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119 their way verry slow they had taken up the Indian trail early that morning with warm spring Indian scouts as trackers. When the warm spring trackers got in about two hundred yards of where the modocs were laying in wait for them they stoped one of them thought he got a glimpse of the enemy which he did for sure Mr. warm spring was saying to Capt Anderson say we see him we see him lun like disk. he got down on his hands and knees to show the capt. Just as he was straightening up a shot rang out in front of the soldier followed by some fifteen or twenty more. one horse plunged forward shot in the breast threw this gallant rider to the ground. before this scouts and soldiers realized that they being fired on by the modocs. they charged right from the start but had o retreat. although none of the boys were hit but the horses suffered in the charge. the modocs was shooting horses. Black Jim ordered the braves to kill horses, he thought if the soldiers lost their horses they would not follow them. the soldiers and their scouts exchanged a few shots with the modocs. Just little bit before sun set the Indian outs and soldiers headed for the Vanbrinner ranch. The boys that lost their horses walked in. no one hurt on either side. next morning Anderson sent a messenger to fairchilds ranch to a company