Show RAILED BY INDIANS ho he old indian hunter laid down imper vt ing vvo ive been amused itly to hear somo some folks disuse di tuse thu we threatened outbreak among F redskins red skins the coolness with winch which calk talk of such and tho the sneaking eaLing sn patha alic ve got with the berils just list like to take such stith and gic give wil n just a mont lis residence on the ns when the indians are holdi holding vig tells and breathing 5 out fire and t ider ler and wor I 1 tell aou a id 1 r knighty little little talk of sympathy sym pith 14 i and see preciou precious little coolness it tikes us who have gone it a Is IL such to know tj the e of nd anwar the terrors a Anel lilone aa but women ind and chil i a a it the very cry baby in the cradle int believe mime iu peopled hair turn white with trouble or anxiety mine would be im white us As cotton ich ach bonal do it ll once i I 1 have A fearful c with 1 ikins want to lie heir ir about it well it wu in ili 48 ind and id 1 been trading r the Fla theada and abe aci nci peras tor for nearly two I 1 6 off and on when one day 1 I ht on a uch cine the flatheads hail had ica crt up tip to raid a little settlement F where canton nev now stands re e were three families liv ili ing there the plan was to wait until the wen went t to carson city for I 1 1 when the women and children Lh ildren j s to bo be killed and the cattle eattle run y one pirty while another way tho the men on their return and mur r them thein I 1 was up tip about winve 22 when I 1 got hold of this and I 1 iff ff for canton as hard as I 1 could t y jut ut the men were gone before I 1 d reach the settlement which T aa yo I 1 A d kidle camp I 1 had reasons cr er t the lie indiana indians bete only a few n s i behind me and wo we had to ac c q quickly ialy our Ou oaly roily chance was jar id pt lit in lit tho the mountains till tile al or to work our fcc 0 could ly lly night to car i ar son C cit it nal useless to of suing 81 hiir 0 the men so I 1 just kept that pirl ina of the business to myself in self there berc in all thit thirteen teen of us its two women and their c en children and three I 1 atle chaps ghose mother had died the week before and aud inc itic the first thing c I 1 did while the women were nere getting gettin 15 readi wa ivas to stampede tile bittle and aud horses to keep the indians froni from 0 getting them then as we ne stilted ted I 1 shut a up the houses to keep the tile redskins a no long a possible as ros sible there the found out the people had run awaa awa we made the little creek called snake i n er by daa daylight light 0 and af after ter re m I 1 I 1 made the biolo party out to till 1111 ifland in the inid midI he Ic ilitch its about 20 by 30 10 feet tind and cot cred with flags und and i lushes and rome exulted willows here we uc lay all aa for ole most part down own on 0 our tinder the brus of coure course vio no coula build no fire nor moe mo e about yo so wu we ulu uw the cold N actu let als aastha tit ii hid id brought a along up tip water in nij ma cap twice tice an tics of indians stopped not a hundred bards ards below where ne c wen were to water their lAor lorsch ses but jud judging 9 from their actions I 1 kieu they did lid not suspect any anyone one was near them thein but verc probably on their way to lUdl cd c they did noc not linge lince n but rode on oil at once much to in my y relief for all the time thae they N were ere athin hearing lit I 1 am sure I 1 did not draw a breath a in lute for fear one of the children would cry out ahn wo we would haw all been massacred but the poor little things a with the cc eption of a child a few weeks old were too badaj scared red to stir or speak unless bidden hidden and as for dortho the women they put any utan I 1 c er saw to with their tal cal miless and anti courage when night L ame lame wo we struck out aut for a lino line of the hills 13 1 ing ing about 11 e miles ania and where I 1 counted on flitt hiding ling a ea cae c or nt tit leist least it 11 hilin hil iii kuiee of ourse I 1 and anti the hinger and the women could binm liae a 1 made it without difficulty but bet being g obliged to wiit on oil tho tile little epics a and 1 to thein e a era irile nile or so we ne u wire t rc lie noirl nil till night n 0 getting to the tile antirust rust lull hill wed gone about a mile when ion down on oil the honcia I 1 saw a dull 0 glow low and knew it alie indians ilis waru burning the camp and hat the d bo be on oil our trail in lit ti a little Ill lule lc e got to tin tile lliel I 1 could ece nothing not liing L thit like a ca e i nd lid while it wn wai pretty alietti ii 13 woodad there i w a no 1113 vilela tile ilia juull not lot spa 81 us I 1 was wits looking 0 about me alen I 1 caught 0 a glimpse of a lilick black be leir beir ir running running aroud rou W a spur about halt half way wity tj j the tile hill 1 I follows 1 just in time to sec see tier zo 0 o or climbing 0 down it i olt of c arasil in ill the tile earth and ahill I 1 kil w must be her den I 1 en Vit bout stopping I 1 jumped after tier and fouad 1113 self in ill it hillock e allitt 10 by 10 act bill but with another larger 0 one caning awaa cwi toward ilie center of the lit hill ithe beu 1 beahn to t graml nhen sit BUS 8 aw in lite 1110 owl aud I 1 ean av in 10 ea es got r accustomed te the din dirt it light lit that shu she had two cubs culis in the tile den with her ter which she was going 0 to defend so aiming as careful as ns I 1 could I 1 fired at her breaking 8 her skull after which I 1 killed the two cubs and ma n party to the mm cae e the last of tho the cold meat and bread was then caten and lije and children cree creeping pino into the larger n dk din sion ision which was was however 4 feet in ili height went to rest but I 1 waa nas too an it to 10 sleep tired as I 1 was nas so I 1 hoisted myself self out of tho the and bombed to tho ho top of the hills hill 8 cosce to sec if I 1 could sec see aught of ti the I 1 c indians lato late on oil 1 he lite second owl d div ty when I 1 climbed tile hill for a hist hist look I 1 saw it small bind of indians not atre than an all eighth a of a milo mile away the did not number inore thin than sian lint but w ere armeal and in lit full dress and anti were headin hviding hc iding str for tile lil hili t dropping on my all fours I 1 run rait as fist a I 1 cou could id for tile mouth if f the rii and crumbling down iwon n ind lite women tin and child 4 1 t ti 7 t ii 7 r r rui 1 I 1 crouched up tip ic the fai enil end of til alie e larger division divisions where no shots tired into tile smaller could reich them though I 1 hoped the tile indians would cither either pass by altogether or fail to find us if the halted silence th then lit nr wis is abdol absolute tile nc cessil and the lite 0 women o incisi this on oil the children childr Ln I 1 then went back and by clinging 7 to one of the hushes swinging a across cross the Li entrance Aranco to tin cae cac pecked out oat I 1 see iv h it lt the tile MUMS meant to do I 1 could see the ilia haa struck our arril and suspected we were somewhere abou for the tile dismounted and be a lo 10 braich the tit woods As the ali liw v near our hiding I 1 place I 1 dropped down town into it and toek cocked d the autis C gnus tile women had brought brou 15 glit and anam ma on onn it trusta trust rifle and I 1 presently rc I 1 saw i licad peeling ocr the thin light of the ca c might haie pre anted the the owner from se seeing e ing mo me but as ill luck u would lia wo 0 it the infant child I 1 spoke of wailed walled out just at this particular moment the cry was stilled stifled in lit an instant 1 ceci heard mil and the licia 0 over er further chile and another popped 0 our r I 1 was wits c euthin i down u close is ial I 1 could hut but he lie mug tring the click of a trica tri cr I 1 kner 1 ident wit 4 no longer r post 4 file and bi bli iced awaa tty j atie told UK ino a it couple of hali had 1 hh hit a id ad d tile thud I 1 a N shouting for the others to come conic up tip and could distin distinguish fruish the tones 0 of f it n colloquy luy icil being u held though V without hearit lieu io wh at as 9 slid tid r aly 1 lighted wn WAS hung flung into tho the VAC an e but I 1 had retreat re ed into the tile firtl nr one and nd nothing being baini isible the indians acre cro i non ion plus trussed sed and I 1 heard one cry out that there nas nothing there another retort retorted edo it that emu one hid had killed ilithe water and anti leaping turtle tills this wits followed follow eti by a p atter of shots shot on oll the floor of thew the a c ono one of whit li it rebounding struck oil one 0 of f the on oil the I 1 ln m 1 but though tho the b bullet illet imbedded led itself in tit hita akin skin tho tile hill P fl ilow lv did biest utter titter a sound 8 their ihring arin still lill an deuced no tired dreo thi the Indi ini did lid not how holy to for matteri and presently ono ona of thein them waa As imprudent chough ra to alek stick his hi licad head oer 01 cr the edgo lut but I 1 lunde nud mill tiny held foi eo unil until it wis was e idelt tit tint it they fe tre 4 I 1 t 1 ell anler t e r the IK et etive e L 1101 11 licht ill I 1 ay bitter aled nathin it ind awl nt ILL I 1 let 1 t ahey fl r L ih lilt hit upon the N cry plan I 1 had been bitting A light i d torch vuu thrown icv oi er and und q quantity of ae vei anti moss was pushed after it but their amiable nini ablo intention of smoking us out tailed failed ow ing to the dampness of tho the leaves ciul moss anil ray rny having deluged the earthen carthen floor of the ca cae c i ilu all to fo tile water we had on hand seeing tills this fail they summoned up tip courage age to enter thu the t LICHI ci aj and as wo we sa saw n the 11 ih e forms leap oi 0 cr er the women and anti I 1 opened on them I 1 killed my man mail instantly so did lid mrs ba rs who immediately let a dusky devil who screaming mv rushed upon her ha liao e the full Lon contents tents of the other barrel in his breast breist bre the other woman missed he ahn alin and tho tile nest next moment wib in the grasp of one of 1 tho tile indians but before I 1 go to her rescue 1111 son a boa of 12 had flung ills arms around tho tile redskins neck and hanging on oil his back kept him from striking kill v when the domall roman picking 11 a 1 struck him a blow on oil the forehead lie ile dropped like a log lo 10 y crushing tho the boy bene ith him the remaining indian seeing his companions fall at brak birr tk for tha tho en and wits just t climbing on ou wavil 1 I 0 alight light him hon all and alrin brought I 1 him down town uli tilt n broi keit firm orm tilt at ball hall in ill ins ilia v tittle the bounded indian I 1 found to ic we an all old tivi tance of mine mul and seeing ho duir rapidly I 1 did not disturb him lie ile told me lite that finding ati camp deserted the main pirt h id n boito goito leu lint k homo home but that sit no of haling sonio of tile young liot hot bloods hid fol followed lowed us its to bo be a avenged belled e on oil me I 1 alic were pretty certain that t auti I 1 was tha only the vart parly abut but did 1 11 not know klow but u pat others lud had joeed 11 us well YO we took pos bession of rf the donics and in re rei car oil city without will out further rv though and thir 1 t and fatigue viii ilmi t und and there found lini boitt ati a ti husband und titu thu oilier sillier amrai aiho vero were just nUi tig hoisie had to get t to ui uio e ink to julet M Y iier lierni fir for for ci eijia rit daa a and nights 1 I blui no le more tl ll in thirty titta iier 1 I f stir lialios hid fit itt r attl wen sart astl I 1 1 not tillit 0 for ti olit s 0 j J 11 e I 1 |