Show A TALE OF THE TRAIL I Wherein Are Scalped by Redskins and One Survives Hundreds of interesting and thrilling Incidents i cid are re t told ld or of life on the Santa SantaFe SantaFe th the Fe trail In the early days das Recently Cleveland Cleeland Plain Dealer contained an ar article tide concerning a driver on the stage be between between tween Leavenworth and Dodge City In Inthe inthe the early da days James Bashford Scott who relates a number of thrilling e perl One of the most startling of Scotts experiences occurred In March 1852 This Is the as he tells It ItI I 1 left Fort Leavenworth one morning with a party part of ten ted men and several hun bun hundred tired dred dollars In the stage The horses were In excellent condition and we coy cov covered ered the miles from the fort fortIn fortin In less than two hours We Ve were malting making good across the plains when a roving band of came Into I knew that It meant fight and I prepared the occupants of the stage for Cor the en encounter encounter counter They were pearly nearly all ann army of officers and although they realized that their lives were at st stake ke not one of them showed the slightest sign of fear They rhey calmly loaded their revolvers and waited for the attack I left my seat and took ook my stand between my horses The were about fifty in number and we knew that It probablY meant death for us all Still we determined to sell our lives as dearly as pos possible and we e did not fire until the band had closed In upon us At least eIght of the redskins fell from their hors horses s at the first volle volley but the they were too many for us and one by one the members of our party were killed I 1 re received received two bullets Inthe in the flesh fleshy part of oC my IrY arm but kept on firing until I was struck down from behind I heard beard one of the officers say There goes Scott Scotty and andI I 1 remembered no more When hen I came cam to I was on a cot In Inthe inthe the hospItal at Fort Leavenworth Thu Tho doctor told me I 1 had six bullet wounds and In addItion had been scalped It It seems that a detachment of come upon the looted stage tag the daY at af atter after ter the attack The ten men were dead scalped all of them but b by some strange strang play ot of fate I WaS still alive They hur ned me to Fort Leavenworth where I 1 Iwas was given the best medical care and at aC aCter atter ter several weeks my wounds healed So far as I know I am the only man who wh has survived the scalping knife I I |