Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-20


forced theai out " their hiding place
just as JACKSON and Gerard Joined
them, having left their horses where
they first met stuiiinE grass IN their
nostrils to prevent them from attract
Ing attention. Wrapping thelT licuse9
around their heads. they au ccedcl In
escaping Into the thi.k brGsh along
saw that McbouIh!I hhd l'm'u Ecph
Win the PACK tram. ~ the Lnl'h of
the tring II TIE direction Whcrc Gus
ter was huhdrei' OF lhullhs returned.
ana the hght oa The MI was Kept up
all night. The Two scouts got Their
horsSl ana. VITA O'NciI ana dc EiGio
holu.hs "" tauS, GrId"h I" f"fd tae
river undrr dnr.;neaS ri Ia" rla""
where they had crossed IL Tie mora.
ing. By maEi'l; dctour luna the IN
dams and ~ II was dnr!: they passed
close to three binds ~ rel men With
out mole talon. O'Ncll and DE Rudio
on the occasions keeping alongside the
h1rSes ara out or slight. The fourth
party came along ana shouted 10 them
In Sioux. ard jackson and Gerard cut
loose nad the two af0ot dropped aud
HID IN the sascbrush.
The Indians pursued the horsemen
short distance firing shots ut them.
but did not see the two men IN the
sagebrush, although they passed IN sin.
gle hle within three or four feet OF
them
O'Nell and he reacbed the ford and
decided to sccrete themselves and whit
until daylight. The moon came out bu,
dimly. md they saw n party that look.
cd like American cavalry ns they were
ON American horses and dressed I'm the
soldiers uniform. the leader riding n
sorrel horse with four white Ieus He
WINS sure that Il was Captaiu Tom Gus.
for E,at.d be criaa o,,t "yI.IIo can
| to,nr' Tho rider stonpei and ALTHOUGH
thew could not soc him n 8enaIsh yoII
md n volIsv OF buIIets told them ,h.v
were Indiana They rushed through
the brusb the I,diana Nr,ng n, ,h.
mov,no h,shas voI,.y after yo,,,y
| The,r s.cane xos ,,,rac,,o,s
| 7, ,urnaJ on, os,.rwnrJ Tim, ,hooo
rnd,ons hv THAR ar,,o .,.,l,oa . hi, a,
strntauem they had IRA nyed m aeceiv.
Reno Inv dressing in tho c,otb.s of
dead soldiers of Clusters command
md. eauipped with clinklps sabcrs nnd
on American horses. they expected to
deceive him In the night .by pretend.
! ing TO be men OF Custcr.s party. Tbl.
firing nt DE Rudio and giving the In
dian veil mt the Reno men on their
guard, Proceeding ON their why. two
Indians came hunting for the fugitiyes.
believing. OF course that II WAS only
some wounded soldier While hunting
lfor them they npproached within Ave
yurds. and. evidently having s,en
them, one Jumped from his horse,
when De RudIo fired and ,lropped him
dead, O'Neil's carbIne knocking the
other one out OF his saddle and killing
him. The Indians In the hills saw the
fash and puff and fired another yolley
In that direction. but the two desperate
men hastily concealed themselves be.
hind big log which several bullets
had struck. The bullets struck the
ground within n few feet and even
inches OF them continuously.
AgnIn the woods were fred nj this
point, but as II had been rainy In the
evening the smoke was stronger than
the flames and was thus their saliva.
ton, and they hid In a deep part Of
the creek with only their heads out Of
water. but with their cartridges. and
firearms On thu bank rehdy for action.
They rcma.hrd there and In u little
oasis Of bushes that the lire hud not
touched, without moving or speaking.
until y o'clock on the 2Dth OF Juis.
About 4 O'Clock there were two signal
i pistol shots bred the Indian yelette
left his post at the ford and loud
voice was heard harnnguins the M
CLANS. and Il band Of three or four hun,
Cred passed closely and rode OF. They
could sce them for miles down the
river and heard them singing a pecul,
lar chant. BY ESQ they had gone M
far us they could see, and II was evil
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