The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-22

w cute we Should certainly have fall.
ih'o the trap they had set for us
we were almost ready. for boots ond
sauaies when a score of warriors oo,ro
Iiuing out OF the pass to defv ond
taunt us. A troop was sent o,oinS.
tnem, and they retreated in haste h',t
as soon as the bugle blew recall the
Murriors were mocking us again. r.
was scheme to get the entire com
MAJ. mahd on the move and after them
Mi.hout ". having taken due precautions
was SO interpreted by the pepsrn,
ana ne ordered scout to climb nm
spur OF the mountain and see what
couid De Seen. When the man boa
reaohed height Of 1900 feet be .;a
naied for n flagman to come nm to bi,,,
A-ookihg away to the south. he had
rausnt sight of flags wigsyaupfnp IN
~, ,ue ciear atmosphere Of the morning
Inc person waving them was stotiora,
oh another and higher spur and ,or +.
some time 1t was looked unon NO
mysterious proceeding. The sigma, noon
"u scarcely climbed up beside the
= .out "nen the mystery was solved
. n. was our Wigwag trying to omen q
NIX with his flags. When his signals
Mere answered he went at II ana
'>"'i'd out the words:
4 got up here in the night. Don,+ o,
ser the pass. There are a thousand In.
iuns en IN ambush there. The whole
lorce Is about 1000 strong"
nave you escaped?' asked our a,g.
lalman. our Big
No. not yet" came the renIv. .rrho
indians are below me. and 7 co, ,,,.,.
10 higher" e'iio
novew " 'eiore we
mo, but shall hide here until the
indians leave" 'ne
Nhat sort of an ambush have thew
reparedY 'e9
indians In the bushes on both s,des
l tue pass. If you ride in not n man
'ill get out alive"
Is there any other way to attoct,
1em?' was asked. eA
thlnk l can mako out poss two
tnree miles to the left. If # is one -
IN orlng you in behind the reds"
1t took IN hour or more to go+ +,,,
iolhla uon' and then we acted on II
10 nanked the Indians out of the PASS
~ snote them hip and thigh as thew G
l,I lealneusut on the plain. When the
'n' was over we went up, the pass to
'N ior Nlgwag, but our search was Z
VAN. we found, however, that his
ss had prevented n slaughter. Ev.
rock ana bush for two miles had
ei'ereu an Indian, and once into tbe
" we could not have retreated n
ough we had to ride away without hi
"s or the lad, we hourly hoped to be vi
ned by him, but he did not come ~ st
IS. n year later before we knew bis %
&, mat we got came from one of 50
ihulans who were there. The onIv an
~ news was that they had not tor. A
eo the boy, being too busy with 9th. M
unalrs. In the night he had man.
III 70 cast off his bonds. work bis
wing that he could not pass out or be
gorge, he had climbed up the noun NJ
n with the hope of opening commu- ar
alton with us when daylight came. m
is he successfully accomplished, and a,
had tagged the information record ry
above before the excited Indians be- &C
v had caught sight Of him. When
" saw what he was up to warrior
Is told off to bring the boy down with
bullet. They feared to discharge "
,re than one rifle ut time, as we
ght suspect some ruse. The warrior |
d fair mark, though far above him,
d he had coolly, fired score Of times
fore his bullet found it's billet. 1t d
emed as If Providence was shielding II
e lad until he could tell all he had to d
y.
'Tell the general that the reds"- he
I'd Jagged. And then the white watt n
ent down to rise no more. He had 4
st his own life, but he had saved 600 :
en- from slaughter.