The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-08-01
The Chronicles Of the Yellowstone.
An Description Of the Country; its Indians the Early
Settlers Their Struggles with the Aborigines. and
s5 ~ Interesting "reminiscences Gathered from
!; Il Il T. sd 4 The Early Pioneers.
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mick's horse was hit in the hip ny Dull
let from this volley, and became un.nan-
ageabls, and bucked and jumped right
among the Indians, who were continual
ly shooting 1t it's rider. Edwards horse
followed its companion, and while trying
to control their horses both of the riders
dropped their rifles. As the horses To-
came steadied and started to run for the
stockade, all Of the Indians appeared to
be shooting at Edwards, who fell when
about two hundred yards from his as
sailants, pierced by seven bullets; his
horse was untouched and ran to the
camp. McCormick's horse took his rider
to the stockade and then laid down and
died.
The watchers at the stockade saw Ed
wards raise his arm and shoot his pistol
at an Indian that came up to scalp him,
and the Indian fell.
Those ct the post rolled out the Big
Horn gun and sent few shells after the
Indians, who went back to the hills. A
party of ten now went out afoot and
brought in the body Of Edwards, and he
was buried that evening without cere-
mony or form, just outside and near the
corner Of the stockade. Though naught
wss said, yet each man felt in his heart
the loss Of . good comrade and an honest
man.
The night after this, Black Carter took
the two remaining horses and started for
Bosehhan for supplies. He Travelled only
nights, and went through without ad-
venture. W.
Work on the bastions and buildings
was going ON all Of this time. More
caution was taken after Edwards death
than before; to every chopper there was
guard on watch, and the river was pa
trolled steadily while the logs were
being run.
About ten days after the leaving of
Carter, Bill Brockawsy started with his
gun and axe to go to the timber; when
three hundred yards away from the
stockade, he was fired on by about ten
Indians, who were concealed by towil-
low brush he returned their fire and
one dropped. He retrtated towards the
post, but in q moment was met by seven
others from there, and all went to where
the Indian had fell, to, if possible, get
his scalp; when they were within two
hundred yards of the brrsh another vol
ley came, and Taylor Blevins fe'. HIS
comrades lad down and free rapidly at
that part of the willows from which the
vollsy had come, and the Indisns re-
treated.
Blevins was taken IN and his wound
examined; the bullet had gone n on the
left side, near his heart, and had come
out ON the opposite side of his body. All
thought that his heart wss pierced, and
wondered at his living 80 long. He re-
fused to eat and was sinking fast when,
one Of his muses. found in moving hila,
that the ball Lad gone around his body
under the skin, and had come out with
out damaging him at all. Upon beiLs
assured of this, the patient jumped Up,
and has been a firm believer ever since,
in the power of the imagination to kill. if
not to cure.
Carters mission to the settlements wss
successful, and boat was built at Boze'
man, which was named the "Rescue; )" it
and = good stock ofprovisions were haul
ed to Benson's Landing. There were
three other small, boats built at this
place, and in the latter part Of July the
feet of four boats containing twelve men.
srarted down. The "Eescue" was swan
ed twice on the trip and most OF its cargo
| was lost; the small boats took their loads
through all right. At near the mouth Of
Clayke's Fork. the party found the halt
barrel of brandy, lost at the upsetting q
Peck's boat, when the first party went
down.
When the feet, arrived at Fort Pease
thew were receiv ed with q salute IRON
the Big Horn grn and great rejoicing, fol
it brought the first news received from
the outside world since the starting o.
the expedition.
| All of the meat eaten at the post ha6
| to be brought in on the backs of thu
hunters, and parsies Of these were ou
nearly every day. Nearly all of thu
Sioux were on the Upper Yellowstone
and the few around Pease did not dart
TO attack . party of three or four foot
msn, 80 though Indians were seen occa
ionallv, no more fights occurred til tn
18th of August. On the morning of thi
day Jack Mckenzie, w. o. Millikan AMI
q boy named Gore, went mile and
half up the bottom and then climbed tn
blum; just At its edge there was littl
band of buffalo. The hunters killed tw'
and started out TO dress them; whel
about hundred yards from the edge o
the bluff, twenty Indians came chargin
horseback from q gulch about three hun
dred yards away. The hunters fred
volley at them and ran back over tn
bluff and down little coulie, that had ii
| It patches of willows. The Indians tool
the ridges on each side, and kept up
steady fire at the bunch ofbrush in whicl
the hunters lay. The whites returne
the fire slowly and carefully, and af'e
half an hour of this kind Of fighting tn
Sioux retired and went to the bluffs, an
the hunters returned to the stockadl
Mckenzie and Gore were untouched, bu
, Milikan had been shot in the shoulde
The three knew that they had hit sevel
, d Indians and were positive that the
had killed three. .
Six weeks aiterward, party putt,
out wolf bats. found the dead body Of
young warrior, lying about hundre
, yards from where Mckenzie and part
, were, during the fight. He lay with h
! head near a little spring, as thoug
while in the act of drinking he had die
' Pat Sweeny and John Potter wei
:. down the river bottom on the morning
/ the same day on which this fight occu
g red, and finding no game, were returnir
! by way of the table lands. One Of theI
4 shot at wolf, then for some whim, the
: left the trail that they were on and wei