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Show 216 INDIAN DEPREDATIONS was fatally wounded and lay upon a bed of leaves in the shade. In a few moments an Indian appear-ed upon the bluff and by his excited gestures seem-ed to be haranguing his men. Some shots were ex-changed, but the effect was not known, as both sides were laying low. Presently Colonel Creer selected five long range rifles and began volley firing at the chief, some 800 yards distant, and at about the fifth volley the In-dian fell upon the neck of his horse, which ran be-hind the hill and out of sight. The Indians were then seen scampering over the ridge, and were variously estimated at from twenty to fifty. All was quiet for the next half hour and a careful scout was made, but no sign of the enemy was visible and it was con-cluded that they had drawn off with their dead and wounded and would renew the attack after night fall. Feeling sure of a night attack, a courier was sent to town for help. The man who volunteered to undertake this perilous task the the old veteran, Gillispie. It was 4 p. m. when he departed and he reached town about 7 p. m. with the news of the figh, the extreme peril of the white men and that Edmundson was p,, ss ing. The tocsin bell, in quick sharp tones brought the minute men from their quarters, and by 8 p. m. they had started under the direction of the scout to re-lieve their companions from their extreme peril. In the meantime the Indian camp which had been abandoned at the beginning of the attack by the whites with all it contained, was relieved, iw the Spanish Fork contingent, of the butcher knives, new hats ; bridles and lariats which the enemy had left in his flight. One man had nine new army hats, and the others each had some trophy. Poor Dimmick |