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Here is the Butte article:
The Daily Miner
3-4-1884
Butte, Montana
The Pieman Fight.
Billings Herald March 1.
Through the courtesy of a gentleman
in Park City, we are enabled
this week to give our readers a correct
account of the recent fight with
the Piegans in the following letter:
"Editor Herald: The conflicting
accounts of the fight between the
white men and the Indians published
a last week's Issue of the Herald
calls for a more correct report. Ames
and Tate with the other two men
had hastened on ahead of most of the
the company, and supposed Searls,
McCoul and Tolle were yet ahead of
them, and they came suddenly upon
the Indians. While they covered
them with their guns, Ames insisted
upon taking them prisoners. Tate
agreeing to the proposition. Phil
Sidle told them to go and take their
arms while he covered them, but
this they refused to do, he then proposed
to go and get their guns and
they should hold their guns on them;
but the two men objected to this even
which caused Sidle and Owen to become
disconcerted. Ames began to
talk to the Indians, advising them to
surrender and saying other white
men and some Crows would be along
soon. At the mention of the Crows
the Indians began the defense,
knowing full well that they would
be killed if caught by the Crows.
Indians and white men got behind
rocks and the fight became severe,
participated in by the other men and
Crow Indians as they came up. Mr.
Ames was urged by all means within
the power of the other men to get
In a more secure position behind the
rocks but could not be made to hear
their warnings. Tate lost his life,
probably, in trying to protect Mr.
Ames, whom he had persuaded to go
out with the party. Ames was from.
the States and unaccustomed to the
Indian character. The bodies of the
unfortunate men were secured after
night and packed into town, and:
buried from the school house on
Thursday, with appropriate service
by Rev. Mr. Comfort of Bozeman
Two Indians were killed another
wounded. Two valuable horses were
killed, one a mare belonging to Lee
Owens the other a stallion of Mr.
Brown. Several of the young men
have gone out to the scene of the fight
today. Many have occasion to mourn
the loss of friends in the death of the
two men, who were both kind
hearted and industrious farmers. It
is a singular circumstance that two
men so much alike in character and
habits should be cut off at the same
time and in such a violent manner.
PARK CITY, February 26, 1881.
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