The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-12-12

mules ana horses in camp near Ash
Butte, and that there were only about
35 men in charge of them, the leader
of the Warm Springs band was elated
and lost no time In selecting so OF his
bravest men and setting out with
them on the warpath. Follett adopted
the Warm Springs head dress and, al
though he needed but little painting,
he also did this out of an abundance
of precaution that the Snake warriors
might not discover him and wreak
vengeance upon the Lord of The Des-
ert for the betrayal.
AS stated at the beginning Of this
story, the Snakes were the most cum
ming and most treacherous Indians Of
the desert. They were feared and
dreaded by all other tribes and were
rarely ever caught mapping on the
war trail. After recovering the adj
ditional band of ponies for the sup
posed murder of Bertha Lyle, Old Egan
had only gone so miles away and de-
cided to spend a few weeks on thu
good grazing grounds at the foot OF
Ash Butte, where water and game
we're also abundant.
He had played clever ruse on the
Lord of The Desert. When he first
had to abandon hope Of recapturing
Bertha Lyle he was for time at
loss what to do. But Indian sagacity
is as deep as Indian treachery and Il
Snake was never known to stop at
anything short of accomplishing an
end. The Chief knew of the es-
arrangement between the Lord Of Tho
Desert and the trappr and rumo-
had gotten abroad among the Indians
that the Lord of The Desert had COM
mitted some crime which was the
cause of this estrangement. He con-
cluded after weighing matters care
fully, that 1t would be doubtful II the
trapper would permit the girl to go
to her uncle and he decided to take his
chances at least in getting the re-
ward for putting her out of the way
before the Lord Of The Desert learned
Of the escape, and then he would take
his chances on settling the matter
with the man of the Stone House,
who dared not push the matter too
far for fear of exposure. Searching
among his large number of scalps
torn from the heads of immigrant
women he had found one that COM
pared with the color Of Bertha Lyle's
hair and rushed on to meet his engage
ment with. Follett and received the
reward without question, as the read
er already knows.
He had joined the main marauding
party at Ash Butte and sent couriers
to his other war parties to join him
there for few weeks celebration. He
only had 36 men with him now and
these spent their time in various
ways; tending the band of horses, a
little Independent scouting and hunt
ing, but mostly in the Indians favor
ite pastime of lounging about camp.
Dan Follett knew the lay of the
country as well as any Indian Of the
desert. There was not foot OF it
that he had not ridden over time and
again, and not watering place at
which he had not camped. He led
the Warm Springs warriors to the
place in the night time and 1t was
decided to make the raid at midnight
and get a good start before the fol-
lowing morning.
While the Snakes felt reasonably
safe, yet they guarded their band of
stock with care. The animals were
all driven to camp at night and pick
cts were kept on the watch to keep
them from wandering away or TO
keep the Lord of The Deserts cow
boys from retaking them should he
discover the fraud of the scalp But
cautious as they had been the Warm
Springs warriors led by Follett,
dashed suddenly upon them in the
cover of the darkness of the midnight
hour and drove the entire band of an
inals away exchanging only a few
shots with the surprised guard.
The raiders decided to make the