The New York herald., 1876-07-29

wondered how n man felt when ne saw inevitaoio,
idea OF escape, and could not have suffered more
II Indian knife bullet had pierced my heart.
Death "s IN "n the midst ~ Is Of excitement cite !.
quite another thing 10 meet him IN Amos.
cold blood with the prospect OF your disnonor:o
being hrst mutilated and then lett 70
feed the fox and the vuitare. After man once sees
the skull and crossboncs our party saw II on tho AZ
mortality possibly impress him in the same man.
ncr. We'll, the eternal shadows were fast closing
around us tho bullets were hitting nearer every
moment and
was growing stronger and erccr, when hand was laid
on my shoulder. and soldier named RUFUS, my noigh-
bor the sk:rmlsh line. said "fhe rest retiring
Lieutenant sbiey tells us TO do the same" quietly
withdrew from the friendly pine tree which had kept
at least dozen bullets from making havoc OF my body.
GO TO your saddle bags aud take all your nmmun-
ton, sald sbley AS passed him. I'VE are going tc
abandon the horses. Ihe Indians all around Us,
and We must take TO tho rocks on foot It's
OUR ONLY CHANCE" "
did as directed but iclt pang at leaving my noole
beast, which was bleeding from. wound IN the side.
We dared not shoot horses for that would discover
proceeding. With celebrity which was only possible
to men struggling for lie, and to escape dreadful
fate party obeycd their orders and IN Indian die,
retired through the wood and allen trees rear
toward the east, firing volcy and somc scattering
shots before we moved out, TO make tho Indians be-
licvc still in position. Our horses ev.
deny visible to the savages-a circumstance that
facilitated escape. We ran for mile through the
forest waded Tongue River t,he hoadwaicrs up TO our
waists aud gained tho rocks of the mounain ridge, where
Indian pony could follow when we heard nvc or
SIX scattering vollcys in succession 1t the nnn
lire OF Indians before they made their charge
slate corral" 10 get our scaps. "We are safe for
the present" said Grouard, with grim smile, but
let lose no time ia putting moro rocks between US
and the Whto Antelope" We followed his advice
with feeling OF tn hinkiuness which only men In such
trials can know. How astonIshed the Indians
must have been when they ran in upon the manned
horst and
DID GIT scALpl
Even under such circumstances M we were placed 10
We had little laugh AZ Their expense. But We had
escaped one danger only To encounter another Fully
oryhve miles OF mountain, rock ana forest lay be-
and Crooks camp We could not carry
siugie particle OF food, and had to throw away
every hing superigous IN the OF clothing With al
least 400 ndiaps behind us uncounted prccIpicci
before found rifles and lU0 rounds OF ainmu.
milton each sufficient load carry. The brave
Grounrd the abcst Of scouts, conducted retreat,
and marched. climbed ana tumDlcd over places
that AZ other times would hnve been Impossible TO u.s.
until midnight Then we halted under nn immense
pile OF rocks on tho top OF mountain, and there wit
messed one o the most terrible wind storms that can be
imagined. Long before dawn W. wero again stum-
bling through the rocks and forest, ana at daylight
reached
TREMENDOUS CANYON
cut IN the mountain by what is called tho eastern FORK
Tongue River. Most exhausted
to make the descent of the canyon Grouard led US
through open valley down Ivy the river, on the LETT
bank Tor two miles as hard as We could TO- Tor II DIS
covered there by the savascs We could only halt and
die together. Fortune favored us, and we made Tho
right bank OF the stream uhobservcd being then about
twenty five miles from Crooks headquarters In our
'front.' were the plans OF tho slope, full OF hos
tile Indians, while only avenue OF escape Was 10
climb over the tremendous precipicc which formed tho
right sdo OF the canyon but the dnuntless Gronard
equal the Hc scaled thai gigantic wal
diagontily and led US along mere squirrel path not
more than foot wide, with an abyss 500 feet below,
and wall OF rock 200 feet high above Aiici
hours hcrcuean toll gained the crest and saw
the point of the mountain about twenty mites dsinnt,
where lay our camp. This, as may bo imagined, was
blissiul vision, but we were
FATIGUE
and some of almost famine stricken. Yet the
ndeatlgable Grounrd would not stop until we reached
the eastern loot hills where wo made dive INTO the
valley TO obtain water, our only reircshmcnt on that
hard, rugged rOnd. Scarcely had siakcd thirst
when Grouard led us up tue hills again, and We had
barely reached the timber when, around the rocks At
the point had doubled shortly before, appeared
other strong party SIOUX THIS made us desperate.
Every man examined his rifle and looked to his anmu
nitlon We all ielt that le would bo too dearly pur.
chased by further light and following the exafuplc oi
BRAVE YOUNG sIBl.Y
and tho two gallant scouls We took up our position
among the rocks on knoll we had reached, deter.
mined TO cell our lives as dearly ms possible. FIN.
crty," said Sibey to me, Eve in hard luck; but
damn them, We II show the red scoundrcis how Whit
men can die. BOYS tturnng to tho solders we have
a good posIon let every shot dispose ol an Indian"
Al that moment not man among US ieit any In.
clination TO get away. Desperation and revenge had
usurped the place OF the animal instinct to preserve
our lives In such moments h..nd ID superior TO mat
ter and soul TO the nerves.
But spared the ordeal Tho Sioux failed te
observe us, very fortunately they did not advance
hg enough find trail, but Kept eastward the
lower brauch OF Tongue River. Thoroughly worn out
all tell asieel, excepting tho trcess scouts, ant
awokc at dark some hat refreshed Not man oi us
Sioux Sioux, could endure the nouhta Journey
longer, so We took our thirty Jaded, hunted lives n
our hands and struck along the valley, actually wad
Ing Big Goose Creek up to nrmps, at three 0'c0ck
sunday morning the water being cold as the mountain
snow could make IL Two men. sergeant Cornwcl and
Private Colns were too exhausted to cross, SO thoy
hid IN the brush until two companies OF cavalry
after thcm when reached camp. Alter crossing
Big GoJse We were nearly dozen miles from
camp Little Goose Creek anu you may judge how
badly We were used up when IL took four hours n
make miles. The rocks had skinned our iest anc
starvation had weakened our frames. only few
vigorous enough 10 push on. Al five O'Clock we saw
INDIANS,
but we took pans To conceal ourselves further
They evidently misook for a camp outguard, and
being only "a handful, kept away Al seven O'Clock w
met some cavalry out hunting and we sent into camI
Tor horses, most oi the could walk further
Captains Dc Wees and Rowelc OF tho Second cavalry
came out to us with led horses, and we reached cam.
at ten O'Clock Monday morning amid congratustion
IRON every side. The men VINO remained at Coos
Greek were brought IN some hours later. Thus, Alto
passing through incredible danger and great privaioh
every man OF our thirty, unwounded as by a miracle
found himself safe in Camp Cloud Peak, surrounded BY
sumnatc success Frank Grousrd deserves Inc highest
place among The scouts Of the American continent
The oldest OF our Indian nshters sclualng Colonel
Royal, III saying that escape from danger Sc
Imminent and appalling in manner 50 successful
UNPARALLELED
In the history Indian warfare II was fortunate foi
the party that officer possessing the GOODNESS ane
good sense OF Lieutenant sb.ey commanded IT, rasn,
confused, bul-headed leader would have disregArdet
Grouard and brought rum upon us all
We found on getting IN that General crook was up
tho mountains on another hunting expedition. mes
sengcr Tor him al once but did not npd him.
News reached our camp by the scout. Louis Richard
from Fort Fcttcrman, on Monday TO the effect that
General Cuslcr, with i've COMPANIES OF the Seventh
airy,
bKsS MAsBACRED
in indian village not lar from where Crook
countcrcd the Sioux June IL THIS led Colonel Roy
all, who feared tnat Crook might De waylaid In the
mountains by Indians, TO send four companies OF
airy To his rescue. they met the General ing bach
with some officers and packers, having killed abom
twenty c!k-a great boon to the camp we had beer
living chiefly on bacon Tor month Crook said very
little when he heard our of adventure and Cusers d
aster, but
NE A THINKING.
July l2-lestcrday afternoon Washkce, the Sho-
shone Indian ehcf, with 2l3 warriors arrived in our
camp as allies They appear 10 DO ia good nghtina
humor, but complain bitterly that the agencies con.
tinuc 10 supply the Sioux with ammunition whiie
this s permitted the Will go on, ior the sioux will
not surrender while they have shot left Spotted
Tai Is the only Sioux chcitap who has kept his entire
band ffom OIL the warpnth The old man knows that
In The long run tho game will go against his people,