The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-27
Courthouse Is Memorial to
Pioneers in Wild TerritOru

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behind a hill, and 1 soon got two
shots at my head. We fired two OF
three shots at 200 yards and some Of
us killed u Indian. Soon the res,
OF the boys came up and the Indians
rode off farther. Then we got oul
cattle and started back. Then we
found there were NOR Indians riding
around. They came up behind the
cattle and commenced shooting.
Mare Causes Trouble
Collins and I tried to have the men
scatter out and stand them off, but
the most of them wanted to drive
cattle. I was off on one side with an
other man, leading Dolly, and shoot
ing when I got a chance. The other
man shot and the mare jumped and
got away. I tried to catch her, but
she took toward the Indians. Joe
Mitchell went after her horseback,
till the Indians drove him back. Then
the Indians tried to get her. She took
a circle around among them, then
back to our cattle. 1 had just got her
when n man said we must run, or
we would be killed. The Indians had
been closing in on us. They had
! wounded one pony and two cattle.
Seven or eight of our men jumped on
their horses and ran. Others that had
played-out horses begged Of them to
fight. One man rode ahead to the
next hill and said he would shoot the
first man that passed him. Three had
passed before he got there. One man
ran by him and got shot one-half
mile farther on. The rest he stopped.
When George and I got to the hill
Collins was half way up. His horse
was wounded, a ball through his gun
stock and one through his leg above
the knee. No bones were broken. The
others at the foot Of the hill said
that the Indians passed within 20
yards of him. He got up the hill all
right. There were Indians all around
us. George was hit in the shoulder
when he first got to the top OF the
hill, but not hurt much. We were all
in a bunch. I told them to scatter
out more and started along the hill,
shooting as I went. I called to George
to come that way. They said he had
Just started when his pony was shot
through the body. He pulled her
along a little ways and stopped to
shoot, then dropped his gun and said
he was shot. One of the men told
him he was only wounded. mo-" ne
said, Il am shot through the heart
and dropped down dead. The pony
stood awhile by him and fell.
Killed Two More Indians
We killed two more Indians. Then
they left, driving all the cattle with
them. We waited an hour or two,
then started back. There were six
dead ponies and two wounded. We
put George on one Of our ponies ana
on another. Half a mile on
found one Of the men that run,
with his dead pony and his own leg
with an arrow. We got back
camp at IL o'clock at night.
We buried George there. They got
I'D a funeral in best way they could.
All that were in the fight and didn't
'un fired a salute over his grave. The
next morning 1 sold part of my butter
It "a cents a pound, gave away some,
.hrew away pans and truck to 500
pounds and got 200 hauled. The old
black COW could not go and l shot
Ter. Old Jack had been so lame ne
vas Of no use. We yoked up a pair
COWS. Three days more OF snow
md mud played out one of Henrys
,ows. A few days more left u old
,ell COW. We fed flour all up.
Bought $50 pounds more. That we
lad when we got there. We were 40
on the road. s
They had a fight with the Indians /
t Lower Town yesterday. One man
sas wounded one-half mile from here
esterday. Stock stealing and Indian
lights all around the hills, the result
Mostly in favor of the reds. Flour is
,orth 20 dollars a sack. Only three
acks in the market. Our whole party
!, in no better condition than we are. !
galloway got his horses through and )
hat was all. I am going tomorrow ]
o look a chance. Will be gone a i
7eek and then will write more. There &
, nobody at work, all running
round. r
OSCAR" 6