The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-06-22

long knife and hourisbies Il 10 The OIL
and his seiicss vsrs followed by the 9th,
eighty nice xsffiou
We dldul sspt TO be killed thai ID
The msiouiy Of as didn'.-spi We toll
hin TO take the bor@s along. had b
come very much attached TO cur horses
bn, l vas also very much stiscbed 10 N
scslp-thst IL. 1t vss very much sttsche'
TO me-sod knsv II vas Of 100 value
detached" 20 ! kept silent, After the.
had helped themselves 10 our hcfses. ,h
ohisi approached me aud ssid;
Gimme am watch.
! save him my watch without iurtLtl
psriey. dida's want 10 hear those vord'
"kiil nm" sasip, II could help IT,
He next ssked Tor my cost and . pair o
red braces bad on lin fact, he asked foI
everything be saw with child like cont
dence ths, was touching TO behold. II
vas very for,uoste he met us when be did.
for be seemed 10 be out Of ever, thing that
vas necessary 10 make life happy. After
be hs taken everything We bad that be
could carry away. he still seemed dissstis
fed. snd wen, ibroush our boxes again.
smelling st the vinesSr, the pepper aud
The sauce bottles 10 . vague sort OF way :.
The be called bis braves snd rode svsy.
When the Iodi.ps we're = few rods away.
kistler, OF the Optic, turned to u.s. and
ssi.
Are those friendly lndisnsf
Yes. answered the man who had sdvocAt
I'd peace policy, they are evidently
friendly. sad il is our duty to report their
aclion 10 the Indian agent.
Just then, before we could prevent IT,
Kistler. who had grabbed gun. sent .
bulle, 10 to the ranks Of the Apachss,
Ina MON ut the widest excitement
prevailed. aud with . series OF savage
yells they whipped up their ponies till out
OF range, and then wheeled about and be
gan circlins about rs. yelling and firing
as they rode.
1t was ioltunGte for rs thai most Of our
wagons, had escaped being found by the
Irdiaps. or we should have been wholly
ct their mercy. These was nothing left
for us to do but fight. now that it wss com
menced, and q moment later every gun
and pistol belonging to our party Was
brought forward aud put into service, end
q telling FIRE was poured into them as they
swept past US.
Kisller kept perfectly cool, loading and
shooting as fast ss be could.
Again and again the Iudisns charged
us, aud each time from our breast works
behind our wagons we poured deadly
fire into them. sending them back With
one or more Of their number dead on the
ground. The guns in our party we're do
Ing deadly work. but presently 1t Was
announced that our supply Of salt wss ex
hsusted.
Kislley said nothing at THE, but took .
Ratchet and broke open The box ths. con
aimed our type Then be tcok . handful
If ''long primer" and loaded bis gun.
His example was followed by the others.
md when the lndisns charged Us sgsin
hey we're greeted by dose Of cold type
which seemed to make Q great impression
~ them Again and again they charged
Is. aud each time We distributed shower
Il cold type among them. For the next
Ialf hour the siege WAS kept up with
long primer" and when the supply OF
bat was exhausted We commenced to
'our Islics' into them 10 most gener
us and lavish manner. When these we're
II used up we commenced using mixed
hsrges Of spaces aud exclamation points.
hen when they made smother charge We
ave them dose Of "qusds' and display
ype, which SO discouraged them that 1t
'ss plsin 20 see that they had got eno1sh.
You see. observed Kistler. grimly, the
ress exerts great Influence 10 this conn
y, even among the Apsches. don't be
eve they will come again.
His words proved true, for they coon
~ us, taking their deal and wounded
long. Two Of our party had been partly
ounded. but none we're killed. That
igbt We walked back TO Matt Station and
nd the next day purchased some horsep,
nd returned for our wagons TO find that
ley had been burned by the Indians in
or absence.
We did not consider the press worth !
owing after it bad passed through the
re, and LETT IL there, where II can be
zen TO This day. hall buried in the sage .
ush by the roadside. eighteen miles from
utt Station on the old Kingston Road.