El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-13
A LIVELY RUNNING FIGHT
Apache Rangers In the Eprly Eight
les From Described BY That Powerful Writ
er OF Southwest History George Wythe Baylor.
Written Epecially for tn Herald.
Copyright 1900

planned why one OF the warriors hat
taken the chance OIL the side of tn
mountain instead of running down tn,
arroyo with the squaws. Some of tn,
bucks had, though, and after tn,
| equaws hid, ran up the side of The
mountain and got into clump OF rook
and opened fire or us.
Isaw the smoke of their guns, and The
bullet went just above my knees, ssrik
Ing the ground at DeJsrnetse's feet
was mystifed for moment, IS the
wind from the bullet was quite as hard
ss though blow had come from q
stick. The Indian sousws were both
wounded, and at this moment young
Graham came up. and he WAS perfectly
| wild with RAGE 1T the sight of them, for
this came band bad, nos great while
before this. ambushed an emigran,
train in Base canon. on the old
| overland stage road between Van
Horns we'll and Eagle springs: had
shot his brother, making him q cripple
aud killing bis sister-in-lsw, a 6aug Mt
err of Mr.. Little of Bexsr county, and
other man, named Murphy, saved she
life of bis family by hiding them.
OF course, young Graham, hot
headed boy, wanted TO kill the women.
The prisoners soon took in the situa-
ton and covered behind me as they
saw his angry face and hostile attitude,
but told him l could never agree TO
killing women, crying and begging for
their lives, but would 60 with him
after the warriors willingly. This ap-
peal quoted him, and leaving Ed Fitch,
one of my cam any, in charge of them,
we startedup the arroyo, and soon heard
such roar of Winchesters we thought
the Apaches must have rallied and re
turned to their camp. We were pretty
badly scattered, for the Indians went
in every direction and the range rs after
Them, but as we we're afoot we were not
Ia it in race with d aet-footed Apaches,
especially as they were running for
dear life, assisted by lively fusillade
of Winchester bullets.
We all started off at q douhle-quick.
some up the bed OF the creek, but
Lieut.. Nevill and myself took the
near shoot up the slue of the mountsin.
By the time we had run hundred
yards, N viii sung out: Colonel, l
can't run another foot" He was fat
and heavy, but being thin, made the
top Of the hill and WAS mad enough.
Some of the boys were shooting the
dead dams. to make sure they did
not rob anu murder any more. Lotus
Peveler, one of my boys. who had
quite q race after an Indian said:
Colonel, passed a little Indian girl,
about years old and did not want to
kill her. She pointed the way the other
Indians had gone aud was smiling as
though il was quite joke"
bring her in, and I'll take her
home to Mayme,"I said. My little
girl had always asked me to bring her
ferns, flowers, pretty rocks or some.
thing every time l went on a scout, and
as we rode off she said: Papa, please
bring me little Indian" So my pro-
mise was out, and here was q chance to
make IL good. When he brought her
to camp she was all smiles, but when
she saw the dead Inc iaps lying around
and the squaws spoke to her, her eyes
flashed fire and she looked like some
Wild animal. made a mental note of
it for future reference