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with some of our boys. Thev were runnintr 

 ''one horse for the other,'' and the Indians lost 

 their horses. They then put up their guns 

 and lost them. They did not seem to be much 

 chagrined over their loss, but shook hands 

 with us all around and were entirely too friend- 

 ly, so much so as to arouse our suspicions and 

 render us very uneasy. As soon as they left 

 we brought our horses up close, got our 

 supper as soon as we could, put out our camp- 

 tire, put our guns in fighting trim, and pre- 

 pared for the attack that w^e felt sure would 

 come. 



About two hours after dark we discovered 

 them coming. Their object evidently w^as 

 to get their horses back and steal some of ours, 

 and, if they caught us off our guard, kill us. 

 We waited until they were as close as we 

 thought they ought to come, and then opened 

 fire on them with our repeating rifles. This 

 was wholly unexpected to them, as they had 

 depended on taking us by surprise, and all that 

 could run did so. Some of our men sprang on 

 their horses and pursued them a short distance, 



