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saw that he was helpless and made?for him for the purpose of taking his scalp thereupon I dismounted ? and killed one of them and the rest retired. By this time Cotron? succeeded in getting released from the pressure on him and his horse had struggled to his feet so he remounted it and made the camp. While this was going on I found my own horse had become frightened and had run away from me? But a friend named White? was not far away so I called to him and as soon as he saw the predicament I was in he came to my rescue. I mounted his horse behind him and we in this manner soon reached safety. The Indians next took up their position in a pile of rocks about one hundred and fifty yars from us. They fired on us