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A succession of bombing rushes came up the hill and engaged the whole line. These were repulsed by bomb and rifle fire but not without loss. On the left, Bloody Post, a little in advance of the sangar, took its toll of the defenders. Captain Campbell was hit, Lieut. M'Lellan was killed instantaneously by a bullet, Lieut.
Robert M'Lellan, another trader of the Missouri; the same who had been associated with Mr. Crooks in the unfortunate expedition in which they had been intercepted by the Sioux Indians, and obliged to make a rapid retreat down the river. M'Lellan was a remarkable man.
Reed and his party might meet with him in the course of their route, they were charged with a small supply of goods and provisions, to aid that gentleman on his way to Astoria. When the expedition of Reed was made known, Mr. M'Lellan announced his determination to accompany it.
M'Lellan had been interrupted in a trading voyage by these ruffians of the river, and, as it is in some degree connected with circumstances hereafter to be related, we shall specify it more particularly.
M'Lellan turned a deaf ear to every remonstrance, and kept on his wilful way. It seemed a strange instance of perverseness in this man thus to fling himself off alone, in a savage region, where solitude itself was dismal, and every encounter with his fellow-man full of peril. Such, however, is the hardness of spirit, and the insensibility to danger that grow upon men in the wilderness.
At this critical juncture, when famine stared them in the face, M'Lellan casting up his eyes, beheld an ahsahta, or bighorn, sheltering itself under a shelving rock on the side of the hill above them. Being in a more active plight than any of his comrades, and an excellent marksman, he set off to get within shot of the animal.
He had long been dissatisfied with the smallness of his interest in the copartnership, and had requested an additional number of shares; his request not being complied with, he resolved to abandon the company. M'Lellan was a man of a singularly self-willed and decided character, with whom persuasion was useless; he was permitted, therefore, to take his own course without opposition.
This intelligence, whether true or false, so roused the fiery temper of M'Lellan, that he swore, if ever he fell in with Lisa in the Indian country, he would shoot him on the spot; a mode of redress perfectly in unison with the character of the man, and the code of honor prevalent beyond the frontier.
The Great Bend of the Missouri Crooks and M'Lellan Meet With Two of Their Indian Opponents Wanton Outrage of a White Man the Cause of Indian Hostility Dangers and Precautions.-An Indian War Party. Dangerous Situation of Mr. Hunt. A Friendly Encampment. Feasting and Dancing. Approach of Manuel Lisa and His Party .A Grim Meeting Between Old Rivals. Pierre Dorion in a Fury. A Burst of chivalry.
It was with great difficulty, however, that he prevailed upon them to abide the event. Ben Jones and a Grizzly Bear. Rocky Heights Mountain Torrents. Traces of M'Lellan. Volcanic Remains Mineral Earths. Peculiar Clay for Pottery. Dismal Plight of M'Lellan. Starvation. Shocking Proposition of a Desperate Man. A Broken-Down Bull. A Ravenous Meal. Indian Graves Hospitable Snakes.-A Forlorn Alliance.
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