Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-05-30
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o.s xho had stopped, and were dis
o' ""ntpd. There is a difference OF oplhion
w whether they saw their purs'ers or
u " Inf at any rate, they mounted and
nos, The party followed up a very
"e" I'LL and overhauled them at the sum
N s'.ep clifford and Len were in the lead, be-
.,a the best mounted. Len was WITHIN oo
'"s ,. If the hindmost Indian, when he
.nad cave a yell which caused the others
,aol. round. jumped from his horse and
Il hob,nd a stump. Len d:smounted and
.an hehind a tree and fired, We believe the
',.,+ shot. Clifford dismountrd and got be-
,.za . small tree. Morgan, McKenna and
Walls came up immediately. Morgan hav-
NO no cover. stood right i'll the trail. X he
n .1or indians dismounted and ran into
eoro Green timber, thus having the advan-
..ro being up hill. Lens Indian yelled
,ustily for help, and Len having but little
o,,,6dence in his shooting, called for
n clifford to shoot him, and just then an In
diam started for Len, and Clifford shot at
him very likely w~ounding him, as he turn
ed back. Clifford fired rapidly and was
orazed on the lip by splinters from the tree
n front of him. Len fired three snots, two
NJ Of which took effect, passing through the
hodv inst above the hips j; one lodged in
tho stump. The Indian cher turned and
N ran toward some fallen timber, when Nor
ran shot him in the back: and he fell. Nor
can then shot at an Indian who was just
v mounting his horse, and Immediately after
was struck on his knee b%yag.splinter from a
y limb. lie then thought of finding cover.
McKenna and Wells also fired.'- The In
dams, on seeing their comrade fall, immedi-
ately mounted and left. The shooting was
Il done very rapidly and only occupied a few
II moments. Here Clilford's mare lett him,
but after a hasty consultation it was decid-
ed to press on. and he took thesh6rse Of one
M of the soldiers, saying. Well give them
another rattle" They started,,'. Mckenney
being the only soldier with theims'now, the
III others having stopped at the battle ground
a tofnd Cliffords mare, and afterwards went
U to Whites.
M Clifford and the citizens followed dOwf
M
N into Avalanche near to where SOME parties
N we're mining and their lost the trail. On in
81 curing at the cabins they could hear moth
NJ Ing Of them,.s they turned back and fount
that they haastopped. On coming in sigh
Nj ofthe cabins, they were evidently SURPRISED
81 and frightened, aud retraced their course
81 about 200 yards when they turned into
very heavy second growth of pine and fall
en- timber. It was then too late and thci
horses too much worn to pursue farther, s.
they concluded to 60 and summon help an
notify the people in" Missouri valley. Lee
and Morgan went I'd Blackwell's ranch, an,
Wells and McKenney to Capt. Statford's, a
the mouth of Avalanche, and Capt. Cliffor
to Diamond.
The next mornings search proved tina
the Indians had been pursued so hard as
be forced to leave their horses, for the
We're found Within so yards of where eli
tord's party abandoned the trail, togethe
with saddles, brides, robes, blankets, prt
visions, etc.
Clifford's party, which consisting of Co
porai Abbott, prlVates Coogan. Miller an
McNenna, were Joined at s in the ~mornin
by Lieut.. Loder, Sergt.'s Mclaughlin an
Wright, private rO'Donnell, AMI z volul
feers and the hant was resumed. The II
dian tracks were discovered in a patch
Snow near the summit of a mountain ar
N s~Slllfully followed up. Over dry grour
mad broken rocks they followed them Uni
they reached a mass of volcanic stones al
stunted pines, where all trace of them w
Z lost. and 1orx rol.,atlaaatlxx NTH LAs.aa or