Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-05-21

bridge. John Briggs lived there then.
the time being about October 1850.
MacC1oud and myself left his house
at four O'Clock in the morning, cross
ed the brigde and went up the creek
on the west side We passed Par
tial Smiths without being seen.
This is the last house on the creek.
We came up opposite George L..
bikes where we saw seven deer. Mac
told me to shoot at the nearest one
and to my great delight the deer
fell. Mac had a double barrelled
gun and he killed two of them.
He told me to take the pack off
the horse and get Dixie to take our
venison home. Mr. Dixie was hauling
logs to build a house but at once
hitched his OK to the wagon and
started back. We heard Mac shoot
twice and when we got to him we
found that he had killed two more
deer. Mac sold enc of the deer to
Dixie for So and gave him another to
take the three home. He loaded
the deer Oh the wagon, helped Dixie
across the creek and then went on,
seeing eight more Of the same an
imals. Just south of Chimney Rock,
about a quarter Of a mile above the
rock, we saw two bear but did not
shoot at them We were lookin g
for elk and when we came to the
point Of the bluff between Bear
Creek and Marble Quarry hollow, Mac
said we would stop here. told him
the place was too open and exposed
and so we went on a short distance,
turned to the east, went fifty or six
tv steps, then turned south again
and came back to within thirty steps
Of where [ had said would be good
place in which to camp. We were in
thicket Of willows and unpacked
the horse and l picketed him be-
hind some willows Mac got the grub
ready and after dinner Mac filled
his pipe to smoke. | went to look
| for elk tracks but soon heard low
whisper from Mac. / went to him
and he told me that there were three
| Indians coming up the valley. He
said, If they leave the trail and
come over on our path we will have
a fight; If they go On up the valley
we will not disturb them. Don't be
afraid, sonny, for we can lick them
and not get a scratch We watched
The Indians from our ambush until
we saw them leave the main trail
and follow as we had come. Then
we knew they were after. us. Mac
said. when | shoot both of my bar
rels, hand me your gun. The Indians
came crouching along until they were
at the place where Mac first decid-
ed to camp They stopped to exam
inc tracks then Mac shot and down
went the nearest one. In an instant
the other barrel of MacCloud's gun
cracked and down went the second
Indian. l handed him my gun and
the third Indian ran without shoot
ling In an instant old Bill shot at
him and down he went, got up again
and ran. Bill dashed to the nearest
dead Indian, grabbed his gun, and
shot the third in the head, the In
dian falling head first in a hole
in the bend of the creek. We push
ed him into the deepest water, laid
his gun on him, bent the tall grass
over him and there left him. We
left the other two Indians just as
thew fell. [ wanted to take one flint
lock gun but Uncle Bill said, No
This incident happened within
$50 or 800 feet of where Hobert,
some twelve years later, built his
house. The third Indian, the one
in the creek, was never found. The
people never suspected there were
three dead Indians instead of two. We
packed up and struck for home on
the east side of the valley and from
here down to the open prairie. Bill
killed seven deer and two grey
wolves and all in all it was a most
days hunt.
bill MacCloud was born at Bell
Fountain, Ohio, in 1910 and came to
Bee Creek the summer of 1912. He
has relatives in Richland Center and
l may tell you the circumstances that
brought him to Bear Creek some
other time"
The foregoing was sent to w. T.
GIT Mills street, Madison,
y-h4 forwarded it to Baraboo for the
Historical society. Mr.. Thomas says
Mr. c.. uson ic the only living man
who knows the particulars ABOUT the
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