The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-06-14

wipe out the white men who were exterminating
the buffalo he found the tribesmen ripe for
such crusade
The first Indian leader to agree to help In
this laudable enterprise was chief OF the
Comanches, Quanah, the half-breed SON OF Gym
thia Ann Parker, who as little girl had been
stolen from her home In Texas and had be-
come the wife of the great Chief Peta Nocona.
Then the medicine man carried the pipe TO
the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Klowas and kioWa
Apaches and they readily agreed to accompany
their Comanche brethren.
SO great war party OF between 600 and 700
mounted warriors set out for the buffalo hunt
ers' camp and on the night OF June 20 they
camped about five or six miles from Adobe
Walls began painting themselves and their
horses and preparing themselves for the charge
against the hated white men, Those men shall
not fire shot; we shall kill them all" was the
promise of lsatai.
That night at Adobe Walls % men and one
woman slept peacefully. little realizing that
storm of savage wrath was about to be hurled
against them In Hanrahan's saloon were Han
rahan, Bat Masterson, Mike WEIGH, Hiram Wat
son, Billy Ogg James Mckinley, Bermuda"
Carlisle, Billy Dixon and man named Shep-
herd. In Myers and Leonard's store were Leon
ard James Campbell, Edward Trevor. Frank
brown, HARRY hTIHlARSt DIZZY iyiCis Viz nAaA
Keller, Mike McCabe, Henry Lease and two
men known only as Dutch Henry ana
"Frenchy" In Rath and Wright's store were
James Langton George Eddy Thomas O'Keefe,
sam Smith Andrew Johnson and William Odds
and his Wife Just outside the stockade two
brothers named Shader, who bore the nick
names OF Mexico Ike" and blue BIZ and who
were engaged In freighting hides to Dodge CITY,
were sleeping In their wagons with DIG New
foundland dog at their feet
About two O'Clock In the morning Shepherd
and Mike WEIGH were awakened by a report
that sounded like the crack OF a rifle They
sprang up and discovered that the big cotton
wood ridge pole which supported the dirt roof
OF Hanrahans saloon had cracked and was
about to allow the roof to collapse. Hastily
awakening others In the place, they set TO WORK
repairing the roof and this commoton aroused
others who fell to and assisted them.
Before going to Sleep Dixon and Hanrahan
had prepared themselves for an early start
In the morning for the buffalo hunting grounds
to the northwest BY the time the repairs 10
the roof of the saloon we're completed, the SKY
was growing red In the east. So Hanrahan pro
posed to Dixon that, instead OF going back %
bed they get ready to start out as soon as II
was light. To this Dixon agreed ana as nc
started to get his horse he looked dnwn the val
ley and there, through the dim light or ths
morning, he saw sight which almost paralyzet
him for moment
dark mass OF horsemen was moving swiftly
up the valley and the next moment IT had sprea'
out like a fan and a mighty war-Whoop shat
tered the stiffness. Isatai was coming with nj
host OF wild tribesmen 10 make good his prom
ise to wipe out the buffalo hunters at AdoD
Walls. Throwing his rifle to his shoulder, Dixo
fred one shot then turned and sped toward 70
Hanraban saloon as the wild charge OF IN
Indians swept down upon him. But thlh mast
warning was enough to bring the occupants