Hunting at High Altitudes 



of calico. These Indians are said to be most 

 friendly to the whites, having long been at peace 

 with them. 



During the night of July 24 the steamboat lay 

 all night at a woody ard above Berthold. An early 

 start was made next morning, and about 9 o'clock 

 a war party of twenty Indians appeared on the 

 south bank of the river. When they appeared on 

 the hills in the distance, most of us thought they 

 were buffalo, but my field glasses soon corrected 

 this impression. A few of them appeared on the 

 cliffs above the boat and shouted salutations to us, 

 waving a flag, but the most of them kept back out 

 of sight. As they moved toward the river, and 

 when they appeared riding along the bluff, 300 feet 

 above the steamboat, it was supposed they intended 

 to fire into the boat, and there was a scampering 

 of the passengers from the decks. They were elab- 

 orately painted and were evidently a war party. 



A rumor was current at Berthold that General 

 Terry had had a battle with the Sioux on the Yel- 

 lowstone River, and had beaten them. 



During the morning we passed the mouth of the 

 Little Missouri River. Since leaving Bismarck, 

 the weather had been pleasant. There had been 

 some cloudy weather, but no rain. The hills 

 among which we were constantly traveling were 



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