Heroic Defense at O Fallon Creek Siege of Maxwell Group
From Montana Territory a New York Herald correspondent details Dr Maxwell his wife daughter and four men escaping a siege by about forty hostile Indians near the Yellowstone. The camp fortification 200 yards from water held through a night of rifle fire bow shots and perilous assaults until relief arrived from Tongue River. May Maxwell and the party aided and cooked for the men as danger and calculations shift with the Indians attacking in waves and signaling fires while the defenders endure thirst and dwindling supplies.
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Bozewes
Montana Territory
New York Herald
Caffee
O’fallon’s Creek
Yellowstone River
Tongue River
Dr. Maxwell
Miles City
Little Missouri
Old Stanley Trail
O’fallen Hills
O'Fallon Creek
Mr. Maxwell
Tam
Tom
Craw
Notable Plains Siege Ends With Heroic Stand
After more than two hours of siege fire the fort held with scarce ammunition. On the third day Sioux and Nez Perces claimed credit, eight Indians fell, possibly twice that wounded. By morning of day four the garrison remained cautious while Colonel Baker approached with aid. Mrs Maxwell narrowly escaped injury as her party lost oxen and a pony to the attack. The defense is hailed as heroic on the plains.
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Nez Perces
Baker
Maxwell
Hermit of the Rocks Dies in Secluded White Plains Cave
Coroner Schirmer of White Plains held an inquest into the death of James Johnstone aged about eighty known as the Hermit of the Rocks. He died in the White Plains bakery home of Mr Mead from apoplexy. Johnstone lived years in a cave with his animals. his brother from New Jersey offered him a home, but he remained secluded. The verdict credited death to apoplexy.
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Schirmer
White Plains
James Johnstone
Mead
Johnstone
Jimmy
New Jersey
New York Tribune
Drowned Bees Revived by Daring Household Experiment
A Providence woman recalls her father bringing home a molasses hogshead as a water tank on washing day. Bees drowned in the tub were revived by fellow bees, which turned and nursed the unconscious insects until many regained life and flew away.
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Providence
Old college president warns youth on lifelong excesses
An elderly president tells a group of students that the youthful excesses they commit are drafts against their later years, maturing about thirty years hence and draining their bodily resources for the rest of their lives.
Distilled sea water cure claims spark public trial
A recounted collage of odd notes, historic figures, and curiosities spans science fads from distilled sea water cures to iron ages. It references Truman Smith’s legal vigor at Roxbury, a bear fight in Sharpsburg, Alabama’s lone Senate member James Titus, and a Mobile firm’s sudden end with two deaths. The item closes with a Saratoga tale of a canary repeating a pin-stuck carpet trick.
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Truman Smith
United States
Connecticut
Roxbury
Samuel Bowles
Norrietown Herald
Eax
Reek
Sharpsburg
Alabama
Senate
James Titus
HH. H. Hopper
Paddy
Springsboro
Ohio
Hoover
Saratoga
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Boye
Callee
Mrs. Maxwell
Hermit of the
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