Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-25


A letter from ~ efnses q fess PM
K..rpey. Dakota Territory. 70 nis "ie0o y
D.,ro;,. hss been published in the Detroit
p,,, We extract from il the following sc>
count Of periIous adventure:
eve have finally succeeded in opening
with Fort q. +. Smith, 90
miles above here on the Big Horn river.-
Up 10 three days ego We bad heard nothing
from thom for two months, and were very
anxious about them; but after repeated
trials by mountaineers and miners near here
10 20 through, we at length succeeded in
sending two messengers, Sergeant Grant, oil
my company, and Scrgesnt Graham, OF 20.
q. They started from here on foot, With
snow shoes, and took ~ the mountains,
With only ordinary clothing and ssx days
rations Of hard bread I'd lard Each night
they cached one days rations. and left
memorandum Of what had happeued 70
them. They finally. after much suffering
and hunger. reached Fort Smith with oor
dispatches. They stayed two deyo end
were sent back with hslf>breed named
Boyer, each mountsd, and with two pack
mules. when shsv sane % The Little
=
been killed, and moccssia tsscks around Il,
and Immediately left the road and made foi
the hills When they had gone about five
miles and crossed . hill they stopped, look>
ed bach asd go sbsus hfleen indiana after
them. Thslr horses were blown, asA Ser
geans Grant bad 70 shoot his. The Other
two men getting frightened, ran away from
him and left him sfoot. lie rsn towards .
clump Of pines. about Ave hundred yards
distant, and while so doing. he fell into .
hole in the snow. and found that he had
been running on the edge Of precipics OF
sheer two hundred feet fall, and had fallen
on little ledge Of rocks. the entrance OF
which WAS through bole that was covered
with snow lie sat down under the cliff
and waited. lie had . Spencer carbine
breech Unloading, and eighty rounds Of am
munition, and says he ielt perfectly safe
iIr heard the Indians yelling above him, sn<
soon they commenced 10 ID ow = ne. dowl
the hole, which was about nine feet deep
and Just shsltessd him. Then one lndiAI
jumped down In the belle. armed with
Henry repeating rife. Wbsa be (the In
dam cav Sergeant Grant he dropped hi
gun and gave = yell, end staring bask fe
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few minutes another Indian let himss
down, and Grant shot him, and threw hi
body over the bank. This Vas about mir
o's ock . Che morning. The Indians stay
I'd near the hole ill nearly dark, whe
. thick fog o.me up aud they went swsJ
He cautiously followed them keeping !
their trail for about three miles, till the
again struck the river. when he tore up hi
overcoas and made wrappings oft for b
feet TO hide the shos nails, aud went up Ii
river on the ice. He travelled four day
lid on the evening Of the fourth day got Il
TO the post. Sergeant Graoam and Boy,
got in ap hour before him, and told ~ th'
he was killed, and that the man Was i. To-
and oil the horses gone. Boyer had onl
, one letter from Col Kinney, commandtn
Fort Smith. which he carried In his poke
Thew seemed very badly scared.
"Whcn Grant made his apps asaacs, CO,
cred with ice, end with the Henry rifle
had captured. Graham though 10 was b
ghost. Altogether il Was one Of the be.
things thss had been done in this country
and VIC are all going to do something fl
Grant, and Try and get him something froI
} Washington. liz 10 very sick In hospit
now with pluer,sy and svhsustion. result
, ing from his suffering aud exposure.