Morris tribune., 1886-10-13
BRAVE SCOUTS!
Gene raj Freemont's Scouts, Kit Carson and Co.


General Freemont's Scouts, Kit Carson and Co.
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In the afternoon of the next day,
writes Gen. Fremont in his autobiog7;
raphy, a warhoop was heard, such as
Indians make when returning from q
victorious enterprise, and soon Carson
and Cooley appeared, driving before
them a band Of horses, recognized by
Fuentes to be a part ofthose they had
lost. Two bloody scalps dangling
from the end of Godey's gun annouhc-
ed they-had taken the Indians as we'll
as the horses. They informed us that
after Fuentes left them, from the fail
ure of his horse, they continued the
pursuit alone, and toward nightfali
entered the mountains into which THE
trail led. After sunset the moon gave
light, and they followed the trail by
moonshine until late in the night,
when it entered narrow defiie and
was difficult to follow. Afraid of los
ing it in the darkness OF the defile, they.
tied up the horses, struck no fire, and
lay down to sleep in silence and IN
darkness. Here they lay from mid
night till morning. At daylight they
resumed the pursuit, and about sun
rise discovered the horses, and imine-
diately dismounting and tying ur
their own, they crept cautiously to o
rising ground; which INTERVIEWED, from
the crest of which they perceived. the
eneampment of four lodges close by.
They proceeded quietly and; getiwith-
in thirty or, forty yards of their obs
: J,iect then a. movement. among the
horses discovered them h7eH;3f rs
Giving the war shout, they Instant
charged into the camp, regardless, (
the number, which the four lodge
/ would imply. .,.. ...a -.
The Indians received them with
flight Of arrows shot from their Ion
bows, one of which passed thropg
Godey's shirt collar. barely missin
the neck. Our men fired their rifle
upon.a steady, aim and rushed il
Two Indians We're stretched on tn
. ground fatally pierced with bullets
The rest fled, except a lad who wa
n captured. The ,scalps OF the falle
/ were instantly stripped off, but in tn
d process one Of them, who had two ball
| through his, body, sprang to his feet
IL the blood Streaming from his ,skinne
! head, and uttered hideous howl, A
/ old squaw, possibly his, mother, ,stoI
/ ped and looked back from the mount
ain side she was climbing, threaten
ing and 1amenting The frightfu
spectacle appalled, the stou
/ hearts Of our men; but they di'
i what humanity required and quick
! ly terminated the agonies Q
7 the CORY savage. They were nov
master OF the camp, which was aver.
I pretty little recess IN the mountain
with fine spring and apparently FIRE
! from all invasion. Great sprepara
i tions had been made to feast a larg
i party, for it was a very proper ,plac
i.fof a rendezvous and for the celebra
ton of such orgies as robbers Of tn
desert would delight IN. Several o
: the best, horses had been skinned anC
/ cut up; for the Indians living in thu
!, mountains, and only coming into thu
! plains to rob! and murder, make NJ
other use of horses than to eat them
! Large earthen vessels were on the fire
| boiling and stewing the horse beef, anG
i, several baskets, containing fifty anG
} sixty pairs of moccasins, indicated ths
presence. or expectation OF a consider
i able party. They released the boy
.'eeEERQ had given strong evidence of the
stoicism something else OF the fsav
age character in ccSmmencing his break
fast upon a horse heau9s, 2 3 soon as be
found he was not to be killed, bpSllt on
ly tied as a prisoner. This. object ac-I
compllshed, our men gathered up all
the surviving. horses, fifteen in mum,
Der, returned upon their trail, and re,
joined US at our camp in the afternoon
of the same day. They had ridden
about one hundred miles in the. per
suit and return, and all in thirty
hours, The time, place, object! and
considered, this expedition
of Carson and Cooley may be copsid.
cred among the boldest, and most
DISTINGUISHED which the annals :. OF
western adventure, SO full OF daring
deeds, can present. Two men,, in q
desert, pursue day and night
an unknown body Of Indians into the
defles of an unknown mountain, at
tack them on sight. without counting {.
and defeat them in an i'm!
slant, and for what? To, punish the
robbers of the desert and to ,ayenge
the wrongs OF, Mexicans whom they
did not know, ..,..... -, .g.,l... Il, |