The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-01-04
- How | Found the Indians =.
By CABIA BLANCO.
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I them. could still see them; but they
evidently had not seen me yet.
| / turned now, and going back at
/ gallop, passed the butte, then kept Oh
down in the ravine to where 1t entered
the small timber that fringes the bank
of the creek, then got into the timber
and kept on to camp; but before had
got there l had to ride out into the
open again in order to cross a ravine
that could not cross at the creek.
Going into camp found every one
at supper, or dinner rather-we only
ate twice day when on the march
this way. I told the Captain had his
Indians out here waiting for him.
"Are you sure now that they are
Indians, and not buffalo?" he asked.
"You remember that stampede we had
after the buffalo last fall?"
eyes, sir; but l did not send you
after the buffalo. / know an Indian
when see one" This was n slap at
the Sergeant, who had sent him after
the buffalo.
The Indians Were not in sight from
here, but picking up his field glass he
and l went up on higher ground and
pointed the Indians out to him. He
just leveled his glass at them, then
called out, Saddle up, and pack up!
Do it in hurry, now"
The saddles were on in hurry, the
men having to leave the rest of their
dinner here on the grass. Then leav-
ing the pack train to follow up, we
started.
I told the Captain that the column
could not take the route l had taken,
the ground was too much broken, SO he
bore off to the left through lot of
chaparral on our side of the creek, 60
ing through at as fast gallOp as the
bushes would let us. Then after going
a mile we turned to the right and after
crossing the creek, he put us on front
into line and we went to the ridge at a
fast gallop; but the Indians had left.
1t was nearly dark, but few of us
secuted to the front but could see moth
ing of the Indians. Then going back
to the nearest point on the creek, we
went into camp again for the night, the
Major s.Sing that he would hunt up
those fellows tomorrow; he knew now
where to look for them.
The men were in bad humor. They
had lost half their supper. l had lost
all of mine or thought l had; but the
Major sent orders down to the cook to
get me mine right away; and while /
was eating it the men kept up their
growling-they knew what was going
to happen when they saw me leave
camp to-day. l never was sent any.
where but / found Indians, or their
, trail, or some other BANKED thing
J Why did l not fire a shot at the In.
, dams when 1 saw them. then let them
go to Hades and not get the troop out
after them? We have not lost any
= Indians; we lost our supper, all right
} though.
l let them keep at this for a while
+ then said, "That will do now. Adjourn
( this debate and hunt your saddles fol
t the night. l don't want to have to hum
a rope and tree for any of you.
4 found those Indians because l was
: sent to find them, and had not founi
e them when l did they would have
found you tonight, and you would
D have lost part of your horses, if yor
q have not lost any Indians" Thii
0 settled it; | could run one of those mel
e up to the nearest tree, tie him up t.
a it by the wrists, then report it to III,
1 Major when l had go ready to do it
q | was Senior Corporal then, but did ia,
y less of this tying-up than any non-com
e we had did. and these men would ODE!
s me far quicker than they would som,
+ of the others who We're continually ty
+ ing them up for anything or nothing
@ Next morning, while we remained il
o camp here, the Major sent q sergean
n and detail over to examine the plac
e where the Indians had been. The,
came back in an hour and reporte,
e that there must have been at leas
e thirty Indians there, judging from tn
e trail they had made when leaving, an,
= the men brought back an old brok e.
@ rawhide lariat and worn-out plsto
k holster. These the Indians had throw
It away; but the sergeant had ney
II butcher knife and its sheath that ha
Il been lost by some of them. The troo
e going over now started TO follow til
II trail, but after a few miles it ran out
e the Indians having split up. The
70 were going in every direction now el
e cept toward us. This was done TO pre-
e vent us following them; We Nigh
G have followed any single pony tract
o of course, but 1t would not lead u
6. anywhere.
n We secuted through that country fo