Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-12-17


where he FELL with four arrow wounds in the
breast and one bullet hole in the forehead.
His body was undisturbed except that his poe
kets were rided and every thing taken except
fine gold watch, which the Indians probably
overlooked, as it was in the fob pocket of his
pantaloons.
His faithful dog was laying by his side,
and could hardly be forced from him.
They buried him by the roadside. The
three men with the head wagon took
three mules, and hiding in the brush,
and skulking around, finally got into
camp. These three mules were all that
was saved. The Indians were undoubted-
iy,headed by a white man. The Campbell
that escaped will probably be remember
ed by many of the old residents OF Min
eral Point, as he formerly lived there and
is acquainted with many of them-his
name is Uncle John Campbell.
Thursday, July I've started at 8,
and after driving three honrs discovered
a band of Indians in the road some dis
lance ahead of us and coming towards US
on regular Indian lope. We could not
tell how many of them there was, but
Immediately correlled our teams, and pre-
pared to meet them in any way they want
ed. We placed our horses inside the
correll and every man that was able took
his fire arms and stationed himself in
front of the wagons and facing the Ind
ans. We were about forty in number.
and had couple of old mountaineers
with us, who flattered and praised us
good deal for our promptitude in facing
danger, and keeping so cool They said
they had seen great many Indian fuses,
but had never seen a company Of men
that they would sooner trust in an Indian
fight than ours. They declared we could
whip five hundred Indians, and told the
men behind us when they came up, that
If they would keep as cool as the Wiscon-
sin boys, they could whip the whole snake
nation. The Indians came galloping up,
and wanted to come into our camp, but
when about one hundred yards from us,
we commanded them to halt, and sent
four men out to meet them. Only seven
teen of the red skins came up although
there were at least one hundred and fifty
not far off. Some said tl.ey wanted to
trade with the wagons, others said they
were going to Salt Lake to trade with the
Mormons. They protested to be friendly
nd +ba,. l.,l
refusing to let them come in and trade.
The Chief said he had never been treat
ed so by the whites before. They were
very uneasy In our presence, and indeed
| they had need to be, for our boys want
ed to fire terribly, and had the command
| been given do not think one out of the
seventeen would have ever returned to his
wigwam Had we been sure they were
| connected with the party that killed Camp
| bell, there would have been war, whether
! they wanted it or not. The other teams
came up and we drove about FIVE miles and
camped The Indian encampment was
| about two miles from u.s. but they troubl-
ed us not with their ugly presence We
posted a strong guard to night, and went
to bed and slept sound and quiet We
have tip top grass tonight, Sprague is
all right again. Mu. rsh has got well
Friday, July 18-TraveIled down the
old valley little ways and then struck
into long narrow Canyan. in most of
which the road was good The red skins
followed US little ways, and wanted to
trade, but we stopped them. They accuse
| the Cheyennis and kyutes of numbering
| Campbell, but we do not credit it, We
passed several Salt springs to-day We
camped in very good place where the
Canyan widened out after climbing small
| hill-Grass plentiful Drove eighteen
miles Several little showers have graced
US with their refreshing presence
Saturday, JuH 19-Road this after
| good One of the hind train wagons broke
an axltree and came into camp riding on
a rail, or rather pc e, as rails are scarce
in these parts. A very heavy hail storm
passed just South of US at noon and we
have had several small rain and hail storms
during the day In the afternoon we
passed large pond. The road past it
was marshy and several of the wagons got
"stuck in the mud" Saw an Indian camp
on the other side Of the pond 1t was
seven o'clock before we found good wat
er. and then only small spring half
mile from the road The heavens are
black tonight and every little while send
us a small sprinkling OF water-expect to
get more before morning. Drove about
twenty miles
Sunday, Juy 20.-As ! expected, it gave
us a wettine last night The flashes and
roar of Natures artillery were terrific
The morning was cloudy and threatening,
and at noon it pitche in-cold and bitter
like Novembers chilly sleets in Wiscon
sin RoaG soft Scenery very nice and
soil fer lie We have had poor weather
for two days Crossed several deep streams.
Drove eighteen miles, Sanford has re-
covered
To BE CONTINUED.