Luther Kelly letter to Oscar Mueller

              Luther Kelly's letter to Oscar Mueller
Paradise, Calif.
Jan. 6, 1927
Mr. Oscar O. Mueller, Attorney at Law,
Lewistown, Montana
Dear Sir:
Failing eyesight has caused me to discard the use of the typewriter for the pen and ink. Thank
you very much for your interesting letter and print of the log cabin. I recognize it although an
addition has been made since last I saw it. It was from its doorway that I ran to head off a band
of Indians [who] were making for a band of horses feeding halfway to the ridge where the
Carroll road goes over.
I think Camp Lewis was established by a troop of the i h u.s. Infantry. I know a war party of
seven chased some soldiers bathing in the springs near camp the summer I was there and after
the party left a detachment under an officer or non-com followed their trail afoot and came
upon them by surprise in a timbered gulch. This was told to me by Maj. Reed. While making my
book I wrote to the War Department for the facts of this engagement but they had no record of
it.
The thing to do is to write Adjutant of the i h u.S. Infantry, c/o the War Department, asking that
he examine the records for 1874-1875 for an account of the activities of the Camp Lewis troops
during that period.
Do you use the Reed-Bowles cabin as a depository for objects of historical value or do you have
a more pretentious building for that purpose. I may have some things that I would like to
contribute for such purpose.
In my day there stood a death tepee containing the remains of Long Horse, a crow Chief killed
in battle with the Sioux, not far from the site of your town.
You may look for a small package from me to follow this letter.
Very truly yours,
LUTHER S. KELLY.