Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12

."2 ell, one Qf tAem parity
resting Con Hines gbotlXS The one.
wounded MlienS part way across the
river had managed to drag himself, gun
and all, to the ;otherAshore,. bptihadn't
sufficient strength to climb the steep
bauk into the brush. There he was
on his hands aud knees, his body
swaying, and head dropping, again.
chanting that weird death song, but in,
.fainting, weaker tones. AT the crack
Of" Brings rife he pitched forward
with a.lurch, aud nil was over.
~ Having made tour OF the big tim
kbered bottom and found the trails of
the two survivors, -who had left it at
different, points and at, good speed,
Judging by the long distance between
their footprints, Briny returned to
htlsehouse and reported to Arnold, who
/ had became very uneasy alter hearing
the shot fired. The horses were safe,
he found, and that was something. to
be FiankfpI for ! SiA = 3-sE&: !
..Briny.",- said. Arnold, after. they
had made pretence of eating some
dinners s''ye'ye got to light out O.
here. In few days the whole AS
siniboin camp will be here for re-
trenges' * III
>7'I know ;if $I;Il dig j., nice; deep
grave ssom ewhar this afternoon aud
bury Jim as good as L kim and to-
morrer we'll strike for the fort"
A few days later they drove into the
tlittte'tradings post, Arnold having had
soft and easy bed on top Of the load
OF fiirs. 8 Briny-hadn't much to say,
but STnoFr4 lost no time in telling all
that had happened and then theshoys
| learned their mistake and couldn't do
enough for-the man they had before
treated rudely.
The bufaloes,, hemmed in on all
sides, we're practically exterminated:i jim
1884, and wifi them went the days
OF prosperity for most of the white in
habitants of the country and for all
the Indians, who .wers brought sud-
denly face to face with starvation and
want. Merchants failed, and most Of
the small traders and the hunters left
the country. Steamers no longer
brought goods up tie 5000 miles of
;swift>river from ST. Louis to return
loaded to- the, guards with bales of
furs and robes. Railways were enter.
4ingvthe.ceuntrx, .antl--eivitfZation was
close at hand. The few whites who
Remained ins the.eountrysturned their
attention tostock raisingsor farming,
Eand lucky ,yerei ihoseywllo stayed with
fthe few head Of cattle they managed to
get together. In few years they
found themselves rich beyond their
widest dreams.
Rriny located a ranch on the Marias
river, and patinto PRACTICE some cher
.ished theories he, had about raising
crops on the4benchlandsI without irri-
1 CATION. Like many another old timer
Ehes had married. an Indiad Woman, an,,
with their child of six or seven years
they lived fralgaly and for time in
peace. Two or three miles UP the
griyers another former trader had To-
Gated, who was also married to an
Indian woman, and }Briny's wife often
went up tIere to stay day OF two
with her. friepeb %bp!Yss pf the same
7 tribe as herself. Late in the fell a
big bull outfit, OF freight train OF
kwagong drawn ably oven, came to the
hiver. to yitteEe and thcsoIner OF it, a
man named Tricket, made arrange
ments with Brmy's Bog teSboard d
himself Gntl his. men.IS Irielses- .&as&a
fine looking man and evidently we'll
OF, anagseeii1s Brins's We at the
ranch often, he finally persuaded her