The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-28

know Nv the way they jumped on ti'eir
horses that they had seen me as 500"
as | came I'm sight.
The only chance | had for my Ire
wos to mike a run for it, and ] iiliiile'
diately wheeled and started PACK 10.
ward the rairond Brigham seemed
to understand VIVA, WAS ", n, a%" ,,, at
struck out rs If he comprenchdco INA.
II was to be n run for life. He crossed
ravinc In few jumps, ana Oh
r,o,hinp n bridge beyond drew rem
looked back aud saw the Indians com
ing for me at full speed and evidently
well mounted | would have hau I''ic
or no fear of being ovcrtak"n II br's'
ham had been fresh But as ne was
not felt uncertain rs to now nc
would stand long chase.
My pursucrs seemed to he gaih'"S
ON me a little. and ! let HriGiah'
shoot ahead again When we had run
ohout three miles farther some eight
or nine of the Indians were moi over
oOO Yards behind. and five or SIX OF
these seemed to be shortening the gap
at every jump. Brigham now eXerleo
| himself more than ever. ana Tor Tue
next three or four miles ne g"t rlShl
down to business and did some OF the
pretticst running ever saw. But the
Indians were about as well mounted
rs was and one OF their horses I'D
particular a spotted animal. was
ginning on me all the time. i'eariy
nil the other horses were strung out
behind for a distance of two miles,
! but still chasing after me
The Indian who was riding the spot
ted horse was armed with Il rifle ana
would occasionally send bullet Wits
Ting along. sometimes striking the
Ground ahead Of me. | saw that TINS
) follow must be checked or stray bul-
let from his gun might hit me or my
horse. so. suddenly stopping brigham
! and quickly wheeling him around,
raised old "Iucretia" to my shoulder
| took deliberate aim at the Indian ana
| his horse. hoping to hit one or the
other. and fired He was not over
eighty yards from me ut this time
| and ut the crack of my rifle down
went his horse Not waiting to see
if he recovered. turned Brigham
and in n moment we were again fair-
~ nying toward our destination. We
had urgent business about that time
and were In hurry to get there.
The other Indians had gained on us
while | was engaged in shooting ut
! ti,at
| shots whzzing past me. but fortunate
! ~ none of them hit the intended mark.
To return their compliment | OCCASION
ally wheeled myself In the saddle and
fired back at them. aud one Of my
| shots broke the leg of one Of their
! horses. which left It's rider hors(e) de
combat, as the French would say.
/ Only seven or eight Indians now re-
! NAMED In dangerous proximity TO me,
and as their horses were beginning to
lag somewhat checked my faithful
! old stccd Il little to allow him an OPP
portunily TO draw an extra breath or
two. had determined, II 1t should
come To the worst, to drop into buf-
falo wallow. where | could stand the
Indians off for awhile. but | was not
compelled to do this. rs Brigham car
ried me through most nobly.
The chase was kept up until we
came within three miles OF the end
of the railroad track. where two com
panies Of soldiers were stationed for
the purpose OF protecting the work
men from the Indians. One Of the
ou,posts saw the Indians chasing me
across the prairie and gave the alarm.
In few minutes saw. greatly to my
delight. men coming on foot. and cav
alrymen, too, galloping TO our rescue
as soon as they could mount their
, horses When the Indians saw this
! they turned and ran In the direction
, from which they had come. In IL very
few minutes | was met by some OF
the infantrymcn and trackmcn. and,
jumping to the ground and pulling the
| blanket and saddle off Brigham. ! told
them what he had done for ne. They
ut once took him in charge. led him
around and rubbed him down so vigor-
ously that l thought they would rub
him to death.
Captain Nolan OF the Tenth cavalry
now came up with forty of his men.
and upon learning what had happened
| he determined to pursue the Indians.
Tie kindly offered me one OF his cav.
airy horses, and after putting my own
saddle and bride on the animal we
started out after the flying Indians,
who only Il few minutes before had
been making 1t so uncomfortable live,
| ~ for me. Our horses were all fresh
and Of excellent stock, and we soon
began shortening the distance between
ourselves and the redskins. Before
they had gone five miles we overlook
and killed eight Of their number Tho