The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-05

country which was then the land OF
the most hostile of all North Ameri.
can Indians and part of it hitherto
untraveled by white man.
-Assailed by the Reds.
For about so miles from Fort Rice
Capt. Fisk followed the trail of Gen
Suiiy and then turned n little south.
west across the country. headed fo1
h Big Horn and Yellowstone rivers
There was no trail and they had nc
guides as there We're no white men
who knew more about that country
than did Capt. Fisk. but according ia
diaries of those in the party they
We're getting along nicely until they
came in sight of the Bad Lands OF
$50 miles travel, according to their
records, and % miles east Of Thick
T1mbered river. (an east branch OF
the Little Missouri river.) At this
place they Were attacked by Indians
on the rear and several of their mer
killed. The Indians followed 70,
three days attacking them at different
times and succeeding in contiscatins
several of their wagons loaded with
ammunition.
They were nearing the Bad Lands
then and as they could plainly sec
h q this Was a natural fertilization
where the Indians could easily dis.
pute the passage Of the white men
they decided to stop and throw up an
e~ntrenchment and dispatch messeng-
ers to Fort Rice for reinforcements.
Lieut.. Smith and a squad of Is men
got away in the night and IS days lat.
err Gen. Sully. with a fore of 1000
strong and several days rations, came
to their assistance.
1t is said That their little fortifca.
ton was a strong one. The men
worked hard digging trenches and
throwing UP sod walls to protect their
wagons and themselves and after
three days the Indians got discourag.
ed and went back a little. probably to
get re-enforcements or to await the
advancement of the train. At any
rate, Capt. Fisk and his train of peo.
pie welcomed Sully and were glad to
return with him to Fort Rice. 1t is
mentioned here that Capt. Fisk had
discovered an open plateau between
the Bad Lands and the Black Hills
which he thought would he a feasible
route should they continue their Jour.
ney west. One Of the diaries also
mentions that the fighting was done in
4 deep ravine with hills all around
The hills were covered on the tor
with red stone and the battle was ap.
propriately called the Battle Of the
Red Buttes.
AT this time Gen. sully had just re.
turned from a march down the Vel.
lowstone and Missouri rivers, after
fighting the battle of the Kildeers and
pursuing the Indians west into The
Bad Lands.
Experience Of Mrs. Kelly.
During the summer Of 1864, Mrs
Kelly. a white woman. was taken in
Nebraska and held captive by the In.
dams. She was spared the s~calpinr
knife or other barbarpus means OF
death at the time of the battle of the
kildeers because Of her skill in dress.
ing the wounds of their injured and
otherwise caring for their sick and
wounded. She was with them again
when they attacked Capt. Fisk's trair
In the country southwest and acted a,
their interviewer. writing out thei,
messages to Capt. Fisk. BY careful,
calculation h managed always to add
a lew words to. their messages, askins
the government forces to rescue hel
n warning them of their LANCER
Later the Indians took her to For
Pterre for the promised ransom AM
by her warnings the Indians plan FOL
taking the fort at tt11t time WA in.
tercepted. Subsequently, vot.
ed Mrs. Kelly $4,000 for saving For
Pierre. In 1870 Mrs. Kelly wrote ,
book called. MY Captivity Among tn,
Indians" She died in Washingto,
city about sever years age. An onl,
son resides In ,1ofporuaD nyL