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Show - 8 - cope, ·q ocky Kay, the fine commanding chief, who looked almost like a giant , was dashin ~ there, gtving his com ~ands in stentorian direction Of the men who sometime s heard the whizzing of the bullets in unpleasant p roximity, and to the amazeme n t of the little band they foQDd themselves surrounded by stationed companies of Indians on every hand. It was estimated by President ·S mith, and eye witness , that the number of indians surrounding the nine was -r rom three to four hundred. \:Vi th the killing of McBride the finding of an unconscious herdsman who had been shot, stripped to the waist and left for dead, and the full co ~ prehension of the perilous situation, the men lost courage and a panic ensued. .All began to run in different directions. One young man, who had previously boasted of his valor in Indian troubles in California was the worst fri gh tened cf the lot. Elder Day comprehended the danger at once and call loudly, imploring the men to take courage remain in solid little phalanx, appointed a captian and obey his orders. They rallied immediately, appointed William Taylor (now of Harmony , Washington County) captian, and then beat a retreat toward the fort , which lay to the south . But they pressed forward solidly and bravely, leveling their guns at the Indians as they approached them. The latter would wh irl away to avoid the threatened fire~ and station themselves farther when the same tactics would be repeated. Soon the Indains, tir e of harassing the men, started off in the direction of the stock. These they secured, and the Eissiol'1aries lost 185 C9.ttle and thirty head of horses. I should have mentioned that during the thr <·atened panic , before the men organized, an Indian rode swiftly toward Elder Day , hanging to his horse with one arm and one foot, concealing his body behind |
