The Republican journal., 1876-08-10


ana laheh trees III our rear toward the east,
HfInS Noiley ana some scattering shots before
we moved out, 10 make the Indians believe we
were sun IN position. Our horses were evident
y nisloie 10 the saNaSes-a circumstance lnat
iaelhta,ea cur escape We ran fof hiie
through the forest, "aded Tongue river (the
headWatefs) up /" our waists and gained the
rocks OF the mountain ridge. where no Indian
poht cou!a loHoW Us, when we heafc tVe or
>!N scttefin@ NoiieN> Ill succession. 1t was
Inc maj IRE OF the Indians before they made
iheir chafEn al our ~Htte corral" TO get our
roi,. y,;. ,,iIo .ut Iot EN- s"iu
time in putting more rocks between rs and the
White Antclope.' We followed his advice
With n feeling of fhankfilress which only men
in such trials can ever know. How astonished
The Indians must have been when they ran in
llpon the manned horses and
ma, >,n,, ,.,,, ,>-.,,,,,
>' "i' 'i-'ui-f- 0NAhi
Nti uhueT Such circumstances us we were
ilAetd ~ we Ilau niue lauSh at thelr expense.
put we hl,i escaped one d;'hSer ohlv TO en-
counter another. RI ly lorty-ive miles OF noun
tilh' roch ana iorest lay between Us ana crook
camp. we couid not carry single partlce OF
l"od' ana had TO throw away everything super
in !u"us Us ~ Tue va! VI ciothIhs. Nltn al leasl
''V lhulhs peillu US aho uncouilteu pfecl-
Pitts ptloFe us we loun1 our rines ana loo
t"uiius oi a'hll'iilltloh Pach sullcleht loau 10
carry. ne oraNc 'fouafu. the abiesl oi scouts.
ci uii4 t"lHe" Over places that III other tilnrs
N'u!' nv .; oeeh iipossp'e m 10 Us, uh.il hiiI'-
l,-h'' nch W. iiaite't uil'tl "!i .iuihehse pic
y. i''h9 ''i '"G ,oP vi q ,iioun,aiil' anu 'rele
M'heH>V, oi.c u .iie ,losl 'ciiiple "lhu o'oiihs
tnat eau ne iillaSlhtu. Long pelore GAVIN we
WVic "Sdin summing throuSl 'iie fochs anu
'"'e>'' anu at u"si'@ht reached
TIE TREMENDOUS CANYON
emf in tho mountain Law. vhst is r,Iied tl,o o,st
crn tnrt of Tonmne rirar Ma of omr mon
were too cvhaustcJ IN make thc ,lcScont Of the
,.nvou so j;ro,,,rd led n. throuoh an n,lnn
,.,linv o,vn b,. tho river on Tho lntt h.nl, Far
t,yn miir. ~ harI ~ we conld gn far if 'dis-
covered thnrn hv me ..v.gos u,o ca,,Il o.Iv
halt and die tooather Eortuna f,vnraI,is .nI
W.. nI,o tLe riahf h,nk Of The stream moi.
served. being then about twenty five miles from
Nfe'h hra'quarters. In our 1ront were Tue
IllnS Oh me eastern Slope, sull OF nostiie IN
uldhS' Whlie our only avenue OF escape was to
Ni'Ihb over lhe tremendous pfeclpice Whlcn
formed the rl@ht SIDE OF the canyon. But the
ufuhtieSs tfouafd was equal 10 tle CRISIS. lie
S'ata maj 9i@hillc WalI ala%ohaliy' ana leu us
Hoil2 Il mere slulTfel pam lot more t'l;tn 1901
Wlae. with an abyss 900 feet below, and sheer
van 81 rock 2Vo leet hlgh ABOVE US. Alter an
huuF h"FCuieal Ion we gained tne crest and
-" me poiht Oh tiie mountain, aDoul twenty
MUGS dl>t"ht' WIitle lay our camp MS az
lliN De lhH3lht'l' NtN hilssiti VISION, but we
were
HALE DEAD WITH tAllGCE,
Gld some Of us We're almost famine stricken
l -t the indefatigable Grouard would not stop
until We reached the eastern foot hills where
we made a dive into the valley to obtain water.
car only refreshment on that hard, rugged
road. Scarcely had we Stacked our thirst when
tirulard led Us up on the hills again. and we
had barely reached the tcnber when around