| Show PLUNDERED BY INDIANS I All HpIfiocUof 1 IlicnvnM HoMloinoiil tlio O lon o Todm Ti ailingIho lt < cl M MI I I In pUniber 1850 n Urge patty of mountul men under the command of General 11 S Pldrednearrived all arm njcon where the writer then redded about 11 oclock II ni They ram from Salt take City and other places near by and were on their way north III the rescue res-cue of icttlen living In what was known as Urotttis lettlemcnt now Ogdcn An e press brought word In Salt Lake Lily that men had been killed and houies plundered nnd burned ami tint unless help could speedily come the setters set-ters were In dinger ol extermination More men belnccalled lor 1 with others armliiRton I not ready as uickly at possible takliiR nothing but hone sid die A tingle btinkel a rllla and powder I ind bulleti no provisloni tents or btx pate of any kind nnd Mined on about midnight Arriving nl lliowns letlle ment just before sunrise we found the settlers from the scattered farms ithered at Captain Ilrovtns place with such few things as they had taken from Ihelr homo their flight and nil In grenalirm A white nun U V blew nil bail killed White Cloud a big chief ol lome northern tribe for taking some green corn In bis lot The Indians In revenge bad killed one while man another an-other narrowly escaping death hid plundered and burned some hou < es and bid gone taking neatly all the bones of the settlement Stopping only for a hasty meal we pushed 1 on In pursuit hoping to recover I the hones stolen but the Indians had too much the start and we could not ovcrtike them Their trail was plainly marked by the plunder they threw away to lighten their leads The pursuit was llnally abimtoncd at he crossing of Hear river north On the return march leutcnant I lames I ergutoi put through the drill morning and evening Captain Ilurton alto putting ilk through our paces On the morning ol the day we expected rnl l Seli fl to reach llrown Nelum b llolhngS head was lent on In advance to hive provision nude for us upon our arrival while the detachment nine on more leisurely mircblng In columns oftwot and strung out nearly hill a mile lulling lul-ling telling stories and singing tongs IW 11 f Flo iih Veter Nebckcr w as regaling Lot bnillh larlan I Mcllrldc m > self and others with a song at the extreme reir when we suddenly saw the bead of the column strike out on the run and word came back along the Ine I to prepare for bull ness Those In ailv ince on coming to the brow of slight i i ridge saw our messenger about mile ahead ol us pursued by a party ol imeenor twenty I mounted men and be running his hunts for dear life Ol courte wewantidlo I lave our comrade and raced at the top of our speed to overtake his pursuers I However when they aw 1I111 um j them they turned aside towards Ogd i hole ciniou mid 1 were 1001lIulIIKI I fl r nil exciting race of n cuit > le of I mile an hill ng to breathe our anim ill we fointl uuseives In a sorrv plight ebadiiotllghtenedour r saddle girths whin the chase began and ns icnns I ipicnco many Imd loit their sa Idle Man k u some nail li t all their builetr ot icrs had spilled their pmultr from their no der horns nnd one man ImJ lost lr bis oi ho ster p stol In the two mile run 101 I Smith siw the pistol l > Ille In the road and was reaching dunn to pick I It up while blsh rewas In lull ruin rot be ami m my Utah boy < ulit do when some one horse struck ImneJrly overthrowing both lot and llliunc bo ha loll Hie plitol Iylnll I there as 1 sin passing uy alter I Ini The men iiirsulng Ilallmgshead pruveJ to bo a scouting party under a uldty hl 1ul 1 leutenant linen who thougnt to tive our messenger a 1 good cnrcanJtney did Tlio vvhulc party wrre court nnr lUledlhateviiiIng and sentenced to be repruninded I liulenant Green to be stvrrely repihnande I Hut the penally Inllictcd I did not set rn la Ir uule Hi m much Tl at night n i 1111 I n Ithed Hie evtnn of the day but J In I was on duly guarding about filly squaws nnd papooses Llcl tenant Urein had ciptured dutloR our absence north and which were penned up In a big cilllc corral I did not d nc < The < ua s uiru of the filtndly Indians who lived near bv Reaching bnlt Iil l le Lily we were complimented upon our eflicint service and dismissal to our homes In truth our service Will 11011 tlmel for hid we not come as we IU to the rescue u > the settlement there might have been a bloody mauicre Ilia Imliins be ng enragL I by tlio murder ol their real ch el While Cloudn act whlcn resulted re-sulted In Iho death of an Innocent while man the luss I of many horses the 1lun ikr and deitruction ol divel Ings and lots ol time ot hundreds of men amountIng amount-Ing In all U many thousand dollars rho story ol thlt disturbance with a lew changes dependent upon locilclr cumitinces will apply lu many oihtrs which occurred during theluentVlive following years When all was In per Icct IHHCC apparent u sudden nltrni would call 1 fJar quick and energetic action to which the silllers instantly responded re-sponded olunlcers expected no pay lor time spent nor waited for tents biggie wigons or supplies ol pro vUluns but olten started out without any rations whatever except perhaps a little dry bread lied behind the saddle or rolled uii In ilia single blanket he carried lime l l was an all Important factor In such ciics for If the indium bad much start It wis nearly Impossible to overtake them Wben we were In pursuit much lime was fiequenlly loi 1 1 rn trying to follow their trail which they were very skillful In conceiting and un less n party could keep on tnclr trail pursuit had to be abandoned Olliii they would mach fn single Ine each Indian step Ing exicily In the track ol I his leader and one orlwo Indians In the rear would place an ox hoof carried far the purpose over the tracks made by the men m king U appear that cattle h id pasted that way but no Indians In riiekj round they stepped from stone lu stonr for 7 long distances thus leaving no 141 41 A and hours wen lometlmes list nfm Ing Ihelr roule agaIn aga-In school many Mil es became expert I ilcri and c < md lol vswlllly on the t 1 of an Intll n whee an In experience evr could not I elvethe idghteit I Indication of a f lotslep A blade i f grass broken or I ei a sravrl stone Isplft etla twig lf freshly broken I were dllreoli t signs to the e scjul hoe perceptions h d hCoIrn by ci lIn11 i neenlty wonitarfully acute J II MAKTISHA I I I tcaoN June 4th 1896 |
