The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-05

| a warrior in, which Captain Alba was | dangerously wounded and the Indian was instantly killed. Above all the exciting scenes of the battle, the most which the wounded Comanches were gathered together, with the slain around them and their women wailing and lamenting for the slain while the war dance with waving bloody scaips. | In tbis fight at Jungle Hollow both | Captain Alba and Fitzhugh Lee were rows, as well as General Kirby Smith.
 ''This bloody fight took place in the recesses of the Wichita Mountains" said Captain Alba Our expedition Indians had penetrated the mountains as far as we could get and there we had pitched our camp. and established we proposed to make short marches in ] the surrounding country. We had With us a number of Delaware Indians act 1 ing as guides and allies They were | We had been in camp but little more | than half an hour. It being In the neighborhood of o'clock In the after noon. when we saw our allies, hylng | into camp, surrounded by cloud or dust. run across a camp of the Comanches | three miles away in the mountains. The Comanches had mounted their ponies and pursued the Delawares until they came in sight of the camp of the troops As soon as the Delawares had galloped 1 into camp Boots and Saddles was | sounded and almost as soon the bugle | rang out Assembly,. In moment we | were in line and ready for the ride and for the fight. AL. | zling rain falling. We wore the win. l ter uniforms with a comforter aDous our necks a circumstance, which saveo | moved out of the camp to the command of 'Trot. The first few hundred yaros we took quietly and in order, put as the command moved along. the champ tread of their hoofs, the clanking of the accoutrements, the invigoration of the ride, in fected the. men with the lust of battle. The ride which began as wild dash over the mountains every man trying to outrun his neighDor ana with the horses inspired by the intec- tion of the occasion.
 Dash to Battle.
 "Several of the horses fell during this wild dash and had to De shot anu some of the men were hurt and wound ~ I've W found the Indians behind a thrown across a piece of horsesnoe. neak A line of pickets was immedi- ateIy thrown around the mountain; Now. being. young and ardent. l nad Having had conn ection with the quar- termaster's department l had access I9 the ammunition and after continual manship until believed I was the best shot in the regiment. I had boosted to my companions during the steeplechase every Indian found with bullet through his eye would be a victim oI m the scene before an Indian showed him self out of the barricade. l took a quick and lucky shot at him. He was found later with bullet through ms
 "An attack was made upon the barri- cade, but the troopers were thrown back hurried eoans that a the fn dians must be immediately dislodged from their barricade. He argued that they might escape and join other war
 Van Dorn ordered his lieutenants to attack the barricade and dlslodge the Indians. Fitzhugh Lee was shot him from the field. A few minutes later Van Dorn was struck with an ar row; n.oo.. woro oa,,aa for to scale the barricade. Four of us succeeded in climbing it and Jumping down on the Indians side, Chestnut, Levert. Finn tnS tosether hS:eIi At the the foot of a Dig cotton wood tree we succeeded in killing three Indians between us. Levert was wounded and I propped him up against A shower of ArrOws.
 At this moment I had premonition that shower 9f arrOws se was round It was well that did so because if l had l been standing my body in half min ute would have resemblej pincushlon;; struck and was turned partially aside by the comforter I was wearing about my neck. l standing a few feet away behind a
 little bush, his arrow htted ana ms s
 bow drawn back; We We, looked in each SH !
 hand. but hesitated about stalking all
 on one shot. I decided 1t was better tG
 let him shoot, knowing that if he failed
 fatal shot As stood there hali
 risen from the ground he let fly The
 to to tn the bone. It's iron head went into
 "As he snatched another arrow from steadied myself and fired. The first shot entered his right side. The second
 shot entered his eye and he fell before
 me T Rt4fiping tried to mobile 51 'n of bu. ten
 tried to pull the arrow from the
 wound but could not moves It. An
 tered the barricade with the second
 attacking party, now came up. He said, Let me pull 1t out for you He
 seized the shank of the arrow. but the wood work broke off leaving the
 iron head in the wound:
 q again tried to hobble back. A
 fusilade of arrows was coming from who mad entered the barricade with
 me. happened to get before me in the path. He, too. had been wounded. As
 he stepped in front of me an arrow
 upper lip. just beneath the nose. He | turned and faced me with both hands tugging at the arrow in his face. In l a moment he doubled up and fell in front of me with four arrows sticking
 in his back. The Indian AmaHOna.
 | "On the ground near by l saw a
 beautiful young Indian woman wound | ed and dying. She had been shot in
 the fight. The women, if anything.
 fought fieroer than the braves. In
 that battle they fought like she-dev
 Tn the fight we killed thirty-six Indians and captured fifty-tw0. Only five of the captured were men. The | others were women and children. The
 rolling. On hill we put the prison
 CTS under strong guard. The five
 men who were wounded were laid on
 the ground and log fires which -hrew gigantic and .ghostSy shadows were
 by. Ard as l lay there I was a wit ness to the most weird, the most sav- | age scene, it was ever my fortune or misfortune to see.
 | The women joined hands. and with | their wild hair flying marched around