The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-09-11

SoOu ditcI icdsiuS i<ofcs hhc In
dians crossed Monument creek to the
house of David Spielman which stood
on the west side about half a mile
above the present Meso road bridge.
Spieiman had Just finished moving his
family and household effects to Colo
rado City. and. being tired, had laid
down behind the front door and gone
to sleep. The Indians looked in but
did not see him. They went to his
corral and took horse that Spielman
had bought just the day before
The Everhart ScaIping.
A short time previous to this Charlie
Everhart, young man about IS years
of age. had started from his home just
west of Monument creek and near the
railroad bridge above the Rio Grande
station to look after his fathers cat
tie that were grazing to the east Of
Monument creek on the present site of
Colorado Springs. After crossing Mon
ument creek he followed trail that
led eastward along the south rim Of
the high bank Just north OF what is
now Boulder Crescent He was mount
ed on a small pony and had probably
gone as far east as the present loca-
ton OF Tejon street when he eventual
| Iy saw the Indians as they came into
full view to the north OF him. He at
once turned his pony towards home
and urged 1t to its utmost speed. MAX
ing a desperate effort to escape. but
his pony was no match for those OF
! the Indians and they soon overlook
him. He had reached point near
where we are standing when a shot
from one OF the savages caused him
ITO fall from the horse. One OF the
savages then came to him. ran a spear
through his body. then dismounted
scaiped him. taking all the hair from
his head except a small fringe around
the back part The Who'll occurrence
was witnessed from a distance by sew
eral persons. An hour or SO after.
wards when the Indians had gone and
1t was safe to do SO. a party went tc
where the CHASTITY mutilated body lay
and brought it to Colorado City.
Judge Baldwin Shot.
"The Indians, after killing Eyerhart
saw further down the valley n guar.
ter of mile or SO away. a lone sheep
herder. generally known as Judge
Baldwin, and the whole party started
after him. Baldwin tried his best tc
escape on his pony and used one oi
his long legged boots to urge his pony
to its utmost speed. This. however
was Intellectual as his horse was nc
match for those OF the Indians: con.
sequently they had no trouble in over
taking him before he had gone very
far. He was shot by an Indian and
fell from his horse near the site Of
the present fourth ward schoo, house
The bullet struck Baldwin In the
shoulder. angled up through his neck
and came out through the jaw. OF
course he dropped insensible but IN
his delirium he still used the boot to
fight of the Indians. The latter evil
IDENTIFY thought the wound a mortal
one SO without wasting any more am
munition on him. one OF their mum
Der proceeded to take his scalp. He
ran the knife around the back part Of
Baldwin's head. severing his scalp
from his skull and then discovered he
had already been scalped at some pre-
vious time. For some reason. prop
ably superstition of some kind. tho In
dians then abandoned the idea OF
scaiping him and the entire band rode
OF. leaving him on the prairie to die
as they supposed. He lived for many
years after.
The Robbins Boys Slain.
1T was true that Baldwin had been
scalped by the Indians in South Amer
lea few years previous. After leax-