. The story of Red Feather : a tale of the American frontier . hey held the settlerin respect. Keeping beyond easy range, they circled about thewagon and its inmates as if looking for an opening, and finally allthree brought their guns to their shoulders and let fly. The volley killed one of the horses, which dropped dead as hestood near the wagon. The settler instantly returned the shot, and—rather curiously-though the distance was considerable, he brought down the ponyof the nearest Indian, which made such a frenzied leap that hisrider was thrown. Mr. Clarendon at first thought it was he who
. The story of Red Feather : a tale of the American frontier . hey held the settlerin respect. Keeping beyond easy range, they circled about thewagon and its inmates as if looking for an opening, and finally allthree brought their guns to their shoulders and let fly. The volley killed one of the horses, which dropped dead as hestood near the wagon. The settler instantly returned the shot, and—rather curiously-though the distance was considerable, he brought down the ponyof the nearest Indian, which made such a frenzied leap that hisrider was thrown. Mr. Clarendon at first thought it was he who U«i THE STORY OF RED FEATHER had been struck; but he quickly sprang to his feet and vaulted uponanother pony behind one of his comrades. The Sioux continued circling around the settler at a still greaterdistance, and sent in another volley, which did no harm, At lastthey concluded the risk of a charge and attack too great, and drewoff, finally disappearing in the distance. ^^^S^^; ^ -^*^=-3=t-^- ^^fi ^-~^Z~^~^-, »_—•—_, _ —^s^^^^ --• — ^. He brought down the pony of the nearest Indian. Mr. Clarendon waited an hour or more, expecting them to return. • but they did not, and he resumed his journey to the settlement. Having but a single horse, he was obliged to leave part of hisload behind, and such slow progress was made in his crippled con-dition that the day was well gone before he reached Barwell. There he was startled to learn that his children had started home THE STORY OF RED FEATHER 97 ward early in the day, and were still absent. He set about organizinga rescue party at once. Fortunately, Nat Trumbull and severalof his rangers were present, and they eagerly gave their help. Withinhalf an hour after the father received the alarming tidings Trumbullwas cantering southward with a dozen tried men and true, andamong them was Archibald Clarendon himself. Although the escape of the three parties from the beleaguered cabinmay strike you as wonderful, yet, af
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