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 . the two hours afterward, there came to the stockade onehundred and twenty Crow warriors, headed by Bear Wolfand Old Crow, who reported that they had found the trailof a small Sioux war party in the Wolf mountains and had GIFT OF A HAND. Ib3 followed it to the bluffs overlooking the Fort Pease bot-tom, where, intently engaged in watching the little huntingparty, they found and surprised eight Sioux warriors, andafter about forty minutes fighting, had succeeded, withoutharm to themselves, except the wounding of two of theirnumber, in killing seven of them. After scalping andmutilating the bodies, the Crows came to the fort and spenthalf of the night in having a scalp dance. A Crow playeda trick on one of the boys at the stockade, which wasrather ghastly and yet was amusing. The Crow reachedout a hand from under his blanket to be shaken, andwhen Muggins Taylor (who was the man greeted) tookhold of it, it was left in his clasp. It was a hand that hadbeen cut from a dead CHAPTER XL. THE LAST FIGHT AT AND DESERTION OF FORTPEASE. QUITE a number of wolfers came from the upperriver with McCormicks train, and they brought withthem about twenty horses, which made meat-get-ing for the fort easier, for a large quantity could bebrought in at once. The boys went out in quite strong parties, and none ofthem were attacked till near the last of Februar
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