Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-06

of Capt. Wren and sergt. Carmody. but We
shall persevere. Indians lurking all about
us make it difficult. Shall be needing
rations in four days. All wounded except
Flynn doing fairly we'll. Hope couriers sent
you on 3Oth and 81st reached you safely.
The dispatch was in the handwriting of
Benson, q trooper Of good education, often1
detailed for clerical work. 1t was signedl
Brewster, Sergeant" :
Who then were the couriers. and what
had become OF them? What fate had at.
tended Blakely in his lonely and periious
rider What man or pair Of men could
around them and reach the beleag uefed|
command? What need to speculate on the
fate OF the earlier oouriers anyway ONLY
uh heDs a to oass
for Blakely to attempt It. Yet biakeiy wal
gone beyond recall, perhaps beyond tsil
ment that was sent BY Bridger to follow his]
TRAIL not word had come OF any kind
Asked If they had seen or heard anythinZi
shook their heads They had followed thsl
old Wingate road all the way until In sight
of the valley. Then, scrambling through
a rocky labyrinth, impossible tor hoof Oh
waters of the Beaver. Now blaksly. ridins1
have found that Wingate trail before the|
lowers could not have been far behind. I'll
began to look as though the Bugologtst hadI
never reached the road. II began to bel
whispered about the post that Wren apdi
his luckless companions might never bel
found at all. Kate Sanders had ceased herl
song. She was now with Angela day and
night.
One hope. a vague one. remained beside
that of hearing from the bakers dozen that
rode on Blakely's trail Just as soon as
Byrne received the Indian story concerning
Wren's disappearance. he sent runners
with written advice to that ofacer to drop
anything he might be doing along, the
Black Mesa and. turning northward, TO
make his way through country hitherto
Butte at the south and the Sunset noun
tains at the north. He waa ordered to-
scout the canon of Chevlon,s Fork, and to
where among the tanks" in The. solid
rock about the mountain gateway known
Sunset Pass. be should Join aa hands r WITH
their wounded and guarding the hew-made
graves Of their dead. Under such ener~
getic supervision as that Of Capt: SAM
ders it was believed that even Apaene
something, and that new heart would be
given Wren's dispirited men: By this time,
too, If Blakely had not fallen into the
hands of the Apaches he should have been
Joined by the intended escort, and, thus .
strengthened, could either push on to the
pass, or. If surrounded, take up some
strong position among the rocks and stand
off his ASSISTANTS until found by hts fellow
soldiers under Sanders. Moreover. Byrne
had caused report of the situation to be
sent to the general via Camp Mcdowell.
and felt sure he would lose no time in
directing the scouting columns to head
for the Sunset country. Scattered as were /
the hostile Apaches, 1t was apparent that /:
they were in greater force northward. Cd. |
posite the old reservation. than along the |
Mogollon range. southeast Of It,. There |
was hope. activity, animation, among tho /
little camps and garrisons toward the |
broad valley of the ella as the early days
OF November wore away. Only here at /
Sandy was there suspense as well as deep
despondsoJoCl 4;
,sVDaA r
Go be continued temesrow1