The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-07-27
INDIAN SCOUTING IN THE
SETTLEMENT or LEMHI
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Article 4
AS soon as the burial al Birch
creek was over / saddled my horse
and leading a mule which we had TO
captured from the Nez Perces and
belonging To q Chinaman known as
Boise Sam" and living on Horse
Prairie. l rode for General Howard's
command as fast as | could travel,
reaching IL at nenry's lake On the
2lst OF August. Here | Was assigned
To RUDE Robbins command, ke being
chief of scouts. with Jack Carlton OF
Lewiston as lieutenant
The next day the post trader from
Ross Fork. Mr.. Fisher. reached our
command with q band OF about SO
bannAck Indian scouts who had vol.
unteered from Fort Hall reservation.
They certainly had a fine time chas-
ing Nez Perces and were In their
glory robbing and stealing horses. Of
times being as hard on friend as on
foe Chief Buffalo Horn was with
them and AZ times they would dance
and nowl all night In the National
park they came upon an old Nez
Perez sQuaw who had been wounded
and left TO dia The BAnnacks set
up a great howl. rode round and
round the old sqaaw several tina -
and finally riding their horses over
her. after which they shot and 81. D
ed her. Putting the old grey locks Oh
the end Of pole they made the nigh
hideous with their war howl And
pow-wow. II was when Gen. Howard
uinterferred with this barbaric prae
dca and upbraided the Indians, es
pecially Buffalo Horn, that the Chic
took onense. which was said TO have
caused him to so upon the war pau
the next year when the country wa
infested with the BannAck war
These scouts did fairly good SERVES
at the battle of Canyon creek, afte
which they returned To the reperya
! ton
We had quite an experience viii
pleasure seekers. who were In tn,
National park sightseeing when tn
Neg Perces went through. -Ae In
dams came upon several touring paI
ties, some of whom they killed; som
they wounded and other they car
tured- We found one fellow who hal
his feet bound in gunny sacks. as b
had stepped into a boiling spring il
: his endeaYor TO escape the Ind ans
Anotheg had been shot in the mout
and was in horrible condition wi
blood all over an. 4 Mr. Cowen ha
!, been shot in the head and WIN
|. struggling TO get away was wounde
. in the hip. We found him sittisg u
! der a tree. His wife and sisteG-i'
{ law had been captured BY the Il
|, dians. They were taken TO Chief J,
J seph's lodge where they we're hel
/ several days then given their ,lbs
: ~ and sent home on horseback. 5.
eral dead men whom the Indians kil
|, ed were picked up and buried By u
soldiers.
Before coming to Montana l h.
seen some service with hostile 4
dians on the Plains and along n
: border Of Texas but had never bee
: IN an actual Indian night and va
quite anxious 10 get into one. va
= then young and wanted to cut
notch In my gun" We had bss
: scouting for several days and had
: great number OF minor encounter
: especially at long range. The excit
uaent in such action however hs
passed away. After we had asce
tained the general direction In whi'
the Indians were travelling. word vi
dispatched ahead and Gen Sturg
% was ordered to intercept them al
al either hold. whip or send back on
q Us. One evening a scout from Ge
Sturgis came to Us stating that Il
Generals force was only Is mil
RwAv with the Indians between q
two commands and that he was :
II ing to give battle as soon as he car
u upon them. Being anxious To get In
IL this fight / hunted up my pal. Fra
N Parker, who was at that time a
Of porter on the Boise Statesman and
N man of whom Gen Howard said w
Id not afraid OF the devil. but all b.
~ couldn't command him" We sneak
out Of camp. travelled all Night a
came up with Gen. Sturgis about
O'Clock on the morning Of the II
Of September just as the cavalry "
le ordered to make the hrst charge
liz the battle OF Canyon creek 7
n. creek at this season OF the year "
do dry and the Nez Perces were In
en- creek bed behind the banks viii
IA were, In places. ten feet high and
We bottom on which the soldiers M
20. oeuvered was covered with hi
sit grease wood. General Sturgis h
E the greater part Of his command
". reserve all day. sending only a q
At q time TO the attack. They wo'
charge TO the creek bank where
Nsz Perces lay concealed, and y
! held their Ere until the soldiers ca
: close BY when the Indians would {