Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-12

tees and the valley was black as 2 hat by nine at night. Ray and tent ed together and as we lay with feet to the sibley, with our breath going l up in steam, he made me go over l Alouette's every word and gesture. He | asked me if her baby were with her. She married Pierre Boisblane three | years back, and he was employed as teamster on the Sidney route and had i to be away much of the time. The kid got pneumonia the previous spring and Ray and his wife-with the doc tor, of course-just did everything for them and really saved the little fel- low's life, and Alouette's gratitude was something doglike. Next to that little brown pappoose, and Pierre, she worshiped Mrs. Ray and Billy.
 Next day we had pow-wow that was hummer. Two Moons, with 200 braves, all paint, feathers and fire arms, rode into the agency and de- manded speech with Baker. Baker barred his doors and signaled for help and Billy gaIoped over and asked Two Moons what 4e meant by all this dress parade business, with the mer- cury below zero. Two Moons said he
 
 had boxed up behind the bars, and you could see their savage faces ,ecowling out at the sunshine at the moment. Of course I had galloped after Billy as soon as I had got the men in saddle, and Dana out of bed and at their head. Ray asked for Alouette to interpret, and that old polyglot villain, Red Wolf, answered in Cheyenne English: She gone Lar amie.' Two Moons presented Ray with 3 feather pipe-swore they were brothers - his soldiers and their braves were brothers-'no fight ever and wound up by shaking hands. Then he made a loud speech, echoed by grunts from his band and howls from the agency prison. Said their hearts were sore, asked if their great fathers agent wouldn't release their brothers, wouldn't he permit them to go to Chadron to salute their other brothers-the Ogalallas, and his great chief brother, Red Cloud?
 '"This was flat against orders of the Indian bureau, and Baker poked his head out of an upper window and said so-then ducked in again for fear of a shot.
 "Then our great fathers heart is flint said Two Moons, and his chii- dren will go to the Great Spirits throne and dance all night to him.. That so-called throne was over on the Niobrara opposite the mouth of Old Woman's ford, and Baker had orders to let the Indians go there to howl and dance and pray, as they called it.. But whoever heard of their going in midwinter before? Yet our scouts came in at sunset and swore the whole village-tepees, lodge, poles, 1 ponies, pappooses, pots, kettles and 'dogs-had moved off at noon and were out of sight toward the Rawhide. 1 Good riddance to bad rubbish said 1 I, but Ray was thoughtful. That night just at taps an Indian pony dropped exhausted in front of our tent and Ray picked Alouette up in his arms and toted her in by the stove. The sibley was red-hot, but it couldn't warm her. Her teeth chattered and l her slender litte body shook from head to foot ds she told Billy her story. That move was all bluff. 1 They had sent her to Laramie to get her out of the way, but she suspected and stole away from her party, leav- ing her baby boy with her twin sis ter. Two Moons had camped the old men, the women and children in the sand hills and was even now on the way back with his braves. He would attack and burn the agency before dawn. She wept and urged Billy to mount his men at once and flee. What hope had he with 70 men against Two | Moons and the braves of dozen vil- lages of the fercest warriors of the plains?
 '' ''There wasn't second to spare. We routed out the camp on the in stant. We ran the horses, the SUD- plies and ammunition over to the agency; stirred up Baker and his ban ditti-for once we had to fight with them for allies. We stacked up sacks of grain and sides of bacon for shel. ter-the ground was too hard for pick and shovel. We ironed the prisoners We worked with the mercury at ter below zero till the sweat ran down our backs. We left the tents stand down by the stream and the wagons with a few God-forsaken old mules corralled longside-heaped fresh fue. on the fire and then lay low and wait ed for Two Moons.
 "Just at dawn they burst in from every ridge around us with perfect pandemonium of yells, and we let 'en charge till they'd thundered fdowr within hundred yards, then let 'en have it as fast as we could work ou1 levers. How they were piled up or the level-bucks and ponies by the dozen--before Two Moons could draw them off! Our tents and wagons were
 all they got for their pains, and O.
 course they saw soh2e one had give,
 them away, and weren't long finding
 who did it. We had Aloilette wher.
 she was safe---Dut the devils dashed
 she brains out of her baby hoy tn, r. very next day, killed Mazuska, tn,
 twin sister. and ten days later poo
 Pierre was found down at PIatt,
 crossing, ridd!ed with arrows and aw fully nutitatel,. -,s
 What heca:ssc os the Cheyennes' ; Gh, tbe% got s ucHr reservation, a nev i agent nuS !. ..aw as.tiis. What becan