. Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi .. . s useless. We werehelpless in the hands of twelve powerful were soon ordered to mount, and the entire party,less one Indian, killed, started off in a northerly direc-tion. We rode at a trot until about ten oclock atnight, when a halt was ordered by the leader—a chiefcalled * Wolf—and all dismounted; a fire waskindled and some ant
. Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi .. . s useless. We werehelpless in the hands of twelve powerful were soon ordered to mount, and the entire party,less one Indian, killed, started off in a northerly direc-tion. We rode at a trot until about ten oclock atnight, when a halt was ordered by the leader—a chiefcalled * Wolf—and all dismounted; a fire waskindled and some antelope meat partially roasted, aportion of which was given to us. We were all squat-ted around a big fire, the Indians being engaged inearnest conv^ersation. One of the herders understoodenough of their language to explain that the dis-cussion referred to their captives—that the friends ofthe Indian who was shot at Skull Rocks, and whowere in the majority, were in favor of putting us allto death for having killed one of their number. LoneWolf, however, interposed, saying it would beenough to take the life of the one who had killed theirbrother. The supper over, four of the Arrapahoes ap-proached us and seized the herder who had fired the I. CAPTUllKl) BY IM) I ASS. 483 fatal shot. They forced Iiiin towards a stout stakewhich they had previously driven into the groundabout fifty yards from the fire. The whole party ofIndians then, without ceremony or talk with theirvictim, commenced (huuMUi!; around and torturing himin the most fiendish manner, ihey had heated theirarrowheads in the fire and held them in contact withhis naked flesh, while others, at a few feet from theirvictim, cast at him their sharp-pointed knives which,penetrating his body, remained embedded in the fleshuntil he nearly died from agony. One of their num- ber then advanced and shot him in the licad, andthis ended his sufferings. In the meantime, the other herder and I were seatedon the ground l)ound togeth
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