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8 THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 1909. its io ycshjy sisrea Fro to You and SVry Slater Sulk ring rrom woman's Aliment. I am a iranu, iknoir trunuui a aaffartag. hf found ttw cura. ill wait, ftvaof awreharfa,iyM MMwitn ruu Uwtraeiionstoanjr auffwnr tnao omn ailment. 1 wul to tU al wtwnra about I I Jim fart a, my rwler, A joorawf, jwr 'U you oow K cur Tiiur-wlYM at bom with- UHhlMra(loetr. M.sn nal untlrtvtaad ! aiaiw'a.uuerifti. W hat lrow union kn.,i tmmns, we kiww battar Um aT doctor. 7t know that i'hon rmniiwl k ami m,r ear ummm okhm WnnNn. -Mtwatat m hm at s Waaa, frelnw, W m twM men, vnnm f tmw mm fewm tat au a f '. . t M m-TH tii'Tnt tlii mm. iiiitati .i,L, h i I I Suax, mum tuaae). 4 thaiw tmMM am canal V RMMK KM U OUT K'l. IVWlttOMdroat MlllH tal tut kMkMM am mt u nnra w yon mm yoa en cur yuunwlf at boats aatlljr, q a Ic k I ud anlr. 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JttltMaiiw aMnm. aad to (rr tn1TtriaontklTDtt,alo hebvwt Write to-day, aj jub may luto Uiia oSwaeain. Addnaai M8S.M.IUMMERS, BosH - Notre Dame, Ind.i U.8.A. Aim ., WXft A RACE FOE LIFE TfN BY BUFFALO BILL FROJl'TRUB TALES C? TH1FLAIK3 cOTTKianT. io,t wiuMArt r oooy ParkerHo use Under New Management On Januaryjtst the Parker House will be re-opened under Management of Durham & Dibble .? As a first class hotel S Bar in Connection. Satisfaction Guaranteed." N tb fall of 1SC5 General Shermna and th lutllao commUslnr who were to utilise treaty with the AraiwbiH'a anil Comanchea in outhwratira Knunxa ciu to Fort Zarrah. on tb ArkatiMg rim. From thiv they wen to ko to wlitU wa Inou n as Couucil Si'rluss, a Ulstanco )f 8lxtj-flv iuIIm from Zarrah. U- wvo Ziirrih ami the Springs U a (tat. ,evel country, but no water l to b aad. Consequently tuer waa no water .arrled save for drinking purpose, wbU-h aa rarrieil Id canteen tu th ambulance, (or tha Renerara orJera wer that he would tear Fort Zarrau at 2 a. m. so at to get good a tart I wer this dry country. Our chief of scoots and gutd at that Hm waa Dick Curtla. Tha outfit vaa composed of tbreo ambulance, with aaddla horaea for th general and In I dlan commlaslonera, and when tha gen I era! and eommlaalonera vera ridinr In We invite your patronage. Dining room guaranteed to'be 019 ambulance their aaddi bon . " " " '" ! uu laics, naa tnree or roar ataor oncer, a coin- pany 01 carairy as an cocort ana aoout thirty scoots and messengers well mounted. These scoots' and messen gers' duty was that whenever the gen era! wished to send any Quick dls patches back to Fort Riley, at that time the nearest telegraph point, these men were to carry them, I was at the time a young scout employed for this purpose. It was shout 8 o'clock In th after noon, after leaving the fort, that a young officer, one of the general's aids, was riding along talking to me and asking me about when I thought we were going to get" to Council Spring where the Indians were. I told blm that If we kept on In the direction wv were going we would never get there. He asked, "Why notr I replied that we were not gotng in the direction of the Springs; that w were bearing too rar to the west He said: "Why don't you tell the general this? He Is np there to the ambulance." I told blm (the officer) Shat I was not guiding General Sher man; that Mr. Curtla was the guide and that I had no right to Interfere with blm whatever, nor did I Intend to do so. This young officer (I have forgotten his name) tumbled to the situation, and, galloping ahead, be rods alongside the ambulance and told the I"S';V :- LET US TELL YOU ABOUT Tungsten Electric Lamp Greatest advance in fighting methods since the invention of incandescent lamps. 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The general appreciated It at once and called a bait, climbed out of the ambulance, sent for Mr. Curtis to come bsck to him, and also for the scouts to come op, of whom I was one. Be laid out a large map on the ground, and when we all got near him he said to Mr. Curtis: "I wish you would show me on this map Just where we are." Mr. Curtis told him, which was per fectly true, that the maps were all so Incorrect that It was impossible to go by them. The general remarked: "Well, then, Mr. Curtis, bow far are we from the Springs? From the distance we have traveled since leaving Zarrah at 2 o'clock this morning we should be very near them." Mr. Curtis replied: "General, this is a very level country, as you can see. There are no landmarks, and there are so many thousands of buffaloes all over the prairie that It Is pretty hard to tell just where we are and how far we are from the Springs. Further more, I have not been over to the Springs for several years, and when I last went there I was not acting as guide. Consequently I feel that I am rather lost myself." The general, looking at the other scouts, said, "Do any of you know where the Springs are?" The young officer bad pointed me out to the gen eral, and be was looking straight at me when he asked tbe question. I said, "Ye j, general; I know where the Springs ae." "How far are we from thenar asked the general. I told blm about eight een miles. He asked In what direction, and I answered, saying tbey were due south from us now and we were headed dead west Dick Curtis spoke up and said, "Billy, when were you ever out to the Springs?" I told blm I bad been there on two or three different occasions with Char lie Rath, the Indian trader, and bad killed many buffaloes all over this coun try. The general called for his horse, mounted It and said: "Young man, you come and show me the Springs. I will ride with you. Mr. Curtis, come along. No dlsrcsect to you. sir. I appre ciate how hard it Is for one to find his way In n country where there are no landmark.'!, level as the sea and cov ered with buffaloes." I headed due south, the general rid ing by my side, and during this ride tbe general asked me many questions bow I came to know this country so well, etc. 1 told blm that my father had been killed In the border ruffian war of bleeding Kansas and that since his death I had grown up on the plains with tbe freighters, trappers, buffalo hunters, Indian traders and others and I was qnlfe familiar with all tbe country lying between the Missouri river and the rtocky mountains. W rode on In this way until, approaching a little rise lu th prairie, I said, "Geu ml, when you get to that small ridge up there you will look down tuto a low depression of th prairie and see Council Springs and the Indiana." The Spring rise lu this vast plain, and they run for only about four or flv miles, when It becomes a small stream of water aluklng Into th sand. When we gained this rtdge, there be fore th general's eyes were bundmls and hundreds of horses and a large Indian village. I eatd: "There you are, general There are your Indiana, cauiped , , "General Siicrman, ruling by my tldt. atnea me many quatloni' around -the Springs." He patted me on the back In a fatherly way and said, "My boy, I am going to know you bet ter." Tbe general and the peace commis sioners counseled here for three days, and In tbe evening of the third day an orderly came to me and told me the general wished me'to report to him at his tent The general kindly Invited me In and said: "Billy, I want to go from here now to Fort Kearny, on tbe riatte river. In Nebraska, now far Is itr I told him the way that he would have to go to have good camping Dlaces ana that It would be about 800 miles, He asked. "Can you guide me there?" I told blm I could, and be said: "All rirbt We wttl start tomorrow for Fort Zarrah and from there to Fort Blley. and from Fort Klley I want you to guide me to Fort Kearny." Which I did, and on arriving at Fort Kearny the general complimented me and said: From here I am going to Fort Leav en worm, i wisn you to guide me there." I told him that would be easy, for there was a big wagon road from Kearny to Fort Leavenworth. He said: "That Is all right It will make it easier for you. You have guided me safely for over 300 miles where there were no wagon roads, and I am not afraid to trust myself with yon on a big wagon road." On arriving at Leav enworth I parted with the general, and he said General Sheridan was com ing out to take command In a short time and that be would tell him of me. This was the last time I saw the dear old general for several years. He was one of tbe loveliest men I bave ever had the pleasure of knowing. One day In the spring of 1868 I mounted Brigham and started for Smoky nil! river. After galloDlna about twenty miles I reached tbe top of a small hill overlooking the vallev of that beautiful stream. As I was gazing down on the landscape I sud denly Saw a band of about thirty In dians nearly half a mile knew by the way they Jumped on their horses that tbey bad seen me as soon as I came In sight The only chance 1 bad for my life was to make a run for it and I imme diately wheeled and started back to ward the railroad. Brigham seemed to understand what was up. and he struck out as If be comprehended that it waa to be a run for life. He crossed ravine In a few Jumps, and on reaching a bridge beyond I drew rein. looked back and saw the Indians com ing for me at full speed and evidently well mounted. I would have bad little or no fear of being overtaken If Brig- bam bad been fresh. But as be was not I felt uncertain as to how be would stand a long chase. My pursuers seemed to be gaining on me a little, and I let Brigham shoot ahead again. When we had run about three miles farther some eight or nine of the Indians were not over 200 yards behind, and five or six of these seemed to be shortening tbe gap at every Jump. Brigham now exerted himself more than ever, and for the next three or four miles be got right down to biiHiness and did some of the prettiest running I ever saw. But tbe Indians were about as well mounted is I was, and on of tnnlr borsoa In articular, a spotted animal, was calntug on meall the time. Nearly all the other horw were struug out behind for a distance of two miles, but still chttnltiit a f tor mo. Tim Imlliu who wn riding the spot ted horse wits armod with a rliie and would occasionally snd a bullet whis tling along, sometimes striking th ground ahead of me. I saw that this fellow must bo checked or a stray bul let from his gun might hit me or uiy horse, so, uddittly stopping llrtghaiu and quU'kly wheeling blm around, I raised old "Lucretla" to my ahoulder, took deliberate aim at the Indian aud hla horse, hoping to bit on or th other, and fired, It was not over eighty yard from tu at thta time, and at th crack of my rlfl down went bt horse. Not watting to see if b recovered, I turned Prtghauu aud In a moment w were again fair ly flying toward our destination, W had urgent business about that Mm and were In a hurry to get there. Tbe other Indiana bad gained on us while I was engaged in shootmg at their leader, and they sent several shots whlsxlng (mat me, but fortunate ly non of them hit the Intended mark. To return their compliment 1 occasion ally wheeled myself In th saddle and fired back at them, and on of my hot broke th leg of on of their horses, which left Its rider bors(e) 4 combat, a th French would say. Only seven or eight Indians now re mained In dangerous proximity to me, and aa their horses were beginning to lag somewhat I checked my faithful old steed a little to allow blm an op portunity to draw an extra breath or two, I had determined. If It should come to the worst, to drop Into a buf falo wallow, where 1 could stand the Indians off for awhile, hue I was not compelled to do this, aa Brtgbam car rled me through most nobly. The chax waa kept up until w came within lure mile or in mi of the railroad track, whore two com panies of soldiers were stationed for the purpose of protecting tha work men from the Indians. On of th outpoHts saw the Indians chasing me scross the prnlrle aud gave the alarm. In a few niluutes I saw, greatly to my delight .men coming ou foot, and cav alrymen, too, galloping to our rescue ss soon as tbey could mount their horses. When the Indians saw this they turned and rau In the direction from which the; bad couic. In a very few minutes I wss met by some of the Infantrymen and trackmen, and, Jumping to the ground and pulling the blanket and suildle off Brigham, I told them what be bad done for m. They at once took blm lu charge, led blm around and rubbed blm down so vigor ously thitt, 1 thought they would rub him to death. Captain Nolan of tbe Tenth cavalry now came up with forty of bis men, and upon learning what bad happened be determined to pursue tbe Indians. He kindly offered me one of bis cav alry horses, aud after putting my own saddle and bridle on tbe animal we started out after tbe flying Indians, who only a few minutes before bsd been making It so uncomfortably live ly for me. Our burses were all fresh and of excellent stock, and we soon began shortening the distance between ourselves and the redskins. Before they bad gone five miles we overtook and killed eight of their number. Tbe Oont Tak th Risk. 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