The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-21

~S the fail Of isss ~zs waiting In .
IN small soxn in Western Nebraska
w fer nay partner. 90 60 on a hunting
ard trapping trip Oar destination
VIA TIRE Nsobrara river. IN the sorEa
part OF Nebraska Game and fur
animals were very psensiful there at that
time. Ny partner. however, changed Dis
mind and went Fart that winter. so ! 60.
slightly acquainted with very quiet sss~
pearina mar and ne told me- re was anx~
soas to go on that kind Of trip. We soon
came TO an agreement and started north
with two good saddle horses and four pack
horses loaded with traps and provisions.
In four days xe reached camp and start
cd tn TO make ourselves comforfa Die. We
dug a hole In bank three feet deep and
eighteen feet square and then &c, car re5i
over fl and fixed fireplace in one end OF
II. and with the AID OF some dry poles ne
built a bunk TO sleep on. The weather
being nice We started to work IN earnest
and xoon had plenty 70 do. cs6 not Ike
the say my partner acted a, times He
would talk 10 himself and he had a Wild
look In his eyes. A, the end Of a month
vas pretty uneasy and wanted 10 pack w
and go back TO the settlement. but he
would not go. When | insisted he grew
very angry and threatened 10 shoot me-
The next day l took a horse and rode
abos,t fifteen miles north TO lock for buff
faio for ! wanted q couple OF robes On
my way back came across an Indian
camp tina. had just been deserted. The
trail led southwest, and ! knew they
would not miss Our camp more than five
miles l hurried back TO camp and found
my partner stretching beaver hides. ]
told him what had seen and wanted him
to agree TO pack up that night and get out.
for IL they discovered us we stood poor
chance OF getting away. He became exc
cited and almost wild. and said he would
kill me II ] attempted to leave.
The next day he would not leave me at
all and talked ali the time, saying there
were white men hiding all around trying
TO kill him. II was late that night when
We got back. ! got supper. but he would
not eat After 1 finished my supper
started to stretch some hides. and he was
orraping the flesh on another hide. All At
once he gave yell and made a iunge at
me with q large hunting knife. lodged
the knife and caught his arm and pushed
him back on the bed. I bent his arm back
behind and trie! 10 get the knife. got
pretty bad cut across the hand ana the
blood ran pretty freely. l knew II was
struggle for life with me and I laid out
oil my strength. He was small man OF
very slender build while I was six feet
tall and weighed l50 pounds. lie managed
to slip from under me and get on hts feet.
I had \ good hold and threw him on the
door
II was a desperate struggle. He turned
back and forth and finally got his feet in
the iirs and kicked over a kettle Of boiling
water X ran under us on the hard dirt
floor. The fire. was scattered all over.
We both were b,Ickskins aud that kept AZ
from burning. though our hands and faces
were burned.
will never forget the horrible look on
his face. The veins stood out like cords:
froth and blood ooxed from his mouth and
nossriis. his breath feis like fire on my
face. II was a fight for NE In dead earn
est He got hls hand on my throat and
his fingers closed like a wise. With one
desperate effort l shock him loose and We
both sprang to our feet. He turned and