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176 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SAM. hundred of the Indians were mounted, but the large major- ity of them were on foot. ‘The Injuns haven’t noticed us yet,” said Sam; ‘‘so why not let them first know of our presence by sailing over to the top of the mountain, and rolling down some of them big bowlders among them?” ‘‘Capital!’ exclaimed the professor. ‘Teddy, jump to the fan-wheel, and give her a turn or two.” CHAPTER XXV. THE DOGS OF WAR. ‘‘Get out a crowbar, Sam, while I cast anchor here for a few seconds,” called out the professor, as the balloon paused, - hovering on the brow of the stony steep. ‘Teddy, leave that fan-wheel, you blundering booby! and get a bar to help Sam. Keep the dogs inside of the car.” , The first intimation the savages had of the proximity of the balloon was a rumbling, thundering sound along the steep mountain side, and the next instant a bowlder about as large as an average-sized barn came rolling and plowing down among them, upsetting, crushing, and overwhelming them by the score, and raising a most. terrible dust. | They ran about in terror and dismay, while the be- leaguered white men, now perceiving the balloon for the first time, set up a tremendous shout and reopened fire upon their foes with redoubled vigor. But before the Indians could sufficiently recover from their surprise and terror to institute a regular retreat from their dangerous position at the foot of the hill, another, and yet another and. another rock, in quick succession, came tumbling and’ swooping down upon them with frightful effect, till they apparently thought that the entire mountain was being turned inside out by an earthquake, and began to stream farther away from the foot of the hill in the most frantic disorder, leaving their crushed and mangled com- See in scores to take care of themselves as best they might. But the Indians were soon enabled to make another stand, on account of their overwhelming superiority in numbers, — though with courage and confidence sadly shaken and dis- comicbooks (ele)