GRAY RIDER CHAPTER7 PAWNEE ATTACK

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CHAPTER   7  PAWNEE ATTACK

THE CAVALRY WAS CAMPING UNDER A TREE. ONLY ONE FOR MILES AROUND.   CAPTAIN CHOSE THIS SPOT BECAUSE THERE WAS A SPRING CLOSE BY.   IT BE HARD FOR THEM BE HELD UNDER SIEGE BECAUSE ALOT OF WATER AND SHADE FROM THE SUN.

HE ALSO HAD THE MEN DIG 3 FIRE PITS ONE ON RIGHT FLANK, ONE IN CENTER, AND ONE ON LEFT FLANK.   EACH FIRE PIT HELD 3 MEN.   THIS MADE FOR STRONG DEFENSE OF CAMP.   CAPTAIN AND CHEROKEE BILL AND SERGEANT OF RED LEGS WERE UNDER THE TREE.  THEY COULD SUPPORT ANY SPOT THAT NEED EXTRA FIRE.  

CAPTAIN AND CHEROKEE BILL BOTH HAD SPENCER REPEATERS AND SERGEANT HAD A SPRINGFIELD SINGLE SHOT BREACH LOAD RIFLE. MEN IN THE PITS HAD SPRINGFIELD RIFLES, EACH COULD FIRE 10 TIMES A MINUTE WITH A GOOD MAN USING IT.

AT FIRST LIGHT MEN UP.   COFFEE WAS BEEN PORED AND SOME SALT MEAT BEEN COOK IN SKILLET OVER THE FIRE. 

CHEROKEE BILL ELBOW THE CAPTAIN:   CAPTAIN WE GOT COMPANY.   LOOK TO RIDGE OVER LOOKING THE CAMP.

CAPTAIN:   GET TO YOUR SPOTS MEN THEY COMING.

THE CHIEF TOOK HIS SPOT ON RIDGE TO DIRECT THE FIGHT.   THE INDIANS FORM UP IN TWO WAVES.

CAPTAIN:   I'LL HOLD MY FIRE FOR SECOND WAVE.   THEY TRY OVER RUN US WHILE WE RELOAD.

BILL:   LOOKS CLOSE TO 100 UP THERE.

CAPTAIN:   YA CLOSE TO 10 TO 1

INDIANS ARM WITH BOW AND ARROWS AND SPEARS.   FEW HAD A GUN, MOST DID NOT. THE CHIEF RAISE HIS ARM AND WHEN IT WENT DOWN THE FIRST WAVE CAME CHARGING DOWN THE SLOPES AT THE CALVARY.   SHOTS RING OUT AND INDIANS FELL FROM HORSE AND BATTLE WAS ON.   AS MEN RELOADED CAPTAIN AND BILL HELD THEIR FIRE.   CHIEF SIGNALED SECOND WAVE IN.   AS THEY CAME CAPTAIN AND BILL BE GAN THEIR FIRE AND INDIANS WERE FALLING OFF HORSES FAST AS BILL AND CAPTAIN BROKE THE SECOND WAVE ATTACK.

JACK JOHNSON AND LIZZIE WERE ON THE TRAIL A HOUR BEFORE FIRST LIGHT.   THEY WAS WELL ARM WITH SPENCER REPEATERS AND GOOD SUPPLY OF CARTRIDGES.

JACK TO LIZZIE:   I THINK WE SHOULD BE THERE OR CLOSE TO THEM IN HALF HOUR.

LIZZIE:   I THINK I HEAR GUN FIRE NOW!

JACK:   YOU RIGHT THEY STARTED THE FIGHT ALREADY.   TAKE YOUR TIME.   SAVE OUR HORSES WE MAY NEED THEM SOON.

LIZZIE:    MAY BE RIGHT.   WE ANT GOT A FRIEND IN THIS FIGHT.

JACK AND LIZZIE CAME UP ON A RIDGE WHERE THEY OVER LOOK THE BATTLE FROM THE WEST. THE CAVALRY WAS HOLDING THE LINE BUT THE INDIANS GETTING CLOSER EACH ATTACK.

JACK:   WE FIGHT FROM HERE. WE HAVE THEM IN CROSS FIRE.

THEY DISMOUNTED AND DREW THE TWO SPENCER RIFLES, AND COUPLE BOXES CARTRIDGES.

JACK:   I SHOOT YOU LOAD.   GET BEHIND ME AND GET ON KNEES.

JACK TOOK A KNEELING POSITION AND WHEN NEXT WAVE STARTED HE CUT DOWN THE LEFT FLANK OF ATTACK.   HANDED LIZZIE THE SPENCER AND TOOK UP THE SECOND ONE.  LIZZIE LOADING AS FAST AS SHE COULD.   JACK SLOW HIS FIRE TO MAKE LAST AS LONG HE COULD.   THE CALVARY STOP THE REST FAST.

BILL TO CAPTAIN:   JACK JOHNSON IS HELPING US.   I THOUGHT HE LEAVE US TO FIGHT ALONE.

CAPTAIN:   WE TAKE ALL HELP WE CAN GET .  RIGHT NOW HE ON OUR SIDE.   I TAKE THE HELP.

THE CHIEF SEEN HE HAS TROUBLE ON HIS FLANK. SENT 12 AFTER JACK AND LIZZIE.   LIZZIE RELOADING JACK QUICKLY FIRE ALL 6 IN THE SPENCER AND STAND UP PULL TWO 44S OUT HIS BELT AND START TO FIRE.   ONLY 6 LEFT BAM, BAM, BAM ,BAM ,BAM ,BAM. THE CHIEF JUST LOST 12 MEN FAST.   CHIEF JUST FOUND OUT WHAT A GORILLA FIGHTER CAN DO.   JUST THEN A SHOT WHIZZED BY JACK AND HE HEAR LIZZIE SCREAM. JACK LOOK AROUND TO SEE LIZZIE HOLD HER ARM AND BLOOD COMING FROM IT.

JACK PICKS UP LIZZIE PUT HER ON HER HORSE. WHEN SECOND SHOT HIT JACK IN THE FOOT. JACK GOES DOWN.   WHEN HE GETS BACK UP LOOKS AT THE CAVALRY.   SLAPS LIZZIE'S MARE ON RUMP SHE RIDES OUT.

CAPTAIN RUN OVER  STRIKES A CORPORAL   "YOU SHOOT INDIANS NOT HIM , HE HELPING US." JACK TAKES OUT HIS SHARPS 50 CALIBER AND TAKES AIM ON THE CHIEF  FIRES AND SEE THE CHIEF FALL OFF BACK HIS HORSE.  STICK HIS RIFLE IN HOLSTER AND RIDE OFF TO CATCH LIZZIE.

WITH THE CHIEF DEAD THE INDIAN BREAK OFF THE ATTACK.

SERGEANT OF RED LEGS:  SIR I MUST PROTEST YOU STRIKE MY MEN.

CAPTAIN:   YOUR MEN NEED TO FOLLOW ORDERS.   I GOT THE RIGHT TO DISPEND ANY MEN OUT LINE IN TIME OF BATTLE SIR.

SERGEANT OF RED LEGS HAND MOVE TO HIS SIDE ARM STOPPED WHEN HE HEAR A CLICK ,CLICK.   BILL HAS HIS RIFLE TRAIN ON HIM AND HAMMER BACK,

CAPTAIN:   DO YOU WANT TO GO ANY FARTHER SIR?

SERGEANT MOVE HIS HAND IN FRONT OF HIM.

CAPTAIN:   YOU GOT 5 MEN DOWN.  TAKE CARE OF YOUR MEN SERGEANT AND DO NOT EVER QUESTION MY MOVES AGAIN.   SERGEANT GOES OFF TO HIS MEN.

CAPTAIN:   THANKS BILL FOR YOUR BACKING.

BILL:   I THINK YOU ME AND JACK JOHNSON ON SAME SIDE, NOT SURE ABOUT THEM.

CAPTAIN JACK WAS IN FIGHT FOR 10 MINUTES TOOK OUT CLOSE TO 20 AND THE CHIEF. DAM I WISH I HAD TEN LIKE HIM WHIP THE HOLD DAM BUNCH.

SERGEANT RED LEGS REPORT BACK:  SIR WE GOT 4 WOUNDED AND ONE KILL SIR.

CAPTAIN:    BURY THE ONE GIVE THE BEST ATTENTION TO THE WOUNDED SARGEANT. SERGEANT SALUTES HIM AND CAPTAIN RETURN IT.

CAPTAIN:    WE STAY HERE TODAY ATTEND TO WOUNDED AND BURY THE DEAD,.

BILL SMILES:   WE NOT CHASE JACK JOHNSON.

CAPTAIN:   NO I THINK HIM AND WOMAN WAS HIT BY THE CORPORAL BEFORE I STOP HIM.   WE OWE HIM THAT.

JACK AND Sam  CAUGHT UP TO LIZZIE.   HE PULL HER UP TO A STOP  AND PULLS HER OFF HORSE. CUT OPEN THE BUCKSKIN SHIRT SLEEVE TO SEE THAT THE BULLET TORE THRU MEAT IN BICEP.   HE PUT A TOURNIQUET ON ARM ABOVE THE WOUND.   HE PULL OFF HIS BOOT.   HE ONLY HAS 4 TOES.

LIZZIE:   THEY SHOT YOUR LITTLE TOE OFF.

JACK [GRINNING]:   JUST CALL ME 4 TOES NOW ON.

JACK GOT OUT BOTTLE WHISKEY TOOK A SHOT POUR SOME ON HIS FOOT AND LET OUT YAP.

LIZZIE:   I BET THAT HURTS AND GIGGLES

JACK:   NOT AS MUCH I GOT DO TO YOU TO FIX YOU ARM.

HE GAVE LIZZIE A GOOD SHOT OF WHISKEY.

LIZZIE:   I DO NOT DRINK.   PHUW.

JACK:   DRINK MORE LIZZIE HELP WITH PAIN.

LIZZIE TAKE  ANOTHER SHOT THEN A THIRD SHOT.

LIZZIE:   WAHOO IT TAKES BREATH AWAY.   TAKES FORTH SHOT.

JACK:   THAT ENOUGH NOW LIZZIE.

JACK PICK UP LIZZIE AND PUT HER BACK ON HER HORSE.   PUT ON HIS BOOT WITH TOE SHOT OUT AND LIMP TO Sam  AND MOUNTS.   GRAB REINS AND RIDE OFF LEADING LIZZIE'S HORSE.

LIZZIE:   I CAN RIDE MY HORSE.

JACK:   WHEN THAT WHISKEY HIT YOU I WANT YOU JUST HANG ON.

JACK AND LIZZIE RODE ON TEN MINUTES.   JACK STOP AND RODE UP TO LIZZIE LOOSEN TOURNIQUET LET THE BLOOD FLOW SOME THEN CLAMP IT DOWN.  LIZZIE 'S HEAD SPINNING FROM WHISKEY AS THEY RODE ON.

LIZZIE:   JACK?

JACK:   WHAT LIZZIE?

LIZZIE:   THAT GRAY STUD YOU GOT MAKING EYES AT MY MARE [HICK] I THINK HE GOT SOMETHING IN MIND FOR HER.

JACK:   YOU THINK SO LIZZIE?

LIZZIE:  YOU EVER LOOK AT ME THAT WAY?

JACK:   ONLY WHEN YOU NOT LOOKING LIZZIE.... SOME THING ABOUT A WOMAN IN TIGHT LEATHER PANTS AND BUCK SKIN PULL OVER  FULL OF BREASTS THAT GETS MY BLOOD BOILING.

LIZZIE:   NOW YOU GOT ME DRUNK [HICK] YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME.

JACK:   NO LIZZIE,WHEN I COME CALLING I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT YOU DOING AND TO WHOM. TIME TO CHECK THAT ARM AGAIN .

JACK RIDE BACK AND RELEASE THE TOURNIQUET AND LET BLOOD FLOW SOME THEN TIGHTEN IT BACK DOWN.  LIZZIE LEARN OVER AND KISS HIM ON THE CHEEK.   JACK TURN HIS FACE AND THEY KISS..... IT WAS A HUNGRY KISS AS THEY BROKE.

JACK:   I HOPE YOU FEEL THAT WAY AFTER I FIX YOUR ARM AND YOU SOBER UP.

GRAY RIDER JACK AND LIZZIE BECOME PARTNERS