, 1923-02-01

man was supposed to have been cap
tured and carried off by Indians, as
reported by his companion, Mr..
Miller. Notwithstanding every en-
deavor to rescue him made by send
ing out three parties, his body was
found about dusk lying upon the
snow with clothes and boots all
stripped off Of him. Arrows pierced
his arms and legs and he had been
scalped. The young man was still
alive and strange to say his mind
was clear and he expressed concern
about his companion. Upon APP
preaching him he asked If his SER
geant had returned to camp. We
told him no. Then he is gone for l
saw his horse among the Indians
The sergeant had gone early in the
morning, but had not been missed.
Upon further investigation we found
his body 800 yards away, shot and
found 100 yards distant.
CLARKE told the story Of the sur
prise. They had gone after stakes
over the range when they suddenly
discovered Indians In ambuscade.
He cut the traces of the best mule
of the team and with one Of those
early-day carbines and a revolver
sought to escape. He was pursued
by the Indians who succeeded in
~overtaking him and his companion,
whom they wounded, and when he
fell off his horse the savages dubbed
him with the butt Of his gun and
scalped him. After leaving him for
some time n of the Indians return
ed and again shot him with arrows
and mutilated his body. Thus the
fiends left him a prey to the wolves.
| We wrapped him up in blankets at
once and carried him three miles to
our camp. I remained with him nm
til night. Mr.. Hilton of Albany,
an old companion of his. remained
with him until morning when he
died from the shock sus-
tanned and not necessarily from the
wounds.
A Siege and Rescue
"In the morning, every man in
our camp momentarily expected an
attack by a big band OF savages. We
loaded u guns, tested our re-
volvers, carried a good supply Of
water from the creek to our tents,
~improvised a barricade out Of our
wagons and other materials. intend
ing to put up the best possible fight.
The Indians were setting fire to the
prairie grass all around us, thus to
make a smoke ~ to obscure
their stealthy approach. Two Of our
men. Eckleson and Case. volunteer
ed to cut through the lines at night
and make a break for FIT. Saunders.
some SO miles away, with a view to
securing military assistance to re-
lieve us from our dangerous position.
In this they succeeded and three
days later returned with a body of
cavalry.
I'VE had a bulldog which was very
much attached to Clarke and 1t at
tackled the Indian bucks. who shot
the faithful animal supposing they
had killed It. When the cavalry
came up to camp we went back to
the mountain where Clarke left his
instruments. To our surprise upon
reaching the flagpole. the dog
bounded out from the grass. mad
with joy. We had never expected
to see him again. He had only been
stunned hv the bullet which scratch
ed him severely. The dog stayed
near the instruments. evidently rea-
soning that we would return to them,
which we did.
After the death of Clarke. his
body was taken to Fl. Saunders and
prepared for shipment. We intend
ed to take the remains back with
us on our return east. Percy Brown
the engineer In charge Of the party,
addressed the remaining members
Of the parry and told them II any
one had fear of going ahead with