The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1866-10-27
WHOLE NO. ia.

furnished us with good and comfortable
quarters. To these gentlemen we owe
an extreme debt of gratitude, for had it
not been for them we would probably
have suffered, for instead of being re-
ceived kindly by the commander, he
treated US with the utmost contempt.
When we first met him he was beastly
drunk, and the citizens told us that he
had been in that condition for weeks.
There is one thing certain, that he did
not draw sober breath during the few
days that we remained there. / will
state few OF his official acts, in order
that the public may know what kind Of
man our government has sent to the
Big Horn country for the protection of
its citizens, among the worst savages Of
America. After our fight with the In
dians, we had to bring along the wound
ed soldier with us, who, when within
twenty-five miles of the fort, had be-
come SO exhausted from the loss of blood i
that he could hardly sit on his horse
The sergeant took FIVE of his men and
started on ahead for the fort, for the pur-
pose of bringing back an ambulance
for the wounded man. They arrived at
the fort near night, and Immediately
asked Col. Kenney for an ambulance for
the purpose above stated, which he re-
fused them, although there were plenty
of them to be had at the fort. With
great deal of effort and trouble the man
was brought through; he had to be held
on his horse the last fifteen miles. A
week or two before, two men were at
tackled and killed by Indians, in sight
and within two miles of the fort, who
would probably have been saved if the
commander had been humane enough to
have sent them aid. Their bodies lay
where they were killed three days, with
the chances of being eaten up by wolves,
before they were sent for. state these
two cases in order to show the inhu-
manity of the commander. just before
leaving, we asked him for ten days IA
tions, which we thought would take us
to Bozeman City, distance of two hun
!, dred and twenty miles. He said that
he wanted as to stop and work for him,
and that if we could not obtain provis-
ions, we would be obliged to stay. He
went so far as to threaten to press us,
, in case we did not choose to stop with
/ him. We were told that our wages
! would be $40 per month, and we asked
, if the pay would be in treasury notes?
, he answered No, Government vouchers
l will be your pay. I have no green
) backs" After finding that he would
give us no provisions, we asked him to
sell us some. His reply was, You have
D come to the wrong market to buy grub"
v We finally managed to purchase enough
. of private individuals, and left the fort
the 9th ult., in company with six men
: who had three OK teams These teams
n we left the fourth day out, our limited
@ supplies compelling US to travel faster.
d Being then in the Crow country we con-
V sidered ourselves comparatively safe.
= The Crow Indians pretend to be friendly
s but they will steal horses whenever
=. there is chance.
v We crossed the Yellowstone at the
# Bozeman crossing the Sd inst. This
q crossing is about 165 miles this side OF
e Big Horn river With one exception,
d we were not molested by Indians after
a leaving the Big Horn, which was at our
Is last camp on tue Yellowstone. At about
If IL o'clock at night, we discovered quite
II large party skulking about, evidently
ye intent on stealing our stock. AS sooz
IS as they were discovered, they left in 8
if hurry, and were not seen afterward.
o In conclusion, will state that We
,e prospected all of the most favorable
n streams in the Big Horn mountains fo
e. d distance of about one hundred miles
nt during which time not a respectable
ID color of gold was obtained. w.
II EzzsEazznzzz'zzAz4zzEa
or GENERAL HALLECK OvERRULgD.-t
.; u; short time ago Major, General Halleck
III the redoubtahle hero sf the failure Q
le Shiloh, made so-called tour of observa
IN ton through the country from Chico t
at Portland, via Idaho Territory. He wa
81 81 accompanied by his aids, his black SCI
III wants, and his wine and liquor cases. II
y rode in covered wagon, so cleverly a
OF ranged that neither could he see any {
ne the country through which he passed
Gu nor could anybody see him. The fe'
" (who had large interests along the rout'
oo that tried to see and converse with hll
Gu Gu about important matters, received sue
VIC a rebuff at first as to warn them frol
I Iu having the presumption to address thi
W tyee military hero again. After journe
ge ing over the whole route without seeiI
oi any Indians (who, knowing OF his COZ
"o ing, purposely kept out of the way)
seq anything else which an ordinary or Sc
icy sible traveller might have seen, the gre
ing chieftain returned to California, and ga
rec it as his conviction that, instead of al
1ne troops being wanted in Idaho or 'front.'
us ms Oregon, there were too many in t
ieu country already, and, accordingly, he
I.s dered the breaking up of Fort Boise a
I'm IN nearly every other military post in tt
,mne m Territory and Eastern Oregon. Fort
eu. ! a. nately for the people, the advent of &c
II Ingalls, soon after the return of &C
Ses rss Brains" gave them an opportunity
ne ie having the matter referred to headqu
US ters at Washington, and the result "
way an order pretty fully countermandi
anu anu the sweeping order of Halleck.-Idd
"oh World.
,nb MAMMOTH APPLEs-A San Francis
the exchange notices two apples on exhi
tIv ton there of the gloria imunda speci
,;cb weighing respectively 27l and
AZ AZ ounces. They are mammoths, tru
,erv Yesterday, Bishop Hunter brought
inc our office an apple of the 20Lounce
bn3 riety. from the garden of Henry Grt
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