The Ellensburg dawn. [volume], February 04, 1909, Page 3, Image 3

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CAMPAIGNING
ON THE £
PLAINSfr
BY BUFFALO BILL
fMM'TRDB TALES OF THIS PLAINS"
COPTRIOHT. ISOMM WILLIISM r CODY
I H.WE been many times asked If
tbe aotltude of the plalna was uot
burdensome and oppressive to a
mau who was traveling along
I^me of tbe vast expanses of the west,
where for hundreds of miles there was
no one to see hut himself, his horses,
gbouadlcss level of prairie grass, the
blue sky above, with its sun by day
its stars by night At Aral the
question seemed strange, hut 1 soon
■jtderstood hovv a man who has lived
ill his life in dally touch with Broad
way might go melancholy mad in a
atngle day In a region where he could
Xt and bear absolutely nothing but
tbt wonderful panorama of nature aud
in rolees. luce «as ?. multitude or
things around Idm to arouse Interest,
which to the plainsman meant safety
or danger, life or death, but which
" WOOld mean to such a man. Indeed, in.
more than so many blades of grass
This silent excitement of the solitary
ride over tho broad prairie, where the
elty man would sec nothing but dull
monotony, was something more excit
ingly fierce than anything 1 had seen
in a town, aud I had seen Wall street
(rued. 1 have watched street riots, I
tire witnessed royal pageants, and 1
have seen men lynched. These things
Ith* the blood, hut they till seem pale
to what I have felt when out alone on
• scout
Consequently the scout ou duty was
compelled to Invent ruses of his own
to assist blm In emergency. Aud
when some extremely dangerous mla
tloo bad to be undertaken the scout
often puzzled the commander by r, 1
fusing aid In the shape of a squad or
lay chosen number of soldiers to ac
company blm. But actually it was the
part of discretion to do s«>, as going
alone or with one or two chosen com
redes whom you knew to bo true blue
was a precaution that favored your
own safety, as every scout naturally
picked tbe very best mounts and rode
one and had what is called a "lead
horse," well trained, to follow and
Stud by blm hi every emergency He
had only himself to look out for. and
with a good lead h>rse In n race for
life bad a fresh remount. Therefore
1 always kept myself well provided
With well trained steeds, who became
wonderfully proficient In scenting dan
fcr and even game The fact that
y«r borsea were unshod was ate ther
poole to a trailing Indian, as a shod
hem print gave him a . lew to a white
man's presence or tho proximity of the
■OKary. One of my ruses wai to
toke with me a bugler of the Fifth
emlry named Kershaw, who devol
ves a capacity for comradeship In
■Kb adventures. Kershaw, after re
tiring from tbe nrmy. became chief of
police at Chester. Fa., near Fhiladel
fata,and died there several years ago
Generally I preferred, like others, go
kg ilone, as then I had only myself
I to look out for.
I took Kershaw with me often, ns I
knew tbe country w is infested with
them hit') tnnl usinn
of Indians, when It win
- to tmw ' i.-i daytime and
.bß**** could \,t : i ii.-.-.,m|.lishwl
? ?*«W,t Uis mi iv.. in striker
[ Si*bet,t "Mi'ln- 1 1... !...• following
ft one ofcablou we klci* dur
THE EtLENSBURG DAWN,
""' *■» a well wooded bos can.
I ««<«•„ little stream of water, with
I Plenty of grass for the borsea to browse
on. and at tbe aame time we were hid
den from view Toward evening, when
! we thought it convenient to continue
our scut, just ~s we were nbout to
emerge from our hiding place a large
j hand of Indians aaaemhled down the
canyon to camp for tbe night Mount
ed aa they were, it was useless for nn
,to attempt flight so. moving farther
backward In the Woods, we remained
concealed until they had settled down
rhere was no way to gel out except n
dash through the Indian village. We
J dared uot stay til! daylight, ns they
[ night find our trail, and titer would
have us corralled,so we quietly waited
until they had settled down, when We
mounted aud sneaked toward the edge
of the tillage, Where there was an aye
BUe of escape. Their faithful dogs of
cmrse. alarmed the camp, so the boat
W« could do was t,. make a dash out
wheel and tire as quick as we could,
and Kershaw with his faithful bugle
blew the charge. Riding quickly
around the village, we made another
little firing at them and sounded the
bugle charge again a repetition of
I this at another point nnd a hurl' 1
Charge threw them Into confusion,
stampeded their ponies, prevented
their quick mountlug, ami while they
went in one direction hold Kershaw an I
myself were riding in another. Nam
rally, of course, this gave the Indians
something to think of in the Dlgbl •
while we got to the post and Informed
Colonel Itoyal of the location and. with
Major Brown, Captain Bache, Lieuten
ant Jack Hayes and a detachment of
cnvnlry. went on the trail, which was
followed for two days, and the Indians
were severely punished, with hut few
casualties on our side.
Getting fresh meat for Fort Sheridan,
we were greatly annoyed at times on
I our buffalo hunt by being jumped by
. the Indians, who in those days were
generally out with tho same object.
' Many a hot skirmish or many tt run
; for It was necessary. Buffalo natural*
,ly were some distance from the fort,
and I thought of a trick by which I '
, could give my red brothers a surprise
In a run for it a few miles from the
1 fort was a hogback that furnished a
j good defensive position, and I hud
i often noticed that it had v long. deep.
I bushy ravine. It was in the nature
almost of a natural fortification So 1
thought how I could get them to re
peat their many attacks on me when 1
ran to this particular point from
' which I could signal for help to the
fort with hasty grass tires aud "smoke
that talked." Buffaloes were at tbe..
' time plentiful, so I secured Kershaw
' and ' about fifteen good marksmen.
' with provisions for the trip, and start
jed out before daylight for the hunt.
; Hiding the soldiers In this ravine, we
proceeded on our Journey and had not
' the wagons half Oiled before my !
striker. BUI White, announced Indians
lln the distance, "nnd a big baud, too."
■Bid Hill Away we weul for the hog
! back, and It was lit kety split, with 1
the Indians gaining on us every mm- |
Bte We reached it. threw .air wagons
into position, packed our buffalo hams
„„t for breastworks, threw some
It raW about and gather, d Up *Otne
dead grass to make a signal The n
dlana. seeing It. knew that relief
would come and they budu I a mo
Djenl 10 lose If they wanted our scalps
On they came, dashing around My
self and teamsters and live or six or
us banging awaj at them. tbe.v cir
cled around and drew off as they
commonly did, add at a dtetnnce ot
>bout aeventyflve ynrda from I beam
As usual, they bunched togotU
~r . listening ." lb- wrangle < . (
cbtet Bang! Bang! Bang! Am Ua
~,,, Winchesters began ' '
the ravine, while Kershaw «
baffle blew the charge, the Indians
direct ions, .i.-v • . fttnm
appetite. Ami the fori • |
frcsli meat. »«nanae
A country of such vast wjn ■
Oettied save for a fe» f ' tiV( ,y
lof refuge and »uco°r *> co ||kc |
few in number as to OR d ~„. ,
campaign In *> n,( J bttJ! ardoua and J
Conditions, not only |f ~..; , f , ,,y
da Bffal -'
KITTITAS COUNTY,
combated attended by excruciating anf
ferlng This the old army officers nnd
soldiers of the early campaigns will
m-ver forget, tbe physical discomforts
and menial worrying with climatic
conditions far excelling those that de
feated Napoleon in bis winter cam
paign in the region about Moscow.
I relate two or three examples. On
"lie occasion I was out with some of
the Firth cavalry under the command
of Lieutenant Btiche, a descendant of
Benjamin Franklin nnd a member of a
well known Philadelphia family ami.
by the way. a magnificent young offi
cer, who in various campaigns showed
:> bravery ami dash that one would
not associate with his aristocratic bear
ing and extreme gentility a blizzard
nr.ise Fortunately we were near shel
ter In the shape of gome bluffs am)
scattered weed When the blizzard
was over it was necessary for us to
strike ..nt on ihe path of duty The
thermometer was away below zero and
the wind cutting and sharp
<>n coming back from the lend to con
sult with Lieutenant Bache I passed
by blm lo caution the sergeants to look
out for their men from the cold and
see that they did not become drowsy,
and on my return I found Indications
of Dumbness and drowsiness even In
the case of the lieutenant 1 aroused
dm and appealed to him to pull hl-n
--•••If together, but be was just in the
tumor to resent It, In rousequ c I
had to take the law into my own
hands and shake him up Iv lively stylo,
first taking the precaution of slipping
his revolver and placing It out of his
reach. As he did not respond t y
efforts on the horse. I simply dismount
ed, pulled him from the horse and
used him in what one would think a
father rude ami rough manner In fact.
I had to make it punch bag am! foot
ball out of him, much to the astonish
ment of some of the young troopers,
who came up and were going to ay enge
my apparent discourtesy to their offi
cer, though some of the older men ex
plained lis necessity, Fventuully I got
the lieutenant on his feet, and while
our horses were being taken care of an
old sergeant and myself bustled blm
along on a little foot race until we got
his blood in circulation, anil so. over
coming the danger, we eventually ar
rived safely at the fort.
On another occasion when out with
General Eugene A Cnrr, with whom I
consulted and who. by the way. was
one of the best posted and equipped
Indian lighters and frontiersmen on
the roster of the army, we both con
cluded that on account of the peculiar
balmy condition of the weather ;i bliz
zard WOUld be the next thing in order
So we resolved to strike camp early,
as we were then in a bleak country
In On Mlndlity hltzvtrti
and over flftj miles from wood aud
water. Tbla wood nnd water were In a
lower country, where there was only
one gap wbleu would rurnlsb deiiceni
Into ilif ralley. and tbai bad t" be
rrached by careful attention to direc
tion.
Starting early and getting the p»inl
„( Hi- wind, we bud no! gone far be
fore -id Botouh beguu ins revels. Gen
eral Curr, of course, gave orders to
th',. commanding oil! 'era or companies
in regard to preventing drowsiness of
the men 'i" 1 " tuenJ "' caM of
any of them succumbing to the cold
I Hindi long remember that trip, for It
„..' IS uecessnry for me to go by the
U i,,d nnd not Hlncb from It, for in the
bllndlug bltaord we would all soon be
.„„, Tbo direction brought tbe wind
against my left ear. and. as the atom.
~;.„, became so blinding that even a
Mark horse could >c seen ten feet
r ,,,„ ,he picket ropes, lariat lines were
B .altered alone to guide the men, who
kp])| ho close almost as to toUfb each
JX* tall But 1 dared uot change
Io „ fo| . f ,,,r of losing the dl
, „„ ho for elghl bents I held my
Lft cheek and ear ag.Hns, the storm
S of course, suffered Ho*
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frostbite, l dared not dismount, a*
Uiil man; of tbe others, General Carr
himself walking nearly all tbe dls
tauce, leading liis horse I bad stuffed
my car with a piece of saddle blanket,
but notwithstanding that the eardrum
was frozen, ami for a time il gave tne
Intense pain and suffering, ami up to
I tin- present day It has quite affected
!my hearing on that side Bill by this
pertinacity we reached the gap, and
when I had made the point success
fully and the descent down into the
canyon became assured there were
never 1,500 men who let out such
yells and paeans of joy.
(in another occasion I hail a very try
Ing experience when General Penrose's
command bad been sent to reconnolter
the surrounding country by General
; Sheridan and were known to have been
somewhere in a blizzard Not hearing
from them for several days, we knew
they were up against il. hut ns nil
tniils were covered and obliterated by
the drift Ing snow it was a serious
problem to lind them. General Carr, of
course, consulted with me in the mat
ter, and he relates the Incident In de
tail In "Out's Campaigns" of my sue
: cess in finding the men. In this In
stance, knowing in what direction the?
had cone. I had to travel fifteen miles
'to lind a ridge that they would cross
and that the storm would blow the
snow oway from and leave bare. Fol
lowing this ridge f< r live miles or
more. I found the trail of their horses
and wagons where they had crossed
and by the hoof tracks located the til
rectlon In which they had gone. I sue
ceeded In reaching them, snowed It
nnd in a terrible condition, for every
thing had been eaten up to such nn
extent that the horses and mules had
entcn the main's and tails off each
other Returning the next day. relief
I wits sent, and the commands became
: reunited.
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Lincoln Anniversary
February 12th is tlie one hundredth
anniversary of ihe birth of a man wh<
gave up his life that, a nation might, it
tbe full sense of the woid.be FREE.
Abraham Liheoln said, on one oceaaioi
'• The Lord must love tbe plain people,
he made so many of them."
A great plain man himself, yet hi
did DOt know it. The simplest, kind
I lest, plainest great man wh i ever hoh
the high olhce of president of tin
United States.
So long as men are honored for moral
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courage, integrity, hign purposes and
devotion to duty, ho long will the name
of Abraham Lincoln be revered, so
long will his life be an inspiration to
men.
Frost Undecided as Yet
OLYICPIA, .lan 29.— J. E. Frost, or
Kllcnsburg, said to.light that, be had
not finally determined whether ho will
resign his $11,000 position as member
of tbe state tax commission, to accept
the $l : 0<H) position tendered him as
state commissioner of Ihe Northern
Pacific, to succeed Jay Sedjwlch.
Mr. Frost has until Febiuary 10 m
decide and it is believed be will
the railroad poaiiion
SENATORIAL WEEKLIES
A Few Appropriate Names Sim
gested for Future Publications
To be Started by Senators
I„a Toilette's Weekly, a senatorial
magazine of protest, ns it might, he cull
ed, is in our midst. We bid it welcome,
to our sanctum with all the old fashion
courtesy it lies within us to invoke.
Long may it wave, and few delinquent
subscribers infest, its constituent !
La toilette'- ha- h high rid It >
purpose to perform, and m> <n to
it-, editoi's tv pewriter.
Moreover, why should not every sen
ator whose heart beats ace attuned to
grand things, and whose ambitions find
lodgment only iv the stars themselves,
have an organ upon which to play when
the spirit moves him to hold forth?
Why should we not have the Till
man Pitchfork, the Davis Octopus, the
Aid rich Financier, theFornker Brown
vilie Kcho, the Stone Gum Shoe, the
Bacon Analyser, the Burrowa Few
A'ords, the Depew Silver Lining, the
Hale [loroscope, the Taylor Itainbow
and the Beveridge Bouquet?
Each and all these suggested maga
zines should be able to scrap together
a pretty fair clientele, we think -at,
least in their respective neignboi hoods.
And their launching would, we doubt
not, strike something akin to terror to
tbe aggressive heart and stout courage
of even so illustrious and strenuous an
editor as the forthcoming associate
head of the Outlook is destined to be.
With these contemporaries buzzing
about his devoted head we feel sure
Mr, Roosevelt would incline to take to
ihe woods once in his life, if never be
fore! - Tacoma Tribune.
Yes, and then Jones' Wind Jammer,
Ankeoy'a Moneybags, and Tiles' Flab
bergaster. All would be considered
very appropriate names under ordinary
circumstances at least, for Senatorial
journas and we anticipate some day
day having those journals throwing
around hotels, restaurants, lodging
houses, etc , with v view of giving the
poor laboring man free reading.
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Still Need a Grand Jury
While the. judges of the sup rior
oourt have out .vet fo midly decided on
the calling o! a grand jury such action,
in view of the request of the c immittee
of the state b; r association, is consider
ed decidedly probable.
The p" s stent rumors in regard to
the Gordon-Root scandel, in the minds
of most people, de-erve a more thor
ough at d searching investl ;atfon than
:.he limited powers of the state bar as
sociation would allow, and in view of
the fact that residents of this city are
in possession of most, of the facts in re
gard to the mailer it is only right that
he jut'ges here should call for a grand
jury investigation.
The arrest of Mr. Gordon on charges
foreign to those linking his name with
hat of Judge Knot should have little
bearing on the grand jury investiga
tion. His guilt or innocence of the
■ •barges on which the arrest was made
:a.n not affect the other rumors con
cerning his dealings with Judge Hoot.
No time should be lost by the super
ior court judges in gel.t ing to hand all
if the information secured by the In
vestigation committee of the state bar,
•md if sufficient faca are unearthed to
varteut the calling of a grand jury
uch a call should bo issutd.—Spokuue
chronicle.
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