The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29
TIE GORDON MASSACRE

herself and her sister. They started to
make their escape by running, but had
not gone far when they found the Indians
We're after them. Maggie having outrun
her, Mary had hidden under bunch OF
brush when she heard the Indians cap.
| ture her sister.
We then took off our serapos, wrapped
up this girl as comfortably as possible
and took her about q mile and a half to a
| grove of timber. took her In front of
| me on my horse. When we got to the
grove we cut boughs and made bed as
comfortably as We could, left her there
and started to hunt for her sister, telling
her to be perfectly easy and that no one
would modest her.
Just at daylight we caught sight of the
Indians campfire, only a short distance
from Sagebrush mountain. We tied our
camp. Within few yards of the camp
we saw three Indians asleep: also a white
| girl. tied to the roots of a tree only q.
| snort distance from where the Indians
were lying. We had crawled within q few
| 1eet OF the Indians when we discovered
another person In a sitting position, a lit
tie to one side He was in the guise Of an
Indian, with the exception of his dress.
we were so close onto them now that we
dare not whisper to one another and
everything had to be done by signs But
! we thoroughly understood Each man
not an Indian got to his feet. When we
threw our pistols on the person sitting off
by himself with the intention of firing on
| him we were surprised to hear him cry
out IN good English: Don't shoot! I am
| a white man."
L knew that he was not a prisoner, con-
seQuently as soon as we got to him we
LOOK MS guns away from him and bound
MN: We next released the girl and she
told us who the man was. We took her
TO where we had left her sister, making
the prisoner walk in front Of US, hoping
a. .he Time ne would give us some excuse
| Ito shoot him down before we got to quar-
| tiers.
When we got the two young women to-
gether 1 started Maloney to HEADQUARTERS
1or an ambulance, also sending my re-
port with him. We had to take the girls
apout nVe or SIX miles on horseback in
| oruer TO get to place where the annbu-
lance could get to us, and they were in
! such condition that we were Obliged to
| travel very slowly.
| 1t was late in the afternoon when we
| got to headquarters. I had the women
taken TO my quarters in the camp, and
l. started to get some fresh water for
them, when I met the commander. He
asked about my prisoner and for an an
sWer directed him to the young women
! in my quarters.
L was gone some fifteen or twenty min
utes Tor the water, and when I came
back met the colonel I had BEEN with
Col Elliott little over two wears. and
tfis was the first time I had ever seen
| nun When thought he was mad all over.
He said:
captain Drannan, I want that man
executed at once, and want him exc
cuted in the presence of these two VOW. !,
women. Get them In front Of vour tent
| there, spread down blankets so thew Will
be comfortable, and see one of the hard
est hearted Villains die that God ever put
breath In
Immediately went to work preparing
| LOT the execution. I asked the young
women II they could witness it. Miss
| Mary said, Eyes, I could readily see him
shot, hanged or burned" -
l pinned piece of paper over Myers
heart and told Davis to gtep Off eight
| PAGES PAGES IN front of him. At the word
| three the entire scout force, five in
! ing to their rank
| we had searched this man Myers when
we nrst took him prisoner and supposed
Ghat we had taken away all his weapons.
| When everything was in readiness and
l had counted lone" he said. Are you
| my hands tied?"
| l took out my sheath knife, walked up
| nenlnd MN and cut the rawhide string
| tnat pound his hands and began count.
ing, one, two" but before I had said
| three Myers drew knife and started
1or the girl who stood by my side. When
ene scouts saw the motion they fired be.
tore :! had given the last word, but not all
together Myers fell at the first shot
came up to his knees and tried again ia
get the girl. The second shot struck him
ana ne fell again, then turned on his
nands and knees and tried again to strike
me girl, when shot struck him full In
the forehead.
| We kept the two girls with II. oho,,+
two months before we could catch a train
! gong to the East. When the first train
came along going West I went to it nv
SELF told the endgrants of the circunn-
| stances of the girls and asked the women
10 oonate some clothes, which they did
very llberally With the first train eoing
| east the colonel sent the girls back to thu
States-Capt w. F. .Drannan, in Chicago