The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-06

was in the corral, ran into his store;
where fifteen thousand rounds OF IlAsd
ammunition and d large stock OF goods
baited the raiders. As he swung the uooi
TO- the foe were only thirty feet away anu
firing as they came Quanah IN the ieau.
Old Sam Smith. sans culOtte. gun III one
hand and cartridge belt in the other, was
the last man to enter. As the par went
down the horses of the Indians suuck
the door till il bent before tleil. anu
Adobe Walls was aflame with the IRE OF
the buffalo hunters beginning d tnf6e
days fight for their lives. .e.,-
WAR Chief Quanah, riding swiftly by
Hanrahan's place, saw the open uoUE a.
Leonards and rode straight at IT, think.
ing as he recently said, that they could
easily force their way IN Out d gun odI-
rel suddenly appeared through the dooH-
Wav. and Quanah was shot through the
breast and nut out of the battle Tor that
dav As Hanrahan tells of 1t, he throws
a great spraWiing hand over MS breast
and over his swarthy visage creeps d MN
gled look of pain and gratitude-pam as
he recalls the wound and gratitude Iof
his narrow escape
Wound Quickly Avenged.
His wound was quickly avenged.
Around the corner. just north of the
stockade slept Ike and Shorty Shadler IN
their wagon. Only the night before they
had come in from Palo DurO creek with
load of buffalo hides belonging to Brick
Bond their employer. FartheSt from
safety. and camped where they could not
see the Indians approaching, they We're
caught killed and scalped in their wa
gon-the only men about Adobe Walls
who failed to reach a place of safety
that morning Their little dog, which
seemed to have endeayOred to give them
sNarning, was also scalped- One of the
bDys had left the wagon and could nave
reached Leonards door. but, discovering
that his brother had not awakened, ran
back to warn him and die with him.
with James Hanrahan were Bat Mas
herd, Andy Johnson, Ogg, Watson, Clark
and McKinstry-all but one, l believe,
plainsmen, though young men.
with Fred Leonard were James Camp
bell, Edward Trevor. Frank Brown, Char
ley Armitage Dutch Henry Billy Ty-
Ter. Old sam Smith. Old Man Keller,
Fred Myers. and Fighting McCabe. who
was lrish-some raw and some veterans
''Clancing from the windows, the men
in Langtons found that the Indians had
dismOunted in the rear of their house and
were giving a war dance IN ANTICIPATION
of an easy and immediate victory. A
well-directed vOlley. however, soon dis
PEELED this Illusion. and the terpslchorean
gentlemen resumed the more exactinS
duties of the day, which, as George Ebey
very truly remarked, were their best hold
anyway.
''The men at Leonards were furnished
with eight new Sharp's rifles, a case of
which Leonard broke open and distrlb-
uted.
Again and again the Indians dashed
against the doors of the building in the
endeavOr to break them down; running
at full speed. they hurled their horses
against the defenses. or. whiTling, backed
them against the doors. hoping their
weight would force an entrance. Long
after the sun had risen in the heavens,
they continued to make frequent charges
on the quarters of the hunters. retreat
ing at intervals along the creek or be-
hind the stockade.
Stone Calf's Nephew Killed.
Fifty Indian bullets buried themselves
in the adobe walls or tore through the
windows. Three Winchester rifles and
seven fifty-caliber buffalo guns viciOusly
replying. served notice that the white men
knew their business and were fighting for
their lives.
"A better directed attack was now de
liyered against I,ang-tOD's Twenty braves