The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-03-24

L'ss&r. brothers. hsAssid. Year Greet
Father hss scot yons ssssr shieb ! hsvs
bsoashi len cold cod hnpsr, end sist
the shelter Of yous tsspees utsii rofrins
when csn islh siih ron openly.
| | iris,prstfd. bat there y. 20 sesver,
We siood 10 silence for acme uiootssibsp
sHsare. nnfs. "a Ia . blanket, slood besits
~ Camti ssh this Iudisp, snd l nce
geis a The yoics oi Ysl!ow lrop. 30 old
.abcbiet. sho tsd more lbsS etos prov
ID friendly 10 tbs whites. vs glad &c
follow bin.
We vsnl sith the ola eLisi to bis tes
pee, snd while YslIos iton p,eketed or
ponies. bis wife broiled soue beei over
her Gre.
| Oar young nj killed some cattle, sid
Ysilo~ Ifon. when be came 10. They did
90, uish ous peopls 70 ssMvs.
He spoke erimly snt vould ssy othina
1ore. only aiussiog i my trqairies. Oar
errsrd seemed 10 me vorse thsp hopless
and wM glad 10 rol, Into ny blsnht u
and forget trouble 10 slsep.
We we're swakened the next moroipg BY
the sounds Of bresking camp. Yellow
i'ol's old sqaav w1 sctusliy taking dosn
her teepee over onr heads when ! crswled
90, OF my covers. She had cooked some
mest for os. spd ws hsi slept like tired
dogs through deal OF racket,
Well while We we're eating our break
iss. oil The Sioux polled ont and LETT %.
We said pothins. for there vss nothing
to ssy; bat vhen l looked st Mao. after
se had foisbed our meal. his isce wse Get
snd dogsed.
Wen follow them. be said. Well show
th EN- that they're wanted 1t home.
Ill hadn't been tired and DISC usted snd
fearful, ,too. OF consequences. should hsvs
had some iun ont Of the chase. The sight
Of LOT OF hostiles making . bresk for lib
erty. and their agent and trader running
With them. would have tickled sny one
With less responsibility than We bad.
As IL wss, We rode solemDly enough at
the tail Of the string. The Indians paid
no attention to us. bu. thumpsd and whaci
cd their loaded and trsvvyidrsegipg pom
lee, going up the Belle Fourche 10 cloud
OF duet 81 we rode. the two OF rs. Tor
two or three hours. bringing up the resr
10 gloomy silence. Then there wM . sud
den change 10 oar program.
We we're riding between two low ranges
Of bills when bunch Of cow-meD charged
out Of cover on our left, and opened fire
on the Sioux. We might have suspected
such 90 outcome 10 the csttle.killing. but
We we're surprised u the force which had
gathered.
Il va the work Of those three riders We
bsd seen the day before They bad follow
cd and drnmmed oat . c.owd among the
bills rsncbmep, and By changing horses
md riding hard. they we're upon us.
There we're thirty or forty o: them. arm
ed 10 the teeth. snd not more than feven
y or eighty poorly srmed fighters smong
the Indians
We ssv quickly that 1t must go hard
With the Sioux. Bot old Two.Sttike snd
bis men we're game. TOey threw themsel
vss between the enemy and their women
snd children. end instantly began 6sht
ioe retreat TO ths rvsr banks upon our
right.
Whst did Mao doi Well. cir. be rode
straight into the bunch, snd Was fool
enough TO follow. 10 slew minutes We
we're 10 bstween them. scurrying Sioux
on one hand sod charging cowboys on the
other. and I'll shooting end yelling like
Wild men They we're oil 6rine st long
range. ss yet, but the 6yht wss getting hot
ter every second.
Ridinp like the wind, Mac went straight
Tor the biggest bunch Of Indisns. We
came up With these iust - their sqosvs
snd young ones we're piling pell-mell over
the river bank. Mao jumped from bic
horse and grabbed irsvvy.pole out Of
pack which hsd broken loose 10 the scrsm
bic. Bsiors conld have time TO Tell II
be hal jsrked aag-wbich be had
brou ght ss : present for Tso Strike -out
oi ssddle bag sud tied il 10 thst pole.
Then be jomped into bis saddle. and
with the Stars and Stripes 6atteriog above
bis head. rode toward the cos-men. Well,
cir, and the traders eyes grew moist, !
usver saw Old Glory pus to better ne.
Mac had hardly ridden hundred yards
| think, when the shooting stopped. snd
ell those reckless wild riders sss their
horses 10 silence. They could shoot down
hossiles. little and big. bnt they wooldni
Ore on U lited S,.tes A,g.
Mac hslted and made signs to them to
come on. They bnocbed sndstalksd toee
,hsr minute. then their lesdef rode for
ssrd alone. He wss . smsll. ssndy.vbis
tered msn, - mild snd qoies.lookins -
you'd wish TO zee.
Hos? be ssid, 9Th 40 ipqniiine look
strsis ht int, Macs eyes
I'm the Indian agent 81 Foit !. said
Mel sreu. end I'm after my ruosvsys II
you gentlemen will have the aoodness 10
present properly ssorn statement OF your
lo,s. BY this b.ld. / will give you ny
check 10 payment.
The esstiemsls fsce lishtsd, Thsfs
GOOD ..lhl be ssid We hsvsbt lost spy
cattle or Dor &c up bere yet. We didn't
intepd to, be sdded smiling - plesssntly
O. ! scboolms'sm. Glad 10 knos these
reds hsve irresponsible susrdeen With 'eu
30 Ions / and be c.ltesed sssy.
Then Mac snd t,lEad With Tsc'Striks
|. didot take long TO bring bin 10 reason
He bsd seen thss the q "a Of this country