The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-04-13
PIONEER SECTION OF THE RECORDER.
EARLY DAY HISTORY COMP LIED BY JOHN E REEFS

soldiers and citizens as occurred the
previous year with On Custer. l
vas over the battle field after the
night and Il was a graesome sight
met Riley Cooper who was all
through and in tha midst OF this
aght
The Indiana. instead OF coming b.
way OF Bannack. kept to the west
and went the trail that crosses onto
Bloody Dick oFeek. There are tao
bloody Dick creeks. one the source
of the Columbia river and the other
the source of the Missouri river and
are called for Dlek Greene a ~Bloods
hInglishmAn." who had a ranch on
one Of these sterams. and as IL was al,
says bloody this and bloody that
with him. he Nns familiarity known
As Bloody Dick The indians came
onto Horse Prairie creek on August
ilth, where Montague A Winter
then owned what Is now the Bremen
ranch. ana at this So son OF the year
had "a crew of men h0 were putting
np hay. Montague anu flynn were
cooking dinner when the Indians sur
rounded the house. They put up "a
terrific hght but the Indians oyeFaw
Ell them. Montague, being shot IN
tirely through. laid down on the bt-I
where he died. Flynn Naa foanA
dead lying on the fiOoF The hotfs.
y as pretty vel shot up. FarnsWorLlA,
and Winters we're coming into &C =
baTnyard with load OF hay. Farns
worth was shot and killed but WIN
teFs managed 10 ecape into ~
brush. Nike Herr, Mobiles and Sultth.
being in the hay neld. and sssAmR
what was going on al the house nlafl
for ths willows along the creek, buf
Smith was killed before reaching the
brush, while the Others s,ade then
getaway.
Ar. Hamilton was also haying, but
hearing OF the Indians in time 10 get
10 his saddle horse be put spurs 20
her and made out over the hiiIa for
Bannack. The Indians made an e.
pecial effort To capture or kill him
giving him the chase of his life and
iring several shots that barely miss
ed him. Being well mounted be sue
ceeded IN out-Tidlng them The mare
on which he made his escape be AT
forwards named Lady Hamilton
and nothing on his ranch was ever
too good for haT Five fellows who
were placer mining near the Hamil-
ton ranch managed to get into the
brush but only so with the Indians
right at their heels. AS they were
under the cover OF the brush the In
dams would not go in after them
That Is one thing an indian will not
do, They epdeavoTed To persuade
these men 10 come out OF the brush.
promising them they would not hurt
them in the least Tae men held a
cons ultAtion in which Andy Myers
said. 4 have no confidence IN any
one OF the colOred races. / viii not
take their word. IL they were PEG
pie 81 the white race ! would feel
like depending upon their promise
viii not 80 out" Alex Cooper said.
Wei. boys ! think that they will do
as they say and not harm Us. o-Tm
going out and give up 10 Ghtan" And
he did SO. suTrenderinE To them
shot gun which be had grabbed up
when ha left the house. The others
stayed under cover aud by their guns
The Indians did not further modest
them. but left with Cooper whom
they took q short distance away aud
killed the poor fellow with his own
gun and left him 10 rot in the sage
brush.
A party OF us from Baunack vent
out to Horse Prairie. where We found
the bodies OF the murisred men and
took them 10 Bannack for burial. The
Methodist minister. Mr.. Van Orsdel
went with us ON this trip. falling IN
line with the others and Il was evi-
dent he did not intend TO depend a.
together upon the persuasive power
OF the gospel. for he was armed Ia
the teeth the same as the rest Of Us
and am satisfied he'd made a good
fn!un" Just as quickly a. any 4ns. II
the occasion had arisen