The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19

| we shrsw mp soms oreast-works on TIM
east side OF the corral, relying on the
corral itself and the wagons as shell
ter from other directions.
Then the time began to drag. Every
body felt more or less in suspense.
and wished the Indians would come,
il they intended to come at all. After
few days of this monotonous lying
in camp, think II anybody had pro-
posed general retreat to the Fort
there would not have been a dissent
ing voice. But after the stand we had
taken nobody liked to be the first to
make such a proposition.
It was on March 23, about 10 o'clock
in the morning, that our scouts came
charging into camp and reported
large body OF Indians approaching.
The horses we're coralled, the women
and children crowded into their lodge,
and, our rifles and revoivers carefully
loaded, we got behind our breast
works and impaticntly awaited the
attack. In little while we saw the
Indians, 100 and mere, come riding
slowly over the ridge down to the
creek, some 400 yards distant, and
disappear in the little belt of timber
which fringed its banks. In few
minutes they suddenly rushed out in a
solid body and came over the fiat at us
as fast as their horses could run. All
of them, the flower OF tho Assinaboine
camp, we're decked in full war costume
of trailing eagle plumes, brightly
decorated shields and war clubs, and
ermine frInged shirts, and their faces
painted with red. blue, white, yellow
and black, in alternating bars and
spots. On they came, singing the
shrill war song and firing their guns,
but we never moved nor made sign
until they we're within 100 yards Of
MS, then Duval shouted out "Fire 7"
and thirty.hve rifles were emptied
into them, bringing dozen or more
OF them to the ground. Then we
drew our revolvers-overyone of us
owned two--and rained bullets into
them. But before our pistols we're
half emptied they swerved With one
accord TO the left and passed out of
range. We had barely finished re-
loading when they came on again,
circling around the camp and firing
into it, but we lay low and waited for
them TO come nearer.
Thinking perhaps to get in behind
our breast works, they finally assem-
hled on the west side of the corral and
: charged down on us, but we quickly
ran up under shelter of the wagons,
which formed a north and south wing
20 the corral, Gad met them as before
with n shower OF lead. This seemed
| 10 dishearten them; the war song
ceased and they ded in all directions.
But we were not satisfied, and, leaving
! q few of the boys TO finish the wounded,
tue rest of us jumped on our horses,
! which had been saddled before the
! battle commenced. and took after
/ them. Many of the Indians rode
/ splendid animals, aud, with the start
they had, easily got out OF our way.
But others were not so fortunate, and
! we're overtaken and despatched. In
less than half an hour not an Indian
woe IN he sOcs, co we -sae bncls toward
camp, more than satisfied witt, the
days work. Long before we reached
the camp, however, we heard the
women wailing for the dead. Antoine
Blssette was the uulucky one. With
the others ne had rushed out to des.
patch the wounded indians. He had
stopped over one, who was apparently
dead, &c secure the beautiful shieAd
lying 10y his side, and the cunning
rascal suddenly raised big horse pils.
tol aud sent bullet through Antoinels
hearI. We buried the poor fellow
next day, and marked the place with "a
cross of stones laid on top of his grave,
We also dug deep trench and filed
IL with the bodies Of our enemies which
lay about the camp. There were,
tweuty-soven o. them, which, with the
| eight others We overlook on horse
back, made total OF thirty-five AS
sinaboines killed. We mad little fear
OF another attack from Indians, and,
IN fact. they never returned. Farly
in April we packed up our hides and
outfit, and returned to Fort Benton.
In all, 3ll3 wolves were killed and
skinned. OF that number Dan, JEFF.
and owned AGO, which we sold for
over $1,000. That was wolfng thirty
years ago. New York Sun.