St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-11
PASS THE FISH, PLEASE.
CheYenne's Great Correspondent
Tells Another Whopper.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 10-A half
breed hunter and trapper, who arrived
/ here from the extreme northwestern
quarter of the territory, brings tidings
of the atrocious massacre of party of
five French tourists in Yellowstone
National park. The bearer of the news
heard the story at Canyon City, new
mining town near the park, where Hank
Ferry, guide and sole survivor, reported
the slaughter. Ferry says his charges
included M. LIE Claire and wife, j. Vim
cent and wife. and Paul Gerot, father
of Mime. Vincent. He entered the serv-
ice of the sight-Seers at Virginia City,
Mont, contracting to show them through
the park in violation of United States
statutes. The strangers were very
wealthy and said they had journeyed
overland from San Francisco for the
express purpose Of taking in the park
mer- excursionists. The party enjoyed
themselves hugely in the park, affiliat-
ing with the poachers who were
slaughtering game for hides. Their
camp was always headquarters for pro-
fessiOnal hunters, whom they SUP
piled with luXuries. The guides
story of the murder, which he saws
was committed by Indians, is a most
graphic recital. Just before dawn. on
the day of the murder. blood-curdling
yelfs and a fusilade of shots were heard,
which aroused Ferry. He realized the
situation, and crawling through the
brush. took refuge in the mouth of a
sleeping geyser. He heard piteous
groans and the begging of the foreign
ers, mingled with the yelling of the
redskins The latter proceeded with
the murders and killed old Gerot just
as the sun was rising. The slaughter
was most brutal. Wound after wound
was inflicted before the death shot was
given. No body contained less than ten
bullets, and the remains of victims,
who made a desperate
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE,
were riddled. The savages passed the
morning in further mutilating the bodies
and pillaglng the outfit. The women were
neatly scalped. and their long tresses,
belt of the chief of the Indians. The
heads of the men were hacked and
their bodies frightfully disfgured. The
Indians found a store of liquors carried
by the Frenchmen, but the quantity
was not sufficient to intoXicate them all,
else they would, doubtless, have fought
among themselves. The clothes of the
victims were donned by the fiends, who,
as they ran from one wagon to the other,
would halt an instant to give one of the
bodies kick, or cash with knife.
Finally the marauders weared of their
their bloody feast. and packing the
effects of the dead people on their
ponies. set fire to the wagons
ana left. Ferry, who was nearly
dead with fright. emerged from his
hiding place when the Indians departed
and at once started for Canyon City, the
nearest settlement. He avoided the
hunters in the National park, and must
have suffered from hunger and eX-
posture. as he was weak, emaciated, and
seemed slightly demented when relat-
ing the terrible story. The guide was
placed in the care of physician, but
he disappeared the second night after
his arrival, and has not been seen since.
1t is presumed that he is crazy. as he
started to the scene of the massacre.
Officers at Canyon City have organized
posse to secure the bodies of the muir
dered people, and, if possible, to avenge
their deaths. They will proceed with
ali possible haste, as the place is iso-
lated, and the wolves are liable to de-
stroy the remains before the park po-
lice or the hunters stumble on them.
Ferry is a tough character. but his story
is;believed, although some of the miners
think that the hide hunters, who are
mostly outlaws, may have murdered
the tourists for robbery