The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-06-14

lips youches for its truthfulness.
The morning Of the outbreak, Giard, ,lrd
as before stated, came over to Forbes'o oss
store; IS he passed Myrick's store he b
noticed big crowd Of Indians moving in
toward the store, and as he approached le
Forbes store he saw another band %
armed with rifles gathered about that ha
place.
Continuing, Giard says: 81 passed 80
them and went into the store. was va
no sooner inside than heard firing, ns
and the next instant saw Anthony ia
Young run into the store crying out d
that he was shot. The next instant ID
another shot rang out and Joe BelIand 10
staggered into the store, shot to death. I'll
The store was q long. log structure, r
with q window in both the east and 10
west ends, door in the north side Ia
while on the opposite or south side i'd
there was no opening of any kind. be- b
cause Of q counter which tranersed the Il
entire side Of the building. being di- d
vided in the center for the convene
fence Of the clerks in going behind to
hand out goods. ran behind the /
counter and threw myself on the floor, i
Young and Relland staggered af-, )
| ter; and, stumbling over my prostrate a
body, fell on top Of me, both dying II
almost at once, their blood still warm, d
running over me and soaking me from q
head to foot. AS the Indians; and n
squaws came almost at once in q head al
long race to see who could secure the u
most loot, being in deadly fear of my a
| life was forced to lie there motionless O.
with the dead bodies of my two friends 4
pinipning me to the floor, their life 4
blood binding and strangIing me. =
while bucks and squaws, in passing be- .
hind the counter, repeatedly stepped j
on the bodies, in their mad scramble
to and fro.
"I have no idea how long lay there;
1t seemed an eternity; l felt my hair q
was turning white; my nerves and ii
muscles tingled with the awful strain;
yet the instinct for life overbalanced G
all, and 1 did not move After time I
it became unbearable; must move or
shrek, and as Istirred ever so slightly, a ?
squaw called out: "A white man is
alive here yet Hearing that, and be-
ing rendered desperate by aching il
muscles and tingling nerves, threw :
off my CHASTITY burden and rose to my [
feet. AS stood up, my face covered
Lo
naturally superstitious, thinking a.
white man had suddenly come to life, !
ran pellmell for the door. I, too, z
started for the door, but being met I
there by two bucks, felt my time had
come. However, they chanced to know {
me, and to my surprise one said: You
will live; we want you; come Won:
deringly [ followed their lead in q
southerly direction toward Roberts r
store where beheld wagon with one
OK in the yoke, while tied to tree was
what proved to be not brother OK
but a refractory steer. The Indians
wanted the team to convey the loot,
but not having succeeded in yoking
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l was told to put in the steer and drive
to the store. l united him, but he
quickly jerked me almost headlong to :
the brow of the bluff, the sides and
base of which we're covered with
thick growth of bushes and brambles.
Like an inspiration it came to me that
if could induce the steer to yank me
a little closer to the brow l could
Jump into the ravine and make run
for life. During a lull in the steers
. exertions 1 glanced over my shoulder \
and beheld the bucks laughing uproar-
iously over my plight. Full of my
project, 1 gave the rope another fierce
pull and vicious lunge of the animal
jerked me near enough for the fateful
Jump and leaped.
, CAS- disappeared bullets few harm (.
lessly over my head, but knowing the
| distaste the Indians had for following
man in the brush, felt 1 was COM
, paratively safe. Hiding in the weeds
and bushes made my way along the
| river undiscovered, and sometime dur I
J ing the night reached Fort Ridgelys
: hungry, heartsick and blood-soaked,
| but thankful that kind Providence
had guided me to friends and safety" t!
/ G. A. Y. X