Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-23
THE CAMP OF DEATH.


and vindictive as after the close Of the civil
var Beginning With the spring Of 1919,
theirs WAS rush u ernigrnnts into the new
states and territories. and about this time
came reports ~ gold and silver in several 10
calitis.l The government pushed troops into
new districts established additional posts,
aud the rei man saw the handwriting on the
wall He realized that no would be overrun
unless the movement could be checked. and
the various tribes buriel their differences for
the time icing, and united all their energies
on the one object Of driving the white man
back The number Of enigrants. land brok-
ers prospectors and scouts killed between
May, 1868, and the campaign which closed
with Clusters death will never be known IL
was impossible for any one to secure figures.
Men were butciered singly, IN pairs and by
aves and tens along frontier a thousand
miles in length, and not one in ten WAS
ever recorded in the public prints II was
the beginning Of the end. and five years ago
the pe,wer OF the red man broken and he
was conn elle, Ia Yield to the inevitable
| was Ssnt 10 Fort Laramie, in Wyoming
territory early Ia the summer II 1855, hav
Ing accepted the position OF government
scout, and held that position all through
The troubles ~ the neyt four years. 1t tnay
te inferred, therefore, that | had my full
share II close calls and narrow escapes As
soon fresh troops arrived nj that and other
forts, ana the WORK OF sutduihs me lhuihns
began III earliest, every re'i7hlh VINO c"ul1
handle "A gun was put INTO the Held Indeed,
boys no more thaa - years Oh age armed
WITH BOWS AM arrows hah Tue opportunity
10 snow tneiF heltle anu Hhe" Oh ~Nefh
nights IN "hlcu IN" younger s'lua"s LOOK
payt II was case 81 do or die WIN the In
dian, ana II" s"f''lc7d ms pride ana rvs
legends that he might hoid MS own against
the white oiii''$ cafficfi dispatches l."
tween Juiesburs Hli Laramie. and between
Laramie and F"rt f"tt"fhnil' ANA outside OF
thus accompanied detached bottles on eX e'h
tons or secuted nh my own account. There
was never dag OF rest and never day
when oue felt sure That ne would ave To See
the sun 80 down Soldiers were killed within
q ftiio Oh tne ehteS 90 tue i"rt. ann inc pace
was 50 constantly under Surveillance mat II
was narnly pssipie 1" get III OF "ut without
being hred upon
Inc Strangest ahNehtnr" ot the whole war
befeii me III July 1861, ana there "hs tlys
terry connected vita II "hlch mas not been
solved 10 tnis daJ 40 ott'h OUT WIN
N"N' N'''''> - 49, - 80"
had secuted along the north tors OF I'LL"
riate east from Laramie 10 the cooper
mountains These mountains are the To- Slh
ning OF the BLACK mus eha'h' oh the east
SIDE OF the mountains we turned 10 the north
rnie Tor TWO uays ana inc ca'aiiS tneh
made hnlt Tor AZ day anu retired TO Jules
nurg Inc oolect was 10 cover as uuch ter
r't"ry as possible ana give the Indians 20 un
report 10 the COMMANDER OF roft LARAMIE
and instead Oh returning ana ascending 'ne
flhtte, decided 10 TRY for pass through
the topper MOUNTAINS my reno" scouts nav
Ing told me That several existed lett the
cavalry camp soon after dark, IL peihs at"ut
TWEEN ihiles east OF Tue mountains W" mol
been doggei ny ihdlhils Tor TWO DAYS, nnd
male my start al oispt to throw them on
the scent had jet oiaek morse speedy
ana inteslisent, anu thc RISK was not SO great,
Xovldlns did not run INTO small band by
accident
FOR the iirst two miles out OF camp
walked M horse, both OF us watching aud
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pr"eed iah my MORSE o+~n "u Tue sai'oP'
or hah ne neen zen scoh's m.sr III uis'"Nef
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Win no tur'nef adventure, ! was AZ Tue
oS'N OF 'ne mountains s'f,Nuis the rang.
seventeen mics from It's southern ehi' anu AZ
l""'e "u'oh uas sir'T o'." u'"',' N''"s
IaSs nai n'''e rear n' uhuihs ,iiuih'S III
voc 'noun,ai'iS' ah's~ va" 10y p''srus
'ni"usn we ssp was
from the prairie made a fire, got ready nv
coffee snd rested for two hours Then | set
out TO reach the other side Of the range.
where would either stay bv until night or
push on for Laramie, according as the signs
indicated The pas. Tor the first half mile
WAS fair enough for wagon After that it
was scarcely possible Tor a saddle horse to
make his way 1, was difficult to tell which
WAS the main pass and which the branches.
and when about half way over the mountain
| came to a spot where was completely
stuck. The rass / had been following was
now split into three. each one seeming to be
the main pass, and, a. there WAS ns,hinv TO
guide me- had to take one Of them at a ven
ture nn was no, the right one, must re-
turn and take another | went to the left.
and after going a few rods. found the mass
O. cut overyrowp with bushes and badly
choke,i up by fail Of ROCK The cut was
from twelve to twenty feet wide. twisting
about like creek. but gradually leading m,
ward The height of the bank on each side
was from ffty 70 two hundred feet and thu
mountain was 81, ,ienssly wooded that thu
path wa. in <e,n,-iarkne<s
Igpt INV horse over the ots.rrc,;ons which
blocked the wav and nr,,,,..i,,, ON for half
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