Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-06-10

single handed, ] could not have pur.
sued better tactics, for the red men.
convinced by sudden surprise that not
less thar regiment OF regulars was
upon them, turned and fed in every
direction for their bows, arrows and
rifles.
The view which their hurried rout-
Ing disclosed filled me with apprehen.
sion and with rage. Under the clear
rays of the Arizona moon lay Powell.
his body fairly bristling with the mr..
rows OF the braves. That he was al
ready dead ] could not but be con-
WINGED, and yet i would have saved
his body from mutilatlon at the hands
OF the Apaches as quickly as would
have saved the man himself from
death.
Riding close to him 7 reached down
from the saddle, and. grasping his
cartridge belt drew him up across the
withers Of my mount. To return by
the way I had come would be more
hazardous than to continue across the
plateau, so, putting spurs to my poor
beast l made dash for the opening
to the pass which could distinguish
on the far side OF the tableIand.
The Indians had by this time dis.
covered that I was alone and I was
pursued with imprecations, arrows,
and rife balls. The fact that I was a
rather rapidly moving target saved
me from the various deadly projectiIes
OF the enemy and permitted me TO
reach the shadows OF the surrounding |
peaks before an orderly pursuit could
be organized.
MY horse was travelling practically
unguided, as knew that had prob
ably less knowledge Of the exact loca-
ton OF the trail to the pass than he.
and thus II happened that he entered
a defile which led to the summit of
the range and not to the pass which I
had hoped would carry me to the val.
ley and to safety.
My first knowledge that I was on
the wrong trail came when I heard
the yells Of the pursuing savages sud.
denly grow fainter and fainter far or H
10 my left. II
drew rein on a little level promon-
tory overlooking the trail below and II
70 my left, and saw the party Of pur.
'uing savages disappearing around the
,oint OF neighboring peak. II
knew the Indians would soon dis.
over that they were on the wrong
rail- and that the search for me would
" renewed In the right direction as
'oon as they located my tracks.
l had followed the trail for perhaps II
hundred yards when a sharp turn to
he right brought me to the mouth OF
large cave. The opening was about
our feet In height and three to four
eet Wide, and at this opening the trail
nded.
Dismounting, laid Powell upon the
round. but the most painstaking ex.
failed to reveal the faintest
park Of life. IN
Leaving the body where Il Law on
he ledge crept into the cave to re- :
onnoiter. l found large chamber,
ossibly a hundred feet in diameter
nd thirty or forty feet in height: -
mooth and well-worn floor. and many
ther evidences that the cave had. AT
ONE remote period, been inhabited.
AS l was continuing my examina-
on commenced to feel a pleasant
rowsiness creeping over me which I
ttributed to the fatigue of my long
nd strenuous ride, and the reaction
'om the excitement of the fight and
he pursuit.
soon became so drowsy that I
'uld scarcely resist the strong desire
throw myself on the floor of the
I've for few moments rest, but ]
new that this would never do, as II
ould mean certain death at the
lnds of my red friends, who might
upon me at any moment With an
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