Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-02-01

horses reeking with sweat. The In
dams had been chasing them all
night but they managed to keep out
of their way and arrived in camp
safe.
"While camped on our backward
journey, 80 miles from the Yellow
stone river, General ROsser, with one
guide and an escort of two had to
make a trip back to the mouth OF
Powder river. He made the trip
there and back between daylight and
the next morning at daylight, inside
of "a hours. Luckily, not seeing an
Indian while here were plenty OF
them around watching.
AT that time it was thought that
gold would be found in plenty in the
Yellowstone river. We had with our
party many gold prospectors and
hunters who took the trip with us to
seek for gold. At nearly every creek
we would come to we would see
them out with their pans washing
for color These prospectors and
hunters would drive the horses for
us, do work about the camp, just to
be along with the party.
"While we were camped at Bis
marck before we crossed the river
we could see the re-scouts and the
Sioux tribe fighting, by looking
through telescopes. This was six or
eight miles across.
lone night the Indians came to
the camp and shot through the
wagons, but hurt no one. The next
morning we broke camp but before
the last wagon was out of camp the
Indians attacked us again. General
Stanley ordered us into corral i'm
mediately on the run. The Indians
fought us for three hours but were
finally chased off by the scouts and
the skirmish lines.
eve proceeded on down the creek
until we struck the Yellowstone
river. following the Yellowstone up
to the Powder river where we eX-
pected to meet surveying party
which was started from Helena,
Mont, at the same time that we
started from Fort Lincoln. We
camped at the mouth Of Powder riv-
err with no signs of the other party.
While at this camp the engineering
department was running line few
miles further. They were attacked
by the Indians and one of the party
became separated, but the re-scouts
came to his assistance and saved his
life.
LAS our provisions were getting
low, it was thought necessary to
start part of the train back to Bis
marck after provisions, while the
rest of the department was survey
ing We had orders to leave camp
at - o'clock at night, SO that the
Indians would not know that the
party had separated. We left camp
in two columns with a skirmish line
on each side for protection and
Travelled until sunrise, then stopped
for breakfast. While at breakfast
our scouts on the lead reported a
courier advancing. This courier had
left Fort Bismarck three days be-
fore, travelling day and night, with
dispatches, which were to the effect !
that the surveying party from Hell
ena, which was to meet us at Pow
der river had been compelled to turn
back on account of the Indians fight |
ing them so.
these dispatches had to go by |
courier from the engineering camp |
to Helena, Mont. then by wire to
Omaha, from Omaha to St. Paul by
wire and from St. Paul to Fort !;
Abraham Lincoln by wire, and
hence by courier to our. camp. The
DISPATCHES said that the Indians had
driven the other party back was the
'eason they could not meet us at
he appointed place and for General
Stanley to be on his guard as the In
lians were coming to drive him back
he same The courier took break
asst with us and proceeded on.
I'VE travelled as fast as we could
% Fort Lincoln for our supplies.
loading up as soon as possible we
started back again, not knowing
where we would meet the other
party, but expecting to meet them !