, 1860-02-13
Adventures OF Party OF CanadInns-"
Thirteen Killed.

Tllf6een Alue0s
The prechin Airertiser publishes q letter from
IL toInsmau who arrived ia ftc.er1a IN october
last, '.after thirteen months on the plains among
the Indians" The writer says: "F!iteen OF
lis left St, r.uls Minnesota, on the 18th OF Au-
gust 1855, for Fraser River, with Il horse each.
The first twenty days we got aiobg pfetty goGas
hut alter that our trouble commenced. Ihe
South IRdiaus came on us in the night, n'o
took cur horses and provisions, tied us hand
and foct, and commenced dancing around US
with their knises. One Of our party could un-
tler.taud little Of their language; he got them
to understand &c did not want TO harm them
that we only ?. uted to pass through thcls conn-
bat they would not listen to him. They sa.d
that some white men had killed some Of their
tribe. aud their friends were TO be reEenged on
the white men. By the time daylight began 70
appear, they got a., and loosened OUT feet aad
made us walk to where their camp WAS, ana
they nut US in wigwam and left two Indians
fhe second night came, hut it brought IN aF-
ful sight They came and took Ms cut to the
woods aud tied each Of us to tree, ana
stripped our clothes G They ted Us ,s taai ans
eamc llc ordered them to build 8 fire around the
Tree that John F1etch was tied TO, this was the
| man that could speak to them.) They burned
him to death aud killed two more. and the rest
Of us got away with our lives, after they had
1 Kent US 1D0EI luFEt NESAS. 4VG0s~'IN w 49,
about forty days, and party Of 1lackfoot lndl-
| nns came on Us, md wanted to take our horses,
but nc would not gi.c them, 50 they went OIL IN
| rage. We did not see any more OF them ior
three days, but on the fourth about forty OF
them came down on & Us. ana rsea .a ~ u.s. =, > thsr
and killed four, and then threw part Of our pro-
visions auay to tighten our horses, IS We could
trarel faster, aud trusted to our guns for meat.
THERE'S no danger of man starving On tue
plains it he has good gun and s can use it. We
Travelled for Is days, at about So miles day
md thought we had got clear Of The Biach.foo'
IuJians-but they followed us till We came to q
large riycr-aud when We were crassing i they
| fir.d at us from behind the trcea- Fhry did moi
hurt any OF us then, but the uex:d y til y attacked
us ia tllicket, and killed four Of our par'y' ans
wounded one, that vas. nyseaf-I g9tA hsl
through my thigh. There was now only six
~ ic{t who got OF from them once more, AMI
We had no more trouble Of them till VIC got +
tue Rocky Mountains. HarinE got everything
ready for crossing the mountains, We 81" som
. Il was too late, however; they had seen US, bu
they happened to be Indians coming !
- kilitheir winter provislous- They. were trIene
4 r. to us md raye us several small things The
gave US some stufffor my thigh and lit got bel
ne started into the mountains and travclc
:, four days, and then about twenty Blood ludiaf
Gang OF, ,,s and killed three of our number. N
= wounded the rest, 10 that we wera not able
0 wink. They took US to their camp and dTesss
Or our wounds. We there loarned that toe5 to<
n" Us for Indians, as we we're dressed someth'.
e. like them-for ali our clothing ind oeen We
out. Thev took care Of US, and doctored us !
rs we'll as they could, and We got better agai
When they saw We waited to 20 on they Sc
for our horses, and guided us through the mon
tuins, and then returned back. As we came
ono man died, aud. that reduced our number
out G fifteen Ms get sad an %e 'SI
.e cot into civilized country once more, tha
II: Goji l have commenced to work little,
x* much as keeps me in life until get well, .
then au1 thinking Of going TO the gold mir
On Esazer river