The weekly Butte record., 1867-07-27

A PERILoUs ApvENruKE-A letter from an off
at For! Phil Kearney, Dakota Territory, TO his
friend in Detroit has been published in the Detroit
Post. We extract from it the following account
of periious adventure:
ave have finally succeeded in opening commu-
nication with Fort C. F. Smith. ninety miles above
here, on the Big Horn river. Up 70 three days age
we had heard nothing from them for two months,
and were very anxious about them, but. after re
peated trial by mountaineegs and miners near here
10 90 through. we at length succeeded in sending
two messengers, Sergeant Grant. of my company,
and Sergeant Graham OF company Il. They start
cd from here on foot with Snow-shoes and took 10
the mountains, the only ordinary clothing and six
days rati0ns of hard bread and lard. Each night
they cached one days rations, and left a memGTan-
dunn of what had happened to them. They finally,
after much suffering and hunger, reached Fort
Smith with our dispatches. They stayed two DAYS
and each mounted and with two pack mules. When
they came TO the Little Horn river they saw where
a buffalo had beed killed, and moecaSin tracks
around it, and Immediately left the road f1r the
bills. When they had gone about five miles and
crossed bill they stopped, looked back, and saw
about fifteen Indians after them Their horses
were blown, and Sergeant Grant had TO shoot his.
The other two men, getting frightened, ran away
from him and left him afoot. He ran toward
clump of pines about Eve heudred yards distant.
and while SO doing he fell into hole in the snow.
and found that he had been running the edge of
preeipce ot sheer two hundred feet fIIi, and
which was through . hole that was covered with
snow. He sat down under The cliff and waited.
l. ls had Spencer carbine, lreech loading. and
eighty rounds Of ammunition, and says he felt per
fcctly safe. He heard the Indians yelling above
hsn. and soon they commenced to throw stones
down the hole which was about nine feet deep,
anl Just sheltered him. Then oae Indian Jumped
down in the hole. aunei with a Henry repeating
rifle. When he (the ludian), saw Sergeant Grant
he dropped bis gun and gave yeH, and starting
back fell over the ledge, which i narrow. In
few minutes another Indian let himself down. and
GRANT shot him, and threw his body over the bank.
The Indians STAYED near the hole till nearly dark
when thick fag came up and they went away.
He cautiously followed them keeping in their trail
for about three miles, till they again struck the
river, when lie tore up his oyerceat and made
wrappngs Of it for his feet to hide the shoe nails
and went up the river the ice. He Travelled four
days, and on tie evening OF the the fourth day he
got into the post Sergeants Graham aud Boyer
got in an hoar before him. and told us that he was
killed and that the mail was lost and al, the hOrs-
gone. Boyer had only one letter from Colonel
Kinney, commanding Fort Smith, whic, he car
ried in his pocket. They seemed very badly scared
''When Grant made his appearance, covered with
ice and with the Henry ride he had captured Ora
ham though i: was his ghost. Altogether it
one of the best things that has leen done in this
country, and we are all going To do something for
Grant, and try to get something from Washington.