Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-11-06

two companies Of soldiers, three miles
from the railroad track. They were sta
toned there to protect the WOrkmen. /
They heard the firing, and came forward /
to give my pursuers warm reception. !
The Indians had the tables turned and .
beat a hasty retreat. / jumped OF OF /
my faithful horse and told the soldiers /
of his wonderful feat. He was quite a 4
herd from that date. The cavalry gave
chase to the Indians, and I soon joined /
them with a fresh horse. In a distance |
Of five miles We overlook and killed eight /
Of them. The rest escaped When we
got back to camp Brigham was quietly |
grazing, and looked at me as If to ask
If we had made any happy dead Indians.
L really think that house read in my eyes
the answer.
during these same buffalo hunts
got into a tighter place than being
! chased on a tired horse. The road had
/ been pushed near to Salina river. had
a man, 'Scotty,' to 60 along in a light
wagon to cut up the buffalo meat and
haul It to camp Scotty YVES a cour-
ageous little fellow and a good shot
One day had killed fifteen buhalOes
and We had started for home with
wagon load Of fine meat. We were
eight miles from camp when We sudden
ly came upon a party Of thirty Indians,
who rode out OF the head Of a rayine. 1t
hapT ened this day that was on an ex-
cellent hO 30 that belonged to the rail
road company and could easily have
made my escape. But 1 had no idea Of
deserving ScOtty AMI had often planned
how we would defend ourselves If sud
denly attacked by Indians. In a few
minutes We unhitched the mules and
tied them and my horse to the rear of
the wagon. We then threw the large
buffalo hams on the ground, aud built
|breastWOrk around the wheels. We had
an extra box Of ammunition and four
extra rsvOlvers, the emergency battery
we were forced always to carry along.
Behind our hastily built breastworks we
were prepared to give a warm reception.
We didn't have long to wait. They
rushed at us with ali the noise and yell
ing enthusiasm OF which the red man is
: capable. We opened such a lively fire
that they stopped a direct attack and
began to circle around us. Then Of q
sudden they made concentrated attack.
1t was no more successful than the first
but they killed both Of the mules and
the horse. They charged back and forth
several times, and ScOtty and L killed
three within a few yards Of our breast
e works. 1t was a scOrching hot place
for a time. The three braves dead and
= others wounded dispirited the Indians as
to direct attacks, and they adopted other
tactics. They got off at some distance
behind little knolls and tried long range
! warfare. We were besieged, and our
; only chance for escape was a rescue from
: the railroad camp where troops were
stationed. We had been expecting
sooner or later to be caught up by the
Indians in such manner while buffalo
hunting. / had an understanding with
4 the officer who commanded the troops
that whenever their pickets saw a smoke
in the direction OF our hunting ground
= they we're to know that We were attacked
4 by Indiansl Scotty and 1 kept very
!, close in our breastwOrk, subject to a rak
: ing fire from the little army around us.
We held a council Of war, and concluded
We could not fight our way out, but must
I get relief Scotty kept up a diversion
: by concentrating his fire in a certain
locality. In a few minutes I struck a
Il match, and quicker than 1 can tell you
reached over and set the grass on fire to
a the leeward Of our fort.
b The red warriors began a war dance al
IS what they considered a piece Of folly
j. None Of them suspected that I had given
is a signal for aid. While the thick vol
umes Of smoke rolled upward and the
y flames spread rapidly over the prairie
.e the Indians made another dash, but were
1t repulsed. 1t began to look as if We wer.
y cut OF, and would have to fight these fo
l. hours. ScOtty was plucky, and We re
D. solved to end our existence IN making
b, gallant fight, rescue or no rescue. II
D. an hour or so after the prairie was free
ss 1 heard the neighing Of steeds, and sool
1r saw q company Of soldiers riding rapid,
1 toward US. The Indians saw them toe
It, and began a hasty retreat down tn
D. canOns OF the creek. We shouted to tn
to advancing troops that we were alive, bU
Us our mules and horses were dead, F'Iy
ut dead Indians were discovered on the bat
w tlefeld around our little breastwOrl
So Scotty and I didn't do so much ba
be work after all. How many were wound
te ed and carried of we had no means {
sy ascertsining. Not long after this episod
L met the nOted scout and hunter, x
or Carson. He was old then, but still
We was interesting TO hear him relate som
DE OF his wild adventures IN the early day
.c- of the frontier. A short while after
he first met him ne paid me visit at Hay
III, City and was my guest. He rename
le. with me several days, and then went
to his sOn-in-law's residence, near Fol
IT Lyon, on the Picket Vine creek, in %
ID OradO. where in a short time he died"
n "What were the circumstances Of you
as duel with Yellow Hand ?'
a ''Ehe Sioux war broke out In 1917
I'M General Custer was slain on the 25th {
.e- June, when was acting as scout for Ii
68 Fifth cavalry, under General Merit
ng We were on our way to Fort Laram
al when the news reached us that Gust.
of and mis- gallant troops had been mass,
nd cred on the Little Big Horn. We starte
nd back to Join General Crook in the Ri
" Horn country, when we received wOI
ne that 500 Cheyenne various had thl
ev day left the Red Cloud agency to ion
70 Sitting Bulls forces. General Merri
ey resolved to intercept the Cheyennes. Z
IRE selected 500 men and horses and pushe
rapidly forward to War Bonnet cree
ed On July II, 1876, I discovered Il
ng Cheyennes. They did not see our troop
DE General Merritt, several aids and 1 wei
nv ahead aud saw the Indians advancin
nt. directly towards us. Suddenly tTent
ie- or thirty OF them dashed of in a weste1
ng direction.
OIL With our field glasses We discovers