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

tha saloon. who were already awake and dressed.
to the windows with their big buffalo guns In
their hands.
ave were scarcely inside before the Indians
had surrounded all the buildings and snot out
every window pane" Billy Dixon says. FOR Inc
first half hour the Indians were reckless ana
daring enough to ride up and strike the doors
with the butts OF their guns" And Andrew Jonn-
son has recorded how the savages backed their
horses up against the doors OF the buildings
and tried to push them In. showing a willing
ness to fight at close quarters almost unpar-
alleled In Indian warfare"
But the steady fire OF the buffalo hunters soon
discouraged this and after beating off several
attacks. the white men had chance to take
stock OF their losses. Strange to say, there were
only three. The two Shadler boys asleep In
their wagon outside the stockade, had been
killed and scalped Their big Newfoundland dog
had evidently put up fight, for he was also
killed and "scalpedH-a piece OF hide having
been cut from his side. Billy Tyler. one or the
defenders OF the Leonard and Myers store, was
killed early In the fighting and except for some
minor wounds these were the only casualties
Time after time the Indians charged but as
their ponies were knocked down by the heavy
slugs OF lead from the buffalo guns and more
and more OF their warriors were KILLED or
wounded. II began to dawn upon them that lsa-
tai had been a false prophet SO the charges
ceased During one OF these lulls young Co
manche gorgeously appareled In war Donnet
and scalp shirt and mounted on me pony
made lone charge toward the buildings IN
the face OF hot fire from the hunters Riding
up close to one OF the buildings. he eaped from
his pony, thrust slx-shooter through port
hole and emptied 1t. He then attempted &c
retreat but was shot down. This daring war
rlor who had hoped to make great name fol-
himself by his lone charge was pe-ah-rite, ths
son of Horseback, one of the leading chiefs Of
the Comanches
BY late afternoon the Indians had given VI
hope OF wIping out the defenders or AdoD'
walls and began to withdraw After an anxious
night of watchfulness the buffalo hunters dis
covered the next morning that only few Indian
were lingering around the place and they wer
soon driven off by some long distance shots
During the second day hunters from some Of tn
OUTLYING camps made their way unmolested Int
Adobe Walls and that night one OF Them Henri
Lease. was sent to Dodge City for help.
On the third day party of about 15 Indian
enneared on high bluff east of Adobe Walls
but they were quickly dispersed by shot froI
Bllly Dixon's rife which knocked one OF tn
sayages from his horse. 1t Is this Incident tnf
gaye rise to one of the oft-repeated myth
about the Adobe Was affair, different account
of n nlaeinr the distance of the shot all tn
WV from a mile to d mile and half b
.Dlxon's own testimony 1.-The distance was M
far from threefourths Of mile. | WE
admittedly good marksman, yet this was VIII
might be called a scratch shot,
More hunters came In on the third day hi
by the sixth day there were fully hundre
men gathered there 1t Is among these lat
corners that so many of the Survivors OF lat
years were numbered. But by this time Il
danger from the Indians had passed The r.
men had departed for series OF raids In IA
sas and Texas which soon brought the milita
into the field and resulted in their eventual
feat put before the affair at Adobe Walls end
there was one more tragedy, one which dar
ened the life of the brave woman defender. Ml
-0iis- On the fifth day her husband was comll
down ladder with a gun In his hand when
went off accidentally. and she rushed from
adjoining room In time to see his body roll fre
the ladder and crumple at her feet.
TODAY three monuments stand on the site
Adobe Walls One Is small slab OF gram
which marks the grave OF william Olds a
other marks the last resting place or the SIN
er brothers The third is huge red gran
monumant which tells that Here on June I
,eTa about TOO picked warriors from the
mancha cheyenne and Kiowa Indian trlt
we're defeated BY % brave frontiers'heh
1t bears the names OF the 70 VINO irniy iou'
at Adobe Walls"
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