, 1874-07-28

lad hnon wnshod5 ont and ,. l.rgp =. masnes
Of Which had becomo dotaoled and rolled
parkway down tito face. This distanco,
n,a The :, rfyne Sn 5on from Tho On one .S
village, was from !. 200 10 l,e0o yards; aud, from
lago, or to the aandAtone blur referred to abovo,
twice ~ far. IN The uncertain light OF carly
day, could not clearly dIatib9uish tle character
Of this height, bus saw 1t was an ~, -,
I:%,: = IMPORTANT roINTt i +. =:
and would have occupied 1t with some Of my
mon had The sloahduaeA allowed tne to do 10 !;
but their hossls wore torriao, and saw that the
coald got into 1t II / attempted to gain. tic
heighta on that aldo before making tho attack,
and!I determined to change, 1t At once. Telling
tbe sshoshoncs-.who, supposed. wonld fight
iqeing enetny-to move down the rnvno aud
indians. OF, from, tho heights on. tho lett:
I rnovcd my company forward and dlsInounted
on Che boight, about 500 yards ln roar Of tho VII
lingo, and wont tintoit at oneo.~' as b few Of my
men werc back with THO picks, and ono had beon
with -" horse that had given out, II bad,
aftar leaving men with my led lorsos, but 80 to
take tho viflage with. Tho village by this time
wan arousea, md noma Of tho indlaus were cut
Ting looHo their ponies, and others prepatlng to.
1t; was divided. nearly Though the centro by
gully wa8hel ont of the centro Of tho rayiuc,
wAibti was about Is feet wide md 10 or II acop.
III thlsia great number Of indians had placed
themselves, and frum 1t they oponota sharp fire
oil us as NO approached, but fortunately without
IVA qulol:ly drove them down through this
gully, where they wero crowded; 80 closely to-
gether near the lower end that we had a splendid
c1auco at them, aud counted afterwards -,
SEVENTEEN DEAD ALhoRT IN ONE FILE. " T.,
In about twenty minutes, or hall, al hour at
farthcst there was not an indian in tho villago
excepting tho doa1, and numbers OF children who
wore left te tho lodges. So far I had ueen moth,
dlahs who had escaped us hsd rcAuhed the rocks
,nbovo, from where they op0ned a very telling
fro on Us, killing two mon md wonndinE three,
ID worry few tniuutes. In closriugs ont thu vii
np tho ravino. but some iad gone OUT at The
lowor end With the Iudiaub, and ono consider
able hord had been driyau up tho ateop htufa
just above the rocks, who're aaw. thom during
hehght, aud, hearing ariug there, supposed they
nothing further to do In the village, I Withdrew
my men. who had exhausted nearly all tho a11,-
munftlon they Ind on their porsons, sont for the
horses, and went back OIL the heights TO SEQ
what was tho condition Of affairs. just % I
wounded, loarned that Lient Young was on
the opposite Hide, where he Ind been wounded,
and was In danger Of falling into tho banda Of
tho onomy !. and irpmodiatoly started across, but
luut 1uuHR III ku0 EhFlGp 20 WlICH plACo III uHQ
been assisted BY oisizon named cosgro.e. who.
with Two or throa othera," had gone along on
their own responsibility, and 10 whom hAve no
doubt Mt. Young owes hiB hfe... Loaving Lent.
Young with tho ynrgeon,, I continued on1 up tho
rocky point, the possession -of which
would 'havo loft Ms in undisturbed possea-
sion OF the village; but, ,unoo gaining tho
top OF tho bluffs. whoro Washakie and o few
6hoshonGes wero firing at about 900 yards, rhuge.
Ian had H.
possession OF the Indians, and that thoy had
probably ;'~ ~' : &.
aAyEn MALT OF THEIR STOCK. !.
Tho rocks OH tho point wnre 30, worked out as
to afford 4 perfect shelter to the lndianB there
from every side. anti, to take II, I muat nccoe-
sarily move over from 800 to 400 yards OF ground,
exposed to fro had already, found very Of
fectivo. The Indiana had at tlis tin1o signal
smoke going up from the point, which con.
eludcd wss 1or ata from; some nsighbori,eg vi..
ulo about 10 men killed md wopnded, aud ro-
quire moro thnn half Of my romaiuing ammunition.
Uudar tho oircumHtaucae, therefore, felt obliged
to withdraw without destroying the village OF
could have gained BY taxing the rocky point,
although VIC would baya killed few mora In
'uiuns, who, with the squaws. Hero coucealod in
the rocks. As the Shoahonees would NOT fight
.(many wore already LOWING for homo With Che
ponies nc bad driven out o1 tho vilsasa);. ~
had wounded men 70 get on horseback
through a country In which, for 70 miles, 20
1oHoluto men could hayo held an army In check
with very nmnll supply OF ammunition, folt
TINT the indians who had escapod, II they 1o-
cult task for mo to get my command back again,
and that could not afford TO lose another 1nau
or round Of ammunition; consequently, =
I WITHDREW Mt COMMAND !
about 8 o'clock, and started on MY rcturn march
without going into tho village to doatroy 1t,
which could mt do, without first taking the