Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-25

highly even, than the fair captive,
whom they had taken, for stock OF
all kinds was scarce with them. They
had been forced into the rimrocks and
lava beds by the United States SOL
diers, and the scanty vegetation there
had caused their animals to disappear
almost as rapidly as the pangs of hun
ger. which prompted the decaylng
race in butchering and eating them
While viewing the band of fat mules
and horses from the crevices of the
rimrocks the previous evening, the
eagle eyes of old Egan, the chief, saw
Bertha Lyle in the camp and she was
indeed rare picture in this section
of country, and especially SO after the
proposition that had come from
the lips of Martin Lyle, the
Lord of The Desert. AS it We're
it was the killing of two birds
with one stone with the chief. 1t was
the obtaining of animals for his hum
CRY and hard beset tribe and obtain
ing a prize of far more personal value.
which meant more wealth for his tribe
and a white squaw for his wigWam.
After the surprise of the attack OF
the previous night the men rallied TO
defend the camp. But it was too late,
| the work was done. While the main
body of the red men had charged on
| the camp, detachments OF the party
had not been idle They corralled the
| horses and had them on the road,
ready to Join the. main band with their
captive. They disappeared as silently
as they came and the handful OF
whites that still survived knew that it
was useless to follow them in the dark
| lynnW fh2f q
redskin lurked behind every boulder
on the mountain sides.
They had spent the remainder OF
the night in ministering to the wound
ed, and preparing the dead for burial
They were in a predicament indeed
They had neither horses~to pursue the
marauding band of Indians, or to con
tinue their journey. While some O.
the members of the party aroused
at the fate of the white girl
were willing and anxious to pur
sue the Indians on foot, al
saw the futility of such an attempt
and the leader of the escort showe'
no concern about her capture and NJ
inclination to follow her captors, bu
rather cursed the fate of being lef
afoot. The morning was consumed Il
burying the dead and the afternoon Il
accommodating. The trail of the In
dians was discovered, which shove
that they had gone in southerly d
rectfon, course that led to the eas
of the stone house, on Mount Juniper
Fortunately, that night another pac
, train arrived from the west. 1t ha
, few surplus horses, and as thes
, men of pioneer days were always vii
! ing to lend helping hand to the dl!
: tressed, they supplied the strande
party with a few horses. The strant
: ed packers returned with this tral
: to Fort Boise, while four members
the escort with the daring equal
! those times, and against the admon
y ton of their leader, entered into
! solemn oath that they would folio
the Indians and would never retur
q until they had recaptured Bertha Ly
). and placed her in the stone house wit
her uncle. Early the following NOR
y ing, armed and provisioned an
: mounted these four started out G
= the trail of the bandit Indians. TT
! packers moved on, taking the woun
4 ed cowboys with them, all of who
Il died and were buried at BoiE
y City. Dan Follett and the othe
y started for the Stone House.
y The four cowboys who went in pu
> suit of the Indians were familiar wit
. that part of the desert, and being