The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-07-04

xGubUW8NUAACS n1hA seAaAs6 sAt' SAsS 49,
where it. had been left the previous
wear. rent ON down. They saw no Indi-
ans tiil they wereESScus twenty miles
belowsthe mouth Of Pryor's creek, where
ON q l6rge bottom (now known as Bakers
battle ground) they saw a few Indians in
the hlfls. The camp was made near
heavily wooded slough, and among large
cottonwoods; there were thirteen civili-
ans along, who were camped about $50
YARDS from the main party; IT shout
thred4the next morning the civilians
were Sakened by the tread Of horses;
they 1uickly and silently jumped up and
seized their guns and cartridge belts. A
party of Indians, unaware Of their proxi-
mityso the whites, rode right into the
camn and as they came near, the ciyili-
ans he them q volley, which killed
two Indians, one Of them dropping from
his horse, into one Of the. just vacated
beds. This centretemps precipitated q
fightsbeforc the Indians were quite pre-
pared, for apparently, they were sur
rounding the camp. From the slough
near BY now came rapid firing The SOL
diers without order returned desultory
fire, III a sergeantss sGaAhsred his conn
-fanys5n line. A few volleys were sent
by It'd INTO the brush, but the bullets going
high lid no harm. The sergeant now
.climbSd tree, and from it directed the
firing which soon drove the Indians
from the timber. The Sioux lodged
aroul3 and firing shot occasionally at
sami but at daylight drew off to the
hillsis, Once in while young warrior
!, woul1 l1palse ehsayo ride from, one point
to aupther ;sthesc were targets for MANY
fife&and during the morning two Of
them were killed while at this; but one
young warrior rode slowly back and
forth for probably twenty times, all the
time tannting the soldiers with language
and actions. A thousand shots must
have been fred at him, but he went
through unscratchcd. The Sioux soon
drew Off and the command continued it's
march.r r~-g rY4g g AET z @
TYp14ens q selgeaatS and asclyilian
were killed, and another. Soldier wound
ed. The dead were buried in the corrall
and mules were driven, over the graves
many tjmesfso that their resting place
would not be found by the Sioux. who
ghoul-like, will always open the graves
of those they have killed, for scalps. A
party of trappers, who were at the scene
of this fight the next fall, found that, de-
spite the precautions taken, the Indians
had found and despoiled the graves, for
the skulls and bones were lying ON the
gnound near where they had been
buried.
At the next nights camp that the
command made, the surveyors concluded
tllst the escort was not strong eihngh to
protect them, 30 they went over to the
Musieslsell and surveyed d line up that
river and across the Sweet Grass hills to
; the Yellowstone, s'sismS at Ellis in
September. ~
The Indians with the tierceness and
craft Of wolves, have the vagaries Of
children, and have 70 Be dealt with in
the same way. For instance: Charlie
Hoffman was post trader ct the Crow
Agency, and was well lfked by the Indi-
ans, yet was once put in ! precarious
position by them, without fault Of, his
own. In the summer Of this year (lS72)
an under chief of the Crows named Little
Iron, killed for some priSstespite Flat
head who was yisitinsa3 tise5amp. Some
Crow friends Of the Elsthead threatened
to kill two Bannack8 who we're friends
of Little Iron. The lai1sf and his clique
swore if the Bannacks wero shot, to XIII
the trader, who, to ave hinself and sete
tie the difficulty, had v taik nice and
give presents right and lefe and at last
induced them to smoke y peace pipe to-
s.gether. Z
In July Prof hayden started from
Fort Ellis ON his second trip to the Ma
;.tional Park. With him was.Ar. William
Blackmore, an English gentleman Of
siseans and writer he and his wife had
been travelling togsthsrs constantly FIR
years, and were greedy attached to each
other, and yet at Bozeman they had to
separate, she to the cemetery on the hill
: and he to restless wapassing all the
F days of his life. Mr.. MP IL L4hgford, who,
|rsthe next winter was h6ede superinten-
dent of the park, also won't with the
isp1rty. They Travelled up the Yellow-
stone to the lake, am then across to the
geyses. While lying here another
j., branch of Hayden's partv came in by
way Of ofSnake rivers the ieported hsv-
Z ing felt two distinctIshocks Qf earthquake
2 when near the headof Yellowstone lake.
AFTER a thorough eseRsiqation of the
4 geyscrs Prof. Hayden sawent down The
Fire Hole river totls l6aaipn and down
= This to Virginia City, the other party
I going down Snake river On different
fork than by which sthcy came.
A few days after Hayden left the Msin-
moth Hot Springs, On HIS way up the
river. Dwight Woodruff and +. S. Ton.