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Show Zf j S' 4U HK-tHlt- J AU(J uHyPL A Sad Day At Battle Creek At the time Iianhlin was esta- close of the Jeai whuh pie'ipi-- t blished as the fust immanent alert open wailaie and 6'il to the settlement in Idaho, the teintoiy almost total annihilation ot the which we now know as Idaho was neat encamped a vast wilderness known only to Indian Inbe the hunter, and tiapper, and the Fi an hi m. In lale Decembei David Savage, Its vast Catholic missionaiy. wealth was not even di earned ot. (William Bevins and a i ompany ol Fianklin at the time of ns men made a tnp fiom the mines founding in 1860 was on the ex- ,in the Sal mop Knei counli) to treme oufsknts of civilization A Cac lie Valiev to pi icuie supplies thin line of settlements connect- and cattle Not knowing the tends ed It with Salt Lake City, bjt this acioss Beat Bivei and being conline was so frail that the slightest tused lv a blinding snow slot m, w e- -t side mistake in the tieatme.it ol the they pillowed down numeious bands of Indians vj ho ol the liven o a point s anew lieu e Ji f n d Hen1 thev i named the legion could lead t west ol disaster and the complete isolation made a lei i boal ol u agon boo's he easl ide over ' and t of the outl.ving communities mg The sett lei s, knowing well how As the last no, ill ad vv.es i ixinmi was, tiled tlie iv ii some Indians who had pi ec at unis then lie' nave lets lnnn to follow the polic v ot feeding been Billow the Indians mstiad of lighting Battle' f'l e'c k opened Bee ni the them, but in time the Indians pailv One man wa- - killed and he while men came to leel that then wmd was sevei.il vv Hindi d law, and then demands alti n be- hid in some hi h neji he livei when and waited Bn rnghllnll came exliemely bmdensome lluv made then wav to Richmond I)ui mg the w mtei of lxt2-6- i a Jaige tube ot Indians undei the and ii piited the allan to the' leaflet ship of Chiefs Beni Hunter aut bonnes ol Urn town M,u-- l The next moinmg and Sagwitch was encamped neai the mouth of what is now called inei VV Men ill sent some mem Battle Ci eek on the Beat Hivei, 'out to get the dead bodv and about 12 miles ninth of kianklin Whatevei supplies the Indians I he Indians selected that This company uintei-m- g inighl have left bv a stiong band of plate oil account ot the 'was attacked succeeded in getting xhelteung led (lav blulfs which Indians but piotpcted I heir wigwams fiom the body of the dead man and a the noith wind The dense giowth numbei of hotses Mi. Savage and of wplows along Hie liltle stteam Ins companions were sent on to wheie they inputted also offeied piotection against the Salt cold and the sublet tanefm hot the action to the commandant at the Foil Douglas The iesult was the wells of the aiea w aimed whole suilaie of the camping oigamat ion of an expedition against the Red Men, led by ground Colonel P, I.dward Connot These Indians so The the whites that thev came to feel oops ai lived in Fiank-li- n none too soon Fot the Indians, lhat they had only to ask and the pioneeis would be compelled to 'after killing Ihe nuneis had be- -' than uni easonable give A wheat bin was maintained come mote On Jan-uai- y in kianklin to which the sett lets ever in then elemans 27th Chief Beat Hunlci and contnbuted and fimn which the Indians riiew when in need But a paity of waiimis went mlo often the Indian- - feeling immune 'kiankhn and clemanded Iwcive sacks if than I pon being fiom augmented punishment, these fee ed gilts b stealing cat- given that aiiounl. they demaiiel-- j he etileis ictus' d, tle, chickens and other things ed mote fiom the -- et t ho s whereupem the Bed Men pci feu til1K62 conditions' ed a wai dance atound the' home By had leached such a state of ten- of Bishop Pipston Thomas, blandsion that t lie set t lei s were glowishing then tomahawks and mak- ing alarmed Thev felt lhat at any ing thieatenmg gestuies The following dav, Bear Hunlei, moment the Indians might sw iop down upon them to drive them in company with thiee young fiom then homes and pel haps kill Bucks, returned to thp settlement them As a result of tins fear, for wheat He was given twr g sacks and it was loaded on settlers had diawn in fiom homes and weie living in their horses They were just pi to leave the .town when the fort at Franklin was An incident occulted Hiwaid the Colonel Connois infantiy I I j i -- c t -- I Bi-l- 1 nu-h- May-be-s- I -- 1 u-- seen dossing over the rise south ol own The old chief dirt not seem alaimed, hut waited calmly lor then approach As the soldiers chew neai, the chiet dismounted Hum his horse and began mimic-in- g the match of the soldieis. Someone lemaiked to the chief: The soldieis are getting pielty close, pet haps you will get killed. ' o soldieis get killed loo,' lie answered as he rode away to Ihe north, foil merl by the two voung hue ks Colonel Conner had aiianged his expedition in two detachments, the inlanliv and liowiteis, which which led ami the cavaliv, hi ought up Ihe- - icai He did this so that i lie Indians would not be ue1 able' t gue- -s gis stienglh. rhe i me winked veil well, mu' Real Huntei saw only the inland i and fell that his people could sueeisslulH vviih-lan- d their as-- , mils Ihe cavaliv 'lid mu icach tiunklm until sometime in the night t he m de ed chine in stall its match towaid the Indian camp at .1 o loc k in the mm mug Ah eut an houi later '(he lavaliv mounted and i ode out in the wake ol the slowei infan-- 1 v. The i eilone I, vv ho was with I lie I I c the cavaliv passed Ihe vanguard Preston now stands and hastened on to the Beat Hivei, which he reached atKiut dawn Fearing that the Indians might t to esiape, he ui doted Majm Me Carry to sui- round the'ramp with the cavalry. He himself lemained behind for a short tune to give oidets to the infantiy and aitilleiy as it 'somewhere neai wheie j came by. Immediately ordered a detachA brief and vivid account of the ment of cavalry with led hut sc s battle Is given in Colonel Connois' to ci oss the infantry, which was done according and, upon their lepoit to Washington. "On my arm at on the field, I lainval upon the field I ot dried Mcfound that Major McGariy had them to the support Of Majorshoit-ly dismounted Ihe cavalry" and en- Carty's flanking party who succeeded in turning afterward sallied Indians who with the gaged out of their hiding places, on foil the enemies flank. "I'f? to this point, in conand on hot seback and, with fiendish malignity, waved the scalps of sequence of being exposed on a white women and challenged the level and open plain while the were under covet, they troops to battle, and at the same inch. ms fighttime attacked them Finding it im- had cieiy advantage ot us,demons of feioutv he with ing o to them in sutiound possible of the nature of the My men fell fast and thick atound Inn a Bi Banking them we he accepted their chal- in., the ground, had advantage and made good lenge The position of the Indians UM 1 nf it. (ii dei ed Ihe flanking paity was one of strong natural defemses and almost inaceessihle to Ihe to Hfh.mre down the iainc upthe sine, which gae tioops, being in a deep ravine fiom iititlnriing fue six to twentv feet deep and fimn achaiPaKf of an ot lh Indians caused ome and tv foi met wnh and to wide, thirty 'he abi upt banks and i uniting at i s to gie uiv and lun twaid of the iame At this the level table land along which noMhnd point I had a company stationedI they had constiucted step fiom who shot them os they lan out which thev i mild deliver 1hh 'f mdeied a detachment s also thern-elnfile without being I av ah y acioss the iavini to tut exposed I'ndei the embankments ii'g.iiw had aitifnial tij tlu i cl r fal of an they estnpe the company loveis of williws. thickly woven w'hothemight mouth of the i ai togethei fimn behind whuh t hei Itiifd d i o escape, however, but ed could foe without being oh-with unyielding ' After fighting -0 about being engaged engaging minutes, I found that it was 'im- oblmacy, frequently their hiding plates to dislodge them without until killed in with possible the tioops The 'hand to hand gieat sacnfice of life I nccmding-l- y most of those who did escape limn ordeied Major McGarry, wuh about 20 men, to tuin their left the inline were afteiwaids shot flank which was in the lavine in attempting fo swmr the iivei. The battle had slatted at about wheie It enteied the mountains a m It continued until 10 a m. six Shoitly afteiwaids, Captain Hoyt colonels lepoit states that The foul received the Page Continued on Next to of a mile dislant but found it imI In this Section) possible to cross I -- imi-tiuct- v m j , three-quarte- Piot-rne- rs ... h i el -- 1 mid-wint- ' out-Ijin- THfc ORIGINAL J. C. PENNEY "GOLDEN RULE" STORE ESTABLISHED IN PRESTON, IDAHO, IN 1908 UNDER THE PRINCIPLES OF THE "GOLDEN RULE. WE MAKE YOUR CAR "Whatsoever Ye Would That Men Should Do To You, Do Ye Even So to Them" LOOK LIKE NEW WITH These principles still are adhered to FACTORY COLORS DUPLICATING LONG-LASTIN- G PAINTS i D'tTev ' PVlHi BODY AND 'y turn g mLJes i; FjA ?Tc. 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