Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 656 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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WHEN the wounds of the warriors were dress- Po Bi in his blankets and laid down for a few hours’ He rode like one born in the saddle, yet had a | ed, and the ponies and red-skins had rested after + ee jee rest and slumber. different seat in the saddle from his braves about | their very hard ride, the chief gave the order ite 7? How long he slept he did not know, but he | him, and his saddle and bridle were of civilized | to mount and move on once more, and the trail ae i. was awakened with a start by the sound of a | make, while his leggings were stuck in the tops { was followed on up into the mountains, where | Beare aoe human voice, and he heard the sternly uttered | of boots, he discarding moccasins, was located the Sioux village. agi e on words: The head-dress of feathers gayly covered was The scouts left in the rear had brought word nae: Sat ‘You are my prisoner! Don’t force me to | a gorgeous affair, and swept back over his shoul- | that the troopers bad retreated, after pursuing ee Loe kill you, so surrender!” ders, hanging upon one side of his horse down to | them to the foot-bills, and were following the . mye & eee” be My God! Butterfly Billy!” and Buffalo Bill | his stirrup, and in a belt about his waist were sev- | trail back through tle valley to the scene of the ay J Le i sprung to his feet in the face of the threatening | eral revolvers and a large bowie knife, fight with the supply train. Nee? paras rifle, This much Butterfly Billy took in at a glance, Jt was late in the evening when, in the wild- eGR Brey and he saw the eyes of the chief fixed upon him | est pastures of the mountains the village fires ae 3 sie CHAPTER XVI. curiously. were sighted, and a wail went up from hundreds oe f Ys BUTTERFLY BILLY’S NERVE. His revolver was half raised, as though to | when the news of the defeat ran through the joc? es It will be remembered that when the Indians | shoot the Pony Rider, who quickly raised his | camps. ie. ves) were heard to be charging upon the supply train | bands and showed that they were In Irons, The two hunting parties had returned empty a” Sop ae at bay in the little clump of timber, Butterfly ‘‘ Who are you?” came the stern query of the | handed, lost their game in their search for scalps, re fe Billy was not'seen by the soldiers until be was | chief as he dashed alongside of the youth, and | and many a warrior had been left dead upon the ee. x discerned riding in the midst of the flying Sioux. | before an answer could be returned he con- | prairies. i We An idea had struck the youth to ride on aliead |} tinued: The result was that the camp was at once a a 19 Se and warn Captain Rosafy that the force was ‘¢ Come, ride along with me, sir!” scene of mourning, and it was a fearful ordeal Bes ft: larger than they had supposed, and it would be The man’s speaking English but confirmed the | for Butterfly Billy to pass through, when they oe me best to stand at bay in ambush rather than to | idea of the youth that the chief of the Sioux was | gathered around bim with threatening gestures, oe Sa charge upon the Indians and thus scatter his | a renegade white man, and he spurred his horse | believing him to be a prisoner, Br 2\"; R men, who would be swept away by the panic- | alongside of him, grasping the rein in his man- But the renegade chief quickly explained that | eee i stricken avalanche of horses and humanity. acled hands to check the speed of the animal and | the young white brave was the foe to bis people, Xie A He was riding swiftly along when he suddenly | guide him, and had escaped from death among them to | Aes cay discovered a ravine before him. ‘* Now who are you?” seek a refuge with his red brothers the Sioux, | e. This he had to go around, and in the mean ‘‘A Pony Rider, and a fugitive, for I escaped This altered the case with them, as to their | Baie 5 time the charge of the cavalry had surprised the | from the soldiers,” treatment of the Pony Rider, and many greeted _ Bae ‘ red-skins, who started in full flight. * And why?” him as a white brother, for they fairly idolized — ens ¥ Hardly had he rounded the ravine when he ‘“T was carrying too large a sum of money for | their pale-face chief, who had been among them — 2 a i beheld coming behind him the flying Indians, my honesty, so hid it, was suspected and trying | for several years and in many ways bettered Se ey His horse was fleet and he would have cut- | to escape was caught.” their condition. : Te a footed them, but in the gray light he saw that | ‘* Ah! that is it, is it? The young Pony Rider was invited to the — ag es he was dashing upon a band of Indians who were ‘¢ Well, come with me and you aresafe— Ha! | tepee of the chief, to be bis guest, and when they ay wi holding horses and awaiting for the warriors | we are ambushed!” and the words rung out in a | had supper together, prepared by asquaw who | E fe oak who had crept up to the timber on foot, tone of alarm as the soldiers under Captain Ros- | was the wife of the renegade, and the daughter — faat (a To escape was impossible, and quick as a flash | afy opened fire from the cedar thicket in the | of the great medicine-man of the tribe, Butter- ; i iA he decided upon bis course. entrance to the valley. fly Billy was told that he would be expected to _ PA i He appeared, as he was going, to be also flying It was good daylight now, and the fire was | become an Ind.an at once. ; ‘ & from the soldiers, and in his saddle holsters were | fatal to the men, piling up braves and ponies in “We will havea talk in the morning, young Mad a pair of handcuffs which he had with him for | wild confusion, and causing them to stagger, | man, and on what is best to be done,” said the ee the Giant General’s especial benefit. halt, half turn as though to fly, and then push | renegade, whom Butterfly Billy now knew to ) a These he slipped upon his wrists in a flash, and | on under the thundering command of their chief, | be none other than White Buffalo, a chief whose f on holding his hands above his head shouted in the | given in the Sioux tongue: name wasa terror along the border, and yet fom ; Sioux tongue, which he had picked up in his for- ‘‘On, warriors, on! ride over the white | whom no one seemed to have suspected before of i ri mer life on the Overland Trails: wolves!” being a white man, | é ‘Help ine! Save me! Iam the friend of the} With wild yells the Sioux rushed on once more, ‘¢ P]] see what White Buffalo has to say in the e. Sioux braves!” firing into the thicket, and again staggering un- | morning, and then [ll play my part to stit r oe! The red-skin guards could now see that he was | der another volley from the carbines, Butterfly Billy, for I am not wholly gone on the | not one of their braves, and they saw that he But neither the chief or Butterfly Billy were | idea of being an Indian yet,” mused the Pony | was a pale-face and flying from his own people, | harmed, and in another instant they had passed | Rider, as be curled himself up in his blankets - while his hands were held above his head. the ambuscade and were dashing on up the val- | anu wooed slumber, J, | So they sprung before his horse and checked | ley. The renegade had instructed his Indian wife ve ~ the animal with a suddenness that would have Sioux braves and their ponies had fallen all | into his tastes in cooking, aud so Butterfly Billy | e thrown a less skillful rider from his saddle. around them, but those two men with white | found no cause of complaint the next morning 3 Then they saw that the youth was ironed, and | blood in their veins, and in the van, seemed to | with the breakfast to which he and the chief sat ; Y they began to talk excitedly among themselves, | have charmed lives, down. ; when they beheld their warriors flying in mad On, on, sped the renegade chief, with his With coffee, corn hoe-cake, boiled antelope | ( haste before the cheering, charging troopers. braves following, many of them wounded and | steaks and baked potatoes he thought he would React : The dismonnted braves they dared not wait | riding bleeding ponies. at least not starve while a prisoner among the ; a for, and springing upon their own steeds, they The night had been a fearful one for them, | Sioux, for he looked upon bimself as nothing be ah \ started in flight, carrying the Pony Rider with | and they left a couple of score of dead and dying | else, . 4 rf 2. them. bebind them, while they had lost half a hundred His nerve had served him well, when he tid : / Bebind them came their comrades in wild | horses captured and as many killed, and so | dashed into the midst of the red-skins, and he did Ris a _ alarm, and with a number of the warriors who | wounded as to be useless, ; not doubt but that he would be able fo extricate aut Dies had been attacking the train on foot, mounted It was a hunting party, and against the} himself from the trap which he bad voluntarily 3 oe: behind those who had not been dismounted. wishes of their chief they had followed the | entered and then sprung. ¥. 1 Not far away, coming in an oblique line to- | train, and another band had come to their aid. He saw the village by daylight, and was sur- ine he ward those in the midst cf whom was Butterfly In the moment of their success, they had met | prised at the strength of the frontier, | 1a at Billy, were the braves who had been attacking | with a terrible defeat, and, not knowing the He readily realized that it would take a >) from the other side of the timber, and following | force of their foes, they were anxious to push on | brigade of soldiers to dislodge the Sioux from ayy. i them close was Lieutenant Barden and his men, | to safety in the hills, where no small number of | their position, and the fortification he saw atee % while dashing out of the shadow of the timber | soldiers dare follow them. ' thrown up at the weaker ge a of defense, re- va were Buffalo Bill and his trainmen, who had | Grim and stern, angry at having been led by | vealed the master hand of the renegade white ey / hastily caught anumber of fugitive ponies and | his horses to attack a train so near the fort, the | man. ‘ie mounted them, renegade chief rode on, the Pony Rider still at The village was arranged in quarters, under — —: Behind the red-skins immediately about bim | bis side. sub-chiefs, with a grand council tepee in the pay? came Captain Allen and his troopers, and the At last the foot-hills were reached, and no| center, and the house of the renegade was a ae fight had changed into a general flight. other ambush had been run upon as the chief | almost as conspicuous, ra All this the Pony Rider took in at a glance, | and his braves feared would be the case; and In the village that cut bere and there into Bute f as also that they were heading directly for the | then the pace slackened down toa walk, and | the mountains the cattle fed, with ponies by hears} valley, and the fear came upon him that Cap- | soon after a halt was called. the thousand, and fenced-in patches of corn aw % | tain Rosafy would charge the large force of With great skill Butterfly observed the rene- | and vegetables, showed that the influence of the Bas tat flying red-skins and be swept to destruction, — gade chief dress the wounds of the horses, and | White Buffalo was felt in preparing good food i Wat, Suddenly a ringing voice was heard, speaking | when he took a leather case of instruments from | for his people. ti} in the Sioux tongue, and ordering the [ncians to | his saddle pocket, he said: The guards over the cattle and ponies served ave! close up in a compact mass, and fire as they ran Are you not a doctor?” as scouts to prevent a surprise, and Butterfly iP te upon the pursuing troopers. 3 |, es, I was one,” Billy realized that the Sioux could not reacily ae The voice of the man, commanding and differ- if my hands were only free I could help | be attacked, and certainly not defeated by any th 7 ent from the voices of the Sioux, bent the gaze | you, force that could be found at the limited num- . at ee of the Pony Rider at once upon him, ‘IT can free you,” and with a piece of wire | bered garrison to send against them. Sih “That is a white man—now I am all right,” | taken from his case, he unlocked the manacles, After breakfast the chief mounted a fresh Se Ae i » muttered Butterfly Billy as he saw who the one | and the youth set to work dressing the wounds | horse, and had one for the youth, and started WAR 1 Rabe was who had given the order, of the braves, mentally making the remark: with him on a round of his village and its sur- et NY Coming toward bim at the head of the main| ‘I must make myself solid with the red-skins | roundings, | bly” ‘¢ mass of Indians, was a’man in the full costume | for Iam by no means ion safe quarters, and if} Each outpost was visited, and having gone © eye (van of a chief. . AT they take a fancy to my scalp, why they'll just | the rounds, like a good commander, White — a oo, Bee He was painted hideously, and his hair hung | have it, certain.’ Buffalo returned to his quarters, and dismissed is ere, aye . « Q i = ? 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