Arizona republican., 1901-02-22

1 'nhIpIN lc SldlE 'uF lIuln, TOT II W2e
 far and away beyond anything I hac ! heard of. read about. or even imagined | regarding Indian warfare. A quicl | backward glance at my men was most
 Feassuring. kdCl scout hal turned ir
 his riiie-r.t toward the direction from
 which the charge was coming. Crouch. ing Vow. and leaning forward, with their knees well under them, their ri- ties grdsped with a grip of steel in the..
 brown, sineWy hands, their chests heaving with excitement. their teeth
 set hard, their noStrils aquiVer, theil bronzed countenances fairly aname an1 their eyes flashing fire. as brave and gallant little company If msn a.. ever Yet upheld the reputation of An
 s.o-SaXOn courage. No sooner were the charging warriors fairly under way than whitening fire was poured in up on Us by those of the Indians who lay in ambush around us iutently watch inG our every movement, in the vain Hope that they might sufficiently COW us to protect their charging column against our riilcs. had expected this action, but | well kn W that once their norsemen cam" Within certain radius their fire must cease. For eight IT ten seconds IL S.cmed tu rain bullets. and then camc d sudden lull. Sitting up right in my pit as we'll as l was able. and leaning backward on my elbows. l shouted "NJW.' and "Now." was echoed by Beecher. Mccall and Grover. Instantly the scouts were on their knees with their rifles at their shoul- deIs. A quick flash of their eyes along the barrels and forty good men and true sent their first of seven sU ,ccssive volleys into the ranks of the charging warriors.
 Crash,
 On they came, answering back the first volIey with ringing war-WlpDp.
 Crash,
 And now l begin to s.e falling war riorS, ay, and hO,s x too; but still they sweep forward with yet will'r yclls.
 Crash!
 They seem t1 be fairly falling over each other; both men and horses are down in heaps, and wild shriens from tn women and children on tHa hills proclaim that they too see the slaughter of their braves; out still they come.
 Crash
 They have ceaf=d to yell but yet u.me bIdv,Iy on. What? No, Yes. down goes tIcir medicine man ;but Roman Nose still recklessly l,als the column. But now can see great gaps in their ranks, showing tha, our bullets have told heavily among them.
 Crash!
 Can believe my eyes? Roman Nose is down, He and his horse lie dead h. gether on the sand, and for an instant the column shakes; but d hundred yards more and they are upon us,
 Crash,
 They staggcr! They half draw rein, Thy hesitate! They are breaking,
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 And like an angry wave that huris itself upon q mighty rock and breaks np"n it's rugged front, the Indians di- vice each side the little breIst-w1rk throw themselves almost beneath th- off side of their charg rs. and with hoarSc cries Of ,aga and anguish break f either tank If the river and sat ter wildly in every dir-etion. as the scouts, springiug to thair feet w..l ringing cheer, l1ur in vull"y after vol ley from their reyolvcrs almost in the V ry faces If tn .r n5W dcmJrali2ed and r"t:eating foes.
 Down, men! lie down." l fairly Get d-wn, down for your liv,s,' cries Mccall. And taa men. hurling bitter taunts and impreoldons af ar the retreating savagrs. throw sl1t-t- n 'Dp [ .t insid- the rifla-pits just in time to es- cape searching voIley from the h. dians still lying in ambush around us, WhJ have been anXipusly wat hing the hIg' and. naturally enough. ale wild ly cHrdgod at its failure.
 As for mys If. single shot from my rifle, and a W from my revolver just at the close If the charge, was all that I could do in m% crippled state; but the fact that l had to lie flat on my back, 'raning my head forward. had. by placing me below the plane of fire, en- abl-d me 10 watch every phase of the ! Indians desperate chalSa.
 An Apache Raid" will ,possibly in- ! Jcrcs, the people of Arizona most. It $ thrilling account f a chase dll nu- mrlors encounters with a body ef rrn- sadc Ap& 'hrs from Mexico and san . Carlos. and cuv.rs tha ground in the | vicinity of Lordsburg. san Carlos, l Strin's Iss and down into Mexico for fifty miles.
 The tW last stories in the book deal | lf the dramatic events of Sheridans !. ride down the Shenandoah, and the dosing scenes of the gr. at War at Ap- | loWattoX.