The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-05-01
BY Martha Edgerton Plassma,1n
Daughter of Governor Edqerton


mination of the Leavenworth cam
palgn, had grown very bold. At time:
the inmates of this post were virtual
ly prisoners, being unable to leave it,
protection for any purpose whatever
On nearing the fort, Glass saw two
squaws in it's neighborhood, whom he
recognized as Aricaras. He attempt
ed to hide, but too late, for the
squaws had caught sight of him, and
notified the warriors. For the sec
ond time he was in imminent danger
of death, when two Mandans rode
out from their village and rescued
him. Later the news arrived that all
those on the boat he had left were
massacred.
Undeterred by fear of the Indians,
he continued his journey up the
river, leaving the fort that night.
For t~hirty-eight days, through a
country beset by manifold perils, this
lone man pursued his way to Fort
Henry, where he was received as one
risen from the dead; the stories of
the companions who abandoned him
having been accepted as true.
Glass was disappointed on hearing
that those he sought had gone to
Fort Atkinson. Still intent on his
purpose of revenge, he gladly agreed
to carry a message to that fort, leav-
ing Henry's fort, accompanied by
four men, on the 28th of February,
1924.
Going east into the Powder river
valley, they followed it to its source
and from there into the Platte val
ley. In bull boats which they made,
they rowed down the Platte. On
coming out of the foothills, they saw
a band of Aricaras camped on the
river bank. 1t was the same band
whose chief, Grey Eyes, had been
killed by the Leavenworth forces.
The Indians, claiming to be friendly,
the white men to go ashore.
Glass was inclined to believe they
we're sincere, as he had been on the
best of terms with the late chief,
having hunted with him, and accept
ed his hospitality. The new chief
welcomed him with a great show of
affection, and invited the party to his
odge.
The whites were thrown complete
y Ol1 bbOll SQolos ouL d CAllQ .
causing Glass to look around
lie saw the squaws were carrying off
heir belongings. He and his COM
'anions understood what this meant,
nd at once took flight. Two of the
nen were killed close to Glass, who
vas concealed behind a rock, but the
after through his knowledge of In
ians, managed to elude their search
nd turned northeastward, where
'ort Kiowa was located. The In
ians had taken all he possessed with
he exception Of his knife and flint. I
q an article published by the Mis- :
ouri Intelligencer, Glass says of how :
lis affected him: although I had !
,st my rifle and all my plumber, I '
lit quite rich when I found my knife :
nd steel in my shot pouch. These :
tile fixens make a man feel right
cart when he is three or four hun
red miles away from anybody or d
nywhere-all alone among the Q
(panthers) and the wild var K
ints." t
At that season the buffalo calves =
ere very young and plentiful, and n
lese furnished the lone traveller :,
piChtJ VI COOheQ lOOQ, LQduhS /,
the flint he carried and knew from r
ng experience how to USE. He was q
fteen days in reaching Fort Kiowa, :,
here he took a boat for Fort At :,
nson. !
Here he found his enemies, the eld- y
of whom had Joined the army,
ID the younger, who was little more
an a boy, Glass willingly forgave, a
lieving that he had not been a free o.
ent. The elder, as a soldier, was IL
fectually protected, and Glass re- pi
,unced his long-cherished plan of II
ngeance. OF
On hearing his story, the com-l1e
anding officer more than recon- VI
nsed him for what property he had ca
st, and he was able again to be- az
me a trapper. re
C~hittenden states that the for OF
arance of Glass may have arisen
his realization of the position 81
which the two men were placed. co
ey had remained with him five W,
VS., exposed to attack from wander W.
bands of Indians; they saw no re-
provement in his condition, and Ill
re convinced that he would sure
die, why, then, should they run on
more risk? This was the way fu
" looked at it. To be sure they to
I'd not have robbed Glass of his wi
ects, and they could have i'm ma