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Nothing
could
be
more
simple
.
Indeed
,
it
was
all
so
simple
that
Fix
and
Passepartout
felt
their
hearts
beating
as
if
they
would
crack
.
They
were
listening
for
the
whistle
agreed
upon
,
when
suddenly
savage
cries
resounded
in
the
air
,
accompanied
by
reports
which
certainly
did
not
issue
from
the
car
where
the
duellists
were
.
The
reports
continued
in
front
and
the
whole
length
of
the
train
.
Cries
of
terror
proceeded
from
the
interior
of
the
cars
.
Colonel
Proctor
and
Mr.
Fogg
,
revolvers
in
hand
,
hastily
quitted
their
prison
,
and
rushed
forward
where
the
noise
was
most
clamorous
.
They
then
perceived
that
the
train
was
attacked
by
a
band
of
Sioux
.
This
was
not
the
first
attempt
of
these
daring
Indians
,
for
more
than
once
they
had
waylaid
trains
on
the
road
.
A
hundred
of
them
had
,
according
to
their
habit
,
jumped
upon
the
steps
without
stopping
the
train
,
with
the
ease
of
a
clown
mounting
a
horse
at
full
gallop
.
The
Sioux
were
armed
with
guns
,
from
which
came
the
reports
,
to
which
the
passengers
,
who
were
almost
all
armed
,
responded
by
revolver-shots
.
The
Indians
had
first
mounted
the
engine
,
and
half
stunned
the
engineer
and
stoker
with
blows
from
their
muskets
.
A
Sioux
chief
,
wishing
to
stop
the
train
,
but
not
knowing
how
to
work
the
regulator
,
had
opened
wide
instead
of
closing
the
steam-valve
,
and
the
locomotive
was
plunging
forward
with
terrific
velocity
.
The
Sioux
had
at
the
same
time
invaded
the
cars
,
skipping
like
enraged
monkeys
over
the
roofs
,
thrusting
open
the
doors
,
and
fighting
hand
to
hand
with
the
passengers
.
Penetrating
the
baggage-car
,
they
pillaged
it
,
throwing
the
trunks
out
of
the
train
.
The
cries
and
shots
were
constant
.
The
travellers
defended
themselves
bravely
;
some
of
the
cars
were
barricaded
,
and
sustained
a
siege
,
like
moving
forts
,
carried
along
at
a
speed
of
a
hundred
miles
an
hour
.
Aouda
behaved
courageously
from
the
first
.
She
defended
herself
like
a
true
heroine
with
a
revolver
,
which
she
shot
through
the
broken
windows
whenever
a
savage
made
his
appearance
.
Twenty
Sioux
had
fallen
mortally
wounded
to
the
ground
,
and
the
wheels
crushed
those
who
fell
upon
the
rails
as
if
they
had
been
worms
.
Several
passengers
,
shot
or
stunned
,
lay
on
the
seats
.
It
was
necessary
to
put
an
end
to
the
struggle
,
which
had
lasted
for
ten
minutes
,
and
which
would
result
in
the
triumph
of
the
Sioux
if
the
train
was
not
stopped
.
Fort
Kearney
station
,
where
there
was
a
garrison
,
was
only
two
miles
distant
;
but
,
that
once
passed
,
the
Sioux
would
be
masters
of
the
train
between
Fort
Kearney
and
the
station
beyond
.
The
conductor
was
fighting
beside
Mr.
Fogg
,
when
he
was
shot
and
fell
.
At
the
same
moment
he
cried
,
"
Unless
the
train
is
stopped
in
five
minutes
,
we
are
lost
!
"
