Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-14

gave place to leveler going. and we
could sniff the fragrance of the pla-;
teau pines and feel their Wlfe-ll ke
needles under foot.
Fly this the shower cloud had passed
and the stars We're coming out. hut 1t
was still pitch black under the pines;
50 dark that | started like nervous
woman and Went near to panic when
a horse snorted ut my Very ear. and a
voice. botlilcss. as 1t seemed, sad
well. nom: the Lord he praised. If
here amt the whole enduring"
What F.,oliraim Neates would have
said, or did say. was lost upon me.
For now my poor Dicks strength was
quite spent. and when the chief and
We're easing him to lie fun length ups
on the ground, there was a quick little
cry out of the darkness. swish of
petticoats, and my lady darted in to
fall unon Richard in a very transport
Of ,ity.
ooh. my poor Dick. they have killed
you., she sohhed; "oh. cruel. cruel"
Then she dashed out at us. why don't
You strike Il light How can find
and dress his hurts i'm the dark 3'
Your pardon. Mistress Mar%crN. I
said. "'tis only that the fever has
overcome him. He has no sore hurts.
as I believe, save the e-scorching.
"A lght." she commanded; II must
have . light and Sc for myself
We had To hunor her. though it was
something against prudence. Epraim
found dry punk in a rotten log. and fir
ING 1t With the flint and steel of
great kings nus'let One of his reav-
ines from the enelnN--soon bad Il pine
knot torch for her. She gave it to the
Cat;iwha to hold: and while she Was
cooling over her patient and binding up
his burns i'm some simrleS gathered
near at hand by the Indian. had the
Stpry-s of tho. ,ililllp rescue from the
altl hunter.
Set forth in brief, that which had
como rs !; miracl" 10 DIX and me fig
llred as a ('arine bit of strategy made
possible by the emptying of the Indian
camp AZ our torture Spectacle
Yeates and the Catawba. following
out the pan agreed upon. had come
within Spying distance While Vet We
were i'm the midst of that hopeless
back TO- back battle. and had most
wisely held aloof Ispt later. when ev-
cry Indian of the Cherokee band was
busy at oar torture trees they set to
work.
With no watch to give the alarm
twas easy to rifle the Indian wigwams
of the firearms aM1 ammunition. The
latter they threw into The stream: the
lnuskets they loaded and trained over
q fallen tree at the northern edge of
the savanna. bringing them to hear
po;nlhlank upon the light horse guard
;s,,.lcd again around the great fire.
The next step was the cutting out of
the Women: this MAS effected whilst
the barouet captain WAS paying his
courtesy call on MS. Like the looting
Of TIN. INDIAN callr tUas quickly
,linnel and H;iiin:-iN done; ii asked
hllt the auicting Of The two trooper
guards on The forest side ~ The tere@-
lodge Z. warning wor,! 10 M"rgciv and
her wcinill. ;ia :shadow.iiSe fitting
,vi,h them over TIE dead bodies If
their late isilers To the shelter of the
wood.
once free of the camp. Ycatcs had
hurlled his changes To a place of tenn
norars. safety farther up HE valley,
leaving the E;.t;.A'5a TO cross the
stream 10 lay n train of Ganapened
powder to he makesfiIt magazine.
When he had led the women TO Il place
of safety. the old nlfn left them and
ram back to his mask ! battery OF load
cd inuskets. Here. III an nwl-cry sig
nal from l'ncanoola. he opened fire u2-
ON the redc"nts.
The o'.twor'Sine of the COUP de main
was "a triumph for the old bor,lrre1's
SEaewd scneralship. ~ the death
dealing Nolley the Ifne!ishnen We're
thrown into confusion. Whilst the IN
dians, Summoned by the firing aAl the
SHILLING of the captains whistle,
dashed blin!iy into the trap. ~ the
right inonem; Vnoam~4. tuslehca off
his powder tr;li.l "a! eat IL With q
,lcs: field for his resi'im If ,iicll anG
me Continued Next Week.)