When the Indians saw us mount they gave yell after yell, thinking, no doubt, that we would become paralyzed with fear. They divided and charged us from two sides. We let them get to within one hundred yards, when we halted and brought our rifles into play. Dropping rifles on the ground, we charged them pistols in hand. Fully twenty-five Indians fell from the rifle shots. This bewildered them, and before they could recover we were amongst them.
