American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-23

a bullet through Burgesser's leg and
one through my hip. Seeing the attack
upon us, the Metz party turned about
their teams and endeavored to escape
up the canyon. Grasping my rifle,
jumped from the wagon, and using it as
a breastwork, returned their fire with
interest, knocking two of the cowar1ly
scoundrels off their pins, ard keeping
the dust in cloud around them, where
most of my hurriedly sighted shots
struck. AS | began to fire, Ora
ham started to run, and was shot
through the stomach. He fell. After
several volleys, sending a shower of
bullets over our heads and into the wag-
on, but doing no further damage, the
Indians disappeared behind Il neighbor-
ing hill, and thinking they were run
ming after their ponies to cut us off, we
mounted the wagon and again started
to run the gauntlet. We had gained
only few rods, however, before the
red fiends as suddenly appeared on an
adjoining ridge, and gave us another
unexpected volley, plugging me
through the left arm into the breast,
through the fleshy part of the calf of my
right leg, and again through my Shout
der. For moment it seemed as thoGgf,
1 was perfectly
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS,
but 1 leaped to the ground just as an
other volley came, one of the bullets
striking Burgesser in the thigh, knock
ing him into the wagon-box. Keeping
close to the front wheel furthest from
the Indians, drove and ran alongside
the wagon for half mile down the
canyon, when in crossing small stream
the axle broke, and the wagon was left
in the mud. There we were, all severe
ly wounded, the Indians close upon us,
and we unable to move. There was no
time for thought, and though rapidly
losing courage and strength from many
wounds, 1 quickly unhitched the two
lead mules, managed to get Burgesser
on one, and while Gresham, who did
not then appear to be severely wound
ed, ran on down the canyon, 1 mount
ed the other and sent them forward as
fast as possible. After riding about a
mile and half we met party of six en-
route to Custer, and they took US to the
Cheyenne River stage station, where
Burgesser and Grasnam died on the fol-
lowing morning.
!, ssThe mutilated bodies of Metz and
his wife and Simpson and the negro
woman were found the next day. Metz
and Simpson had evidently been shot
out of the wagon Mrs. Metz and the
negro woman must have jumped from
the wagon, tried to escape, and been
overtaken and murdered some distance
from where the bodies of the men were
found lying. The bodies were brought
into camp, and all buried side by. side,
and on the evening of the 18th of April
1 found myself the sole survivor of this
Inflated party.
"After lying, more dead than alive,
for eight weeks at Cheyenne River
continued the scout, ga few soldiers of
Capt. Eagan's company took me to
Fort Laramie hospital. Four months
afterward 1 was sufficiently recovered
to return to my home in Colorado; but
two years have passed and the wound
in my hips is not fully healed. I'm
back again in the Hills" he concluded,
with much emphasis, and though lit
tie the worse for wear, am ready at any
moment to mount the saddle, throw the
cartridges into my pet rifle here, and
give the red devils another chance to
get the scalp of California Bill"