The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

ans VALLEY. In the garrison the feeling w1S
that aI th- uarir-1 would ne found dead
even !f williams asa succeed iu ascending
the river. Unaffected. however. by these
gloomy foteLo-iuss the young Lieutenant
pushed Hr.
on tn. Ith he advanced about fosr miles.
On the morning q ths eth be- could make
us Roadway 20 Jail. not au inch. and thrn,
FUNDAMENTALLY. ln tE- afternoon he Ho9dS
subsidized as rap ly es thev had arisen P4t-
ding by am rirn- Williams came up
with th- WIZ potato ciearine. wherr Porter
had isit Dis four men Zen idys before and
found them s-lt alive. though barely So
The fl,u Of The First FOOT loaded The poor
fellows mao Irl lar-rst hanca. and with an
escort they started down the LAnans
toward tl- coast. while kenneth Williams.
with the r-ulsrl.- or the r.i.ef t1luml-
rushed on into the wilderness which had
arrIrently swallowed up the great bulk u
tie MARINES
AiET s.. ; WILLIAMS UNDER
TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES
Keeping steadily cn. almost without rest.
Tor he uaI Won uUare THAT 8u hours de-
Iay miIit mean tE"--Ith OF aA o.. men he
vas striving .tr rescue. idrty-eieht hours
later. ON tl, afternoon OF shr 18th. Kenneth
Williams rf t1t FIRST foot met A ) WI
Hams ~ -re ZIar-r- Curps f1r tie H.st time,
and under trieste e'.cuarstlrres indeed
Tire crisis n tAc u1uuUes5 retreat had
CON-. ROE haAl4.fN Gtta AI' lEaElNt- III
contend q with lE nature n the ground.
win a.. almost Uninterrupted rains and
with starvation. one by one Che Tehicsr
am ne them a1j lH'.n -ut ard-rsfusei 70
DE- e.sCJ Mo- hli g ar usu anal c.1-fcd
away gu hands AMI knees making tne 5Hn-
rle ring With their m1u.scal laughter: 9TH
e-s had imply scr down aul r'tIed 20
move. one man s1fd- Lieutenant. j. You
vast TO DO me iae1r sou can blow ry
braiuz cut. i, you cont do that. why Just
60 on"
In the thirteen DAYS OF st-uEgIe ten men
had succrrro-t, and nov the SURVIVORS,
about twenty .n number. were prepar.ns 10
die. toe but ste eO-d Americans. 20 sell
their ives dearly.
From tire very first hogr Of the retreat
the native caE-iars with the rear guard col
umn had been unfri51dly. but until a lev
hours before tae reaeue they had not
br-krn ont iu open mutiny. They had
uaticrtly ltiei their ur1e. watching their
intended victims growing weaker aud
weaker. smiling with an ii concealed de-
Eant as thsv saw ore poor fellow after
another throw his ride into the river and
staeger on. when this. the. last camping
place was reached. oil the carriers. with
the exception q three. deserted the col
unm and. wadiug into the river. pitched
their camp on the opposite shore. from
which they viewed the lettering remnants.
OF the once stalwart marines with undis-
q AA@N.A ANHTHaA-N-
The natives were al sleek and Fat as
scale As long as rati0ns had been plenti-
ful they had received the same amount OF
food as the white men. and when the
provisions gave out they foraged for them
selves and refused 10 share the roots and
tubers they found with the marines.
ASKED CARRIERS TO
CUT FTREUOOD.
Williams and his men lay in a stupor for
several hours after reaching their last
camp. while the native SamarIte9 watched
them ana waited rs the v~ultures hang upon
the TRAN Of a ounded stag. At last Will
Jams pulled himself together and asked the
three remaining carriers 10 cut hrewood.
but they only laughed at hlm and repeated
his request TO their comrades across the
river amid shouts OF derision.
Williams called to his men. and as he did
50 one OF the carriers stabbed him twice
The young lieutenant defended himself as
best he could and cried aloud for assist
ance. In a moment Sergeant McGaRery
appeared. crawling on hands and knees
but the sight Of him was enough. The
prestige OF the white man was stilI in
tact, and the cowardly natives fed across
the river to join the other mutueerS
"a mighty fne business for me and an OF :
says 4eG2nery. THAT they Esn EHay, !