Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-08-02

him of our arrival, out we did not see
him that evening"
March 10, 1811-At daypreak Sullens
came to our camp, and informed us that
Golfer would be with us in a few min
utes. Shortly after he arrived. but could
not give me the information I wished for.
He seemed to nave q great inclination to
accompany the expedition. but having
been lately married, he reluctantly took
leave of U.S."
Cutoff I'm River
John Sullins lived on Dubois creek in
1799-later he moved to Boeuf creek,
where he owned two slaves. According
to Ben Bailey. John Sullins settled on
the present Ben Bailey farm and lived
near the spot where Mr.. Bailey o has
his home. Joh Sullins came in and set
tied here in 1900, according to the testi-
mony of Ben Bailey, which we accept as
correct.
Coming back to Bradbury, we find him
camped at the mout of Boeuf creek. He
recorded in his journal the day before
that the water was high. The Missouri
river, at normal stage of water, flowed
on the north side of Boeuf island, max
ing a long bend and again came back to
the southern chain of bluffs about where
New Haven now stands. A chute ran OF
the south side of Boeuf island and made
a big cutoff" for boatmen, when there
was a good stage of water. No doubt the
Hunt party had started through this
chute and had encamped for the night
at the point where Boeuf creek emptied
into this chute, which, we are reasonably
sure was at a point a short distance be-
low Dundee, and near the house Of John
Sullins. Bradbury states that John Col
ter lived about q mile from this place
The Sullins spring is about a mile from
Dundee. Summing up, it seems that II
Golfer lived a mile from Dundee and
that he lived on Boeuf creek near the
house of Sullins' he must have lived
near Zacharius Sullins' house, which was
near the Sullins spring. Presumably it
was the son of John Sullins that was
sent to the home of Golfer to inform him
wish Of John Bradbury to consult him
and we infer from the scant records
available that John Golfer lived near the
Sullins spring on Boeuf creek.
Irving's Account
The record in the Bradbury journal Of
his meeting with Golfer at the mouth o.
Boeuf creek is one of the few written
records that shed any light on Golfers
life at Dundee, and Washington Irving
comments upon this meeting as follows
THE next morning early, as the party
were yet encamped at the mouth of 6
small stream, they were visited by an
other of those heroes of the wilderness
! one John Golfer, who had accompanied
Lewis and Clark on their memorable ex-
petition. He had recently made one Of
those vast internal voyages so character
istic of this fearless class of men, and Of
the immense regions over which they
hold their lonely wanderings; having
come from the headwaters of the Mis-
souri, to st. Louis in q small canoe. This
distance of three thousand miles he hac
accomplished in thirty days. Golfer KEEP
with the party all morning. He had man!
particulars to give them concerning thu
Blackfeet Indians, a restless and preda
tory tribe, who had conceived an i'm
placable hostility to the white men, II
consequence of one of their warriors hav
ing been killed by Captain Lewis, whil'
attempting to steal horses. Through the
country infested by these savages the ex
petition would nave to proceed, and Col
ter was urgent in reiterating the precau
tions that ought to be observed respect
ing them. He had, himself, experienced