History and stories of Nebraska . cific railroad built across Nebraska? 3. Of what good to Nebraska is it to have the worlds commerce and wo)-]ils travelers passing over our railroads? A STAGE COACH HERO OF THE LITTLE BLUE ON the morning of August 9, 1864, the overland stagecoach left Big Sandy station on the Little Blue Riverin Jefferson County, Nebraska. There were seven men andtwo women passengers. Robert Emery was the driver. Two days before this the Sioux had attacked the travelersand stations on the overland trail from the Platte to theLittle Blue. About forty white people were killed, s
History and stories of Nebraska . cific railroad built across Nebraska? 3. Of what good to Nebraska is it to have the worlds commerce and wo)-]ils travelers passing over our railroads? A STAGE COACH HERO OF THE LITTLE BLUE ON the morning of August 9, 1864, the overland stagecoach left Big Sandy station on the Little Blue Riverin Jefferson County, Nebraska. There were seven men andtwo women passengers. Robert Emery was the driver. Two days before this the Sioux had attacked the travelersand stations on the overland trail from the Platte to theLittle Blue. About forty white people were killed, scalpedand cut to pieces, ranches and wagon trains were burnedand all the stock run off. Rumors of the Indian attack had reached Big Sandy, butno one knew the truth,— that butchered men and burnedwagons lined the road for two hundred miles. No signs ofIndians were seen by the stage driver until eleven stage was not far from the Narrows, a long ridge lead-ing to the valley of the Little Blue with deep gullies on either. Stage Coach. {Drawing by Miss Martha Turner.) side, when the driver saw, about two hundred yards ahead,a band of fifty Indians waiting for him. Quick as he sawthem he wheeled his four horses and stage coach right aboutand started back,— ten yards farther on and he could nothave done this. It was a race for life. The Indians gave their yell anddashed after them in pursuit. The driver laid the lash on 139 140 STORIES OF NEBRASKA the horses backs and the stage flew over the road. Thepassengers sprang to their feet wild with fright. Keepyour seats or we are lost! commanded the driver and theyobeyed. Arrows flew thick. Some stuck in the stagecoach, some grazed the drivers cheek and one cut therosette from the bridle of a wheel horse. The driver kept a cool head. There were two sharpturns in the road. As he neared them he pulled up thehorses, made the turns carefully and then whipped aheadagain. The passengers held their breath in terror at theseturns as
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