The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-09-12
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coed horse he rode off in the direc-
non Of a little place called Nachess
Five miles ont he met white man on
horseback. riding very fast. who as
soon as he was near enough to speak,
cried, Stop, stop! Don't you Know
the Indians are on the warpathl
have gone from settlement to settle
lnent. warning the inhabitants"
w here are the IndianS?" our scout
asked.
Well. sir. YOU may meet them any
where; most Of them are near Priests S
Rapids. Turn back or you'll be kill
ed"
The scout kept on.
At the Nachess river an old man by
the name Of Nelson said that his sons
aad gone to the war and that he him
self would start for Yakima City and
ne begged Chambreau to venture no
further. as he was a stranger.
\ little beyond Nachess a wagon
with man, wife and children was
riding at great speed. Our messeng
or caused a halt. The woman and
children We're crying, partly from
fright and partly. no doubt, from the
hurts they received by the severe
jolts Of the wagon.
There is no immediate danger
said he.
Drive slowly or you'll Kill your
family"
As he passed on through the Wen
ass valley he found all the farm
houses already deserted. Between
Wenass and Ellensburg our swift
rider upon the divide" encountered
wo Indians. He, instead of trying to
ayoid them, galloped straight to them
lie showed them that he was French
man from Kit Soth Qua (FancouVer)
end Que ia quin, !. e.. AN arm cut Off
Gen. Howard sent to have talk with
hem and all Priests Rapids. After
q little they let him pass without
harm.
On reaching Eller sburg, cold, hun
gry and aching from fatigue, Cham
breau l0nged for rest and sleep. He
had ridden that day upwards Of sixty
miles. But he first looked around.
There were then but five or six houses
and one store. There were gathered
near the store some thirty men with
lha sheriff, Mr.. $, who were or
eaaizing a company for the war.
There was great excitement and loud
talking. In the morning, he t. his
astOnishment, ran upon some Indians
not far from the town. They were
gambling. An old one, he noticed
kept watching him as well as the
game after he came near them. After
A few words it was plain that the old
man knew the French scout. To
gether they stepped aside. An offer
Of reward brought this from the In
dian:
There Will be trouble; Indians
have a bad heart. Councils now
going on by the mouth of the W. Ell
aachee, where it empties into the Col
umbia"
Quickly the scout mounted and gal
loped toward the Wenatchee valley.
The country houses enroute were
everywhere vacated, Ten miles out
he met some more Indians. They
seemed friendly, but said those in
council were going down the Colum-
bia toward Priests Rapid He then,
TO make himself sure, turned more
eastward. and after q while entered
)Ohnston's canyon, In the canyon, a
dangerous defile, he suddenly had to
face two Of Moses Indian scouts.
They tried to stop him and said that
he must not go that way. Bat he,
showing who ne was, pleasantly per
sisted. One Of them turned back and
became his companion. Shortly ten
warriors met the two riders. These
he could not bluff They asked him
to disnount. But he said: ''No; we
can talk on our horses"
He gave them his name and bust
nas5 and showed them that he must
see Moses and the other chiefs. They
thereupon demanded the message and
declared that they would bear It fol
lim
No" he answered .'it concerns all
tle Indians aud | must deliver it my
self to the chief"
They forbade his going to camp
but he declared that he wonld go
even if he had to fight for it; but
mind me, if am killed, it will &C
nard with every Indian IN this part OF
the country" At this, after short
parlsy, they sent hum on with two
5.aves for escort. More Indians still
we're met, but the braves satisfied
sheir objections. and they kept along
he valleys till they came to the Col
unbia.
The little party won't over in ca
noe not far above Priests Rapids
1T the landing east Of the river, fol
( lis cOursa there is south, some hun
lred Indians met them. The tive
braves had become friendly and con
sented 10 guard him further still intC
the main Indian camp. They did no
have far to go when the site Of tht
camp came into full view. and at frs
-tartled our brave scout. He saw
company Of perhaps 100 Indians. il
some order mounted on their horses
all painted as for war. In Indian
harder looking. if possible than tht
rest, was riding around among them
and with gesticulations making a fer,
speech. No women We're at that place
/ al the men were in paint. some bareg
/ 10 the waist, with their bodies tinted
I Not far off from the mounted gr5ul
I was another crowd WHO were uncca
ingly beoting drums and singing
/ There seemed to be 400 or 500 alto
Gether. It was a wild spectacle.
! With ali the nrmness our SEQ,
/ scout could muster he told the tw,
braves to take him at once to Moses
lodge. It was not done too soon: 70
] 4 curious crowd of roughs alread,
began TO gather annoyingly aroun'
min Here, dismoQnting, he essaye,
to enter. 1t was a council lodge an'
sixty feet or more in length, rougl
enough, but spacious. There wer
fifty or more principal Indians gath
cred in a circle about Moses The,
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