The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-30
By ALvAH MILTON KERR.

twenty miles, then we struck break.
two rails had been pried loose from the
ties and thrown by the right OF way.
Ii looked bad. BY the merest chance
We escaped being ditehed.
Pope mounted 10 the top Of box
car and scanned the region with his
glass, but no Indians or other maraud-
ers were i'm sight. Away to the south
we all saw what appeared to be black
lake. a sweep. of living liquid, miles m
length, and stirring family Ike some
thing moved by a gentle wind.
"'Buffaloes.' said Lyon, laconically.
setting the injector pumps to work and
jumping to the ground. That sort Of
thing is as common as jack rabbits,
but this tearing up of the track Is
different. Long Blanket and his ganS
must be over among the hills there
somewhere
1.-The conductor and two brakemen
were ahead, inspecting the ground.
Tracks Of both men and horses were
thick near the break in the track. Cap
tain Pope promptly ordered squad of
soldiers forward; the rails were
brought back and put into place; spikes
and a maui were brought from the
caboose, and the rupture mended. Then
we pulled forward again, but cautious
ly. Lyon watching the track ahead o.
US like hawk, his hand on the throt-
tie level, while Pope and every boy IN
blue on the train stood alert for A
whack at the unseen enemy. Soon We
found another break; half-dozen rails
had been pulled up. After we had re-
paired that we found another break,
and another and another. and time
cs1fw rt,eA h Cd q ND
We were making no progress.
Pope came and rode in the engine.
There's a wooden trestle about three
miles from here said Lyon. If they
have burned that then the game IS up;
well never get TO the front. The tres
tie is beyond the big bend ahead there.
Hello! There's some more rails
pulled up
Long Blanket and his band are
going west said the captain. Evil
IDENTIFY the chiefs idea is TO destroy so
much track that it will take the COM
pany several days to make repairs;
meanwhile he will try to connect with
the Indians at the front and strike the
construction men a heavy blow
Now, as later information revealed,
the men at the front were taking care
of themselves, and also of Yellow Sky,
in fine style, while we, the rescuers,
were in peril; and affairs back at Lud-
der, where we thought everything quiet
and secure, were alarming TO the last
degree. Within an hour after our leav-
ing the division station, Black Calf.
with a band Of 200 painted braves, ap-
peared south of the town.
''All told, there were something like
twenty-five men and boys and per-
baps hundred women and children IN
the village. All these in wild excite
ment hurried to the roundhouse, as
being the only possible place of de-
Tense, and where they might be to-
gether. The husbands and grown-up
sons of many of the women were at
the front or out on construction trains,
or working at points along the line.
The place was practically helpless.
The first thing that Black Calf and
his warriors did was TO burn the sta
ton and several of the houses; then
they attacked the rOundhouse. The
men in the building had barricaded the
great doors and cut holes through the
board walls; and as several of the men
and women had guns and revolvers,
the bucks and their leader were held
in check, several Of their number re-
ceiving wounds and two being killed.
The Indians poured bullets into the
buildings walls and doors, but beyond
a few slight wounds among the men no
casualties had occurred by noon. Ian
CT, the roundhouse foreman, was a
stern. gritty fellow, and he and the
station agent took command. They
put all the children and most of the
wOmen-for some OF the latter fought
side by side with the men--into the
ash pits. so that bullets coming
through the walls or doors passed over
their heads. Mrs. Lyons held her place
with the fighters, while, at her COM
mand. Katie and the twins crOuched III
one Of the pits. There were two en-
gines in the house, one with steam up.
A little after noon the redskins
masSed against the big doors. making a
mad attempt to crush their way in.
1t was then that Laner did remark
able thing. He suddenly jumped w
into the cab Of the %, the engine with
steam on, and yelled to the men To
open the doors before her As the
doors swung back he jeTked the thrOt-
tie wide open and leaped off. The en-
CINE swept the savages out of the door
way. plOwed through the mass of bucks
before the building. shot across the
turn table and main track and rolled
over on her side, 200 feet away. Twen-
~ odd Indians were killed or manned
by this master stroke. The rest scat
tered in all directions, but presently
returned, fearful. though furious
However. they kept at a safe distance
| from tie front Of the building after
that.
The men began to hope then thai
( the bloOdthirsty wretches might b.
beaten off for time, at least, durins
daylight But when night should
come. what then? The building would
certainly be burned by the Indians, and
the lives Of all the whites be lost II
| rflassacrei If there were only some
means OF getting word to the fort. OF
TO Pope and his men. Katie heard
this, and five minutes later dis
appeared.
Presently a boy i'm the ash pit cried
that someone was halloing through The
drain pipe. A man bent down and lis.
| tened, then called Mrs. Lyon. Katie,
In there ne said. breathlessly. Mrs
Lyon Sprang down in the pit and witr
white face knelt at the end of tn
| drain. I'm going to the fort came Z
| shrill but far-away voice. I'm goin;
to wade down the creek to the house
III hide along under the bank. Tn
going to take White Bess and see if
can't get some help
Mrs. Lyon screamed for Katie Il
come back, but the voice that cam,
through the drain only said Good
bye, ma; don't worry about me. Their,
isn't an Indian pony on the plains tina
can catch White Bess. Tell Mr.. Lane
Ill bring the soldiers. Goodbye. ma.
Mrs. Lyon wrung her hands and i'm
plored, but no answer came back. Katu
had slipped into the creek from th,
mouth of the drain and had started OF
her dangerous mission.
| For 300 feet or more she crept OF
her hands and knees clnen nInr,.r MI.