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' * • , 4 ■ • „ ' * -■ . ** • • . » • ■ • ; -them. The flank movementits way back• %wheni .*wasthe river4 facrossriver- •came a fusilade of bullets and*» • • •arrows.ttWe had twelve double barrelled shot guns and six Kentuckyrifles and we decided to fight tothe bitter end, though we were, r. . ...certainly outnumbered and theIndians were ambushed. Oneby one my comrades fell and asthey fell we threw them into theriver so the Indians could notget their bodies. One poor fellow retreated into a cave pursued by the savages. At themouth of the cave he laid his pileof gold but the red men everfor blood took the pre-iV-cious metal and then dragged theunfortunate man into the open toriddle him with bullets and piercehim with arrows. His head wascut off and his scalp taken bythe Indians. ■ ’’ »rh • V■t.• « . *• • ..From his own lips Stout tellsthis thrilling tale and his everyword isthat shouldi lt;came over the hills from Yale*.v.men*.. 'he» •• r ^ • **•us on ChinabelowNorth Bend. There were-of us left and I had trampedfor hours in boots filled withr.- .lt; 4' '• • •» ’ r • , • • * % % rblood so as to maintain our7 7’Yes I was badlyit was• • • • •grit anddetermination that I kept up.Once in the breast, three timeson the arm and once near theabdomen the arrows and bulletsof the Indians found me but Ihad plucky comrades and oftentimes when I felt like giving upthe fight they urged me on withthe result that we7 7Asked as to the Indians whohad attacked them Mr. Stoutsaid that a few of them were stillliving and he believed that thethe leader of the band was stillin that vicinity.Oh it wasnothing for us. to have a fight» iwith the Indians, but the trouble. ./lt;wasovercome when Cap-V.. I ’ ' » * * * • • _■ ^ • I 1 •tain* *many of the whites hadthen been murdered. They weregoing to wipe us all off the faceof the earth, but they found outthat they couldn't do it.”There^ are many incidents inthe life of Edward Stout that are• »woven into the very warp and•' •woof of the history of this pro-•-ivince and he is possibly the onlysurvivor of the men who enteredt ...pioneer life in this land.- •He it was who with his parther,- • *ft • •.. -* I . I,..*V '. a/•
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Merritt Nicola Valley News
Merritt, British Columbia, CA
Fri, Apr 22, 1910
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