
crc'ton told me o. make TO RESISTANCE IL
was cnly n moment until the bucks had
GiSarmcd Sccta and me and had taken our
ronics. ThCa - they lei Us into the In
dian Village vs fully realized that the cpl
so,ie meant our capture.
"Thcrr wrrc about 500 ChiIfat braves
and sGuaws in tho village They were In
thcir war paint ard had tccn giving war
tano,s. AS s'cc;a could siN,al; the Ch.lkat
Language. an - | could understand some
of 10. lcsI,.ss then for tie first time hat
the tribc was In lighting humor because
the ralciacCs Ill roachC,l on their hunting
grounds. The Indians treated Scrta ard
me with great courtesy and good will for
ono wcS, although ,tcy Kept US under
guard constantly. Then our tortur-s .rr-
gan. Tlcy tied our hands and feet with
thongs of buckskin ard Tcgg~l We to the
ground, fiat On eur backs The thongs
wc!c drawn 50 tightly around my wrists
and aIklCs that they sank into the llcs n
ard intericr,si with the circulation of the
blood. and suffered the most cxcruciat-
| Ing agony. Every night Sec;a and " ..rc
| ticd down IN this manner. and n struH.
guard Kept over Us 10y two or three yu..rg
bucks. While was lying thus HAT or ny
back ard unable to move the Indian
guards thpw mud ii ny face and walked
over mo.
After had been tied down oycry night
for six weeks then was doomed 10 a new
form oi torture. One morning after I
had been urpcggcd from the ground the
Indians held war dance around me-
Then they tiCd a hjIckskin lariat around
nar n my Ghklcs aid fastened sost carl
tou rob- over the hack 81 my head and
Shoulders. a big buck mounted "a popy.
with the lariat in his hands and started
over The rough crCrnd at a lively gallon,
and i was dragged hchind a. IL we.c a
cai;ared fox usSd In making a trail for a
pack of young hounds. Tho Indians hal
t.cd the carihou robe on my head to pre-
vent my skull from being fractured and
ny brains fruIn being knocked cut. oh.
tell you. those Chilka;s arc considcrnte.
III cuursc had not bccn dragged over
tho ground hut short distance until
was knocked irS<usiblc. when | rccained
CONSCIOUSNESS. 10 was late ut night. was
Hat on NY hack, legged down, and I was
weaN and GaiEt. A beautiful young Chill
hat eiFl, nc' over u years old. was crouch
ing near ne. she Whispered In broken
English aud informed me that she would
Try 20 arrange plan for Scc:a and me TO
escape. She said that the Indians had con.
sidrcd me almost dad. and FOR that rrason
only obc buck hal bcrn detailed 10 guard
me TIA, night, and bo had craw!cd into
tie brush 10 s!ccp.
| she told me 60 'play sick, so tha, the
yigilancc % the night guard would I've re-
lazei she said that she had bitterly de-
noGrccd ire in camp In orsicr 90 ward OF
sny suspicion tnat she iaighs aid nse. In
BIZ simple way skc oxrTos~-i grat love
Toe No and aid ale wanted 10 sc me c.
eare and that When the Indians Quit tho
warssth an Icscc was rrS.orua i could
rcturn and marry her OF course under
shc circ1nstarccs coali not pro;oS.
seslr-s even IA Indian iaaiicn's POPPING
The foss.isn 70 TIC and made isarriarc
erraScnIcut thsn ard them in a hasty &C.
gni,ss0ioe tohcrIrofc-ition. By this time
my bad y ~ nChirg from tho bruises, ard
the fever vas making me suGcr from
thirst asked the Indian Girl Tor drink
az water. she cravlci awsy quietly on
Der haEls AID krcss In thu dark, for dis
ecvc-y vosis hsys uioaat dea.h. In due
tine she rtUrrci in tac sane way aal
brought Eis q lnsihsr pouch full II water.
ehs had snsrssa ~ pouh ~ . ssripg