The chronicles of the Yellowstone : an accurate, comprehensive history of the country drained by the Yellowstone River--its Indian inhabitants--its first explorers--the early fur traders and trappers--the coming and trials of the emigrants : a full account of all expeditions, military and civil--the discovery of the geysers and wonders of the national park--fights with Sioux by wolfers, trappers and goldseekers--the Sioux War of 1876-77, in which General Custer was killed--Nez Perce War of 1877--the advent of the Northern Pacific and building of towns--the mineral and agricultural wealth--and
The chronicles of the Yellowstone : an accurate, comprehensive history of the country drained by the Yellowstone River--its Indian inhabitants--its first explorers--the early fur traders and trappers--the coming and trials of the emigrants : a full account of all expeditions, military and civil--the discovery of the geysers and wonders of the national park--fights with Sioux by wolfers, trappers and goldseekers--the Sioux War of 1876-77, in which General Custer was killed--Nez Perce War of 1877--the advent of the Northern Pacific and building of towns--the mineral and agricultural wealth--and future of the country . heirguns, and crawling they knew not whither. One man, whowas well known on the Yellowstone (Tom Cottor), and whowas very nervous from the (to him) unusual fatigue and ex-citement, fell in a faint at the first shot, and all near himthought that he had been hit by a bullet. Some of the coolones kicked out the fires and after a few more shots the In-dians withdrew. In the morning, all of the men that could be mounted,accompanied by about twenty Bannocks and Shoshones,who had come to the camp during the night, went down theriver and had quite a skirmish with the Arrapahoes, but be-ing outnumbered, had to retire, and the members of the ex-pedition hitched up the teams and returned to the Bannocks who had come to the camp had, earlier in the 8o CHRONICLES OF THE YELLOWSTONE. day, found a little party of seven Arrapahoes near CampBrown and killed four of them. This discipline was whole-some for the Arrapahoes, for they moved their camp awayand never again made a raid on the
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