The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-23
"A / gap FOR indians

otst ca The Kills 10 tie solsh Of Fort
Konsoa cutting telegraph poles fer an
arnsy line On the thirs, Gay n private
n:;iEe.i 1sgis Hare vsSs left u camp 10
est as c3 He had hee,, instructed to
fsrcSiis l;ssisct N cssc l.c saw Indians.
ana, havls,ss i.pSFl ne SIaria. we start
.si f9s cslsp at 5oo'eiock wltl, a feeling
that - istsl gone well.
ne feSSNe2 L 10 rnl tie man MISC
i;s IsIa ipes,sct hHd been left behind.
and noting about the camp Lad been
o.st:rted. For an hoSr we expected
iis9ctu.n ~ any moment. thinking lie
lcl raasere;l away. bat when night
Gaze sg NNpassea we We're sure thar the
Indians sSsl had something 10 do with
Eis dssa. .;caisince. IL turned out so.
Waiie l.c was out :sn1r berries during
tie Afternoon Isttle Gears band had
7 pSuaCci vsan him and made him cap
live.
Nc kcara nothing Of him or them
untll :skoat as5nfisc next morning. We
Were about to set cut on search
weo;i lie SNpcarcd at the mouth of the
| ySIey with an Iadian beside him,
isiasal.e lad tcea Stripped OF all his
GHi;,. s:is. cn1 the blood OF hare had
bcaa G2Cael over lsiEi until lie appear
81 - tc w0anacd III Il dozen places
T.e la..i.Sa with hin could understand
EiigSsa sc~y well. and tic captive had
bcea tsS. N-tet 20 say. .As our attertion
WAS attracted lie called out:
"Sc1gcant. Ike redskins captured me
!, Yesterday. ana ! have message for
4 you, they sly II you win como out and
surseneor yourselves they will hold us
! for ransom aud ticst Us well. Ii you
1 refesc. t!;cy viii attack the camp and
w;fe you all out. There are about thir-
\ ty ln4ta;is il tie banti."
"lim," called the sergeant when lie
had Teeorerei- -s3Gewhat from his sur
I trlsa. ''aye you talking 6ead squarey'
"&o. The force consists of only e.cv-
ea l,.en. There arc SIX of you, and you
can siald them OF for Il week.
"Dut how can we save you?'
There Is no WY. Mako ready for a
row and fight to thc last. 1t serves me
risht for not being on the watch yes
tefGay Goo3by. boys, and do the best
i you can and tell 'eri ut the fort how 1t
WIS with nc"
! lie turned ard was soon hidden from
view, aud we at once began prepara-
tions fer defense. We could be ap-
! proacLcd only from the front, and the
six of us felt ourselves match for
7 double tie number of Indians. For
hsif ~ hour we heard nothing more
from them. Then from point down
/ The valley clEc walls ana cries of pain
ana distress rs though the captive
we've hc;,;.s tortured.
Our first thoGslt was to rush ont.
bUe after listening more closely all de-
/ clarcd that the tones were those of az
Indian and that the plan was to draw
rs into an ambush When it was found
useless TIE cries ceased, and an hour
!, later brisbane appeared on the same
spot as Before. At the bidding of his
guard he shouted:
Little Bear has been joined by twen-
~ more warriors, and unless you sur
renaef youreelvcs all will be killed.
half tn iioiT III which
to make up yaur minds."
Are you prcvaricaiing. Jim?' asked
the sergeant in reply. using term
] which re knew the Indians could not
understand
.'Ihe biggest kind. sergeant. There
are no new arrivals, and don't let them
humbug you into surrender"
| The captive spoke so fast that the
! Indians cn,iid not follow him: hnt. sus-
| pectins something wrong, they led him
away. Then we lay ready and waiting
| until close upon noon, when Brisbane
suddenly anpeared ut the mouth OF the
valley. running toward our camp ut the
top OF his speed. Behind him were
the Indians. who had planned it that
way. thinking we would hesitate tc
fire for fear of killing our comrade.
| THAT WAS Just what happened. and but
( for Il strange circumstance the band
Won have been Upon us before a gun
was fred. Thirty or forty yards In
frort OF US was a shaky spot in the
ground. We had noticed it in walking
around, hut had given II no special at
tentien.
rs inc indians reached the spot in n
! solid body TIC earth gave way, and all
went OFT of sight in IN instant. A
clflst cf earth about thirty feet square
Went Gown. ana when we rushed out 1t
4 was to look down into hole twenty
/ five feet deer, with the Indians lying
! IN . i,siddlc 1T the bottom. Two were
killed bt lie fail ana two others badly
lHirt Willie tae soldiers neck was bro
Kerr as - landed at the bottom
4 We mHQc lie Indi,ns send up their
Weapons aill ti'esr tcid and injured.
4 When al yTo.c aNt we realized that the
c2leaci gt TIE fort wbnil not thank us
| for bTinsing in = lot of troublesome
/ prisoners 10 be cagcd flr AMI that we
la1st make so-.e c;!ier disposal OF
-.3s.-n
= tt.e Ees@ AT! MI the rest of the
Iiyia,v and uawolnded were ted to
tree =; IN ,. c'lt,in% Il generous sispply
OK fN'4tf s.s. - ;2o,s iI.rs at the .'fa-
t-teii "ct a13 a.! not rest until each
ole Esf ico1 r i:y rc.ed. There
w;6 ai t,-=' loa iag ard wailng as
u 'a Ac.rrH wl~..'rs had been SO
MI ri,d ~ Ce't Ihc degrada-
ts.i a i.ec IS tfc uam.
'-1niicc was over the
fe sec caSt loose AMI tod to
t'ia t2l :N wovu,el ana clear
a3f 3a t-.a o5cfcA tie order very