The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-05-23
CHAPTER XIII. b

CuAfIEn AilAs Il
And now indeed came for Marshall
Dean time In which he could see a
divided duty. A camp Of wood.chop-
pers IN one Of the deep, sequestered
valleys of the mountains had been sud
denly set upon by host Of mounted
indiana that seemed, like the. warriors
born Of the dragons teeth, TO spring
up from the earth, and yelling like
fiends bore down upon the little guard.
Happily for the woodchoppers, but un.
luckily for Lo, the commander was q
cool-hcadcd veteran Of the late war
who had listened time apd again to
yells sas frantic and hS6' withstood
charge ritter charge ten times as de-
termined. Most unluckily for Lo the
infantry company was armed with
the new Springfield breech loader,
and when the band came exultantly
, on, having, as they supposed. drawn
the fire when full four hundred yards
away, they were confounded by the
lively crackle and sputter of rifles
along the timber In front Of them, top
pling many a dashing warrior to earth
and strcwing the ground with slaugh-
tered ponies. That charge failed, but
they rallied In furious force. There
were only 40 soldiers; they had
500 braves. SO on they came again
from three different points, and again
did Powclrs sheltered blue-coats scat
ter them like autumn leaves before the
storm. Thrice and four times did they
essay to stampede the soldiers and
sweep on their own dead andstyoundcd.
and each time they were soundly
&. thrashed, thanks to cool courage and
the new breech-loaders. And Red
Cloud, cursing his medicine men, drew
on his bafiied braves and the hills that
night resounded to their vengcful war
whoops and echoed back the wailing
of the Indian women mourning over
the slain. "All well enough so far,
lads" cried Folsom, when he heard the
news. "Mnchpenlota is unmasked. It's
war to the knife now, SO for God 4 sake
send all the troops you can muster to
the aid of those already up there in the
Big Horn. Next time he hits he'll have
all the Northern Sioux at his back,
you mark my words!"
> But, who the devil Is John Folsom
said the bureau again. Arrest Red
were tbe orders IN thc gonr,s and ,hc
AGENT. called ,or troons 90 oo nna ,o
their bidaino I,,. M. th,nr a. To-.
had occnsIon In snv he,ore io s,ord
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car pnsLct. .,,irrs, r;a.. ho,v.
clubs and lances; it's another thing
for soldiers armed even with the best
the market affords, to march into nm
Indian position and arrest an Indian
chief. There were not soldiers
enough north of the Platte To do A.
and the war department knew Il n
the bureau didn't. Hence the muster.
ing In force alonr the river. and the
mounting In hot haste of perhaps ter
more troops and companies. nowhere
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hut all the nation had within a
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gin II. Burleigh, saying that he mus,
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