MANS CLOSE CALL BY BUFFALO BILL | '|FROM “TRUE TALES OF THE PLAINS COPYRIGHT, 1000, BY WILLIAM F. CODY NE of the most thrilling per sonal experiences that I ever heard was that of Lieutenant De Rudio, who was cut off from Reno's command at the Little Big Horm and two days and fights filled with such narrow escapes and blood curdling dangers as to make, under the conditions, the man's hair stand on end, In the fight he was guarding a pony crossing with eight men, when one of them sald: “Lieutenant, get your horse wquick! Reno's retreating!” jut as po trumpet had been sounded and no grder had been glven he hesitated and swalted for the call, As {he men had meen the others retreating, théy uncere gnonlously left, and De Rudlo, seeing the guldon left behind, rode back to get it, which he did, but saw thirty-five forty Indians coming. He dashed off, and they fired a volley; but, lean- Eng low on his horse, It went high over Rim. He rode Into the thick under- h, when they fired many shots into | woods, the bullets cutting the! ches all around him. He crossed creek, scrambling up the bank, hen suddenly he saw hundreds of In- ians in front of him, not fifty yards tant, shooting at the retreating sol rs, with thelr backs toward him, He Enstantly saw that he was entirely cut po. While thinking how gun for it it would be, the th pwife and children nerved him, pas about to brave it when a spent most callous desperate a mnd De Rud Riding In wolleys were fired, ingly t |} @ndians, and all peased. Peering Kaptain Bent: ing over the ghelr attentior y ghat they would come near enough for Rim to join them, but In a few minutes ey disappeared, and the Indians all started off that tie gommand had evidently rallied, and hey all got together, so his only hope 8 to crawl aremnd under the under h and get a8 pear Reno's com d as cor, whic) plainly see san was a movermer right, and he moment General ficers, While he he Rents pate O°) in dire Reno's he They Md in a deep part of the eree Back and forth, attracted by firing on the village, which must have been the Custer fight to leave the horses, he started O’'Nell afoot on thalr own hook At one time an Indian rode within a few feet of them, cut a switch and (went on. They were then at the edge of a clearing, which they dared not cross untll dark, and they hid them selves between some driftwood In n hole, placing thelr cartridges all around dandy and ready for the expected at tack, } Two shots were fired In close prox imfty, and they thought they were gone, Peering out, they saw that Jt jwas Indian women who were mutilat- the bodles of some dead soldiers hing around the ground, they 80 near that they were tempted fire at them. The Indians seemed to be, although suspicious that some were heavy with —— i ' left As they refused | | white? still around the bushes and so set fire to the timber. The smoke and flames forced them out of thelr Just as them, having they rst nostri he | attract ing attention. ‘rapping thelr blouses aroun escaping the bani saw that McDougall had jolned Reno with the pack train. At the finish of the firing in the direct! m where ter was hundreds of and the fight on the hi up all night, The two thelr horses and, with O'Nell and De Rudlo holding the talls, decided to ford the river under darkness at the where they had crossed in the morn ing. By making a detour round the In dians and as it was dark they passed close to three bands of red men with out molestation, O'Nell and De Rudlo on the occasions keeping alongside the horses and out of sight. The fourth party came along and shouted to them in Sioux, and Jackson and Ge and the two afoot dropped and hid in the sagebrush The Indl a short but di sagebrush, and G thelr Jackson left wiere thelr weeded In cus lians returned, | scouts . was kept got place rard cut loose ins pu ring sj dat stratagem they had arranged to deceive Reno in } dressing clothe dead Custer’'s by = the soldiers of commar wit} ro t with Kili § ex They oasis rel ned of bu touched, until 9 o'clock on About 4 0’ pistol his post at was heard a shes re had not without ix or 26th of June speaking the lock there fired, the Indian the ford and a loud volee haranguing the In dians, and a band of three or four hu dred passed closely and rode off. They could them for down the river and heard them singing a pecu lar chant. By 630 they had gone as far as they could see, and It was evi dent that something had caused them to move away, as It appeared to them hat the troops must have also left the hill Hungry, exhausted their condition can imagined the command gone, and they a hundred | miles from the Yellowstone river! However, when everything was quiet In the dark night they started In the direction of Reno's retreat, and after about five miles they came to a high hill, from which they saw a fire. At times the fire disappeared, and they concluded that there must be human beings passing around it, which hid It oconslonally from sight. But what kind of human belngs-Indians or There was the rub. They | erawled on with great cautiousness, | fearing the Indians would have to be | were (two signal shots vedette son miles and dispirited, be | erawled through even to reach Reno, | if it was Reno, when thelr hearts were | raised by the braying of a mule, Still, he might be a captured mule, so they erept along on their bellles cautiously until they got so near that they heard volees talking In English They erawled within a hundred yards of the visible party and called out to the picket who they were, De Rudlo and INell. “For God's sake, don't shoot!” A cheer from the picket, and In a few minutes the tired and famished sur- vivors of many mental deaths were munching Captain Varnum, De Rudlio's reception his by to recelve me, I will refer to one of the press dis- patches sent from Terry's command to glve an account of this incident: “Our march now lay through a suc- of abandoned Indian camps, showing that we were on the trail of the Sloux. The bleached bones of buf- faloes and now and then the shaggy head of this monarch of the plains, testifying to the recent pas of In- dian hunters, were met from time to time scattered the wicklups or temporary shelters of saplings and tree branches, but so far no signs of the hostile Bloux were encounte pleturesque Crow and Cree allies had bre informa tion of the near approach of the Sloux, and we w t re In hourly expecta that the our progr cession age with among made red Our ug ht gavagroes and well armed men, impregnable, “Suddenly while st wt iu rear all was expe as supp excian they horseman advat ™ ) mishers, making signs of friend It proved to be Bll Cody, the se better known as ‘Buffalo BL" dre in the magnificence of the border fash fon. He that we were front of General Crook's con ] sald we might put off all | thoughts for that day Such nr tion probably no man ever receive warm In lis greeting would been the warmth of the reception o the hostile Sioux.” id announced d. a ns have er NEXT WEEK: "HOW | KILLED CHIEF YELLOW HAND" Sore Throat or [MNouth. When the mouth or throat is irritated or diseased you have the common ailment f Bore Mouth or Sore Throat, If not quickly cured, you are in danger of cone tracting more serious or even fatal mala | dies such an Croup, Quinsy, Tonsilitia or | No other remedy will eure | Bore Throat or Sore Mouth so Quiekis. eause | Diphtheria, am TONSILINE TONSILI is the one remedy especis ally made for that purpose, You need TONSIL one of these days, or some night when the store is closed better have a you 50 cents, Canton, Ohio so nurel crackers and coffee with | com- | | rades brings to mind the time when | | an army was drawn up in battle line WHERE WOMEN PROPOSE. 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