Campbell's new revised third edition complete guide and descriptive book of the Yellowstone Park . en started his crawl again 26 toward the Nez Perc6 Creek, where he met two of General Howards scoutswho told him they had come to bury him, as his two men had escaped theIndians and reported him dead. The scouts gave him food, built a fire forhim which came near burning him up in his sleep that night, and left himthere till General Howards troops should come along,which they did on August30th, six days after Cowan had been captured. His wounds were cared forand he was told that his people were sa
Campbell's new revised third edition complete guide and descriptive book of the Yellowstone Park . en started his crawl again 26 toward the Nez Perc6 Creek, where he met two of General Howards scoutswho told him they had come to bury him, as his two men had escaped theIndians and reported him dead. The scouts gave him food, built a fire forhim which came near burning him up in his sleep that night, and left himthere till General Howards troops should come along,which they did on August30th, six days after Cowan had been captured. His wounds were cared forand he was told that his people were safe; he was taken in one of the armywagons as far as the Mud Geyser, then sent on toward home to Bottlers Ranch,twenty-five miles north, and thence to Bozeman, where Mrs. Cowan joinedhim. Mrs. Cowan and her sister and brother received no ill treatment fromthe Indians, were released at the Yellowstone River and made their way toBottlers Ranch also, but left again forhome before Cowan came, andwithout knowing even thathe was alive. The names of theRadersburg touristswere Mr. andMrs. Geo. F,Cowan,. vVINEGLASS BOULDER,GIBBON RIVER. Frank and Ida Carpenter, brother and sister of Mrs. Cowan, Charles Mann,Wm. Dinger, Albert Oldham, A. J. Arnold and Mr. Meyers. Another party cf tourists from Helena were less fortunate; they lost twomen killed, one wounded and one old negro cook all but scared to party was encamped on,the Yellowstone River, right in the path of theNez Perce raid. When the Indians came upon them, one man was killed andthe others fled in the direction of Mammoth Hot Springs, where the savagesfollowed them and killed another man; the men killed were, Kenck, shotearly in the retreat, the other was Deitrich, who was shot down in the doorof McCartneys cabin in the gulch just west of Liberty Cap. The old negro cook, Stone, sought safety in Lieutenant Doanes camp,after a bear had chased him from the gulch where he had spent the most ofthe night up a tree. He prayed to
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