The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27

right into II ..t overland journey to Callfor-
bng breath made in 1850 with strong
ir brings consisting Of thirty-two we'll
does not nen-all except Tue suloe' un-
he is hun uenyseven years on age. we
lie unless n be strong and active, for
Id see sok,,os FOR weeks together we lit
ing over msht our way through swarms
ring. par, a.ns greedy for scalps and plum
time is h
by the std. dxht vell-stored wagons, little
the horse. - Sraft mules and twelve saddle
erioin. ,ormed constant temptation
ness of col "A riders Of the plain, yet, ow-
ention to 81 xernal vigilance and superior
pr the acc =, reached the Sierra Nevada
SEQ to ii ,.,ns without losing man or
coming md although two or three of US had
LESS. WOOD ather serious arrow wounds.
from std q, our horses was beautiful
was aim the property of young Ken
ountain st Y, rom Raeburn, who priced
long sid r.ture all the more highly be-
she had produced on the jour
rouno acr3 promising foal
aI the ba n colt tenderly carried for few
ave. secur h one of the wagons, was soon
On Clamp 10 keep by its mothers side on
thls and march. Tom loved it with that Of
Zee into -h,oh horseman naturally
hahK Ia i've to little creature whose
1snly tni w thoroughbred and whose sire
oroad oa famous Kentucky racer.
garden 81 I'D been for some days descend
-, cut olI tie Pacific slope " the Slerras,
me pq one evening we made camp near
ruon iars thing spring. In the near neigh
lid Of this spring, between our
'A1 put nN wagons and range of rocky
h dotted with clumps Of mesquit
last, bre( n. "a thornv aloas Law a level
It will 81 80. - rorhono ton acres of
I, hnt pasturage.
You XII I. $500 aa.;n., NC come
fe"' h relaxed our accustomed vigilance.
ad of bringing the horses and
II into the corral at nine o'clock
- sul, We decided to hOpple all but
nlt md let them remain on the
rass until near daybreak in the
0nnS Then Jim Carroll, young
;sod :. PAINTER, was to go cut and drive
4 ~ shole herd to camp, as it is at this
x;o. :. that wild Indians almost invari-
= make their raids
al 49, ~ re rest Of us were asleep when
~ ~ LETT, but shortly afterward
hr;oht aroused by hearing six pistol
n thev bred In rapid succession, and
hs May neiW rl en-, Ileno. me
!. No. signal of alalm
- very short time every man of
s;t;vo,v u 0eased or undressed had tumbled
Lrv str;ct ud gasped his loaded arms, and
anv for rushing toward the pasture
tn he emd barely reached its edge when
ing era, snole drove of hoppled animals,
law WIFI ms each other in frenzied efforts
over nv away. came Gathering and limp
civ Vi anpward as If in deadly terror.
bolice ing nothing Of the foal, We nat
with az supposed that it was damned in
hould Al % Its mothers side among the
eat a az norses. and it was not until
lin afrai Carroll, running fsom the farth-
lin be Of the grass-plot, shouted,
So unol q the colts gone!" that we sus-
as mee that anything was wrong
that Il - Raeburn dashed forward and
never 49, exclaimed, Jimmy Carroll,
stion an sse let the sneak,ng Indians steal
at any eot. I'll kill you, sure!"
York Til 80 Yourself in for a while, Tom"
replied Jim. Il haven't seen an
any kind, but have seen a
bar bigger than a down-east
5earoM steer!"
told Arfzzly! It's all up, them" cried
ncernil
e Crow appened this way" said Jim. II
arose d .ne along mighty quiet in the
III as sune on to one side, SO as to
not tn nno the horses and mules. They
minatG Wing down in a bunch. all but
in n n ana the colt-they were near
mamm ne mountain than the others.
She was lying close beside its
e wron and both OF them seemed to
eat hil IN. all Of sudden. a big brind-
be tn thing seemed to come right
find the ground by the colt. and
y. n Y with single blow Of ito no
Fou sAoold have seen the DOOR mare.
uied to rear up so as to |
pear with her forefeet. but |
81 them was hoppled to hind
couldn't Then she gave such
.ui Kind Of whinny that it al
.oe me cry, and staggered off |
naA ne other horses.
mad settled down beside |
colt As soon as I'd got with
be = eirv yards 1 saw that t i it w m..n
me bigger than any we've ever
V and fred every chamber Of NV