Evening star., 1909-05-30
Redskins on the Warpath
Continued from page 10

Joe must have his joke and said. There come
the smoky boys now Guess we'll have the
| house warming. all right
While speaking. they saw the Indians run off
their stock. which were grazing nearby. So the
four people made haste to get inside the dug
out This structure was good tort. tor 1T was
| only half under ground. with heavy logs above
| 1t stood on high ground. across the spring
branch from the new buildings. There was
| deep ditch leading from it to the spring.
| through which man could pass to get water
without exposing himself BY knocking out
| the chinking between the logs. good portfolios
could be made from which to shoot IN every
| direction This the Indians undoubtedly per-
ceved and contented themselves with rum
ming off the stock.
There the little party waited wondering
what had become of the carpenters who had SO
recently left. The Indians succeeded IN setting
| fire to the haystacks and buildings, completely
destroying them. and then to all appearance
| departed When the night came those in the
| little fort concluded to try to escape. They
knew that a strong party of soldiers were on
| their way west. and thought they could not be
far distant so they took what food they could
carry and. seeing no further signs OF their enc,
mics, crawled down the ditch to the creek and
stole cautiously away IN the darkness lhey
reached us in safety after walking about eigh
teen miles AS Mrs. Grinnel was the only
woman in the outfit. or. indeed. IN that part
of the country we did our best to make her
comfortable
Next morning we broke camp. We had gone
about four miles west. when we found the poor
carpenters. murdered. mutiated. and scalped
That night we camped at the burned station
the fugitives had so recently lett. Their little
fort had not been disturbed. SO Mr. and Mrs.
Grinnell succeeded in getting what property
they had left behind.
More Deserted Stations
A DAY or two passed without anything OF
thp cfIftn all
deserted and destroyed: but no dead bodies.
We were now at Monument Station where the
country Is quite open save tor the peculiar
feature that gives the name.-tWo high col
umns of rock and earth standing like two tow
ers out alone on the prairie. and back from the
river about quarter of mile. To the east and
west are high ridges: north and south it is
open and rolling
We turned out our stock and beef cattle to
Craze with strong guard to protect them and
camped close by the river for much needed
rest All were enjoying 1T, when we saw ap-
preaching from the east some sort OF outht
which proved to be the westbound stage ac-
companIed by the stage superintendent. who
was driving buggy drawn by two mules
AS they came rolling down the hill to the
level ground they were attacked by band of
Indians who had been in hiding waiting. no
doubt. to get at We could hear the shots
and see the party a dead run toward us
We hastily mounted and rode to their rescue.
and after running fight brought them in.
Little harm was done. though one or two were
wounded and a few arrows were sticking in
their animals
That evening it was decided to hold our pres
ent position for another day There was sup
posed to be at the next station. Smoky Hill
Springs a detachment of the 18th Missouri
volunteers This station was eleven miles west
and not in a very desirable part of the country.
and for reasons of safety it was thought best to
get word to them to hold the eastbound coach
till we got there As knew the exact location
of this station. / asked to try and reach
them
The Stage Attacked
I ATE at night left camp on good horse.
- and crossed the river. as thought the In
dams would be watching the trail ! had
trouble. and reached there before the east
bound coach arrived and related to the boys
what had happened east of them
Early the next morning the coach came, and
when told that they were not to proceed for