Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-05-24

stamping of approaching feet. The four
men secreted themselves behind rock,
| and cooked their rifles. The oncomers
appeared to be in high spirits, and some
Of them were laughing boisterously. Two
white men, In the advance, were particu-
larry loud voiced.
crowd!' he shouted.
| how did it jest happen, Otter Jake?
You know didn't get up till the work
was all in
"Ha, ha, ha! Wa'al, ye'd orter been
thar. You know they was down in the
Giants Well?'
"Oh, yes, l know that"
We'll we built a dam across the erik,
at its narrowest point, whar the banks Is
two hundred feet high, and not more'n
three feet apart at the widest The
conscience was that the water begin to
rise, and soon after dark it was neck
deep in the WELL"
And they was drowned out?"
Not edzackly drownded, but they
| would have been mighty soon if they
| hadn't give up"
By this time the cavalcade and foot
men, fully hundred strong, were abreast
of the place where Guide Whitman and
his friends were concealed. From the
| fragmentary snatches of talk that they
caught they learned that the prisoners
had been sent to Red Clouds camp by
another route, as the white girls were
completely exhausted.
Even after the Indians and their al
lies had gone out of hearing the four
friends remained silent. The informa-
ton they had so unexpectedly received
shocked them and made them mute. AS
usual, Mike Costello was the first to
speak, but it was evident that his ire
pressible spirits hadlbeen dampened.
at seems" he said, solemnly, las II
heaven had turned It's face from u.s."
81 don't think" added Ned, that
ever came so near being whipped and
down-hearted before"
Don't give up" said Bertram. There
Is still hope"
Faith" said Mike, ''if Hope is in this
land she keeps her face we'll yelled. But
because l feel this way you mustn't think
that Ned and l are not ready and anxious
to go wherever you say"
YES" added Ned, "if you say the
! word, we will ride into the camp of those
red fiends, and fight while we have q
shot in our pistols or a finger to pull 6
trigger"
Guide Whitman, even in time of the
| greatest excitement, was a calm, low
voiced man. He did not raise his voice
, now, but there was an awful intensity h
it as he said:
IF we cannot save them we car
avenge them. Come; my second plan Is
) still untried'
They remounted their horses and fol
lowed on the trail of the men who haG
gone to the boiling springs. They reach
ed the rim of the valley directly above
l ! where Red Cloud had pitched his tepee
1t was distinguishable by its great siz'
and the immense fire burning before it
though the night was very warm.
On either hand stretched long lines Of
tepees and other fires, that made the val
ley in the vicinity as light as day. They
could distinctly see Gen. Greyson anC
Col. Leroy sitting side by side not faI
from the tent, and near them they dis
tinguished the conspicuous figures of Gus
kal, the medicine man, and his wife.
While they watched the excited group.
swarming about the fires, and particular
: ly near the chiefs lodge, a shout OF tri
umph rang from the opposite side Of the
valley. They were not long in doubt az
to the caupse Of this excitement. They
saw a dusky procession approaching from
the shadows. About it swarmed women
children and dogs.
In the center there was mass OF
; lances and polished rifles, and as they
neared it was seen that these iances anC
rifles surrounded four people; two OF
them were mounted on horses. and two
of them walked. with their arms bounC
behind them, but their heads proudly
erect.
l The two on the horses were Mabe
: Fleming and Jennie Greyson. The shout
ing mass stopped before Red Cloud:
] lodge. The watchers could see the chic,
coming out, and they heard the vile
: shout that greeted him. They saw Mabe
and Jennie lifted from the horses. bu
not by the red hands that were at frs
] outstretched.
81 Gen Greyson and Col. Leroy had rush
ed forward and scattered the dusky horde
4 before they could be stayed, and eacl
s lifted one of the poor girls to the ground
< They could see Richmond coming anC
: standing over the group, and the!
( thought they could hear his laugh Of tri
umDh