The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13

u,.;e &c the concluding instalmen
- norticipant in the fighting bet
Northern Idaho.
Tho Indians came up to the open
- in a strong force. Some OF
gu limo think there were $50 In
the They cut all kinds of capers,
ssnod and yelled, and dared us to
WHIP ont and fight. But We were
CUM and if they wanted us all they
"a ~, 70 do was to come and try to take
w eff from that little hill.
nj, dav wore on, till along in the
ICON I had been lying in a rifle
a at and watching for some of the In
P go 70 come past certain rock that
nod the range on, as 1 was anxious
oot 2 shot where there was
nance Of getting meat.
noticed quite a number of In
,;one striking out toward Mount
T5obo or in that direction, and soon
40 If our boys, on looking through
o,ass. saw a few men coming along
tbs trail we had come over the day
,,foro We were expecting John Nc
pberson and two others to bring US
oonnle Of pack horses with grub, and
;, ros they that were coming and the
1,5ians had seen them first. The In
5ians were intending to get to small
hin that the trail passed just under,
or5 there We could not have taken the
hill from them, and they would have
had our friends cut off.
As soon as / saw the situation L
ran 10 Colonel McConville and told
him he would have to send a relief
Marty 70 head the Indians off, or they
would kill the boys that were coming
when thew got in under the hill. Nc
conviIIe asked me to go, and while I
did not refuse. | told him to send
some of the boys that had been clam
oripg to see a live Indian with his
bristes up.
Call for Volunteers.
McConvile called for 10 men to go,
but none offered. I waited but few
seconds, for I knew that whoever went
would have run for the hill.
Jumped to my horse, and said, Come
on. boys" and started.
When | got to the foot of the hill on
which We were camped, l looked
around to see how many were COM
ing and Mort S Martin was the only
man. and he and l struck out on the
run as fast as our horses could carry
US We got opposite quite bunch
of Indians that were watching those
that were running for the hill. We
both jumped off and kneeled down and
fred at the bunch. When we were
going to shoot McCOnville turned his
glass on the bunch and said that we
knocked one Indian from his horse.
We jumped on our horses again and
struck out for the hill. When we
made the stop to shoot Clearly and
about 10 others came after us. One
volunteer from the Palouse was rid
ing as fast as he could to catch up,
and the bunch of Indians we had shot
at opened fire on US. This young fell
low called to me that he had been
HIT asked him if he was badly hurt,
and he said, NO. have got the bull
let in my hand" l told him to put it
ii his pocket and come on.
My horse, being quite fast, I struck
the foot Of the hill just before the
Indians did. and about 1000 yards
nearer the trail our friends were COM
Ing on, and when they saw I was goins
to reach the top of the hill ahead or
them they turned and rode as fast
as they could fer the main band.
Soon our friends came along. They
mad seen men running, but they
thought it was our party coming to
meet them
A Close Cal.
As We rode back from the hill the
volunteer that had Deen hit showed