Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-25

men. who started after him. Still fee
Bile from his injuries, he made little
speed, and Just as the Aricara war
riors were coming within gunshot OF
him and he had given himself up for
lost again, he was overjoyed and as
tonlshed to see two mounted Indians
of the friendly Mandan tribe riding to-
ward him. They seized him and car
ried him to the fort. The same night
he set out once more up the river.
After travelling alone for IS days he at
length arrived at Henry's Fort. near
the mouth of the Big Horn on the Vel
lowstone. The amazement that his ap-
pearance occasiOned may be imagined,
as it was thought he was dead and had
been in his grave for weeks. He was
bitterly disappointed to find that the
two men who had deserted him had left
for Fort Atkinson. on the Missouri
river near the present site of Omaha.
Still intent on revenge he accepted ser
vice as a messenger to carry a dispatch
to Fort Atkinson, and with four men
left Henry's fort on the Yellowstone
Feb. %. 1924.
Glass Meets Death on Prairie
The route followed by Glass lay east
ward into Powder River valley; thence
southwark and across into the valley
of the Platte. Here they made boats
of buffalo skin and floated down the
river until they came suddenly and with
much dismay upon a band of Aricaras.
The Indians pretended friendship and
signed to the white meh to come
ashore. They had little alternative, so
after landing they went to the chiefs
lodge: where they were welcomed and
the pipe passed.
While they were smoking they saw
squaws carrying off their weapons and
other effects. They feared trenchery
and jumped to their feet. rushing from
the tepee. Glass saw two of his COM
p%anions overtaken and killed, but luck
lily there was some heavy brush nearby
and into this he plunged. 1t afforded
an admirable hiding place. and he
crawled further and further into the
scrub until the shouts of the Indians
looking for him grew fainter.
Again he found himself alone in the
wilderness, but this time not in such
desperate straits as he had been on the
first occasion. for he had with him his
knife and flint and steel. Once more
he turned his steps toward Fort XII
owa. four hundred miles away. The
calves at this season were very
young, and as they were plentiful he
had all the meat he needed. for it was
comparatively easy to catch them. In
u days he reached the fort. At the
opportunity he left with a keel !
boat party bound down the river and
Fort Atkinson in June. Here
he found one of his faithless comrades.
who had enlisted in the army. The
had gone and he never heard of
him again.
Glass at first meditated killing the
man. but after a talk with the com
manding officer, he was persuaded
to do so meant imm ediate trial
and death for himself. Martial law in
the Indian country was swift and GER
tain. The officer called in the man
whom Glass sought and the latter near
y tainted when he saw in the flesh
whose bones he supposed were
scattered over the prairie hundreds of
niles away in the p Missouri
Glass expressed his feeling
Of contempt for the man who had left
nim to die, but on being given a COM
plete new outfit Of rifle, ammunition
and other necessaries, he ~relinquished
his plan Of revenge. Shortly afterward