The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-12
Montana State NeWs.

face. 1t was Yellowstone Kelly. hal
AS got the situation became excited
over the danger of my friend. Then i
called out: Yellowstone! Kelly! and
the man looked as though he heard.
They are thanking you, Kelly l cried;
they are cutting you OFF ahead. he
seemed to interrogate me, and i dis
tinctly heard the question: What
shall do?'
"sCross the creek, I said Jump
your horse into the creek
Cant be DONE he says; they win
have me like a rat in a trap in that
canyon
Jump your horse I urged. jump
your horse and got excited and In
sisted in a way that felt must infiu-
ence him. 1t seemed to he against his
judgment but he forced his horse to the
edge of the precfpice and took the
jump, which was a frightful one. The
horse fortunately landed in deep
place in the creek and SWAN down the
stream some distance. Then he pushed
to the bank in a likely hooking place to
scale the side of the canyon. There
was a sharp struggle, the horse Slid
back more than once, but presently
stood qudveT1ng at the top OF the bank.
Ride NORTH / said in a tone of COM
mand, and Kelly dropped his head and
turned his horse north. He thought he
was in direct communication with the
Great Spirit, whom he believed an as
much as an Indian does. And / woke
up and Gus Knight told me 1 had
gone crazy. He had heard the mutter-
fngs OF the words that / thought / was
shouting at Kelly. / was so impressed
that then and there / wrote the state
ment Of the AFFAIR and Knight attests
DC.
Soon afterwards I wrote Kelly at
Fort Keogh and asked him what he
was doing March IL. 1 got no reply
and wrote again to Fort Benton. Then
1 got a scrawl from him and he told
what he was doing, and mentions the
Indian incident.
zone day On the following summer /
was walking along Third street and
met Kelly face to face. 1 shook hands
with him and asked him about March
IL at once. He didn't speak, but put
his fingers into the pocket OF his hunt
ing coat and took out two cigarettes.
| One he handed to me and THE other he
lit himself. After a puff or two he
spoke: There are things, said he.
that had better not be spoken about.
| Come with me- We went to the Mer-
chants hotel and he got out of the
baggage room a very heavy and hand
somely trimmed Mexican saddle. II
| was Cuf1OuSly decorated anu L rtcOB-
nized IT as the saddle that had been
on the pony the time / saw Kelly lead
ing IT down that canyon. He seemed
| to divine what l was thinking about
for he said: Yes, that's II. The sad
| die was a present for me.
I'VE went up to Knights and opened
the package containing the account oil
my experience on March IL. Kelly sat
down, had a drink. and told the iden,
tbcal same story with little introduc
| ton:
ON that day was making my way
down this same creek he said. I was
going along slowly, for / had seen a
gocd-sized Indian camp in the morn.
ing. just afterwards / met a couple
of Blackfeet and knew that If they
could get to the village / was done for
They didn't go ito the village he said
sententiousty. and / pushed ahead. II
the afternoon I knew that / was pur.
sued, and. well, you know the rest +
took some urging to get him to repeat
the story, and DIT was Identical with
mine, even to the language used. Nov
l don't pretend to account for the oc
currence," concluded Mr.. Erwin, ''bu
the facts are very we'll known and at
tested by several people. Now. wha
dc you think of 1t. Hap