Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-29

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tnat eoantly, tksy did rot asf % 8 fnF
veek. We had q cnup On : ANAL run
o. creek, with grove 81 absnsa doeen
trees for shelter, ana aboaf two ruiIe. -
Ne a1ksn 1as spring and smother
grove. TIE Indlans hasn,s acs hol6 ~
ne mtnshesiesA and kneg nolhing Of
eevelsefss u these aayss and q VAR
party OF les than twenty avs wonld
aaye nest1atod 20 attack fsuf hun
tsrs- We kept our eyes open. howsVer,
nc ems vas on the watch while the
other thsea slsps.
We had been II camp nina Of Tn
days and constantly susroandsd ~
onnaioeA when eas afternoon last be.
fore sunset Il eas apparenf fPom he
actions Of the animals tkat somashipG
vas n the wi1d. Tha detnnhnaents
uefe cons1lidatinR. ell stray balls Join
lnR ths herds, aud almost every buf-
faio ceased feeding and ACTED anxious
and III &c esee. That meant Indians.
Onrioua as y01 may think Il, tha pres
enee Of Al Indian will disturb the bat
faloes sooner than that Of the white
man. We eoaldn't say whether Il was
var party haugina Rtoubd 10 stack
g. OF hunting party lowering Oh the
hanks Of the great herd, bat we made
all Preparations 20 defend ourselves.
have spoken Of the second grove.
10 was composed Of q few stanted cot
ton woods, and waa In no eeaes q shell
Ter. Nov this 10 What happened during
ne night. AwaR pafty OF about thirty
I'VE Indians took MP their position in
this little grove, calculating 30 sweep
down on us e daylight and carry our
camp - storm. Along toward daylight
thA9 ua0nmka.1 n..R ~ ,n..K8l., 49,. -.
within Q QaaFtaR Of q mile Of 0s, ard
laefs waited for day 10 break. They
would not Be observed by the sentinel,
bus would make q rush and carry the
camp. Well, u was just coming day,
and nse minutes more would have dis
covered them 10 the sentinel, when the
oaR herd, which had bsea gathering 10
me north Of a, began stampede.
The sentinel heard them at the nrss
start od, and reused us up, and By the
time We had cur guns IN hand we could
zee the Indian war party. They knew
what was up better than We did, bat
hey we're caught between two fires, and
The chief was too slow witted for the
occasion. His policy should have been
10 charge rs. He might have lost six
or eight men, bat she shelter Of the
grove Wsuld have saved the rest and
given than our sonlps 10 boot. He
might not have known our strength,
and 30 after spending the valuable MIN
1tea In rtfecticu, be ordered the party
10 the lert. The only hope they could
have was In Tidlng across the face Of
he herd, bat that was out Of the cuts
lion. The front covered, Is We after
uard knew, Q distance Of seven miles,
and the Indians had barely G0t started
when the fret b1Asloes we're in sight.
They came THICKER than bees, their
heads down. horns rubbing and feet
making great olatteF, and ahile ne
saW the var party swallowed az In that
great heaving sec OF animal life. A i
later, an old boil dashed into
and through the grove, AMI every man
sprang for tree. AZ ] was climbing
40 my feat struck buffalo on the back.
aud before was secure only she five
largest trees 10 the grove we're standing.
All the others had been upEooted BY
contact, and three crippled animals
we're lying on the ground oeBeath me.
Oar horses, camp, everything, went IN
NO minutes. Tbs noise was ten times
more deafenine than q hurricane at sea,
aud the terror Of the animate was soDe
thing appalliI g.
idavis that the herd vas q good thirty
miles deep. The animals ran, as we
afterwards knew. fully forty miles be-
fore they slowed down 81 ell. When
The last one had passed rs, the country
about was 9 sight 10 behold. There
were at least $50 animals In sight. and
there was q swath seven miles vide
which had cot the very life ont Of the
prairie. OF all our camp equippaQe,
We could not find one solitary article OF
Bood, or iron, or leather. All our horses
had been tFampled under within less
han mile OF che grove, and their
bodies we're sights no one could look
II twice. We spread out TO see what
fate had befallen the Indians, and We
did not have 70 20 far. They bad been
shocked down and stamped into the
sarth. A member of the same tribe,
Wtth whom talked q year later, told
me that nn3 npa Gurvived and kha loea