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you lie looking, bur looked \cry tough, tliolr recent cxporlcnco giving them the appearance of aIIAltr 0 4MO OK CITIZENS.The last to appear woro the twenty-twocattlemen, who looked tired mid worn. The Toxiins were first marebed away guarded on every side t soldiers. Several hundred yardn behind were ibo cattlemen, closely guarded The men are not disposed to talk much, except about tbo Journey. Considering everything, they wero In exceedingly good spirits, the presence and words of friends having a guod deal to do with theirfeelings.••Would you have surrendered to the sheriff's posse? was asked on# of tho stockmen.•No. wc would not,” was tho reply. ••Every man had made up his mind to die where ho vra* rather than «urrondrr, and wc would have sold our live* dcarljSOME OF THE FIGHT GIVES,Hut tho Confltlcnco of tho Raidcra In all Shattered.CriEvr.NNE, Wyo.. April 24 — Major Wolcott and his fortv-fivo men, comprising tho band that Invaded Johnson county to kill and burn out cattle thieves, arc at Fort Kussoll three miles from town. They left horo nineteen days ago by special truln, full of fight and confidence. Some of tho fight lives, hut the confidence Is badly shattered.••We only figured on fighting rustlers. said a leader, “and wu'ro willing to tako alltho chances of a war with them Their ability to enlist aid aiuured and stunned us By actual count their force at tho surrender was 120 al)lo-bodled and wcll-urmed men. who could bo Intelligently and effectively handled by Arapahoo Brown, who dovoloped Into a great Oonerul Wo did not count upon tho fact that tho citizens, without the least sympathy with tho known thieves, resent tho interferonco of an outside force In their affairs. The wholo country turned out to whip us. aod almo-t did It- Wo could bavo managed very well without the rescuing cavalry for a week, and we only wanted a dark night to make a break. Wo wore Id an almost Impenetrable position. Tho rustlers bad fori* on wheels, and It was a great scheme. but they could not grt men to move It on us. A charge by them would liavo hern a great mistake Wc had a trench from tho fort to the house, and the last stand on our part would bavo been determined Wo saved our Ammunition for It atd, I believe, would have killed 200 menThey were unable to devise Any means to roach us with lire brands or giant powdor. Robert Foote, tho merchant who backs the rustlers, offered ?rtO00 for n cannon at Fort McKinney, and they tried to bribe tho soldiers to steal a Hotchkiss gun from the fort-Jf they bad succeeded In either case, but few of us would bnvo escaped.••On tho first day of tho siege they fired 2000 shots at u*. but wo kept out of range. Wo hold our flro, only shooting occasionally with tho heaviest rifles, Thero wore fifteen men In oar fort, which guarded tho only approach. Thero wa# a keen rivalry to he In the fort squad, for we bad only brave men In tho purty. Wolcott, Tisdale Cauton. Ford. Irvine. Hossc. Elliott. th»‘ two Clarks, Whitcomb. Captain Tom Smith, and .sovoral Texan* v. ero wonderful men under fire.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Mon, Apr 25, 1892
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