The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01

:hief said confidently. THE horse smells
water, the river cannot be many miles
away
1t was an hour after starting, on the
third morning, that they reached the
bluff opposite to them. For a distance
of a couple of miles rose a steep island
of basait, some hundreds of feet above
the pain around it, and on the summit a
large village could be seen.
"Moquis,'l the Indian said, pointing to
It,
"Then she must have got there in
safety" Will exclaimed in delight. The
chief shook his head Horse not able
to swim river must stop to-day to eat
grass. There horse" and he pointed to
an animal 700 or 800 feet below them.
THAT is its color, sure 'nough," An
tonic exclaimed, but 1 don't see the
senorita."
She may be asleep" Will suggested.
Likely enough, senior; we shall soon
see."
Dismounting they made their way down
the steep descent. Then all leaped in
their saddles and galloped forward to the
edge of the stream, a quarter of mile
away. The mare, which evidently scent
=
cantered to meet them with a whnny of
pleasure. There were no signs of the
girl and all dismounted to search among
the low bushes for her. VIII loudly calling
her name. Presently the Indian who,
with his followers, had moved along the
bank, called them.
"She slept here yesterday" he said,
and the level grass close 10 a shrub tes-
titled to the truth of the exclamation. The
two Indians looked serious.
''What is it, chief?"
Indians he said. white girl come
down river to drink then she lay down
here, then Indians come along YOU see
footprints on soft earth of bank, they
catch her when asleep and carry her off.
Teezeuma and the Wof have looked no
marks of little feet, four feet deeper
marks when they came along; Indians
carry her off,"
"Perhars they have taken her along the
river TO some ford and carried her up to
their village"
Soon see," and he and the Wolf NOV
ed along the bank, the others following
at short distance, having first taken OF
I their horses brides. allowing them 10
take good drink, and turned them loose
to feed"
Small men," the chief said, when will
with the two chief vaqueros came up to
? MIN. snort steps; got spears and bows. "
How on earth does he know that?''
! VIII said when the words were translat-
ed to him. Sancho pointed to a round
mark on the ground.
There is the butt end of a spear. and
dare say the chief has noticed some
holes of a different shape made by the
ends of bows.
Half a mile further the bluffs an
preached the river and bordered II witt
perpendicular cliff, which had doubles.
been caused by the face of the Hill beinE
eaten away by the river countless age,
before. The stream was here some THIRTY
yards from the foot of the cliff. More an(
more puzzled at the direction in which
Clara had been carried, the crackers fol
lowed. They had gone a hundred yard,
along the foot of the cliff when a grea
stone came bounding down from above
striking the ground a few yards in from
Of the Indians, who leaped back Almos
instantly a shrll voice shouted from
above, and, looking up, they saw a mum
Der of natives on a ledge a hundred fee
above them, with bows bent threatening
ly.
Back, all Of you!" Sancho shouted
Their arrows may be poisoned"
Seeing, however, that the party retreat
Oh in haste, the Indians did not shoot
when a short distance away a council
was held and all returned to their horses
mounted and swan the river; then the,
rode along TO a view Of the cliff THREE
or four openings were seen on the leve