. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature ... . riendly tribes. TheIndians now advancing upon them were clearly not ona friendly errand, and were pronounced by the herdersto be a detachment of the Arrapahoes. They weredecked in their war-paint, and on seeing the whitemen immediately raised their war-shout, which, astravellers on the plains are aware, always indicates anintention to attack. The herders, knowing that they were in the presenceof an enemy who would speedily relieve them of theirmerchandise, made conciliatory signs, by raising theirhands
. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature ... . riendly tribes. TheIndians now advancing upon them were clearly not ona friendly errand, and were pronounced by the herdersto be a detachment of the Arrapahoes. They weredecked in their war-paint, and on seeing the whitemen immediately raised their war-shout, which, astravellers on the plains are aware, always indicates anintention to attack. The herders, knowing that they were in the presenceof an enemy who would speedily relieve them of theirmerchandise, made conciliatory signs, by raising theirhands, a signal which is equivalent to a flag of truce,and is so understood on the plains. The signal oftruce was, however, ignored by the red-skins, who con-tinued to advance at a rapid pace, gradually forming acircle around Glazier and his companions. This isthe usual Indian form of attack. The circle is keptconstantly in rapid motion, the Indians concentratingtheir fire upon a stationary object in the centre of the O> ww o >> dw ow »—(I—I >> GOW w GO w d fW o o GO O Qa*. FUBLHT OCEAN TO OCEAN ON HORSEBACK. 413 circle, while they render themselves a constantly shift-ing target, and are thus comparatively safe from the fireof the centre. Riding around, and firing at intervals of a minuteor two at Glazier and his companions, the latter didtheir best to defend themselves, and fired in returnupon their cowardly assailants, who showed no desirefor a parley. The firing from the centre was made overthe backs of the ponies and mustangs, who in suchemergencies are made to do duty as a breastwork. Thecircle of red-skins gradually lessened in diameter, asthe firing on both sides continued, when a shot fromthe carbine of the Mexican herder killed one of theIndians. The circle continued to grow less, until the Indiansin a mass rushed on the three whites, disarmed them,secured them to each other with thongs at the wrists,and appropriated as their own the mustangs and ponies,
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