Milford chronicle., 1909-04-30

= sun dIuuuu lHe DuSueS ana so SET ur
I to the timber. The smoke and flame
{ forced them out Of their hiding plac
I just as Jackson and Gerard ioine,
! them, having left their horses wher
! they first met, studing grass In thei
nostrils to prevent them from attract
ing attention. Wrapping their blouse
around their heads. they succeeded II
escaping into the thick brush alon,
the bank of the creek. From here the,
saw that McDougall had Joined Ren,
with the pack train. At the finish oi
the firing In the direction where Gus
ter was hundreds of Indians returned
and the fight on the hill was kept VI
all night. The two scouts got theil
horses and, with O'Nell and De RudiC
holding the tails, decided to ford the
river under darkness at the place
where they had crossed I'm the morn
ing. BY making a detOur round the In
dians and as It was darlA they passed
close to three bands of red men with
out molestatiOn, O'Neil and De Rudio
on the 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
loose and the two afoot dropped and
hid in the sagebrush.
The Indians pursued the horsemen
short distance, firing shots at them
but did not see the two men i'm the
sagebrush, although they passed in sin.
gle file within three or four feet OF
them.
O'Neil and he reached the ford and
decided to secrete themselves ana wait
until daylight. The moon came out bu;
dlmly. and they saw a party that look
ed like American cavalry, as they were
on American horses and dressed in the
soldiers uniform, the leader riding
sorrel horse with four white legs II
was sure that it was Captain Tom Gus
ter. Elated, he cried out Hello. cap
tainr' The rider stopped. and. althoug
they could not see him. fendish veil /
and volley Of bullets told them they |
were Indians. They rushed through .
the brush, the Indians firing at the .
moving bushes volley after volley
I''7At N'Ni ~ W siN lult -lA'uIfflt~.
1t turned out artrr..arl het tlc
Indians Dy 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 clinking sabers ana
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 II
dian yell put the Reno men on their
guard. Proceeding on their way. two
Indians came hunting for the fugitives.
believing, Of course. that 1t was only
some wounded soldier. While hunting
for them they approached within five
Yards, and, evidently having seen
hem. one jumped from his horse,
when De Rudlo fired and dropped him
lead, O'NeiIs carbine knocking The
'ther one out of his saddle and killing
lin. The Indians in the hills saw the ;
lash and puff and fired another volley
n that direction, but the two desperate .
nen hastily concealed themselves be ;
lind a big log which several bullets a
ad struck. The bullets struck the ,
round within a few feet and even t
lches Of them continuously v
Again the woods were fired at this :
olnt but as it had been rainy In the
vening the smoke was stronger than q
ne flames and was thus their saliva n
on, and they hid In a deep part of L
le creek with only their heads out Of u
-ater, but with their cartridges an6 d
rearms on the bank ready for action. L
hey remained there and in a little Il
isis of bushes that the fire had not p
uched, without moving or speaking &
ltil O'Clock on the 26th of June. @
bout / o'clock there were two signal III
stol shots fired, the Indian vedette al
fl his pos+ at the ford and loud re
.ire was heard haranguing the In al
aus ana band Of three or four hun
ed passed closely and rode of. They tn
uld see them for miles down the ex
GER and heard them singing a pecul th
T chant. BY $50 they had gone as 10
r as they could see and 1t was evi- he
Mt that something had caused them m
move away. as il appeared to them 1t
it tne lIoopS uluSl nave also leTL the De
L. In
hungry, exhausted and dispirited. iol
cir condition can be imagined-the fr'
nmand gone, and they a hundred sa
les from the Yellowstone river, thu
'weyer, when everything was quiet ito
the dark night they started in the wa
ection Of Reno's retreat. and after be-
out i've miles they came to a high tbs
!. from which they saw a fire At
les the fire disappeared, and they
lcluded that there must be human
ngs passing around it, which hid It
asionally from sight But what -
d OF human beings-Indians or
lte3 There was the rub. They
wled on with great cautiousness, il
ring the Indians would have TO be ma
wled through even to reach Reno. tal
was Reno, when their hearts were aga
ed by the braying Of a mule Still. arm
might be a captured mule. so they to
1t along on their bellies cautiously thu
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