In Barracks and Wigwam — page 107: what you’re looking at

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_ Already the young officer had saluted, and was off on the run, followed by his men. They pushed through the - crowd of excited recruits and town people, quickly reached the horses, and swung themselves into the saddle. It was all done in brief time, and ere the Indians had gained much of a start the little cavalry detachment was past thé railway station and in full gallop out of the town. _ The force numbered just a dozen, Trumpeter Grant hay- ing been added at the last moment. They thundered across the Missouri bridge, and went pounding with muffled clatter over the soft and moonlit sage plain. At a considerable distance straight ahead a dark body of horsemen were visible, but, as yet, thank God ! no pistol shots had roused the slumbering a of the night. _ The desperado was evidently keeping well in the lead, and the direction in which he was fleeing—to the south- west—seemed to indicate that he counted on finding shel- ter along the woody banks of Bull Creek. ea, _ A Double Chase. vet | 97. The men of Troop A were splendidly mounted, but the under-sized Indian ponies were quite the equal in speed and endurance of the Government steeds. So, when the — chase had lasted for three miles, pursuers and ptrsued were separated by. about the same distance as at the start. The Sioux galloped on in a compact line, and with no more noise than the patter of their horses’ hoofs. Dog- eedly behind pounded the troopers, Lieutenant Coghill riding slightly in advance, his ears on the alert, and his eyes scanning the horizon. The. voung officer, as well as each one of his men, re- alized to the full the gravity of the situation. They un- derstood that it rested with them to nip in the bud what — might prove to be a long and bloody Indian outbreak, and ~~ they also knew how slight a chance of success they ‘had. oe dismal forebodings weighed less on Linn than on said | comicbooks : ise. 4 oe Jf all 4 J “A we 3 ; ; ~ "2 \, £ , o .. . - ¢ ~~ & TY bd * - te a’ er > + eh nee Wes -L’ mt a we ieee 7 ae he fo Sy. ie ik ~~ - a wal com