Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-14


not keeping a very good lookout,
the first intimation he had Of
Indians was that he heard them
yell, and he looked and saw that
he was surrounded by seven Indians
on horseback. He instantly seized
his gun and dropped fiat to the
ground. By this time the Indians
were within one hundred yards Of
him, and were firing rapidly. He
returned the fire and killed one In
dian the first shot. The other
Indians Immediately put their
ponies close together, and put the
dead Indian on them, and went off
as fast as they could go. In the
meantime Nathan put in another
shot, and the second Indian came
to grief, and two more Indians car
ried him off the field. This only
left three Indians to cope with Ma
than, whose companions, being
awakened by the firing, were now
coming rapidly to his assistance,
seeing which, the remaining In
dians skinned out, leaving Nathan
master of the situation. Ma
than's next adventure was on
Monday last near Centennial
City. He was out limiting, and
had killed a deer, and had skinned
it, and was sitting down in the
bushes cutting up his venison,
when he espied an Indian creeping
through the brush. He waited
until the Indian came close enough,
when he fired both barrels Of his
shotgun; the Indian fell. Nathan.
concluding prudence the better
part of valor, thought he would
not prosecute war any further until
he got reinforcements, expecting
as he did, more Indians near by
SO he proceeded to Centennial City
and got some ten or fifteen men
and returned to the scene of action
The Indian that Nathan shot wa
not killed, but had both legs an(
his arm broken, besides having
three buckshot in his bowels. The
Indian, in this condition, had tieC
his feet together so that he coulC
rest his rifle between his toes. Fl,
then broke up sticks of green buSl
and grass, and stuck them al
around himself, SO as to be com
pletely concealed from any on,
coming in ten feet Of him. Ma
than and his party approached tn
spot where the Indian fell, very eau
tiously, but did not discover tn
Indian until the whole party ha
passed where he lay. One of tn
party, Len Mason, coming in direc
range of the Indians gun, the In
+ dian fired, killing Mason instantly
The Indian attempted to rails
himself and put another load j
his gun, but he was now seen b
; the whole party, and every ma
! promptly emptied his gun into th
= PROSTATE form of the redskin.
! The Sioux are getting very SHARP
they now dress themselveslike whit
, men, in white shirts, and white hat
and long-tail busters, and rid
lesurely along the road to som
! mining camp. No person at fift
yards would ever suppose he saw a
Indian as he looked at the ordinar,
z looking individual riding along th
: yell-beaten path in broad dayligh
and no suspicion of anything wron
would occur to the honest mine
+. until he finds one of his companion
a shot and scalped within a hundre
/, yards of his own tent. The India
: excitement here is varied by a
7 occasional homicide among I'll
! whites. Las night Sam Youu
. shot and killed "Montana Dam
. whisky saloon. / did not get til
+ particulars, Whisky, | suppos
i Such occurrences are TOO commo
; here to'excite much comment.
. The water in the gulches is run
: ming low, which causes some d
preston in business, but most
: the claims that have sufioiel
. water are running full sets of hand
: and are doing well. More anon.
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