New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-19

n call II. The roofs Of tho houses were
higher than the stockade and were also
loeeholed. Ali the houses were loop holed,
49, ineide, % that If the Indian got into
~ Tort they would be no better OF than IT
shey were outside, - tho occupants of the
neepes could fro on them from oil sldes.
Az the houses, - we'll - tho stockade,
49, built Of green l0gs. % that they would
nes burn, and the roofs covered with dirt.
aeavy gates for ingress end egrese, on
oepoeite sides of the fort, completed the
sssonGhold Of the little colony.
Tho rural pleasure of living ct Fort Pease
could not 1t any time have been very great,
~ from the very first day of the plating
9 tAe colony the indiana have been around
n end have amused themselves by shoot
ING ct tho inhabitsnts. The colonists had
- I'D iron tWelve-p0under, and when their
&1ns would not reach their annoying enc
miee the border men threw bolt Of iron ut
IT, Avages, and laughed to sec them rua
= the missile went Kissing and whistling
through tho air. When the savages crowded
- came closer, stones, old boots, shoes
81 pieces of wood were fred, and kegs Of
teArpenny nails were made to answer the
plnoe of grape and canister. The old iron
On did not seem to be particular about
What it was loaded with, and Was most &C.
oe0modating in hurting al sorts of pro-
jeetiles, to the evident discomfort and an
1oyance of the enemy.
How the Indians came to allow the col.
oeists to establish Fort Pesse and the COL
eay il explained by the fact that they were
ovay ct tho time the fort was bnilt, and it
M some time before Sitting Bull heard of
il Then he came over in great wrath
and ordered the fort to be pulled down.
but the colonists threw bolt of iron ct his
hsad from the cid twelve-pounder, and he
retired to think about it. Since that day
Port Pease has been the grief of Sitting
Bull's heart, and he could not even get
eaooo enough to get good look 1t 1t Tor
that Internal old gun which threw cord.
wood, stones, spikes, boots. shoes, nails and
everything at him.
expected that the Northern Poetic railroad
would be built to that point, and form .
connection with the head of navigation on
the Yellowstone. St. Louis had also agreed
to run heavier steamers to tho mouth OF the
Yellowstone aud connect with tho Fort
Pease line. Wood was being cut and rank
cd on tho bank of the river tor the use Of
tho steamers, when the Indiane appeared,
shot ono man and drove tho others to tho
The forty men of Fort Peaee have, per-
haps, had % rough IN experience - ever
feil TO the lot Of any settlers OF . now
country. Almost constantly since June
last they have been in . state OF war. At
times they were entirely shut up; but CO.
caaionally rsllying, they would sally out
aad attempt to drive of their assailsnts.
In these battles they lost six killed and nine
wounded ont of their little band Of forty
souls. The names of some ct the killed are
icen Joe: the wounded were Williamson,
Hort, Taylor, Bivens, ellis, Grain and
three others. The battles Of these men
would fill volume, and for thrilling sdven-
ture would surpass even the adventures Of
The DAYS of Miles Standish.
Thu faat man from the fort 10 Mr.. Hub.
hal. Who came in ON the nineteenth, with
iettars to the commander at Fort Ellis, from
the men Of Pease, asking him to come and
get them out of the country. The garrison
divided, thirteen mon coming out with Mr..
Hubbeli and fourteen remaining. 1t waa
not known if any party could get through
tina Indian lines, but it was considered
prudent to risk only half the garrison in et-
tempting to communicate with the settle
menta and military posts. A few days be-
tore Mr.. Hubbell came out Mr.. Mccormack
started to come out and brought nine men
With him to guard . wagon. They waited
q week for . storm, and started IN the nigh'
in the midst of Q binding enowstorm. The
nine men came forty miles with McCOr
mack, when he told them to lay by until
night and then 60 back to the fort. They
started for the fort but have not been heard
from siuce, and it is believed they we're sur
rounded by Indians and all killed. Mr.
Mccormack and the man with him .gol
through to Bozeman with the wagon. lay
ing BY in the daytime and travelling q,
night.
Hubbell reports that after Mccormack
left the Indians became very bold, pushing
M quite close to the walls Of the fort and
confiuing the men entirely within thu
stockade. The ammunition for the twelve
FOUNDER had given out, and the besieged
could drive the savsges off but short dis
lance with their rifles. One man, Jesse
who cav two indiana warming ct fire ant
evidently watching the tort, was go enrsgee
that he crawled out of the fort, and creep
ing up, shot one of the Indians dead ant
wounded another, but his temerity cost hin
his life. for before he could get back int
the stockade he was headed Oft by othe
Indians, driven into some timber and Their
killed and scalped. The Indians next morn
ing called to the men in the fort and sai'
they had killed Jesse, and the body wa
lying over in the timber.