The Red Cloud chief., 1878-11-01
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summer Il i~sl ~hNs ~ utninf 90 .
time Al lor hyhtor. tvssnc scAaAint
81 villa The Vcr,ish!t Jhaflir Carsnn.
sril Iausu mos uunatsin myn a. =
Hrphu- ol kRtar.,n Ant a mAn surth,
the NAME hs t-rrr .sA guiet. bys,r,
at lhtrl.tgvn, guide familiar Nth tho
mountains and pisire aud sRosn sad
respected Nv the Indian. q, = iofnii
ahir neh,ct The hatr~, II Tho hln,-is
and North i'ivgsn bands IL tho Msst.
irci tosard him ss ihlcnSr snh they
had aus To- tear him a. sell
In the earl, part II lS"S , pi"nc~r ~
the nufih~r.t name, hurs~,s 9th HI.
party. attempted to build a ttsi,ug p,,,,
al The mouth ~ the Ms,tss, is~lVe
mile, l-,lcw fur, bcut"u " ~. ,ltu.
Nt..i upA ,orrttor, clat.aei h, tn.
North ficSans Who scru then lucs,.d
lar ~ the north, on Nc,l, river Ihcs
determined ~ v,tcTmihs,r s-.s
party lie went ssross the Teton 9th
two teams and tso mon Tot ,tm,'-r TN
their rc,uru seventy b,o mounted In.
dians >d- a rush. surrounded them In
the pra'ri-, aud. after y desperate re-
sis,snc-, resulting In n severe las. la
the Indians, slaughtered them TAI tho
lsst mas
Carson "a. then al frt b"n,nn,
Shurtl, afi.rsa ri Que III tn. band shn
destroyed the hurgc.. part, came into
the fort In the gu,,r ~ = irirnily south
fcgAn. who wUrv then rrsiaing At the
fort. Carson found this out and shot
him Head ~ hr attempted la s"sp. b,
swimming the Missouri
soon ni,rrs ard. In the Tall 81 i~-i.
horse. were stolen from the range near
the fort, hy a party of the same band
Carson. with ,ao men. took their trail
aud came upon them In their csmp n,
nigh, In the BAD Land. un the waters II
Eagle creek. neat the base 81 hear.
Paw mountains Their camp was
among the da srf ccdar,. we'll covered
The Indian. were attacked nj close
ppartcrs. four out ~ i've Killed aud the
horses recovered without loss Ia Car
sons. The Indians obtained their hnal
r"vcng. on Carson by strategy.
u" IA. stopping the following winter
oi l.6j u with Paul Ncfmet, who then
had n private trading post where the
road from Benton la Helena crosse. the
Dearborn river II was on the ives,
bank. Behind l, was an open bottom.
With scattering pines. behind this u
blufi, up which ran n narrow trail Ons
evening Ncrmet saw Carson's horses,
which had been grazing Ia the bottom,
slowly ascending this trail. the for.
most horse %sta,ionar, and barely visible
over the hill, They would not b" safr
from Indians beyond the hill. out al
sight, and Carson, suspccting danger
from the position and movements II tn.
horses. followed by Verm",. started.
rifle in hand. up.,bs trail. Ia pursuit
! lie was looking over the crest ~ the
hill TOR indians. There Wa n Pile 81
crumblipg granite on the trail between
/, Hln anu tHf suihNUl', N'Nf'"iN lAfGs
! enough Ia hide n man. lie saw has fore
: most horse stationary over the hill apt
, came opposite the Pile II granite. H.
! saw an Indian lying behind II, but t1
: late. While raising hi, rifle Ia fir, b.
, was .hot through the brca., They Ia,
docoyed him INTO n tran, Ia falling. b'
! called Ia Nermct Ia say. himself The,
were the las, words h. uttered Vrrm.
y fled Ia the post and closed the doors
= and vas released several days after
|, ward by a party 81 whites. IL the mean
: time Carson's body had remained un
buried. The Indians respected IL. AM
took nothing .scep, hi, rife. rrvol,e
and hat. The party who relieved Yer
u met buried III" body near where II fell
, II rest. there among the pine. overlook
, ing the beautiful In, lonely valley u
the Dcarbo. n.
U These facts are familiar To the write
and mountain men 81 that dag. Tn
thief Of WinpcmuccA simply assume
y the name and identity II y rc-pec,abl
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