[Hosea Stout Diary] Wednesday Sept 29th 1847. Went out on guard today with 7 men[.] I went south in company with Meeks & Calkins. While down some ten miles towards Belvue we discovered a smoke rise to the North and judging it to be Indians we hurried home and there learned that they had made their appearance in that quarter and also had made their appearance to the West and one in the South field & he stole Lorenzo Johnsons horse and ran him some five miles and Johnson after him who met the horse returning badly frightened with a buffalo robe tied on him with a lasso & a pair of moccasins and I believe a pair of leggings. How the horse got away from the indian is not known.
Some others made an attact near the old camp ground at Cutlers Park on some small boys there & stole 2 horses one belonging to Br T Burdic and the other to Br Blodget a young man. They were discovered by the brethren who were mowing in all directions, near about the same time which created an unusual excitement and the news soon reached town that some two or three herds were wholy taken & several horses
Col Scott came in from the N. W. stating that they in large numbers had attacted their herds & also burnt his hay and with it one waggon and all his camping & cooking utensils & bedding, a 15 shooting rifle and several other articles
His report created still a greater excitement. W. L. Cutler had already gone in pursuit with several men on horseback and many on foot had gone when I came in. So upon Scotts report we raised another company of horse and pursued also.
Scott stated that he saw two companies of Indians close in on & surround Glines & Ripley of the guard while they were trying to rescue some cattle and no doubt but they were gone[.] He reported some alarming stories
We of course pushed on and soon met glines & Ripley and they declared that they saw no two companies & also some others who were along differed widely from Scott about the whole matter
We however pursued and went near to where his hay was burnt and as far as he thought necessary and could see no hear any thing so we fired off some of our pistols which gave us no information as to their whereabouts and came home about 9 oclock Scott hay was what made the smoke we saw in the first place[.] About ten oclock Cutler also returned who saw nor heard anything
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
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