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An old ,, rtl.-r relates tin- following which occurred 

 \s hen In- was a voting man 



Whili- tin- prairie "ii hoi^e l.n<-k. In- , a 



couple ul' emigrants and their families ami waggOIlK Tin- day 

 hail rril.lv hot. ami towards -\.-nin^ th- atmosp.' 



becaiu- \.-r\ sultry ami oppressive, the sky wa-s dark and a 

 thunderstorm approaching, Water had U-en very acarce all day, 



Lilt at l;iM ti am which had not yet dried up; 



hen- thi-y .|iii-nchi-d their own thirst ami that of thi-ir horses. 



ie storm a|i|n-oachi-il ik.s !' \ivid li^htnin^ lit 



up tin- jirairir. Sl > tln-y di-cidi-d to cam]) m-ai- th.- stn-ainfur tin- 

 ni,'ht. Thi-ir siij)]>i-r ..\i-i-. they l.i-^an to prepare the best 

 ^hclti-r thi-y cmild t> shield tin-in tVum th.- (-'lining storm. 

 Suddenly their horse** became very restless and began to neigh, 

 which caused the men to look around them for the cause tliere- 

 !'. when to their dismay they In-held toward the hori/on. a 

 great Mack mass moving towards th.-m. The emigrants newly 

 arrived from the ea^t did not ivali/e the danirei- they were in, 

 Imt the horseman, who had lived on tin- prairie some years, 

 km-w that if the herd came that way, a catastrophe might 

 follow. Hurriedly the wa^mis \\.-iv drawn close together. the 

 horses tied to the wheels, and the women and children got into 

 the wagons and crouched at the Imttom with fear. The men 

 and IM>VS ^ot their ^uns and climlied in front of the waggons 

 in hopes of being able to frighten the animals oti'on their ap- 



ieh. Th.- hoi-small mounted Insured and looking tw aid- 

 tin- seething nia .f liutfalin-s. he t'M.k in the situation at a 

 glance. ( >n they came in thousands, causing rl..u.U of dust to 

 rise in their maddened career. The men turned pale and the 

 poor women and children U-^, m t. tn-mMe and cry out with 

 t'.-ar. The sijr|,t was f.-arfully ^rand. and tin- old settler 

 he reinemliered it as well as i f it had only happened yesterday. 

 On and mi they cam.- until tin- loaders of the I ui Haloes were 

 only a few hundred ,\ay H'-aw there was no hop,- 



for the little hand of -s.-ttlers. and it wu> now time f, n- him to 

 try and vi\e his own life, so he called out to tin- men. I 

 not help you. (iixl Mess you all." and with that he galloped oH" 



