New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-15

with their guns lcveiled on us in return The su'-
| pcnso and anxiety endured for few momeh's'
while we clarcd at each other fearful To rcazo
| II one has only to imagine himself surrouhdcu oy
these savage ncnds hundreds of miles from any roci
| achievements. They wcre TWO 10 ohc VI "',
| equally we'll armed were. and several hunureu
morc within a few miles. But fortunately 'hcs al
lcok,d TO their chief and saw that he Was lost IL
| gun was fred.
We too looked to our captain, and our danger was
| almost forgotten IN admiration His whole FEATURES
| face and person had changed he seemed anu was
taller his usually calm face was all on ire MS quc',
| light blue eve was now flashing like an cages anu
seemingly looking directly through the fierce and Tor
time undaunted savage that stood before him. for
several seconds II doubtful whether tho od war
rIor chief would cover before his white brother or
! meet his fate then and there.
our can,a,n with his flashing eye rivc;cd upon
him was ercey and cloaucntly reproaching him with
HIS bad faith TO the pale face and their Great fahcr
winding up by saying in voice OF stern de'erhiha
tion Signal your warriors of, or VIII SEND you 10
your last hunting ground For an instant the sus-
| pcnsc was beyond description; deathliko silence
relcncd. Tho dark fierce. snahclike eyes OF the
fcrds around us were enough TO unncrve the most OF
men, To ME the delay awful, and could not
decide from the defiant air of their Chief whether he
was going 10 give the signal or die but finally wave
Of his hand relieved our doubts, and his braves all
lowered their weapons Of death and sulienv sought
their robes and ponies.
Upon his giving the signal, our captain looked
around at US, saying: Boys, he has weakened His
expression changed and peculiar ard the remark
so Unexpected from his sublime and noble appearance
OF moment before. and at the same time such vel
come news and great relief that throw up my hat
and shouted with laughter, although short moment
before 1 had been undcr the most intense excite
Ynent Of my lifo This harity OF mine caused
the serious aspect Of things to change into mo-
ments fun and absolute forgctfuness of dangerous
situation for at least moment or two
The second chief who straight. tan fine
looking young warrior, and brave julius Caesar,
was perfectly pale with rage because the old chief
had not sgnacd the fight, add the fact that laughed
and cxultcd 1t only increased his rage Rush
ing up to in white heat, nc placed his finger
on my and then his own, and quickly touched
his gun, and then mine and pointed to one side.
All of which plain enough challenge to single
handed combat. And while didn't see If, the other
fellows did, shouting with laughter, and shouting,
Go It, Hauscr,7 d" You get away with him. etc.
etc. But l couldn't see It in that light, and tho
young brave had retire without satisfaction, which,
regret say, lie got aferward as this journal VIII
show.
We went six or miles and then let the horses
feed in the grass. while the captain talked to us
/ like a granddaddy' For two weeks VIC continued
TO penetrate the Yellowstone country, seeing Indians
occasionally, and losing horse two. We were
near Box Elder Creek, when trouble began again
We had seen plenty of fresh Indian signs during the
day Stuart and Smith watch that night
when we went through of the most terrible stra-
rcdcs that cv or occurred In the mountains, and in
which noblcncss of soul and heroic shown
more brilliantly than before. On that dreadful
night our lives saved only by an accidental
circumstance in the first place, and aftcrward by
StuaTt's wisdom and heroic bearing AS an illuSira-
! tlon of his sagacity and mountareer knowledge l
Ictof 1e Oft Int
full night that as We riding along the day be-
fore he remarked that we being dogscd by
war party. As saw Indians. or signs Of any,
/ asked him how he knew. lie replied: " DO You
see those buffalo running at full speed off there next
TO the mountains ?" Looking in that direction, some
six or eight miles, saw what he described and an
swercd that did.
"Wcns said he. "you will shortly those others
couple of miles ahead of them start also" Sure
enough in the course Of about hour they TOO
stampedcd. thus showing clearly that they had been
frightened by something travelling in the same direc-
ton we were, and it also evident that 1t was
something beyond us, they all ran toward u.s.
This convinced me that he was correct. and after he
had explained and drawn my attention TO the eircum-
stance, It was easy enough TO comprehend.
Reaching the spot selected for camp, wc busted
ourselves with our various dutics-somc preparing
supper Others starting of with PICK, PAM and shovel to
prospect, etc but noticed that the captain quickly
took his rifle and started of alone for the rolling mis-
next to the mountains In about hodr he returned
and throwing down somc pemmcan, rcmarkcd:
Those th.cvlng scoundres close around here
so close that in their haste 10 keep mo from seeing
them they dropped that, and If we don't look sharp
we will get set afoot tonight
AS night approached IT cloudcd up and threatened
rain so carried in all flour and most Of our
baggage saddles, etc, and placed them around next
TO the wall of tents, making our beds INSIDE OF
this circle which proved to be providential act.
Night came On, the captain remarked that there
would have to be a sharp watch kept, as he felt
confident that the Indians would mako an attempt
TO get our horses and said he would on guard
himself AS It grew dark We all retired to rest ex-
cept the two guards, without any misgivings' for
| during the last three weeks the Indians had been
around our tents nearly every night trying TO steal
our horses and they had never attempted to fire
into or modest since first meeting, when VIC
stood them or, had ceased to have any apprchen-
sIons that they would attack The only precau-
ton took Chat Of taking our rifles ard reviewers
to bed with us) to be ready, in case they attempted
to stampede our horses by dashing I'm among them
The only one who seemed to have any premontion
of the coming tragedy Watkins, who several times
during the day had called my attention to the mourn
full cooling of a dove, saying that 1t made him sad
and caused him TO think Of his boyhoOd days and
his mothers home, and that he couldn't get over II,
etc II was strange 10 hear him talk In that strain,
for he was the reckless of the pariy and usually
did not seem to think Of home, death, or anything
else Drew Underwood and scp, under the same
blankets, and in the tent wcrc also York and
McCaaerty. Gccry Bostwlcl, Ives and Watkins oc-
cuped a tent as also did Bell, Vanderbilt and Blake
another while Hauxhurst and Roach did not put
up any tent but simply spread 1t over their bed
We all fell asleep without fear, having become
accustomed to having Indians around our camp try
ing TO steal our horses only, As We had learned to
suppose when / heard the captain shouting: - Keep
close to the ground" Instantly following his voice
came the most uncarthly yelling and firing
that have ever heard, and that so very
close that the crash seemed TO be
directly against my head and inside OF the font.
was fairly lifted to sitting position, and my first
realization of what the matter, was hearing
Underwood say "I'm shot through and through"