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watch them. They approached cautiously, 

 and, after firing several shots into the tent, 

 dashed up and took possession. After rifling 

 my camp of whatever they wanted, they 

 moved off about a quarter of a mile and hid 

 under a hill side, . on the road leading from 

 Wallace to the Republican river — a road much 

 frequented by hunters — and watched the road 

 until a man named Charles Brown, who was 

 driving a team and wagon, came along. 

 Brown, who was one of a squad of hunters, 

 was driving to Smoky river to build a fire and 

 prepare for camping; the others were a mile 

 or two behind skinning some buffaloes that 

 they had killed. When he was near enough 

 the red skins fired on him, and he jumped off 

 the wagon and started to run, but was soon 

 struck by a ball and fell, when one of the 

 Indians ran up to him and shot him through 

 the head. They then began going through the 

 wagon, but before they had secured their 

 plunder the rest of Brown's party came up. 

 and the red devils made themselves scarce. 

 As soon as the hunters saw the Indians they 



