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yards, the captain sent two of our men out to 

 parley with them. They met about a hun- 

 dred yards in front of us, but no sooner had 

 they done so than ^he red skins immediately 

 surrounded our men. Suspecting treachery, 

 we made a dash and surrounded the live 

 Indians. 



The parley was not at all satisfactory, as 

 the Indians persisted in not understanding us. 

 While the parley was in progress one of the 

 Indians carelessly rode off a few steps and 

 entered a ravine. He rode into this until we 

 could only see him from the eyes up, and he 

 sat there watching our every movement. 



Failing to get anything at all satisfactory 

 from the chief during the parley, the captain 

 ordered them disarmed. Eight of us covered 

 them with our guns while they were disarmed. 

 As soon as we seized them, the one in the 

 ravine dashed away down the ravine, keeping 

 himself out of danger as long as he could, 

 then he dashed over a hill into the band of 

 Indians. 



The Indians greatly outnumbered us and 



