Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-03

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
something she wouldn't do for anyone
else in the outfit. though she was al.
ways polite and nice enough. Sioux
fashion.
I'VE were running short Of mat and
the major sent out hunting party In.
10 the hills with n lot Of pap horses.
They were gone ten days. and they
came back with enough grub to last us
all winter, but they had bit of news
that we didn't like. They told us that
not more than fifteen miles of where
two creeks came together there was a
huge encampment of Indians, evidently
settled for the winter. They had
counted the tepee poles by the aid OF
glass and figured that there must be
at least 1900 Indians in the village.
which meant a fighting strength Of
about 500 men.
/ "A soldiers willin' to fight. but he
can't fight long with odds of fourteen
to one against him. We didn't care
about going TO attack the reds, and we
were mighty well content If they
wouldn't come to attack us.
when Winta, the Indian girl. heard
about the village she said that II was
her fathers. but that he had changed
his place since she last had seen him.
For three weeks now Winta had been
billing and cooling with young Blake,
and they certainly were sweet on each
other. The fellows were betting even,
though such things don't happen often,
that Blake would make her go back to
civilization with him and that there
they would splice up. They were two
regular turtle doves.
"The day after we heard OF the In.
dian village Winta went to the major.
got down on her knees in front of him
and prayed that she might be allowed
to go TO her fathers village. The ma.
ior understood Sioux. He'd been up
against the devils often enough to be
able TO write a dictionary of their lin
go.
Why, Winta,' he said, If you go
back they'll know that somebody must
have brought you most Of the way, and
they'll be down ON us like whirl
wind
I'm putting the girls talk into
straight English. She said that the
. reason she wanted to go was to keep
her father and his men from attacking
us. I am his only child she said, and
he can't refuse me anything. I'll tell
him of your goodness to me and his
heart will be soft. Some of the war.
riors will find that you are here when
they rove in search of game and then
you will be attacked and killed
1T was about this time that young
, Blake came up. The girl turned face
full Of love toward him. Blake blushed
n little and said to the major, I guess
Winta knows what she's about, and
think.she can keep these fellows quiet
until spring. when wo'll have some
kind of a chance at them
I'VE fellows all said to one another
The girls going back to her father to
T, keep him from getting after us just for
, the sake of the youngster. She don't
care rap for all our kindness, but she
does just doto on Blake
well, the upshot of II was that the
/ major let the girl 20. II was only a
matter of fifteen miles, and she had
the same pony that she rode when we
, captured her. Winta and Blake had q
! fearful parting. My fathers people
. shall protect YOU she said Then she
a rode away just at reveille on that
, bright November morning.
Just at gray Of the day the follow
a ing morning the rifles OF our two out
, posts on our exposed side rang out and
, then rang out again. Then came the
4 alarm from the guard. and inside Of 0
minute every trooper In the camp was
|, In the little redoubt which we had con
structed on our exposed side. Out Of
a the half darkness there came thun
a derlng horde of warriors. We met
A them with volley and then with anoth
er, crash, crash, crash! They went
hurtllng back, but we knew II was only
[ to come again. We held them of. ant
@ IL became broad daylight. They sweep
4 down on us time after time. | never
:. saw Indians come like that before. oy
d er the open against an intrenched foe
e Well the providential happened. The
I rest Of the Eleventh had been ordered
J. to join MS In winter quarters. They
o came Just In time. The reds went on
e like the wind with our comrades ant
9 us after them. We got two or three
= long range volleys before they got into
J. 1.-THE hills and escaped.
:, I'VE picked up a lot of wounded