Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-02

They hid la q deep part of the creek,
out molestation, O'Neil and De Rudio
on the occasions keeping alongside the
horses and out of sight The fourth
party came along and shouted to them
in Sioux, and Jackson and Gerard cut
loose and the two afoot dropped and
hid in the sagebrush
The Indians pursued the horsemen
short distance, firing shots at them.
but did not see the. two men in the
saGebrush, although they passed in sin
gle file within three or four feet Of
them
O'Neil and he reached the ford ard
decided to Secrete themselves and wait
until daylight. The moon came out b;,t
dimly, and they saw a party that lools
cd like American cavalry. as they were
on American horses and dressed in the
soldiers uniform, the leader riding Il
sorrel horse with four white legs. He
was sure that it was Captain Tom Gus
ter. Elated. he cried out. Hello, cap
tain! The rider stopped, and, although
they could not see him. Il fiendish yell
and volley of bullets told them they
We're Indians. They rushed through
the brush, the Indians firing at the
moving bushes volley after volley
Their escape was miraculous.
1t turned ont afterwart that these
Indians by their firing spoiled bit of
str;itagem they had arranged to deceive
Reno by dressing in the clothes of
! dead soldiers of Clusters command,
and, equipped with clinking sabers and
on American horses, they expected TO
deceive him in the night by preterd-
ing to be men of Clusters party. This
| firing ut De Rudio and giving the In
dian yell put the Reno men on their
guard. Proceeding on their way, two
4 Indians came hunting for the fugitives,
| believing, of course. that it was only
some wounded soldier While hunting
| for them they approached within five
| yards, and evidently having seen
| them, one jumped from his horse,
when De Rudio fired and dropped him
dead, O'Neirs 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 volley
in that direction, but the two desperate
men hastily concealed themselves be
hind a big log which several bullets
had struck. The bullets struck the
II ground within n few feet and even
inches of them continuously.
Again the woods We're fired at this
| point, but as it had been rainy in Tho
evening the smoke was stronger thar
the flames and was thus their saliva
ton, and they hid in deep part OF
the creek with only their heads out OF
water, but with their cartridges an(
firearms on the bank ready for action
They remained there and in little
oasis of bushes that the fire had no
touched, without moving or speaking
until D O'Clock on the 26th of June
About o'clock there were two sigma
pistol shots fired, the Indian vedett
left his post at the ford and a lout
voice was head haranguing the In
dams. and a band of three or four hun
bred passed closely and rode off. The,
could see them for miles down TIN
river and heard them singing pecul
lar chant. BY $50 they had gone a
far as they could see, and it was eyi
dent that something had caused then
to move away, as it appeared to ther
that the troops must have also left tn
| hill.
II Hungry, exhausted and dispiritet
their condition can be Imagined
command gone, and they a hundre
miles from the Yellowstone river
u However. when everything was ouie