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Show 160 INDIAN DEPREDATIONS valley. Descending the mountain, we reached a creek, and un- saddled, resting just opposite a large cedar grove near the present site of Burrville. The picket guard was sent out and returned in a very short time. We were aroused and told that the cedars were full of Indians. The horses were soon saddled and we surrounded the grove. The first shot was fired by an Indian who lay behind a fallen log, the shot entering the breast of Marine York of Rich-field. Captain Beach ordered his men to dismount and enter the cedars which was done and the In-dians were soon routed. It was part of the band that had killed Eobinson, as we found some of his things with them ; the main gang had gone on ahead. E. C. Petersen ( Chris Feuting) says that there were six Indian tents below the hill and that Colonel Ivie's company were on the outskirts of the grove and did not see many Indians; that after the fight some of his boys wanted to go back and look for dead In-dians and guns, but the Colonel said: " No, let the squaws go and hunt up their pappooses. Then Ivie's company drew off. While some of the others searched the grounds. It was reported soon after the fight that only one Indian got away and a doz-en or more had been killed, including some squaws and pappooses; the militia had fired into a large bushy cedar where a lot of them were concealed. It was also said that Louis Thompson of Ephraim and a man from Casper ' s Company came onto a bunch of squaws and pappooses, and that they were left there to guard them. One of the squaws tried to get away, and when prevented by Thompson, she picked up a stick of wood and struck him with it ; he then shot her. This excited the others and they were |