Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-08-01
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Z, Crow AssESsr, July p. lsssss#
The scouts, Mich ssaycr and Thomas r.
4 Forgs. sent ont eaaafaaie 2Jlh of last manll
20 bring IN the Crow lntlians. haze Just re
/ turned and report the Grows On tile way III
to be here III about 1--WE days from this time
The second day after reaching Tile Grow camp
an attack waslnasie l,Y tile Sioux, 500 strong
| and resulted in 4 fight tIlatia throuchna
the day, and ented III tlrseing the Sioux sfo
ward the Big Horn risuw III b thoroughly de
1Inoralizea eGnd: :tlolas IeftSseyeIl brave
1 Behind slain; many lloSsss cad and com.
sixty horses and mules aliFes besides saddles
| blankets. brides, sse. One Chief, The man
Papers found "a she aEstfnd sif iidic.s 3
1 Sitting Bull was in the fight Had the Siouz
| been well supplied with ammunition thez
would undoubtedly have been victorious, for
while it lasted, the balls fell like hail among
the Crows and they were driven back upon
their camp, which the squaws, during the
fray. had surrounded by ditch. answering
tor rifle pits, and opened out and coAlccted
their lodges as to completely hide everything
within. A spent ball from the Sioux struck
a Crow upon the thigh, who, upon finding
that he was not harmed, seized the idea that
fne Sioux must be short Of powder, and not
able 20 fight much longer. Acting, upon this
idea. the Crows rallied and charging upon
the Sioux, s,lrued the tide of battle against
them and they fled toward the Big Horn.
The Grows parsue,, until their ponies tired
out. The trophies above named are the re-
suit. Among the mules taken is one stolen
from, A. T. Fox last September, at the time
DR.. Frost was murdered.
A few days OF rest and recuperation and
the return is begun. but not until various
speculations are intiulged in as I'd what the
Great Father wants of his red children.
The scouts report q rough time on their
way down to the Crow camp. as nearly every
stream had to be swan and some of them
were dangerous of approach except under
cover of darkness, from the presence OF the
prowllng Sioux. Consequently after night
fall they would quit their hiding place and
make a hurried ride as best they could to the
dreaded stream that barred their course.
Then comes the finding Of a favorable point:
the swimming of the stock; the building OF
a raft and hastily strapping on the saddles,
packs, blankets, boots, guns, ammunition.
&C., then. taking the iope in their teeth, cut
loose without knowing when or where or
how to land. Possibly the frail craft, jostled
by the rolling current of a rapid, swollen
stream, may spill the few necessary treasured
fixtures and themselves, drift miles below
the point OF debarkation nearing the shore
amid drift wood and darkness, they finally
strike it where the bank is fathoms above
their heads, but on they drive, grasping at
everything that seems to promise relief. until
inaily willow. growing at the mouth of
little raYine, serves them for an anchorage
and drifting below it swings in shore. Now
hey must saddle up hurriedly and be off to
some distant place of security and Obserya-
ton; but what chagrin to behold 4 their pls-
tolls are gone; ammunition gone; blankets
md boots gone, and the ground covered
With Ileksll.Y--s peaar.:- the air abuzz
lp and got ready to move. no mat
er If bare-headed, bare-footed aud Dare-.
everything else they strike out for |
{ with the energy of despair. Fortunately, |
he stock had landed little below them,
where it was found after brief but painful |
search. Hurriedly packing the little they
lad lett, they were soon bearing away in the |
direction of Pryor's Gap; after thinking that |
he soft condition of the earth caused them
o leave heavy trail behind, which could
,nly be remeosed by making it as long as
possible before daylight. Probably that
lights ride counted fifty miles, for at early |
lawn they were upon Pryor's Mountain,
,eering down into the valley below. Ante
ope. elk, deer and buffalo were there in
all moving in one general direc-
ion, up the Yellowstone or nearly so, indi- I
ating that there was some cause for this |
movement, and that cause might be the /
JTOWS odu ucHCc tIItIE C0uISE. IIpFH I
lay was spent in watching, resting etc. mt
t nightfall they descended the mou.tain and |
ook their course down Prsor's Creek. riding
N the lope much OF the Eight. A little be-
ore dawn they took their way up little
avine leading in the direction Of Cache
wood Creek, which soon brought them to
onGe high ridges OF rock, thickly covered |
Win pine and plum; here they hid their
lorses and got themselves to a favorable
,oint, in a clump Of pines, to observe what |
vas passing or around them. Thirty min I
ties after, perhaps, two Sioux came within |
i've hundred yards of them and took a SINH I
ar position. Believing the Crow Camp to be |
isible in the distance, they did not remain +
ong after daylight near these Sioux lookouts, T
ut stole away, hastily as possible, after get |
ing under cover of a tayoring clllmp of |
lines. Indians to the number of fifteen or
wenty were soon discovered, riding in early /
he same direction as thems elyes, whom they /
ook to be Nez Perces, and rightfully too, for |
hey soon came dashing upon the scouts to I
iscover who they were. The question was /
oon settled that large numbers of Sioux I
we're close at hand, so joining the Nez Per-
es, they all made good their way to the
rows, who seeing them coming and belieY- I
lg them to be friends, came out with fresh
orses to m neet tn em.
What folloWed-the fight on the next day
lis already noted briefly.
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