Hunting at High Altitudes 



"Soon after this, with a number of others, Landusky 

 became interested in a trading post on Flat Willow. 

 Among those at this post were Joe Hamilton, Billy 

 Jackson and a number of others." The story has been 

 told in Forest and Stream and was called the Woman 

 from Sitting Bull's Camp. The place is now known 

 as Maginnis' Crossing. 



"In 1882-83 the Piegans, Bloods, Crees and Crow 

 Indians were camped on Flat Willow after buffalo, 

 which were there in thousands. One day some whiskey 

 traders came to the Indian camp, and many of the 

 Indians became intoxicated. It is reported that old 

 White Calf when drunk shot Pike through the jaw. 

 Pike, blinded by blood and anger, shot at the first 

 thing he saw, which proved to be White Calf's wife. 

 When the woman fell, White Calf was frightened, 

 mounted his horse and rode away to camp and the 

 fight was ended. Pike and Hamilton did a big busi- 

 ness trading with the Indians. In 1883, Pike moved 

 to Maiden, a mining camp near Fort Maginnis and 

 engaged in mining. He married the widow Dessary, 

 who had five children. In the fall of 1883 Pike and 

 Dutch Louis struck the Alder Gulch placer mines in 

 the Little Rockies, which proved to be a good camp. 

 In 1888 Pike was ranching on the Missouri River 

 at Hawley Bottom, but, after a time, concluding that 

 he was not cut out for a rancher, he moved back to 

 the mines, and founded the town of Landusky. He 

 built a fine residence, leased the August mine, and in a 

 short time took out thirty-five thousand dollars in gold. 



"The Curry gang of outlaws made their headquar- 

 ters in or near Landusky and were jealous of Pike. 



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