The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-16

unless the Indian should come lmmedl-
ateIv unon him, l was on the top of one
of the highest peaks in the Vlclmty III
order to see every move that the IN
dams made. They had not got up When
l saw the soldiers coming
I got to my horse, mounted him ana
rode down to meet the soldiers VINO
were in charge of a captain and lleu
tenant. The captain and lieutenant
rode off a little to one side and asked
me to come to them. We dismounted
and | marked out in the dust with my
finger Just how they were camped ana
how the ground lay around them. L
told the captain 1 thought it best TO
attack them from two sides, the party
attacking from the upper Slde hdVIhs
to ride a mile and half farther than
the other party attacking from ths
lower side. For a signal of concerted
attack we placed man on top OF the
high peak where I had been sitting all
night and where he could see the moves
of both parties When he saw that the
party making the circuit to the upper
side was ready to make the charge he
was to give the signal by waving
handkerchief on the end of a STICK.
That being arranged, the captain
gave the lieutenant the choice OF
routes. The lieutenant said that he
WOulu 20 dIOullu Tic lllAA IL NAtN ~
mountaineering myself-would go
with him. That was the first time that
knew that 1 was called the boy
scout" but l carried that name Tor
many years afterward.
| We mounted our horses and started,
| finally forming in line just over the NIL
| from where the Indians were camped:
| Just before we were ready to start /
saw the handkerchief wave.
! I never saw the Indians fight more
| desperately than these Utes did. Dur
! ing the fight some of the Indians mao
| their ponies. At one time, near where
| I was. the air was thick with arrows
I was lying on the side OF my MORSE
when an arrow struck me in the caIi
of my left leg, which was over the
hack of my saddle. The arrow Wen
| through and pinned me fast to the sad
Idle. | now tried to rein my horse IN lC
| +be rear. and in swinging around the
lieutenant discovered the position
was in. He came up at full speeU
grabbed the arrow and broke 1t on
leaving the arrow head and a piece o.
fine shaft in my leg. He then GRABBED
NV leg and pulled it away from the re-
naming piece leaving the head ourleo
in the saddle.
The fight lasted about half an hour.
| never knew lust how many of the In
| dams were killed, nor do l know JUS
| how many soldiers were killed. Ther,
We're about sixty soldiers wounded
4 nv the time the battle was over tn
Lanbulances had arrived and IN
4 wounded together with the dead Wer
: picked up and we all started back L
Il headquarters.
= This was the last general engagement
/ we had that season. A short time al
!, ter this. probably about three weeks
Il this same Capt. Jackson took com
panv of soldiers and three scouts-hy
- self being one of the three and start
: ed to the sink of the Humboldt river
His orders were to lie there until som
4, emigrant train came along and 10 es
t cort them through. We were there 10
t three weeks and learned th[ous
e Mountain Phil" that there would o
n no trains through that season. we pun
S ed up and went back to headquarters;
e BY this time the snow had begun ran
el ing in the Sierra Nevada mountains an
FL col. Elliott pulled out for San Fran
cisco to go into winter quarters at Tn
I'll Preside. The colonel said he would g
:. over the Beckwith trail. By this tim
n Jim Beckwith had built a good nous
: and opened a saloon at his place at IN
- foot of the mountains on the west SD
hi accompanied the command to Beck
n With's house for the reason that cal
/ culated to winter with Jim. We campo
d near Jim's house, the officers, throug
n invitation from Jim. going into IN
n house to remain during the night tn
% colonel that evening told US he Woul
e not prohibit us from drinking If W
e would not get drunk but he did nc
|, want to see any man drunk. That nigh