The National tribune., 1910-09-29

oft of a back window. The other boys
came, and by the time we got thru the
back-lot fence they had gone thru a
pasture fence.
The Major stopped most of the men,
and let few of US try Logging it after
them. There was but one thing to do,
and that was to kill them, which was
done, as they would not surrender
VIM Smith, of my company, was shot
thru the breast. Fifteen of US were
sent back to Fayette with him. Bill
Anderson, Quantrell and the whole
bushwhack element the next day
lodged the command that was out try
ing to locate their whereabouts, and
came into Fayette upon us about 10
O'Clock. 1t was a complete surprise,
and they came into our camp yelling
like so many demons, shooting right
and left. They cut of 10 men at the
court house, 10 went to the college,
others could not get to camp and hid
out So As of us were caught in camp
in Saltonstall's pasture to fight II out
with over 900 cutthroats. II was fight
or die. / ran into my tent to get my
arms, but before / could get out there
were three holes shot thru the tent.
Six or seven of us met the head of their
column at the corner of a paling fence,
where we passed around the west end
of four log shanties that Co. A had
Wintered in the Winter before. This
prevented them from fianking u.s. for if
this had happened not a mothers son
of uf would be here to tell the tale.
OneIof us killed one of the first four as
they. galloped up. He fell within 30
feet of us. They saw that their game.
so often worked on raw troops, had
failed. We whipped them. They re-
treated over hill, which put them out
of sight.
Lieut.. Street said: Boys, they are
until they get among u.s." Our sick
were in camp. You may think it strange
to talk about killing the sick, but they
would have killed them without mercy.
] said to two boys standing by me:
Lets see what they are doing" We
stepped forward a few PAGES, when one
of them galloped back of their line in
fiat We pulled down on him and
fired The horse fell with his hind
parts on the ground. but stood up on
his front legs until after the fight. VIM.
Sturnian took the saddle off, and then
shot che horse. At this they raised the
yell and came straight at US. Some OF
the bpys were in the shanties, some In
a gully by an old road just in front of
the shanties, with six or seven of us on
open ground. We would pour the fire
into the horses faces, and they would
rear up and whirI around Then the
rider would spur him at us again. Seven
OF inc nOrSeS- were ElIleG.
One of them had seven scalps strung
on a leather shoestring and tied to the
bride While fighting they would yell
"Scalp themi" and we would ven back
Take our scalps if you cant" One OF
them came az me and tried 10 ride me
down: The horse would only come so
close, then whirl away from me. Then
the rider would spur him on to me
again, shooting and yelling
] burst four caps at his breast, and
each lime his horse would whirl with
him. ] had to let him shoot He sent
one Ball thru my hair just over my
right ear. BY the time l got my gun
capped again the rest were on the re-
treat | tried TO get him, but his horse
wabbled and he only hoped up in the
left side and he got away. We gave
cheer and hoIlered: 'Hurrah for jim
Lane This angered them, and they
came at us again. This time | thought
We would not make il. Both parties
We're determined. No quarter was
asked or given by either side. 1t was a
hard struggle. There was no Ander-
sonville Prison in this case; all that was
left us was to fight or die. By the
hardest kind of fighting we whipped
them. We had two killed and one
wounded. One of the killed was on
guard at the gap in the pasture fence
in which we were camped. His name
was Benton. They scalped him, and
tackled his scalp on a fence rail wa.
one of the detail the next day to fire
three vollies over his grave. They left
eight dead on the field, but took away
all the rest.
Jim Cummins, one of the Johnnies'
gang, has written book giving a his
tory Of his experience in those days