The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-15

just as Jackson and Gerard ioinrd
them having left their horses whnr.
'''A HrS' met, stutling grass In their
h"S'rllS To prevent them from attract
ing attention. Wrapping their blousc>:
around their heads, they succeeded in
escaping INTO the thick brush alone
'i'e oahk OF the creek. From here they
saW that McDougall had Joined Reno
with TN" pack train. At the finish of
the hrlhg In the direction where Gus
Ter WAS hundreds of Indians returned.
ana the fight on the hill was kept up
All night. The two scouts got their
HORSES and. with O'Ncil and De Rudlo
h"llin" the tails. decided to ford the
river under darkness at the place
where lh"} had crossed in the morn
ING. Ry making II detour round the In
dams ANA rs II WAS dark they passed
close I" three bands Of red men with
OUT m"l"8tHliun. O'Ncil and be Rudio
ON ia" occasions keeping alongside The
horses and out Of sight. The fourth
party came along and shouted to them
IN Sioux, and Jackson and Gerard cut
l""S" and the two afoot droppta. and
hill in the Sagcbr,lsh
The Indians pursued the horsemcn
short distance. firing shots at them
bat did not see the two men I'm the
Saa"hruSh, although they passed in sin
glr Tile within three or four feet OF
them.
o'\eil and he reached the ford and
decided to Sccretc themselves and wait
uhtll daylight. The moon came out but
dlmly, and they saw Il party that look
ed like American cavalry. as they were
on American horses and dressed in the
soldiers uniform. the leader riding
sorrcl horse with four white legs He
was sure that 1t was Captain Tom Gus
ter Elated he cried out "IIello. cap
tain The rider stopped, and, although
they could not see him, II hendish yell
and Il voll"y Of bullets told them they
were Indians. They rushed through
the brush, the Indians firing at the
moving bushes volley after volley.
Their escape WAS miraculous.
1t turned out afterward that these
Indians by their firing spoiled bit OF
strataGem they had arranged to deceive
Reno by dressing In the clothes of
dead soldiers Of Clusters command,
and. equipped with climbing Sabcrs and
on American horses, they expected To-
deceive him in the night by pretend
Ing to be men of Clusters party. This
firing at De Rudio and giving the In
dian yell put the Reno men on their
guard Proceeding on their way two
Indians came hunting for the fugitlves.
believing. Of course that II was only
some wounded soldier While hunting
for them they approached within five
yards. ard. evidently having seen
them. one jumped from his horse,
when be Rudi, fired and dropped him
dc1d. ONcirs carlinc knocking the
other one out Of his saddle and killing
him. The Indians In the hills saw the
fash ana puff and fired another vcllcy
fl hat direction. but the two desperate
men hastily concealed themselves be-
hind n biz log which several bullets
had struck. The bullets struck the
Ground within few feet and even
inches Of them continuously
,,eiin the woods were fired ut this
uoini but as ii had been rainy In the
evening The smoke was stronger thhh
the flames and was thus their saliva
ton. and they hid in deep part Of
the creek with only their heads out OF
water, bul with their cartridges ana
firearms on the bank ready for action
They remained there and IN llttle
oasis of bushes that the lire had not
touched. without moving or speaking
mill . O'Clock on the 18TH OF June
About / O'Clock there were TWO Slghai
nfstol shots fired, the Indian Vehette
left his post at the ford and Il loud
vnirc was heard haranguin% the IN
li.,r4 and n band of three or four hun
drrd passed closely and rode OH. Inc!
cnuld soc them for miles down the
river and heard them singing II pccui-
tar chant. By $3.50 they had gone aS
far MS they could see, ana IL was eNi
don't thot something had caused them
f. move away. as il appeared I" thcm
u,ot th. troops must have also left the
hill
Hungry. exhausted and diSplr''eu'
thrir condition can be ilna&iiieu '"'
,.,,,,,,,ud zone, and they Il hundred
Mills from the Yellowstone river
rru,ynyrr. when everything was 4u'c'
il, thn dark night they started IN lhe
,lir.c,inu of Rcnos retreat, ana aI'eI
.,l,,u five miles they came |" h'Ih
lin from which they saw hfe' AZ
,;,,c. thr fire disappeared, ana '"e!
.,n,luded that there must be nui''',
nniuo.. passing around it, when ma II
occasionally from sight. bu' """'
rtud of human beings Indians o'
Dni,e. There was the rub. Ihey
,,,wln,l on with great '""'''',''e 90
,',r,no fine Indians would nave 10 pe
..,uI.d through even to rehc' ''''no
90 vas Reno, when their he'''S "v,,
n,tsod by the braying of a m'iie. sun,
,,i,ht be a captured NUE. 50 '"1'
w. - nlong ON their bellies r'u',''isn. Isl,
crg ,'' ,ncy got 50 near that they h ,r'
"''' ,.,u.ing III En%llSh i"e9