Buffalo Bill: His Life and Adventures in the Wild West — page 21: what you’re looking at

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OHAPTER V1. - EILLING HIS FIRST INDIAN. shed awa5 EBoe, lowing "in tho ope | het es on moat the iiy in the Vain Re tise tock a in the land QE fount te: HEN the train and beef-herd, with ot 8 m st of it stolen—M’Kandlas and which Billy Cody had gone, ar- an OL 3 y were already miles away, speed- to coverts known to but few, and 9 few of their own kind. _ this occurred in those dark days Cen struggles on the border were t ‘the sheme of conversation and dispute all over the land, and it was but one of a th hou sand, ¢ or even more, such cases—real, _ terrible, e, and unnatural as it may seem, i ve fother, don’t cry any more,” said tle ri when, with his two young é slg he stood beside the new-made “Tears will not bring him to life. 1ave these toy look out for at home, Kearney, their first serious adventure occurred, and for a while the boy thought of his mother’s prediction, that he “ would be lalled or captured by Indians.” Not expecting an attack from red-sking in that vicinity, the party had camped for dinner, and most of them were enjoying a stesta under the waggons, Billy being among the latter number, while but three men were on duty as herders, But suddenly they were aroused by shots, wild yells, and rapid hoof-falls, and down upon them dashed aband of mounted 2 a 6 You are not going away, William ? ” a "Not. far, mother—not far. But there _ were thirty of them beside old M’Kandlas, | an d it. eae take me some time to kill | guards and the cattle were stampeding in every direction. But the train hands quickly sprung to their feet, rallied promptly for the fight, and met the ad- vancing red-skins with a volley from their 5 wh D ; Mississippiyagers—short euns, like blunder- “speak, that one would hardly think his | busses—which were loaded with ball and ye Ing tind eapable of studying out, his | buckshot, and checked their advance. __ sma. hand of doing such deeds as he con- Knowing that they eould not hold out ie uietly, simon gently, did the boy A long _ time elapsed, however, and the | called out— ne became a young man before he could| *f Boys, make a run for the river, and ‘ “carl -y out. this vow of vengeancs. the banks will protect us.” Me In _ the ‘meantime his existence was} All started, when Billy called out— bu lrs , for he had te snatch what moments| ‘ Don’t let us leave these wounded if ea leisure were granted him whilst boys.” ring the money to support his mother| They turned at his word, to find that one seriously in the side and the other in oF i ly, B lo engaged himself with a friend of his | the leg. | ath her, who jwas a master of anemigrant| Raising them in their arms they ntarted On w ts. Oxen have the advantage | rallied from the fire that met them, and yo ver ‘aules and horses of being good to eat | reached it in safety, though the man whe a i any time, should disaster befal the|had been shot in the side was dead ere trai 4 eee if they pull through the jour- | they got there. | T ey rapidly recuperate with green} A short consultation was then held, and fe ek |and in idleness, and can be fattened | it was decided to make their way back t te ; “for home consumption or sale. | Fort Kearney, by wading in the river and has Cattle drivers of thjs sort are called keeping the aril as 2 breastwork, ae a ~ hackers i in the west. Billy whacked A raft of poles was constructed for the his bulls, and so worked his way across wounded man, and the party started dowa t he plains and back agam. From the |} the stream, protected by the bank, and a qnaintance with horned cattle which he | keeping the Indians at bay ‘with ‘their ‘thus 8 acquired, he confidently accepted a| guns, for they followed them up closely. pos tion a as herder for a drove of Govern-| As night came on, utterly worm out nex at catt e to. be driven to the army of | with wading and walling, Billy dropped Ge ener | Albert Sone cA yunee: that was | behind the others; but trudged manfully ‘mareh in ng 14 | along until he was suddenly startled by » pee oe asin, Ee | Mayeonp i aie object coming down over ne bank. _— — Pe Tt was moonlight,and he saw the plumed _ te em plated. ei: there, Frank McCarthy, the train-master, — rived. in the vicinity of old Fort. warriors, while others had killed the three d sisters, for he was now head of the | two of their number had been wounded, n, to drive the draught oxen attached | at a run for the bank, ere the Indians had Corts 1a. s Sh PAE Se Lae ee a es os OM a fone fn Comicbooks.com