Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-07-16

gave M of the captives a chance to
run, and shot and killed him as he
was leaving. Soon afterwards they al
lowed the other to escape and brought
the horses to the agency. Banks, an
old trapper, about two months after
the killing of the B%annocks, Was fol-
lowing his vocation on Mission creek
and wa camped about five miles from
the Yellowstone. One day while light
ing his after dinner pipe, six Ban
nockS came into camp and sitting down
commenced smoking with him. AS he
was taking the pipe from one, another
sitting on the other side shot him in
the back of the head, killing him in
stantly.
In June, 1872, the Northern Pacific
surveyors, with Colonel Baker and
three companions of troops from Fort
Ellis, went down the Yellowstone, and
taking up the survey where it had been
left the previous year, went on down.
They saw no Indians till they were
about 20 miles below the mouth OF
Pryor's creek, where on a large bot
tom, now known as Bakers battle
ground, they saw a few Indiaps in the
hills. The camp was made near q
heavily wooded slough. and among
large cottonwoods. There were Is civ
ilians along, who were camped about
$50 yards from the main party. About
three the next morning the civilians
were awakened by the tread of horses,
They quickly and silently jumped up
and seized their guns and cartridge
belts. A party of Indians, unaware of
their proximity to the whites, rode
right into the camp, and as they came
near, the civilians gave them a vol
ley, which killed two Indians, n of
them dropping from his horse, into
one Of the just vacated beds. Two men,
a sergeant and a civilian were killed,
and another soldier wounded.
August IA, 1872, the Sioux and Ar
raphoe Indians attacked the compan-
les Of the 18th Infantry under Cap
tains Rawn and Browning, and Lieu
tenants Reed and Quinlon. Sergeant
Mcclellan of Company c, was killed,
while the Indians lost ten killed. An
other report of the same date says:
1850 warriors of the Sioux, Arrapahoes
and C%heyennes attacked the Hayden
and Union Pacific railroad survey
parties, $50 miles east of Bozeman, on
the Yellowstone. One of Lieutenant
LOgan's command was killed and three
wounded"
Charlie Hoffman was post trader at
the Grow agency, and was well liked
by the Indians, yet vas once put in a
precarious position by them, without
fault of his own. In the summer of
1872 an under chief of the Crow, nam
ed Little Iron, killed for some private
spite a Flathead, who was visiting at
the camp. Some Grow friends of the
Flathead threatened to kill two Ban
nocks who were friends of Little Iron.
The latter and his clique swore if the
Bannocks were shot, to kill the trader,
who, to ave himself and settle the diff
ficulty had to talk nice and give pres
ents right and left, and at last induced
them to smoke a peace pipe together.
In october, 1873, Charlie Morrow, an
old prospector, and Jose, a Mexican,
were in the employ of Frost, then just
appointed Grow agent; they went from
the agency to Benson's and stayed
there two days; on the morning of the
third day they started back. They had
left their rifles at the agency, and with
the exception Of a pistol carried by
Jose, were entirely unarmed. When
within one mile of the agency building,
a party of is Sioux darted from a
coulee and gave chase to them; they
put their horses at full speed, and
would have escaped from this party,
but were headed off by a squad of 10
others, who killed and scalped them
within 600 yards of the stockade.
Early In the spring of 1873, Joseph
Lee and George Ackerly, had put their
traps, blankets and cooking outfit in
a boat and trapped down the Yellow
stone to Pompey's Pillar. Here they
cached their furs and then walked back
to Benson's, and getting horses went
down and packed their things up the
river, getting back alright, though they
) saw a war party Of Sioux, and hac
travelled all of n night to get away
!, from them. In the fall they outfitted
at the Grow agency and went down
the country toward the Big Horn fol
the winters wolfing. They were never
seen alive again.
, In July, 1874, Hardy ODare, n OF
the herders for Dunphy Bros, al
r Shields river was killed by the Sioux
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