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to come upon the Indians from the direction in which they were travelling. It strikethrough took no /strikethrough was some time strikethrough to /strikethrough before we got close enough to strikethrough the camp to /strikethrough discover their strength. We had to crawl and used all means that we were aware of to elude detection. After strikethrough considerable crawling to strikethrough manouvering in this fashion for a considerable time we came within about a hundred yards of strikethrough their camp /strikethrough them. strikethrough The Indians /strikethrough They were in two forts of about equal strength strikethrough they /strikethrough and were dancing and singing and passing the night jovially in honor of their robbery strikethrough committed by them on /strikethrough of the whites. We strikethrough put /strikethrough ? our horses. strikethrough They /strikethrough which were tied strikethrough up /strikethrough near the entrance of one of the forts. strikethrough ? /strikethrough come what would we were bound to get strikethrough our horses /strikethrough them so we remained concealed in the brush strikethrough ? /strikethrough until strikethrough they /strikethrough the Indians laid down to sleep, suffering severely meanwhile from the cold. When we thought strikethrough that /strikethrough they were all sound a sleep six of us strikethrough crawled /strikethrough crept towards strikethrough the /strikethrough our animals, strikethrough ? was to remain /strikethrough the rest remaining where they were as a reserve strikethrough for ? /strikethrough to fall back on in case strikethrough of not ? /strikethrough we did not meet with success. strikethrough By hiding /strikethrough We hid behind logs and strikethrough crawling /strikethrough crawled silently towards the fort; the snow being of great services to us strikethrough for when crawling we were not liable to make /strikethrough and prevented us from making any noise. We finally reached the horses, cut the ropes, and by throw strikethrough ? /strikethrough ing snowballs strikethrough at them /strikethrough drove them to where our reserve was stationed. We then held strikethrough counsel /strikethrough council taking the ? of each in regard to what had best be done. Some were in favor of retiring, having recovered their property and having received no damage, they strikethrough would be /strikethrough were willing to return to camp. strikethrough Not so /strikethrough But this was not the case with those that had lost strikethrough no animals /strikethrough nothing. They wanted satisfaction for the trouble and hardships they had gone through while in pursuit of the thieves. Myself and two strikethrough more /strikethrough others were the only ones that had not lost horses and we strikethrough were determined /strikethrough had decided to strikethrough have satisfaction /strikethrough get redress let the consequences be ever so ?. The peace party could not get a convert to their strikethrough party /strikethrough side so being us to de-