The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-04


might be aud what they we're after, Not
gun nor bow vas 70 he seen aud the White ,
stock without any trouble. The interpreted
/ having laincd what was wanted, Little
! Mountain replied that he did not know any
thing about the iUrscs and that the white mon
had better return whence they came. at tho
same time making u signal; whereuron every
! on" 81 his warriors. and there were several
/ hundred Of them. drew from under his blanket
q gMn or n bow and arrows. -,,..,.'
I fac" u tho enemy. They thought that they
h4a no Ghow in max 9 S gnt 3ga gal, such
! Tested il they quietly returned to the fort. But
! thcy had fallen back only few yards when
was suddenly filled with bullets and whizzing
arrows. Strange as 1t may appear not one OF
he w9er Tds !, hgrt then 2. later ,he rHe d iH
no aim and their shots passed hnrnlessly
over the white mems heads There was , nov
and fight the best tnev could. and thev began
70 work their Wholesalers with deadly effect.
ever, shot telling in that dense crowd. where
| ii single bullet could not helm killing or wound
He bFser than the mem for several them
rushed forward. knife in hand. an! had to lie
shot or ,r4nnrd AZ nst ,Gs "a As - i T., th
! Mills. aud then the angry hunters entered their
camp and turned burned wlat - ,nei could o. their
| ell. and there were more who SUCCEEDED In
reaching ths hills but died later The hunt;
| purchase another outfit. Som. time after this
battle took place ne Cap ma GoGernm lsGa
| took rart in It on The charge Of murder. All
~ them wer= arrested and taken ,etore the
| United States court In Helena. but they finally
| won the case.
Il might seem as Il after this bitter ey-
| ed to ct tho white men alone but he did moth
Ing of the kind, and some iIonths later. catch
and BG SGS OF on the aEs Spne dse
. nmhu>hed and murdered them. He seemed
| TO be especially anxious to get even With the
| wofers. and along in the summer. when they
: once moro started ont to begin another season
/ Of woHng and hunting: his scouts. who had
been on thu watch ell the lime. apgrsed him
! that they were moving to the north. BY the
| time tn" VOTERS, arrived at the swcetcrnss
! pOrtunity to ambush them or steal their horses.
! The.woierS were not aware that he was follow;
Ing h tne nnS Dhr9 wSrf TsT nS, 20 ana
| guarded their horses So well that the coward
~ AssinihoinS could not muster NJ enough
to the, Little Bow River. and srossstnG the
into cann Just az night was setting in. There
were about ,wenty Of them and nearly every
wa" hsd Gy n baeF bS o ye
were pitched only few wards fror' the stream
on a narrow Hat. which ended in an ahrupt cut
bank three or four feet high at the wafer
tain had been looking iSr. and in the middle Of
the night under cover of the cut hank. he led
his warrior, ur"ulrosite the lodges. and awak
cned the slecung and tired VOTERS by pcur-
Ing hail IT bullets. buckshot an! arrows in
1t was a very dark night and the VOTERS.
| rushing from Their lodges. hecame -eparated
NJ once each seeking Il place OF safety for
himself. The Assinbons, did not know that
the wolfer5 had stamredrd, and for some time
skin coverings were faiutly dscernlhe in the
! darkness, Hut never shot was fred in an
ensv Thsg cHud no Vt unierstand it. Per
hans they thought the whites were laying
, hn9 IF G been 2E r ns% awn Te h Town YG
scattering shots ceased aitOCether, aud then
with one accord thew turned and ran-rgn
down the shore. out on the fiat and over the
hills; All this time the woif.rs. their wives ant
Children had been lying quietly IN the brush
H. day broke they began to return to the camp
The lodges rtill stood. but they had as many
utensils. everything in the cam bore marks
Of the AssinDoin bullets. one horse was
counted for and present except Joe McMullan.
the enemy had really decamped. began a sys.
tematic search for him. For two DAYS they
through the berry ,shicEsts. over the ms hu:
they could not find trace Of him and finally
cinnclnGted that lie se. had been Killed Ms,l,
| 70 MhooIup. where some traders had built
| fort and whsre the Blnrkfect were Tinterinr.
whole OUTFIT started hack the next day
Fourteen days after the Assiniboin attack
proGching an abandoned cabin on Belly River.
Seventv-tlvo miles south OF the Bow. when
sulleniy GisnpIear Scared almost out Of
their senses they ran home and soon great
crowd OF their people surrounded the cabin.
and, cautiously npproachInG i. at vast sax. Nc
Mn.an. WHOM they kew well lyinE in faint
1 with blood and had on nothing hut his under
clothes JUST Ms he spraqg from his he'd IN
cevcd the r1m,ent4 y donrie Of charg"S o;
buck sEnt, for there were eighteen wound! in
his boly two # them heinS Though the le:t
when ne had recovered !, li.,e ot his strength,
Ian SAID that when he ssr1rronE from h. h"t and
thew were attacked he was struck hy The buck
Ne ran on aIm!esslv ..tumhed into tho river
and swan across. where he rested on tho
shore for 1t time. lie could SEQ the flashes Of
Z the, Assinin,in guns iirc"tlv. opposite him.
and as there wer" no answer ring shots f'om
heen killed. He was weak and FAINT, but he
to reach WhoOpup. he started oT ium-!iate-
/ ~ over the rrairie for tn" south. Suffering
half clothed. wIthpu!'f9oi. cxcert FIR an ,occa-
sional root or handful OF hHrriea, it took him
be ,1 of asys to |"Gh hGy yS ana ar
out entirely. When he heard the Indian Toys
D shouting and laughing he had MANAGED 10
I rise and sta sger I" the door and that was the
4 last he remembered until he came 10 in the
canp and found his father In law irving 10 give
( him some sour. McMulian MAYER fully recovered
/ rom the effects Of his wounds. csrcciallv those
through the lungs, and died AZ Fort Macleod
| a fe wears later.
Little Mountain never bothered that band
! Of wo!fers again. and EXCEPT for one raid up
, into the Blackf lot cOUntry. cOLlnod himself
. 10 the uottiug Of woodlands aud hunters
/ along the Missouri and south If il. The last
| time he invaded the slorcS Il the Rockies he
/ found Hugh Monroe. the oldest pioneer In the
country. eucamIed with his stalwart sous aud
daughters At the foot IT St Mars lakes, lie
made a night attack on them as he lII done
on the wolers at Bow River Th" Nunr"es
rushed out of their lodges mt the frat Nol,rY
/ and defended themselves ~ best they rrUlA
The daughters of the Old man Werc about rs
handy with rife as h, SON. and III a very
few inmates they He'd and wounded sin of
the Assluih pin~. Not one If the honrur- was
hurt, but the oldest sou. JOIN, had harrow
cscaps. for two bullets tore hole through his
. clothing. TheY lost their horses, which we've
r,0hIby stolen and driven Off beture the at
tack vas made. but they considered that the
hillrg ~ Fix =. the lndiuns fully cuupeu-
. sa'ei tlem for that and thCS easily procured
more animals from their H.acEiu"t relatives
Every dog has his day and in due time Tito
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