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N XS37 I traa hareljr etcten irhen
1 ht wj ttmt Indian, lie was a
chief. I kuew that from Ma
headdress. HI nam I "ever
learned. Hm tath atory:
M nurrnt with thctr aeten chtl-
dren, had moved from Iowa to Kan
sas three years earlier. My father
had taken p a claim In Salt Crwk
valley and built a comfortable home.
But ha was not to enjoy the good days
that teemed to be dawntttjs for us.
Kansas just then was torn by the
slavery feud, and to the bitter strife of
the time my father, after making an
anUslavery speech at a nearby post
trader store, wat mobbed and his
life threafened. On Qirocca"slori"on"e
of my father's Irate audience a man,
Charles Dunne by name atabbed my
lored parent In the aide. At the time
of the attack I stood unarmed over
my wounded father's body and tried
with childish strength to fight off hU
assailant; but, though he escaped with
life In him from the place where he
was assaulted, be subsequently suc
cumbed to hit injuries, and in the fol
lowing spring he died. This calamity
deprived my mother and our family
nf worth t anil esteemed bead of the
household, his death being an incident
i in the horrid Internecine strife that
I eventuated In the tragedies of the civil
I war, 1 was then ten years old.
) I could ride any horse alive. I had a
knack of shooting straight, and I knew
i anmothtni? nlxmt herdlnff cattle. I
thought these qualities might earn me
a living. They did.
A firm of overland frelnhtors Rus-
iell. Majors & Waddell were at Leav
enworth. One of them, Mr. Majors,
had been a friend of my father. I
him for a lob as "extra" on one
of Ms wagon trains. The pay waa $40
A month a fortune It seemed to me
then. The work waa the sort usually
Intrusted to a grown man, and It
meant not only perpetual hustling, but
a lot of danger as well, for the plains
tn those days were anything but free
from Indians. This latter thought
frightened even my brava mother.
Boyllke, I was delighted at the Idea.
Mr. Majors said he would take me
on aa extra for one trip. If I did
well I could hare reirular job. I re
solved to do miracles as an extra.
The "train" was made up of twenty
Ave loaded wagons, each carrying
7.000 pounds, each drawn by six yoke
of oxen and guided by a "boll whack
er." a driver with a long, loud cracking
whip. Then there was a bunch of
loose cattle On this occasion the
train was made up of only three
wagons, and we were driving a large
herd of beef cattle to Fort Kearny for
the use or Colonel Albert eyancy jonn
ston and bis command, who were on
their way to Salt Lake to right the
Mormons. I was only one of several
extras. Though we always set guard.
no Indians had appeared.
One noon, however, when we stopped
for dinner and were loafing about on
the grass waiting for the pot to boll
we heard a scathing volley of shots
from t copse. Borne bullets and a
dozen or more arrows whistled Into
camp. Everybody bad Jumped up at
the first shot But three of our men
tumbled over at once, aa if they had
been tripped up. Then a number of
things happened almost too quickly to
describe. '
Two bands of Indians were gallop
ing toward us. One band stampeded
and ran oft our cattle, while the other
"rushed" us. Our men gave them a
warm welcome and sent them back on
the run. But the flght was not over.
The "braves' only cantered out of
range. There tbey were Joined by oth
ers. They outnumbered us eight or
ten to one. We could not hope to
stand against such a multitude. We
holtfd for the South Platte river with
tho savages at our heels and found
shelter behind the steep banks. From
there we onened fire aealn and drove
the following redskins once more out
of range.
Frank McCarthy, our boss, said our
one chance was to follow the Flatte
river to Fort Kearny, keeping out of
sight under its banks. Bo the thirty
five mil march beean through knee
deep water and quicksand. Half a day
we kept it up. I was dead tired, but it
waa no time for rest or complaining.
Just the same, by nightfall my short
legs wouldn't keep up with the proces
sion. I dropped back, little by little,
still plodding on as fast as my aching
feet could move. We thought we bad
given the Indians the slip, but I still
lugged my short, heavy rifle. It was
a muzzle loading "Mississippi jaeger-
and carried a slug and two buckshot
to each charge.
The moon had risen, and I was try
ing to catch up with the rest. Sudden
ly, in front of me and at tie top of the
high bank, I saw against the moon the
head and high war bonnet of an In
dian chief. He was bent double. The
men ahead could not see him, but he
had his gun leveled at tbem. I knew
If he fired he could scarcely miss at
luzt range. Some one of my friends
must be killed. I had halted at sight
of him. and be didn't see me. I had
no time to think out the situation.
I brought up my rifle and took what
aim I could In the deceptive moon
light. When my sights were Just
below th war bonnet's leathers I
pultcd'tU trtigcr. The atlUm-a of the
river waa unlit b.v a roar as the report
echoed from bank to bauk. Down tum
bled the chief over the edge, rolling
over and over ilka a shot rabbit till he
landed plump in the water.
A yell from the band be bad lea, ana
a score of Indiana swarmed up to the
bank. But our men drovt them back,
and they gav up tht attack aa a bad
Job. At dawn wa limped worn out Into
Fort Kearny. The soldier there start
ed on a wild goos chasa for tha In
dians. Tbey were never caught The
slashed, scalped bodies of our dead
were found beside the wrecked, looted
wagoa&
When I waa thirteen my mother was
building a hotel for the use of passing
gold hunters, for thla was bits in 1S59,
when tha cold fever swept America
ni all nuiia led to rtke'a neak. Our
Salt Creek valley home lay on ona of
the most traveled route.
Hotel building and furnishing are
not on tha free list So I wanted to
help raise money for our Valley Grove
House. With an older boy naiueti
nave Phllllna I manned a trapping
trip. Winter waa setting in when wa
started.
We boucht an ox team and wagon
to transport the traps, camp outfit and
nnivlstliuia and tixik a larce Bllliplv of
ammunition, besides extra rifles. Our
destluatlon was the Republican nver.
It courses mors than 100 miiea rroin
Ijuivenirnrth. but th country about it
waa renuted rich In beaver. I acted as
scout on the Journey, going ahead to
pick out trails, locate camping grounos
and look out for breaker. The Infor
mation concerning the beaver proved
correct The game wa indeed so plen
tiful that we concluded to pitch a per
manent camp aud see toe winter out.
W chose a hollow In a side bill and
enlarged it to the dimensions of a da-
pent alsed room.
Wa had seen no Indians on our trip
out and were not concerned in tnat
anarter. thoufh we were too good
plains cues to relax our vigilance.
There were other foes, aa ws discov
ered tha first night In our new quar
ters.
We were aroused by a commotion
in the corral where the oxen were
confined, and, hurrying out with our
rifles, we found a huge bear Intent
upon a feast of beef. The oxen were
hellowiur In terror, one of them dash
ing era illy about the lnclosur and
the other so badly hurt that it couia
not get up.
Phllllna. who waa in the lead, fired
first, but succeeded only In wounding
the bear. Tain was now added to the
savagery of hunger, aud the infuriated
monster rushed upon Phillip. Dave
leaped back, but bis loot slipped on a
bit of ice, and be went down wun a
thud, bla rifle flying from his band aa
he struck,
A bullet from my rifle entered tho
distended month of the onrusblng bear
and pierced the brain, and the huge
mass fell lifeless almost across Dave's
body. The ox bad to be killed.
Dave's chance to square his account
with me came a fortnight later. We
"Tell you what t thtiik I'd better j
do." mild he. "Tho ticnrvnt oUltimnt
U mum! eighty wlloa away, nud I run
uvt there and back In twenty days,
Suppose 1 umke tha trim gt t'l
for our wRtu and coma back for
your
The Idea of belnir left hum ami
w.n11 nlk-li helnleaa struck dismay to
my heart, but there was no help for it,
and 1 sweated. Davt put manor
luto shltwbaim. piled wood In our dug
out, cooked a quuutlty of food aud put
It where I could reach it wunoui ris
ing aud fetched several days' supply
of water. Mother, ever mindful of
my education, had put soma school
books In tba wagon, aud Dare placed
the beside tba food aud water. When
rhllllpa finally set out driving th sur
viving ox before him, ha left behind a
very lonely and homesick boy.
rmrimr th first day of my coonue-
ment 1 felt too deaolato to eat much
leaa to read. But aa I grew accustom
ed to aolltude I derived real plcasur
from th companionship of book,
Frhna In all mv Ufa I never extract
ed so much benefit from study as dur-
A Few Suctions For Xmas
"I taw against the moon tlie head of an
Indian chief."
were chasing a bunch of elk when I
fell and discovered that I could not
rise.
"I'm afraid I have broken my leg,"
I said as Dave ran to me.
Phillips had one been a medical
student and be examined the leg with
a professional eye. "Tou're'rlgbt Bil
ly: the leg's broken," be reported.
Then he went to work to Improvise
snllnts and bind up my leg, and, this
done, lie took me on bis back and bore
me to the dugout. Here the leg was
stripped add set In carefully prepared
splints and the whole bound up se
curely. He made a pair of crutches
for me.
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-A bulla )nm my ri entered th
mtuiA oj u uctir.
Int that brief period of enforced Idle
ness, when It wss my sols means of
making th dragging hours endurable.
A fortnight passed. And on day,
nan mrlth mv studies. I fell asleep
over mv books. Soma on touched my
boulder, aud, looking up, I aw an
Indian In war paint and feathers.
"How J" said I, with a show of
friendliness, though I knew th brsvs
was on th warpath.
Half a score of buck followed at th
heel of the first squeezing into th
little dugout until there waa barely
room for them to sit down.
With luklng heart 1 saw them en
tor, but I plucked up spirit again when
the last a chief, pushed In, for In this
warrior I recognized an Indian that I
had once done a good turn.
Whatever Lo's faults, he never for
gets a kindness any more than he for
gets an injury. The chief, who weut
by the name of Baln ln-tbe-Face, at
once recognized me and asked me why
I was In that place. This chief was
tbe father of the Italn-ln-th-Facs who
In a later year killed General Custer at
tbe memorable battle of tbe Little Big
Horn. , I displayed my bandngea and
related the mishap that had mad
them necessary and refreshed th
chief memory of a certain occaalon
when a blanket and provision naa
drifted bis way. Baln-ln-the-Face re
plied, with proper gravity, that be and
bla chum were out after ca!p and
confessed to design upon mine, but in
consideration of auld lang syno be
would spare the paleface boy.
Auld lang syne, however, aia noi
snare the blankets and provisions, and
the bedizened crew stripped the dug
out almost bare of supplies, out 1 waa
thankful enough to see tho back of the
last of them.
Two days later a bllzxard et In. I
took an inventory and found that
economy considered, I bad food for a
week, but as the storm would surely
delay Dave I put myself on half ra
tions.
Three weeks wcra now gone, and I
looked for Dave momentaruy, dui as
night followed day and day grew Into
night again I was given over to keen
anxiety. Had rhllllpa lost bis way!
Had b failed to locate th snow cov
ered dusoutf Had be perished in tbe
storm? Had he fallen victim to tbs
Indians?
The twenty-ninth day dawned. Btar
vfltlon stalked luto the dugout The
wood, too, was well nigh gone. But
srreat as was my physical suffering my
mental distress was greater. I sat be
fore a handful of fire, shivering ana
hnmrrv. wretched and despondent
nark! Was that my name? Choking
with emotion, unable to articulate, I
listened Intently, Yes, It was my name
and Dave's familiar voice, and with
all mv remaining energy I mada an
anawerlnff call.
My voice enabled rbllllps to locate
the dugout, and a passage was ciearea
through the snow. And when I saw
tbe door open the tension on my nerves
let go, and I wept "like a girl."
"God bless you, Dave!" I cried as I
clasped my friend around the neck.
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TIDE TABLE FOR DECEMBER
DECEMBER,
HlKh water.
Data.
Tuesday 1
Wednesday 1
Thursday I
FrIJay 4
Saturday ., t
SUNDAY ...... I
Monday 7
Tuesday I
Wednesday .....
Thursday .,..,.,10
Friday U
Saturday .,....,13
SUNDAY 18
Monday ....14
Tuesday 16
Wednesday
Thursday ..17
Friday 18
Saturday ,.,,,.,19
SUNDAY .,...,20
Monday II
Tuesday ,..,',.,.22
Tueaday ,.22
Wednesday ,.,..18
Thursday ...... 24
Friday ....15
Saturday 26
(SUNDAY 27
Monday ,,,,,,.,.28
Tuesday ,,.,,,,.29
Wednesday 80
Thursday tl
A. M. P. M.
b.m. ftjb.m.jft
7:28 7.5 7:28 1.7
l:l 7.9 1:45 (.7
1:11 1.2 1:58 7.0
9:68 1.7 10:58 7.1
10:48 9.0 11:63 7.3
11:20 1.8
0:44 7.8 12:10 1.6
1:28 7.2 12:47 4.9
1:12 7.1 1:26 0.2
1:62 7.0 2:01 I.I
1:88 1.9 2:18 I.I
4:13 I.I 1:18 7.7
4:47 1.8 4:00 7.1
6:1.1 1.9 4:62 I.I
1:12 7.1 1:62 1.1
1:69 7.4 7:07 I.I
7:46 7.6 1:22 5.1
1:33 7.1 9:12 1.0
1:28 1.2 10:83 I.I
10:18 1.711:28 I.I
10:67 1.1
0:18 1.9
11:40 1.4
1:05 7.2 11:23 1.6
1:52 7.1 1:08 I.I
1:19 7.4 1:65 I.I
3:25 7.1 1:41 1.9
4:09 7.7 1:17 I.I
4:66 7.9 4:17 7.7
5:48 1.0 6:47 7.0
1:43 1.1 7:07 I.I
7:18 1.2 1:29 1.4
DECEMBER, 1901,
Low Water. I A, P. U.
Data. I hmTfcJh jbT) ft"
fudr7 l 0:17 Tsfltisfi.i
Wednesday I 1:42 1.4 1:14 1.1
Thursday I 1:47 1.7 l:li 1.1
Friday...,. 4 1:63 1.0 4:55 0.1
Saturday 6 4:48 t.t 1:44 .!
SUNDAY I 6:17 1.5 1:10-0.1
Monday 7 1:13 1.7 7:13.1.1
Tuesday I 7:0 1.0 7:63 -1.1
Wednesday 9 7:46 l.l 1:11-1.0
Thursday 10 1:17 1.6 1:0 -0.0
Friday ..11 :09 1.7 0:40 -0.1
Saturday 12 0:62 1.110:11 0.4
SUNDAY 18 10:41 1.1 10:48 0.1
Monday '.,..1411:11 1.111:14 1.4
Tuesday 15 11:10 l.l
Wednesday 16 0:07 1.8 l:lt l.l
Thursday 17 1:05 l.l 1:13 l.l
Friday 18 1:03 l.l 1:13 l.l
Sftturday 19 1:02 l.l 4:13 1.0
SUNDAY ......10 1:69 l.l 1:12 0.1
Monday,., 11 4:56 1.2 1:65-0.1
Tuesday 22 5:46 1.2 1:19 -1.1
Wednesday 23 8:8(1 1.2 7:33 -1.1
Thursday 24 7:25 1.2 1:03-1.1
Friday 26 1:16 1.1 1:60 -1.4
Saturday 28 1:07 l.l 1:16-1.0
SUNDAY 1710:04 1.010:13-0.4
Monday .........28 11:07 1.1 11:13 1.4
Tuesday 29 12:05 l.l
Wednesday 10 0:06 1.1 1:17 l.l
Thursday 11 1:10 1.1 1:11 l.f