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page number 36 July - and were within 20 feet of me - i.e those behind were. I plunged my horse down an almost perpendicular bank into the creek and as I was half way over the Indian closest fired a carbine at me, but fortunately missed. Primarily they had fired a few arrows, but seemed to want to capture me. Found the ambulances on the other bank of the creek; got them back and soon had them and the wagons in corral on a little mound, but as there were ravines all around it was not a good place to remain, so after getting some water by sending out an armed party we moved about 3/4 of a mile up the creek to a high bluff. While doing this we had quite a skirmish all