The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-06-13

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the I'd cavalry.
The government should have declared
war against these Indians, and have sent
troops enough in the field to whip them,
but the weak policy which for 80 many
years had cursed the new west, and had
caused 30 much innocent blood to flow,
prevailed now, and the spring of 1868
saw this line of posts abandoned, and in
spite of treaties, in spite Of provisions
and goods given to them by the govern
ment, they were actually hostile and
were continually committing depreda-
tions, till they were conquered by hun
ger (not Miles and Terry in 1877.
CHAPTER VIII.
BozEMAN's DEATH-FIaHT BErwFFN BNA-
NAcKs AND PEN D'oREILLEs.
In February of 1867 there were about
forty lodges of Bannacks camped on
Fleshman creek. A stealing party of
Flatheads and Pen d'Oreilles took away
little herd of their horses one night,
and next morning party Of Bannacks
took their trail and overlook them at the
Muscelshell river. The Bannacks did
not show themselves till night, when
they took every horse that their oppo-
nents had. The Flatheads went on, but
the Pen d'Oreilles, about twenty in num-
Der, determined ON vengeance and went
back afoot. A Bannack hunter saw them
and alarmed the camp. One hundred
warriors armed and mounted went to
meet the Pen d'Oreilles, who were found
on Fleshman creek, about a mile from
the Yellowstone. The Bannacks sur
rounded and fought them all day. After
dark the beseiged slipped away, leaving
two of their number buried in snow
bank. The Bannacks found the bodies
and had a scalp dance that lasted for two
days.
Early in the summer of 1867 Lou An
derson (who it will be remembered was
at the geysers with Kit Carson and Jim
Bridger in 1850 with Hubble, Reese,
Caldwell and another man, went up the
river on the east side. They found gold
in a crevice at the mouth of the first
stream above Bear, and named it in con-
sequence, Crevice Gulch. Hubble went
ahead the next day for hunt and upon
his return he was asked what kind of a
stream the next creek was. Its hell
roarer," was his reply and He'll Roaring
is its name to this day. The second day
after this he was again ahead, and the
same question being asked him, he said
''t'was but slough" When the party
came to it they found a rushing torrent,
and in crossing, q pack horse and his load
was swept away, but the name of Slough
creek remains. This stream Is tributa-
~ of the East Fork of the Yellowstone.
The party went up to the head of the
east fork, and over to Pelican creek and
down it to Yellowstone Lake. They
went down the river and crossed it at
what is now known as the Nez Perce
Ford, and from there over to the geyscrs
and down the Madison to the settlements.
In March of this year, John Bozeman
and Tom Coover started from Bozeman
to go to Fort C. F. Smith, where they ex.
pected to get contract. they stopped
the first night out at Louis Reshaw's
cabin, at the Yellowstone crossing, 1u-
dams were prowling around the cabin all
night, and stole one horse. The next
morning Reshaw advised Bozeman to
wait till night and then travel far enough
to get away from the war party, but IL
was not taken and they went on. At
uoon they camped at little stream just
below Mission creek. Just after they
had eaten, ,Coover saw six Indians coming
up the bottom afoot and started for the
horses. Bozeman stopped him saying,
s'They are Crows" When the Indians
were at about 200 yards distance, Boze-
man said, II do not think they are Crows.
You get the horses and I'll stand them
off. Coover started for the horses which
were about 200 yards away and on the
opposite side Of the camp from the Wis
itors. The Indians carried their guns in
buckskin covers and Bozeman must have
still thought that they were Crows, for
he let them come up to within fifteen
feet of him. Then one raised gun
quickly and fred through the cover, hit
ting Bozeman in the breast and he fell.
Bozeman was holding Covers rlfe and
his own, and as the Indians came near,
Coover ran back and when they shot was
about the same distance from Bozeman
as they were. He ran toward Bozeman
as he fell, shooting his pistol rapidly as
he did 80, and the Indians backed off.
When Coover had secured his gun and
found that Bozeman was dead, he retreat
ed slowly and reached the brush with
but slight wound in the shoulder. He
came to Reshaw's cabin that night, and
the second day after party went down
and buried Bozeman's remains In 1870
the body was taken up and buried with
ceremony in the cemetery of the town
that bears his name, and pine head.
board was put up. This is gone and his
grave leveled down by the feet of cattle
and to the shame of the citizens of Boze-
man nothing remains to point out the
resting place of him, who was one of the
earliest of this country's pioneers.
| (To BE coNT1NUED)
The Bangor Wing says that Mrs.
Joseph Poulin, of Bangor, has used
glasses for thirty years, and been able to
see but very little without them. During
the past few days marked change has
been noticeable in her sight, and she can
now see as distinctly as ever in her ear
lier days. She has reached the age Of
seventy-nlne, and is greatly delighted at
her SECOND sight"
For some time two Italian orange
girls had called daily at certain office
in Boston. Recently one Of them failed
for several days to appear, and when her
companion was asked about her she said
that the missing one had been married.
married indeed! and to whom !" was