The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-07-20
INDIAN SCOUTING IN THE
SETTLEMENT or LEMAl
Alex cruIekshanL's "reminiscences.
Article 3.

Alex cruIekshanIcs "reminiscences.
Article 3.
We secuted In the hills all day and
at evening Col. Shoup, Dave Wood
and Billy Price came along with o.
pack outfit going toward the burning
wagons. They wanted us to so with
them but Jarvis and Falkner did not
want to go but remained with the In
dians and returned with them to the
Lemhi valley Col. Shoup prevailed
on me to go with his party and camp
with them. which | did after select
ing two OF my best saddle horses and
making arrangements with the In
dians TO take the balance 10 Junction
where they left them for me.
The freighter's outft. which was
taken and destroyed by the Nez
Perces, were wagons loaded with
merchandise for Col. Shoup of Sal
mon and Dave Wood of Leesburg. u
was in charge OF Jim HaydeesN who
was assisted by Al Green and Dan
Combs. There were two strangers
with them, who, believe, were new
er identified; also a man by the
meme of Al Lyons who was dressed
in buckskin and who according TO the
Chinamen's story was perhaps re-
sponsible, 10 great extent, for their
trouble. The Indians had taken all
the provisions and goods. which they
wanted, from the wagons and had set
fire to the balance. The next morn
| ing when we arrived at the scene ey-
erything was smouldering In a burn
ing heap.
Presently Ed Swan came up where
he and Col. Shoup had some hot
words, but before much was said
Dave Wood came in and reported
that he had found the boys who were
killed, lying about quarter of mile
away. We hastened to the spot where
| lay the dead. There were Ave OF us
in this crowd. viz; Col. Shoup. Dave
| Wood, Ed Swan. Billy Price and my
SELF. We found four dead men lyine
within twenty feet of each other and
near the creek. Everything indicated
that they had put up fierce and
hand to hand fight with tho Indians
and had sold their lives as dearly Al
possible.
Hayden and Combs were lying side
by side Hayden had been killed
with his own gun which had beer
broken from the blows given him ov
u his head. the stock lying on ons
side of him, the barrel on the other
II was a so caliber U. s. Needie guI
which he had perhaps used in frint
at the Indians as they attacked him
In is pocket we found tirea car
tridges only, remaining of the II
rounds 81 ammunition which had re
Gently been issued to him when h'
had received the gun from the gov
eHnment. Combs held a loaded black
) snake which was wound around on'
hand, he evidently having used l
with telling force as IL was coyeres
with blood and hair; while his othe
hand had been slashed as II he hai
grabbed a knife that had baen thrus
at him. Green had been stabbed an
der the right arm but had manages
to get into the brush where he die
and was found lying in the creek hi
head pointing up stream. A strange
lay dead in the brush near him wit
an axe, which was smeared wit
blood, in his hands. We searched hin
, for evidence OF his identity but foun
! nothing except $50 In greenhacki
we found the other stranger. wh
had been shot from his horse. abOu
mile further up the creek.
( THE Cinnamon stated that Will
= this freight outfit was camped at th
: cotton wood grove where the Los
I river trail crosses Birch creqk, abou
Z sixty IL the Nea Psrce warriors cam
s to the camp. They demanded Dime
!, which the Cinnamon prepared "a
{ them after which they ordered tn
e freightsEs 20 hitch up the teams an
3 move the wagons TO the main India
camp which was ten miles furthe
up Birch creek The reached the II
: dian camp In the evening and imme'
lately upon their arrival the war;