Hunting at High Altitudes 



out of sight. The whites came along unsuspicious 

 of danger, until the party in ambush fired. The 

 Indian boy fell from his horse, wounded, drawing 

 his revolver as he fell. Leonard had his horse 

 killed. He immediately cut the lash rope of the 

 pack horse, mounted it, and he and Goff took the 

 back track under the rapid fire of the whole outfit. 

 Goff received a painful flesh wound in the neck. 

 As soon as possible they plunged down a gorge 

 leading to the Yellowstone, and were not followed 

 further. 



On the river they met a white scout, who 

 brought them into the camp of the soldiers. The 

 body of the Indian boy was never found, nor could 

 any information as to his fate be obtained after- 

 ward. In my spring wagon I took Goff to Fort 

 Ellis, and obtained these particulars from him. 

 Afterward, while carrying a dispatch from Fort 

 Ellis to General Howard, Leonard was ambushed 

 and killed by these same Indians. 



The foregoing digression has been made as to 

 the movements of the Nez Perces in order to 

 render more intelligible what follows. 



After passing through the lower Yellowstone 

 canon, we arrived at Fan-ell's ranch at the mouth 

 of Trail Creek in the forenoon of August 28. At 



60 



