Palmer High School - Terror Trail Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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ll l tllllullltltllltt lllllllltltlllll lltllllltlllllullll llll lllll ll1llll ll ttttt t tttlll 101'1ee1' HC1 ent 9 i By Robert Cfzadbourne lt used to be my pleasure to crouch by my grandmother s knee tn the fhckerxng hght of the roarlng fnre place wh1le the yvlld wtnter yvmds howled outside and hsten to her VlVlLl recntals of ploneer expertences and dangers ln the early lays of Colorado Phe boys had come nn from the sheep range ant after eatmg a hearty supper yve all gathered about the f1re Even though lt was early nn the tutumn the heat from the cracklmg logs yvas welcome All the sheep had been herded mto the corrals and fastened m for the mght Father was cleamng lns gun preparatory to avengmg on the rapactous coyotes the loss of several of h1s sheep Charhe and Jenny yy ere nn one corner of the room engaged lll a spmted argument wh1ch soon ended Ill a scuffle above all thls nolse were the strams of Turkey nn the Straw yy h1ch Wxll was playlng upon a nondescrlpt battered old vtohn lns most prnzed pos session I yvas engaged tn the prosalc task of darmng and nt seemed that lt was a task that would never be completed A feyy days before W'lTlllll2 had been flashed from the slgnal statlon at Fremont s Fort that the lndlans were on the yvar path After an unneces sary and hurrned yourney to Colorado Sprmgs we learned that 1t was a false alarm and accordmgly we returned and settled doyvn once more Suddenly the stlllness of the mght was spht by the clatter of galloptng hoofs and the ptercmg yy ar cry of the Utes Father sprang up as dtd the rest of us and ran to the door Ill the meant1me nervously trymg to load Ins r1fle In a cloud of dust we could Ll1SCCI'Il about two dozen whooplng lndlans urgtng thelr horses at full speed tow ard the cabm Percelvmg that reslstance would be useless, yye pass1vely warted unttl they arrnved at the very door and the gaudtly pamted chlef, wxth hrs yyavmg feathers, dtsmounted from hls pant1ng horse Father advanced and stretched out hts hand, uttermg the famrhar How The chnef rephed rn hke, and then srgnnfted, through vartous fantastnc sngns, the fact that he and h1s band were hungry and wanted somethmg to eat Knowmg that ll was futnle to refuse, and reahzmg what the consequences mlght be, father advised me to cook somethmg for them l'he whole band, as yye thought, flled mto the cab1n, but yve heard the chxef speakmg sharply to someone outstde, and when we gathered enough courage to look we saw a squahd squayy, yvlth seamed face and heady eyes, squattmg pattently by the doorstep Notmg the absence of httle Eya, l hurrted mto the next room, and after a hasty search, dlscovered her coyyermg under the bed Nothmg l satd to 99 alllllll ttltltlltlllllllllllll'llltl'lf t. tlyy lyflllltiilllllllllil tltt'ilWllltlfllllllllllltti Qt rrl ftp ttll l lg.ltllllll54c lltlltlllllr ttt1'llllllllltllll'llltlll'l'll!lllltglt'lUgl+yt1Qlttltylltl, 'N M' l t. 'f l y1','yli,llHI Wqlt, IQ tylywa' N UV WLI' y 'lfy-lt lt ly f' ,Nl 'yy t ,- t www! i 1 t ' slllii , ts