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, Cle eee em. } . oo fa 4 "sf 7 77 ’ _—-—. SINGLE-HANDED AGAINST-A HORDE OF SAVAGES. &5 teke, Buffalo ‘Bill saw them start off at (country, and Buffalo Bill yaluntesred to full speed while he remained quietly seated | go and hurry the cattle on. : He had been gone but a few hours from pon his splendid horse Brigham, a steed | | that equalled Sable Satan for speec and | the fort when he crossed a trail which he d knew to have been made by a large Indian endurance. _ It was evident that the redskins were | village on the move. Cautiously he followed it, and just at surprised at beholding a single horseman standing so calmly in their path, and | sunset came in sight of the camp, pitched awaiting the'r coming; and the party in | at the head of a valley, and saw below a fight looked back in great alarm as they } large herd of horses grazing. gaw that Buffalo Bill did not move, ap-| © Toreturn to the fort for aid he new would take too long, so he determined to pearmg lke a bronze statue of horse and : SPS | 2s") s | make an eter to capturethe herd him- self, and, with his field-glass carefully re- What could it-mean ? ” » “Was he mad?” connoitered the surroundi '- And many more were the comments | was light. — ; _gade by the party, while: the Indians were | - He saw that the nature of the valley _ equally as inquisitive upon the-subject. was such that the herd could only escape by two ways, one through the Indian village and the other at the lower end, _ Wearer° and nearer came the rushi ‘band, for what had two hundred mounted where he had observed four warriors placed as a guard and herders. - warriors to fear from one man P MSE “That is my quartette,” said Bill to » -Wearer and nearer, until presently . Buffalo Bill was seen to raise his rifle; and himself, and mounting Brigham he began to make his way arotind to the lower end a: paioct stream of fire soemed to flow out | ef the valley. the muzzle, while the shots came in After an hour’s ride he gained the de- _ rapid succession. It was 4 Winchester repeating rifle, and sired point, and then'set’ down to work. Carrying with him in case of need a Buffalo Bill had been testing’ it tho- roughly. | _ And the result was such that the Indians | complete Indian costume, he was not long - drew rein, for down in the dust had gone i. nigging himself up in it and painting ace. several of their number, while half a dozen Then he left Brigham in a canyon near , ae had been killed by the shots; in - Fa by and cautiously approached the entrance ,fired into the crowded mass of men ' and horses, nearly every discharge hadj to the valley, which was not more than Mas “=| two hundred yards wide at this point. - done harm. : PS >» With a wild, defiant war-cry, Buffalo{ -: Peering through the darkness he saw Bill wheeled and rode away, loading his; the four dark objects, about equal dis- } tances apart, which he knew wers the ponies of the four warriors ou guard, and matchless rifle as he ran. It did not take long for Brigham to that they were lyimg Gown near in the grass he felt confident. overtake the horses in advance, and warm congratulations followed, for the officers Getting past the hue of herders he boldiy~ advanced teward the one nezrest and ladies had seen the daring scout check the hill on the left, and he knew he would _the entire band of redskins. '” But though temporarily stunned by the be taken for some_chief coming from the village and accordingly not dreaded. effects of the shots, for the Indians had | not seen repeating rifles in those days, _they'soon rallied and came on once more | .~ It was just as he had expected; the In- dian herder saw him coming directly from the village, as he believed, and did not abfullspeed. _ | _ And again did the scoué drop behind : : gs as long as it and await their coming, tc once more ad- ‘minister upon the amazed warriors a: check that made them more cautious, for they kept out of range. ‘' Yet they kept up the chase all day, and ony drew off when the fcrt came in view, and the party arrived in safety in its walls, * , While at the fort the colonel in com- mand complained at the non-arrival of 2 drove of Government horses, as he was enxious to’ make a raid into’ the Indian even rise from the grass as Buffalo Bill drew near, ~ With a word in Sioux Buffalo Bill ad- vanced and suddenly threw himself upon the prostrate warrior, There was 2 short struggle, but no cry, as the the scout’s hand grasped the red- skin’s throat, and then all was still, the Indian pony lariated near, not even stop- ping his grazing. - ‘Throwing the redskin’s blanket over his body, Buffalo Bul moved away a few paces EGOmicbdoo Sa(E@) m = 3)