The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-06-07

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the middle which would hold about two
quarts or so. and | kept this filled As a
ciSten. | ventured that night 10 roast Il
piece Of the bear in hole in the ground.
which change Of diet was a welcome one
l never passed such time since WAS
born, for | dared not sleep an hour fpr
fear of a surprise, and the weight of re-
sponSibility | felt. with those poor help
less creatures on my hands, was simply
awful
Late on the second day, when climb.
cd the hill for a last look. | saw a small
band of Indians not more than an eighth
of mile away. They did not aumbcr
more than seven. but were armed and in
full war dress and We're heading straigh:
for the hill. Dropping on all tours. ran
as fast as | could for the mouth of the
cavern and, scrambling down, soon had
the women and children crouched up in
the far end Of the larger division. whorc
no shots fired into the smaller could rca !!
them. though | hoped the Indians Woul
either pass by altogether or fail To find Us
If they halted. Silence then was an ais T.
Lutte necessity. and the women imprcsso !
this on the children. l then went back an !
by cIinging To one of the bushes swinging
across the entrance to the cave pcered OK
to see what the redskins meant to do. |
could see they had struck our trail an |
suspected we We're somewhere about. 10.
they diSmountcd and, scattering, began u
search the woods.
AS they drew near our hiding place
dropped down into it and cooked the guns
the women had brought and my cv.
truSty rifle. | suppose my frequent 50
lngs III and comngs out had left SOM
trace, for they seemed to notice the cn
trance ut once, and presently | saw 2
head pcering over The dim light of Il, ,
cave might have prevented the own
from seeing me- but, as i'll luck Won
have it, the infant child | spoke of wailo !
out just ut this particular moment. r. 90
cry was stiiled in an instant. but ii hal
been heard. and the head craned over fin.
Their while another and another porp@
over. | was crouching down as close as
could, hut hearing the click of Il triggc.
L knew concealment was no longer pcs
bic and hlazed away. Two screams telG
me couple of heads had been hit. an
the third disappeared. l heard a v g..
shouting for the others to come IN ~, ,
could distinguish the tones Of colloquv
being held, though without hearing wh..
was said
presently a lighted torch was fin,
into the cave, but l had retreatcd into H..
farther one, and, nothing being vi>i'.v.
the Indians were nonplused. and | hca.d
one cry out that there was nothing there.
Another retortcd angrily that some one
hoI
tie. This was followed by a pattcr cf
shots on the floor of the cave. one Of
which, rebounding, struck one of the ch
dren on the breast, but, though the bull t
imbedded itself in his skin, the plucly
little fellow did not utter a sound. A.
their firing still produced no effect, the
Indians did not know how to account for
matters, and presently one of them was
lmprudent enough to stick his head over
the edge, but | made no move, and they
held another council. 1t was evident thai
they feared To enter the cave, not know
ing how many lay concealed within il.
and Mt last they hit on the very plan /
had been dreading.
"A lighted torch was thrown over. and
a quantity of leaves and moss was pushed
after it, but their amable intention It
smoking MS OUT tailed' owing to the damp
ness OF the leaves ana moss and my hav-
ing aeiugea the carmen moor OF the cave
win an tlie water we had on hand. See
ing TINS ran they summoned up couraE"
to enter the cavern. aud as we saw the
five forms leap into our hiding place W.
opened fire on them. | killed my man T.
stantly. and so did Mrs. Ridley, who i'm
iheuiaIeiY iet duSky d'vil VINO, scream
ing rushed upon her have the full con
tents OF the other harrel IN his hrca T..
ne oth'r woman missed her ann aHI
'ue next moment was IN the grasp OF OF"
vi the lidlahS put h'l"f" | could cora"
10 her rescue her son boy of l., hni
huhS ms arms around the REDSKINS nerE
ana. hanging an ms back, Kept him fro"
S'riklh&' Wheh the woman, picking M q
'omahaWK' struck nm tremendous hi'"
on thc forehead. ne dropped like "A '"''
crushing the hoy beneath nm. The re-"
naming lhdiah' seeing ms companlo"'
fall' maze break for the entrance and
was Ju.t cunning OUT Wheh caught Mm
ana nrihS' Drought nm down with bro
ken arm ana pan IN ms SIDE.
seeing nm htlpi'sS ana thinking h'm
dFln@' | dlu not shoot AGAIN. hut went
oack I" 'he women Whom round shrek
ing win excitement quoted them aHi
congralula them on their coura"
which, however was entirely gone ".
soon rs 'he eau Tor II was over. | roll.
'iG I'i"'ah on inc hoy' VINO was consi''i-
any bruised ny the Wclsht of the o."
podF' nut o'lerWlSe not hurt. .'