The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-23

- 'n' oN'Vatn thht had gone be.
tore us, Warning US that the In.
dams would try 10 attack ia na
We were crossing the river. There
were nearly hundred men In our
train and they drove tho cnttlo
across 70 an island In the river and
some of them stood guard there
while the rest STAYED with the wom.
en- ana children on the mainland
The Indians Came.
AS dusk fell. they formed a cir.
Gle OF the Wagons. and barrlcaded
them With the provisions. Within
this circle the men were all armed,
and even the women had axea be
side them. before midnight tho
Indians came. yelling and war.
whooping and barking like coyotes
They must have thought we we're
too strong for them for they dsd
not try to rush the camp. and when
they found they could not get the
cattle they rode away az dawn. But
all around the camp the ground
was ploughed up like circus ring
whore they had ridden aud swung
their iarlata
But they did not always come
In war parties. One young chief
who had come up with hts band to
trade took a fancy 60 my sister
Aiyina. who had long golden curla.
aud offered my father a dozen
ponies for her He followed the
camp for DAYS. and abe waa fright
ened TO death.
Father Nearly Drowned.
MY father was nearly drowned
trying 10 find ford across the
Red river. but finally we reached
our farm near Walla walla. For
years Il Was known aa tho old
Mnxon place and NO were happy
there. though there we're only Two
other white women In the post. an
all tho men had Indian wives. I
was married At 10. a mother AZ IS
and widow AZ is. no I lived on
there AZ home. but after n tune I
married again and went 20 Grange
VILE. Idaho. TO live. where I was
again left alone. this time with four
boys 70 support heaide my little
daughter"
Then came the story Of hor
struggle 10 educate her children:
how she did washing and then bak.
ing. and finally managed TO get a
little restaurant where she cooked
for. and waited on her customers
herself.
Hard Luck Comes.
Her boys obtained the mail route
from Crangevilie over the noun.
saina TO Florence N was very
dangerous. for tho snow was often
10 feet deep and the Chinook sind
thawcd II into deadly hollowg
X waa over sach trail that her
second son started out one Febru.
AIRY day with his horse aud Alod
and the mail bags. The sled soon
began 20 sink At every step and he
left II behind with his blankets
and provisions. taking only tho
mall bags on the horse. But ono
Of the fierce blixxarda Of the noun
faina came up and the next dny
bis brother found him lying an
conscious beside his horse. where
BE had crept for warmth. Tho older
boy sent on. on foot. while the
horse carried the mall aud the
frozen boy. who died ON the way.
They were sent back 20 tho mother.
ono dead and ths other ravinx in
brain fever.
Finally she married again, bat
her health was broken, and IL took
all the fAmiiy'A little savings 60
send her 70 Spokane for an opera.
ton. Then. three years ago Ell.
came here 10 the Providence hoHpl.
tAl. and the two younger soma De.
rtded 70 make home here for
their mother and Etepfather. They
put their savings into n little cigar
stand which tho father rnnn, and
we're trying 10 buy a little home
whsn tho elder was stricken with
consumption. leaving the burden
Of support 10 the younger. hardly
more than = delicate boy.
Warts Work 10 Do.
That's Why ia like 10 &c, plain
sewing 10 do said the little moth.
er In the cheerful cottage. from
which all traces of illness have
been banlshed. She stiil looks out
AZ the yard where ths white tent
stood for 50 long. but there are
smiles on her lips. whatever there
may be In her heart.
II am 80 lonely all day that I
have loDged TO ndopt some moth.
erleaa baby. but ! can hardly afford
II. and ! am afraid should not live
70 see Il grow up. But II hear Of
some motherIess child I shall be
80 glad to care for II and have
Il for company-to keep me from
thinking"
Again she smiled brayely.
But won't be sad. not while