The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-02

iarrows and wounded four more. We
buried the three comrades in one grave
and did what he could for the wounded.
One had three arrows in him and could
not live, and another had an arrow in
the shoulder blades and / couldn't see
how he could live.
1--WE mustered about twenty horses
when the Indians were gone We began
to pack up, and about s o'clock in the
morning the Indians came down on us
again. We rushed for our horses and
poor Jim Pierson was struck in the neck
with an arrow and fell and before he
could get UP an Indian struck him will
a stone hammer and killed him.
Those that could got to their horses
and rode for dear life to the mouth of
the canon. But the Indians had blocked
us there and we had to shoot our way
through. They did not chase us, and
when we got clear of them in the open
we found there were only nine of us out
of the twenty-three.
1--WE loaded up our guns and pistols
and rode back to the canon, where we
found one of our poor fellows whom the
Indians had overlooked. He had four
arrows in him., We buried all our dead
that afternoon. They were stripped naked
and even the three poor fellows we had
buried in the morning had been dug
up and stripped.
I'VE now had a horse apiece and old
Tige extra. God knew what would be-
come, of us with nothing left but our
horses and our arms and poor Old Tige.
One of our boys had put the pack saddle
on Tige when the raid started, and the
bag, with our few last pints of flour, had
hung with the kettle and frying pan from
the saddle. Tige followed us pell-meil,
with the Kettle and frying pan rafting
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ware racket above the yelling and the
shooting.
After 1t was all over one of the boys
said: Charley, you are hit, tool! And
sure enough l was with an arrow shaft
two or three feet long sticking out OF
the small of my back. My clothing was
thick and the arrow did not go In very
deep. The boys cut it out. II left q
sore that hurt a good deal but did no
damage.
Again some were for going back TO
the sink of the Humboldt, but finally we
agreed ito go on. We built up fires as
though we were going to stay there un-
til morning. but as soon as it was dark
we went on until it was 10 o'clock in the
evening when we lay down and slept UNI
til daybreak. Then we went on until
full daylight when we stopped and made
coffee and baked our pancake. Our al
lowance was three spoonsful of batter
each.
Then after a little rest we went on
until o clock and so on until the fourth
day. On the morning of that day we
found that poor old Tiger had died in
the night. Is there a heaven for good
horses? If there Is old Tige is there
with free range of green pastures wa
tered by clear crystal streams.
THAT day when John Lee and l were
riding a little ahead we found an animal
something like a badger, and killed it.
We had quite a quarrel about how II
should be cooked-some were for soup,
some for boiling. So we had both, aud
little it was among all us starving men.
We had been so long on nothing to eat
that we were getting used to it, but all
were very cross and suriy.
For three days we rode absolutely
without anything to eat. AS for myself
1 felt better then than 1 did when we
had the pancake. for 1 soon became faint
and wanted nothing and cared less. On
the other hand, the pancake created a
gnawing hunger that brought to memory
all the stuff that ever was got for eat
ing. We would have killed horses only
this would have dismounted US, for we
could go no faster than the slowest man
and if one were afoot, We might as well
all be afoot so far as time was con-
cerned.
well, as we were trudging along,
rather down at the mouth. the star of
hope suddenly made its appearance and
shone bright as MONDAY. For, as we
came around the point of a large hill we
struck in a wagon trail apparently about
three days old l do not ask you to
imagine our joy, for you cannot. We
shook hands and laughed and some Of us
Ir1- h0a aA md o-fad To- Frox,
Heaven come down and welcomed us to
dine in the regions of bliss We would not
have been happier than we were at sim
ply seeing a wagon track three days old.
I'VE followed it until II O'Clock that
night, and as soon as there was any light
we were up and off. We travelled sixty
miles that day and overhauled a train
from Oregon on the way to the mines
as we were. We got plenty to eat from
them by paying well for 1t. The mines
were now only $50 miles off. We bought
flour of them at 81 pound and pork
the same For coffee we paid them SO a
pint, and milk, $50 a quart for they
had a number of cows with them
I'VE stayed with them five days and
then left them after dropping $40 with
them for food. We rode to old Lawson S
the first day, the distance being sixty-one
miles. will here mention that old Law
son is the one who laid out that route
we got on and caused so many to perish.
We passed the bones of hundreds of peo-
pie lying bleached on the ground-some
that had starved to death and had been
left where they dropped by those too
weak to bury them, and others the In
dams had dug up to plumber of their poor
rags of grave clothes.
We'll, 1 have reached the Land of
Ophir at last, and now l must go to the
mines and make my pile quick and get
back home as soon as possible, for / am
sick of this country already. Give my
love to Sarah and tell her / can beat
any woman in the States baking-nar-