Morris tribune., 1901-04-20
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which, however, was drinkable enough
, In that country. A thin vapor of smoke
from a nearly spent fire convinced the
troopers that their nights march had
not been In vain, and on creeping up
as close as possible the hostiies were
outlined against the rocks fast asleep.
The little squadron silently sdeployed
out so as to avoid missing a single shot
and at the word of command fired, kill
ing nearly every one Of the Indians.
The others ju,Aped up, only to be cut
down by the reserve fire. The only two
lunhurt were Wahnemo and his 4-year-
lold papoose, Grasping the child, he
4 sprang for the mountain side, scaling
the rocks like chamois amid show
er of bullets, soon distancing his pur-
Esuers and getting out of range, Of their
rifles. Hating on shelf of rock ne set
the child down and proceeded to in
dulge in every exhibition of contempt
and derision that his Imagination could
invent to aggrayate the discounted
troopers, who CRASHED their several
sets of teeth in rage at the insults of
the old heather. They. were relieved
at last by the. arrival of Lieutenant
Huyl, who bore in his hand a new tar
| get rifle, received only the day before
| the scouts started.
] This wonderful gun was guaranteed
to carry--I forget, 100 yards with ac-
curacy, and the lieutenant, who was
one Of the best fellows in the world in
garrison, but quite cold hearted and
| bloodthirsty where Apaches were con-
cerned, announced that while he was
doubtful Of his gun carrying near the
Indian. yet he was. going to try. The
/ Apache, feeling secure against their
carbineg, continued his taunts until
Huyl, taking. deliberate aim, with
sights raised for 1,5OO yards, fred. His
aim was true and the gun all that it
was boosted. The old savage plunged
face forward over the ledge and crash
ed down the. rocky mountain side at
the very feet of his slayer.
The attention Of the soldiers was
now directed to the papoose, the sub
ject of this sketch. That interesting
infant still calmly occupied the ledge
and was evidently turning the situa-
ton over in his mind The troopers,
with Lieutenant Huyl at their head,
slowly and painfully clambered up the
rocks and finally approached the or
phan, who, instead of squalling as a.
civilized Christian child would have
done, commenced throwing stones at
his pursuers, hitting Lieutenant Huyl
sQuarely on the nose with half pound
rock and dra awning blood .copiously. He
followed this success by other good
throws, causing as nearly panic as
possible At last. by fankfng him, our
Apache was knocked down by blow
from saber and stunned. His capture
was now easy, but the lfeutenant'a
orders were to return no prisoners.
What shall we do with the little dev-
lip asked one of the men. Shoot him
or throw him over the cliff after his IA
ther?'' The little deyil' had regained
consciousness by this time and deliber-
ately set his teeth into the calf Of the
soldiers. leg, Lieutenant Huyl wiped
his bloody nose and replied: "A baby {
who. fights this way ought not to be
killed in cold blood. BY George. TIL
take him back to San Carlos If it costs
me my commission
A gag was put into the young ones
mouth TO prevent any more biting. and,
with a soldier holding each hand, he
was landed on the plain below. There
he was placed on horseback. a lariat
tied to one foot passed under the horse
and tied to the other, and thus the
troopers returned to the reservation.
Lieutenant Huyl was great favorite
with General Crook, but he had dis
obeyed orders and confidently expected
to be put under arrest. But the general
had. already heard something of the
stone throwing affair and had enjoyed
a hearty laugh over Huyls- broken
nose. When the lieutenant in making
his report reached the point where
Wahnemo4 was killed. the general in
terrupted him with,ss"B By the way, III
think you had better not let me know =
officially any more Of this scout than I
7ou have already told" Then glancing
1t the swollen nose he burst into roar
If laughter, in which all the other off,
,ers Joined. 49, ;l1a
The young Indian was confined in
he armory until his first fright was.i,
overcome. The soldiers Of Company A5b,
lamed him Dick Huyl and, fitting him
tut with: uniform fashioned from the
ieutenant's old clothes, regularly
adopted him into the service. f
In less than a month the small re- /,
:ruit learned to express himself toIera-
,ly in English and in a very short time J
lad accumulated all the accomplish !
nents of tobacco chewing and profani- :
y possessed by the soldiers. He also !
licked up a wonderful knowledge of
ugle calls and evolutions, always turn
ng out at roll calls and taking his i
lace at the extreme left of the compa-
y when in line. J,
When first knew him, he had been I
nder the refining influences of the i
United States service two years. If