| Show JX BXCITlXG PLESUHE TRIP An Encounter Wilh a Band of Savage Horse Stealing Indians illirnliil IiilIt Illai k I Coffee and IInf hk from n lll 1111ag mr Turns out if he vistopes To the Editor Although the Ploncr Jubilee has come ard gone and the rcenv and incidental commemorated mill remain but tnemor lea i it Ith More mho experienced tho trills and hardship of the utruit Ale to found a commonwealth In the then American Dtfert there are read nlcen not Olrectl connected with the eems ocunlna In tl one nrlr I times hut ImeniKdlate to our Present development the recital oC la i interesting to Hone wlo hne had nmllai oxiierlenera nnd tho foowlis mrrallio of a plea uro tp I once mad may ntroet a capital starce tromo01o or yoor render In ono of m > letters I referred to Hams1 Iork elnllon as being raided raid-ed hi Ihe Indiana during tile duilcultlen with them In mz Tho next morning af ter that occurietl eleven of ua had col lected I here still mounted on mh I and ill arnitl i mitts rlol Itle and am ntlnn t l from Iort Bridger We met out under tile cmmnn of James ILDromley III pursuit oC tile Indiana nil as thro to 0 s om wonnded insmand three Cam Illes dUlln on the Rootwotor country II Wd our eloer object to oereh these people In udOne of the Indlnnv and dent de-nt uny design they inlsht bay as to thenn compnratlely defenselesu people II o llnt day out wo made Dig Sandy 0001 J flltIIV miles following the Indians In-dians trail and trokhir U solcral time me nrhd it he station In the tioen IIIR nod JIvMng n mnll fire off a Iw miles 10 tile itheait we recognized It n a 61 Ignul tire and Iong aloo to Bill safety of tile tomlll and moull mn below IIromly called fr n oualorr to go to 1000 Springtc flint lilrht I I anti wirn the people and Inform them Mot wo weie coming to Ihelr as Klstnme and Ilcn Clark who had been for l iri it poverrancut sTat immon till HlIl IuItPrt to go It I is oOr forty inliev Cren ml nnh to the Hpims anti llIh the 11fty flo tnlle me lad 31rad collie lit mad n hllnlret mno during ilia day and portion or the nlnht immediately he was gone we looped holed the station oil tho inds and sides got In it supply of wood and waler und barricaded the doom prepared pre-pared for a siege and laid I down to get I < Om ret the agent vilth the wo men belonging at the station standing guard I In tho slahle which wna also loopedboled and barricaded Anti just at daylight the next morning the agent came to the door anti ailed out to us boss ret your guns thy are on us We roused up inhered our guns and pistols unit rushed out the floor anti about n mile awhy wo mail twentfour Indian rlollng up In sill Ale 1 1 lilt but l1mmle had exposed our band for the Moment file Pat us they elected In council for II moment and were off lit the lot or their hore speed and It Mall Useless to follow them CAP our animals mere n lot or mall mule that hd been worn out In its service mhlle they were mounted 011 some or the hot hOllle that wo had on the pony express and volilch they hud stolen but observing that the In ill ° Am COUlO emod to bo shared 1 I I lo uml 1ratine Sprlngi we Immedl ately Paddled up und look tho load for that point to leaving two men at Ills Handy to look after the stock and wv had ben cone hut u few hours tthen the Indians returned and liar Passed the men for two Jays but tile men alternately landing guard on top or the tntloll And chnngn their clothes and disguising themseles an Ano Ill an they could when relllng eneh other find Albert lingering Ihe stock nt the well deceived tile Indiana Indian-a tit the number or men at the ate ton and by thin ruon influenced the Indlami to abandon their Intended ut tack anil wllhdnw Our party reached Ialflo Springa the Oenlill of the clay or left Sandy anti nUff the mounded men mentlnn1 hall ben Pulled over the i South loans nil hand colValoe started on one rot urn UI the r081 Paying the colorings It h tlln conches two bob Bled 1 the rour wound men three Avoineit an1 11e children Wo IoU the oprlng nt 4 oclok In the morning unit lit undo un-do II hail mad but five mlle a after munlifle tile beaten now r mInIng mIn-Ing In the load became sit 0U that It was rnpolh to get through 01 Or It I and mos had to pUll out onto the I Nhhhh = hllli and ridges where the ground nan thaPd unit the coach I would Ink In lo the hub W r were alllo9t entirely en-tirely without proxlslnim of any kind an there find hpon no iaches runnlllg for quill a nnTli And the pro Islonts tit the tntloll had bPPA Consumed In the Inttnal and the Ot flight out ninny of UB had nothing to eat whnt little food there Wa being Itemed for the wounded men unit women anti children Three of Us stood guard I jilt night ana the next mOllllllg early me pulled out for Dry and taking In the lilt find lidge n 8 w food done tile lay eron and early III Iho evening lit ached tho solution having been Iwo full Jays In making tighten miles unit nt tills station some of us iecured II saleratua MM ult and Pull ole coffee ol-e flint wo had had to eat In to das and as tin eleven of u thai had 1 left l1nm Fork were without bedding and Mete bi Ins hul barely 100m III he solution for the wood men omon not children onl dellmt or our potty vie limit tits tit-s 1 hellol out toor end I stowed mjoll away In I tilt remalllll or tilt haystack wnrkn illy may down feet foremost lnlll under oer and In tills position slept unlll monlllg volien me tnll1 for Green rher iiuHlnit Ihem late III the afternoon having left Ihe Plods 1 1 at Pry Hand and ill < I ioen h or we had u him ult and cut of cot te It below but the second time for some or us In three flays Early the next morning n tw or us that were sleeping near the merwire awakined by Hi roar and wish of the water and discovering that It ArI1sln was rapidly rlMnB we warned the guard I and awakened the camp when Wo harnessed up and ero1 the ller nn1 men then It wa nil I the Acorns coal d 1 do to ford It the water running oer the lend animals backs unit all other hours delay would Come Itt u on the east bank of the river unuhe to crois It and wllh a lot ot women nnd children and wounded men and nothing for ourh e or anmula to Pat the nearest provision tllenlflo miles amay with flip river hIIen UK and that anti two I hundre miles or abandoned load behind UII lint we were fortunate In ernlng In so rely and nrritliiB nt IIrne Mellon we if Auctioned him by I Iho qunllIle or beef bread and potati weataused to disappear and hit tonlnnnt wn mixed wllh plure us lie aw In I thl a another llgure In his quarterly vouchers vouch-ers But wu timid not total here an late III the afternoon lie hllhed u Inn I-nn started for Brldor Inking tile west side ut lllacki Fork an our route anti we lad gone hut it few 118 w hell We onme tu what wo took to be the MUdol 11 wa swollen and Orllolld d tile gr emId tills through which II I I ran The tem would mire down before they could get to the channel and even If WH ould pull through the submerged Hats It I wa considerable too much risk to attempt to cross with the women and children anti voou tided mn find II lno deter mined lo send the animals to IIrldl < elI and have el-I some caulked wagon boxen still priovi sions i rent kd t 0 enable tile out lit tn cross he stream and 11r Uromley I called for volunteers to per form this service 1 but It wa evidently lew1 on a forlorn hOle na none Not unteered anti this was the PC MAUI day of privation and hardship me eleven from llamms Ink had experience but when nine names were culled none declined We drove the animals of i reamo hlghground and forced thorn IF In nnd tleln 0111 lattice to our saddles sad-dles find Patching our riding animals b > the tails lIom arrolus with 1helll and by tills lime we were in u hoeiii hall storm but elated with the Ida I that lie OUld moon be at the fort I I Purged P-urged the animals to tt faster gall and after going Acm wo mile we call a tn tl Mudd I the I renm I atA hall clossed being un old bed or gulch swollen and overflowed from the I main Irenm and It stilt hailing and Innin mule holng od had dlnicultyjn getting them Into thc water the second time an wo drove them UI I nil earn In w here a butt ended Abruptly on the bank beroo Ie could gel hem Into he stream By tills time it I mandalfand hall he gait 10 now and ihen we In got actions atilt Put nn our clottoPs Ihe Inud or mule load dawenrOL still we divided UI to hunt then Home gOIng gO-Ing donts the stream pome going CIIt towarda Blacks Fork some south tow to-w llrlilger while 1 stiuck up Iream mail litter riding oerlll miles I tile snow had l collected so I could sec their tracks had theiome flint Avay and I dldnot know If I was on the lower Muddy north ot Hlllofa station or where I was but I knew that I wn lot anti hall A suspicion that nonl of the test of the boys hail any nl nnaJe it me find under theee Ilr CllmUllca I olllled n halt end put n resolution > to mHdr that 1 had lot no nule ihlclt wits carried unnni mously I then turned to the east know Ine I that If 1 rode far enough I would como to the road or to Blacks Fork either of which would enable me to tlnd mi way to Ilrldeer and after awhile I came to the loud and when I reached it having In mind that when I left the tuddy the south was turn right 1 turned In that direction di-rection and being mlhhty clad to tot out of the wlkl < rneiik I gave Viit tn illy elation nt tile top or illy voice and won nnered hy the retrain Wall you gain KphratmT and a Benlgamblan came callopng up to me nn although this descendant of Ilim vas as black as gross darkness ho v 03 an old hand on tho overland and of the kind to have with one under such Ircllmtane and tie we fire cecded we were Joined by two more nt the party und about 3 oclock In the morning when we supposed we were In the neat vdnlty Of IirMcer we were aptoriftilve1 nt coming to n stream which from Its swollen land raging alpIIame barred our further I piogress mail wo concluded that wo wee Indeed los I wa Camlllar with tho country but tills gessill was nol In m > egrlllh I eo I it amounted tied Iny little 10 n scroll mahonny anti waited for ties light and Ahen It came there wa BridgeI hlltlll unit IM was un over flomil ruNIne still low ridge etween us unit the fort nnd although the troam as front the melting Fnt II rlillhe1 disn wllh n hondlong current cur-rent that made It danituous to at tent pt to irss It but we plunse 1 In mil one ot our pirl Joe llurle In rate ni the opposite bank hla mule ell Alice wllh him but he auto Abled ollt nn1 nlllough this Wn ho third 1tk7aftolilitIltillissid duckill that h ho1 received of Inrlllg the torm ho felt U halt lTeets trom II and In II few minutes Ile II Ple III tho fort gave our hoUolI t the Iopol Iron and all but one of the party of little that started with the mules got III the dme day an we a till he was tllO dan and nIghts rambling I I wok 1 11 6 around th7 country before h fail Till tile fort file Iolln had driven tile in uleff Part it emoo Ilia ks Fork nnd Ihe y hnd mode If hr Wl to g jon Buttes station whr they cut nl and tie BoYed 11 lot of grain there lie Ing no one thero to look after It The caulked wagon I x nil pro 1In reached tho party lrnnII1 In the mud nM they wo enlllole 10 cross the streams In UffetY and rohln tilt fort pnn1 Cr n station under tile lrnecUn or VnPl Samuel whose Power find dignity itan malnlalned at that post I a icuperannuated ell nnno rleunt C and tllO soldlers tu support him on dreto 1ral VNt 11 AIIJnt Salt Luk City A ugu II ISO |
