| Show fron Q W the recent the artle PaL gild and their purpose the Iad Indi ln their hrar number ro and grounded tim ride for life tivo and nd two Coca ac carne on an boyel the following ap au an extra of the man tana iw of the alit on the morning of tho the of august mr A F weston win b his son eon from virginia and thoa then doe mann laczin from helena started from our camp 0 on U a prospecting trip to boulder clearwater deal water etc they abey had with them three pack animals and were well armed armea everything went well weil up to the morning of the on the evening of the they met a man named frank hodges cs born in washington county virgil virginia iia who was coming from fort smith he was alone deSti destitute tAtO of clothing and had lived for min nine e days on wild cherries and watery frery thair near dead having completely giden given out he bad driven bulls for russells Rus seUa train ca carrying crying gove government supplies to fort smith and started on his ian gerou journey alone on the the above named parties moved about four mi aw up t the stillwater to prospect some burs bars when they arrived there after dicing und and taking the packs of their animals they observed on ai alitalo alitt little lo riso on tile other side odthe of the river about teh or fifteen men who to be rebon recon loitering in about ten minutes they saw ton ten or fifteen more som some diat distance ancs lower down the creek who were commencing ilig ca to cross dr mann who was wa in command of the party parly then ithen ordered them thein to saddle and mount B byi T that time it was apparent that the indians for uch such they were were weke trying to stir bur round them the party mounted and moved off briskly when they found themselves completely surrounded but nothing 0 daunted they spurred spur redi aon on broke through the indian line and tali fan for i it t leaving their packs 1 I dr mann had given liis his saddle and barse to the pilgrim and rode one of the pack animals 1111 mals bare backed i ithai lInd ians k kept pt increasing A till there were about SOO of them yelling ailing and firing arrows and guns gnus 1 ye 11 l tile time ver very mr air hodges was seen to illy f fall bioni his horse whet whether lier dead or wounded could not be seen but a party of indians immediately g gathered at aund liim him seemingly at him and beating him our party still kept on the run with indians indiana following whim when mr A F shared tho the same fatu ats ab mr hodges dr matin mann gaye gave thern them the contents of his is carbine and mannu ged to kill one big 0 follow fellow after following mr mann and young weston about eighteen miles tho the indians abandoned the chase finding that their horse borsch were inferior this is dr manns tale talc who is just in having baring been becu on oil horseback since yer morning and having had nothing but wild cli etries tu to cat what do our indian commissioners say to this the poor indian ought to t have som presents and annuities for this brave act ct such as guns lead powder and blankets lot tw the bagg who read this thie come on at once und ind join our little band of volunteers so that we may go ga fo foitle i tit at once and bee whether wo we arv aro going to be roaster master or the indians indiana dr maun aull rc porta having struck several gul gulches clies where lie obtained from eight to te ten n cents to the pan dud and says the th whole country down there looks like an excellent mining r co country there foi c lot us I 1 ally at once and clean thi red skins out I 1 close as aa the abse nger is about leaving with beet respects I 1 am yours youris truly cam p ay T r meagher 21 3 let estt |
