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The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux By: Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916) |
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OR FIGHTING THE SIOUX "FOREST AND PRAIRIE SERIES," No. 3. BY EDWARD S. ELLIS AUTHOR OF "BOY PIONEER SERIES," "DEERFOOT SERIES," "WILDWOOD SERIES," ETC. PHILADELPHIA HENRY T. COATES & CO. COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY PORTER & COATES. [Illustration: THE DEATH OF THE FAITHFUL MESSENGER.] CONTENTS. I. DANGER AHEAD II. THE VOICELESS FRIEND III. COMPANIONS IN PERIL IV. TIM BROPHY'S DISCOVERY V. LEAVING THE RANCH VI. "TIMOTHY BROPHY, ESQ., AT YOUR SERVICE" VII. STIRRING TIMES VIII. STARCUS IX. ON THE BANK OF A STREAM X. BENT ARM AND HIS BAND XI. AT BAY XII. FACING WESTWARD XIII. IN THE FRINGE OF THE WOODS XIV. TURNED BACK XV. MISSING XVI. A THIEF OF THE NIGHT XVII. THROUGH THE WOOD XVIII. NIGHT AND MORNING XIX. A STARTLING SURPRISE XX. A RUN FOR LIFE XXI. AWAY WE GO! XXII. ON FOOT XXIII. DOWN! XXIV. THE FRIEND IN NEED XXV. THE PRAIRIE DUEL XXVI. ON THE GROUND XXVII. A GOOD SAMARITAN XXVIII. THE LONE HORSEMAN XXIX. A BREAK FOR FREEDOM XXX. COMRADES AGAIN XXXI. THE LAST HOPE XXXII. AWAY! AWAY! XXXIII. BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE DEATH OF THE FAITHFUL MESSENGER. A HOT PURSUIT. TIM'S FORTUNATE SHOT. THE DEATH OF THE INDIAN. THE YOUNG RANCHERS; OR, FIGHTING THE SIOUX. CHAPTER I. DANGER AHEAD. There was snow in the air. Warren Starr had felt it ever since meridian, though not a flake had fallen, and the storm might be delayed for hours yet to come. There was no mistaking the dull leaden sky, the chill in the atmosphere, and that dark, increasing gloom which overspreads the heavens at such times. Young Warren was a fine specimen of the young hunter, though he had not yet passed his nineteenth year. His home was in South Dakota, and he was now on his return from Fort Meade, at the eastern foot of the Black Hills, and had fully twenty miles to travel, though the sun was low in the horizon, as he well knew, even if it was veiled by the snow vapor. His father's ranch lay to the north of the Big Cheyenne, and the son was familiar with every foot of the ground, having traversed it many a time, not only on his visits to the fort, but in the numerous hunting excursions of which he was so fond. He could have made the journey by night, when no moon was in the sky, had there been need of doing so, but he decided that it was better to give his pony the rest he required, and to push on at an early hour the next morning. He had eaten nothing since the noon halt, and his youth and vigor gave him a powerful appetite, but he had learned long before that one of the first requisites of the hunter is to learn to endure cold, heat, hunger, and hardship unmurmuringly. But the youth was in so uneasy a mental state that he rode slowly for nearly an hour, debating with himself whether to draw rein or push on. The rumors of trouble among the Sioux were confirmed by his visit to Fort Meade. A spirit of unrest had prevailed for a long time, caused by the machinations of that marplot, Sitting Bull, the harangues of medicine men who proclaimed the coming Messiah, the ghost dances, the eagerness of the young bucks to take the warpath, and the universal belief that the last opportunity for the red men to turn back the advance of the Caucasian race was to be made soon or never. The fact that our Government had its military posts scattered through the disaffected country, that the Indian reservations were comparatively well governed, that the officers were men whose valor and skill had been proven times without number, and that these authorities were keeping close watch on the growing disaffection produced a quieting effect in many quarters, though the best informed men foresaw the impending storm... Continue reading book >>
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