Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-11-20

highly even. than the fair captive.
whom they had taken. for stock OF
oil kinds was scarce with them. They
had been forced into tho rimrocka and
lava beds by the United States sol
diers. and the seanty vegetation there
had caused their animals 10 disappear
almoat as rapidly as the panga OF hum
ger. which prompted the decayIng
race In butchering and eating them.
While viewing the band OF fat mules
and horses from the crevices OF the
rimrocka the previous evening, the
eagle eyea OF old Egan, the chief. saw
Bertha Lyle IN the camp and she was
indeed rare picture In this section
Of country, and especially 30 after the
proposition that had come from
the lips OF Martin Lyle, the
Lord of Tho Desert. AZ II were.
II was tho killing OF two birds
with one stone with the chief. II was
the obtaining OF animals for his hun.
cry and hard beset trlbe and obtain
Ing prize OF far moro personal value.
which meant moro wealth for his tribe
and a white squaw for his wlgwam.
After the surprise OF the attack OF
the previous night the men rallied TO
defend tho camp. But II was too late,
the work was dono. while tho main
body of the red men had charged on
the camp. detachments OF the party
had not been Idle, They corralled tho
horses and had them on the road.
ready 20 join the main band with their
captive. They disappeared as silently
as they came and the handful OF
whites that still survived knew that II
was useless TO follow them in the dark,
besides. they did not know but that a
rcdskin lurked behind every boulder
on the mountain sides.
They had spent tho remainder OF
the night In ministering TO the wound
ed, and preparing the doad for burial
They were in predIcament indeed,
They had neither horses to pursue the
marauding band Of Indians. or TO con.
tinue their journey. While some OF
the members Of the party aroused
at the fate OF the white girl
we're willing and anxious to pur
sue the Indians on foot, all
saw the futility of such an attempt
and the leader OF the escort showed
no concern about her capture and nc
inclination TO follow her captors. but
rather cursed the fate Of being left
afoot. The morning was consumed In
burying the dead and the afternoon In
reconnoitering. The trail of the In
dians was discovered, which showed
that they had gone In n southerly di
rection, q course that led to the east
Of the stone house. on Mount Juniper
Fortunately, that night another pacl
train arrived from the west. Il had
a few surplus horses. and as these
men of pioneer days were always will
Ing TO lend a helping hand to the dis
tressed. they supplied the stranded
party with few horses. The strand
cd packers returned with this trair
to Fort Boise. while four members OF
the escort with the daring equal t
those times. and against the admoni
tIon of their leader, entered into 9
solemn oath that they would follow
the Indians and would never return
until they had recaptured Bertha Lyle
and placed her In the stone house will
her uncle. Early the following morn
Ing, armed and provlsioned ant
mounted these four started out OF
the trail of the bandit Indians. The
packers moved on. taking the wound
cd cowboys with them, all Of whom
died and were buried at Boise
City. Dan Follett and the Others
started for the Stone House.
The four cowboys who went in pur
suit of the Indians were familiar will
that part OF the desert, and being or