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Stories of
Great Scouts
By Elmo
Scott
Watson
©. Western Newbpuper Unlnn
EDGAR S. PAXSON. THE SCOUT
WHO WAS A PAINTER
Col. Edgar S. I'nxsuu wum a scum
who became u {niinier. lie w orked |
for 20 years on one (minting before i
It was completed, mid when die <dd '
scout’s masterpiece wits done, it was I 1
declared to he the most accurate pic- I
tare of Custer s hist battle ever {
painted, it made Paxson fan...us.
Paxson was a New Yorker ...
went to Montami in the e.iil;. 'v.ei. ! .
tie-. He became a cowpuncher, ' I
hunter and trapper. Win n Chief .!<• j
seph led his Nez Pe-co van :, -s «.» !
their I tw-inih* (lash tor freedom i 1
1877, Paxson enlisted as a scout vvi:
the Unittl Stales tniops and served
with them until eld l.m pii was c. t
ncred in the .Bear Paw mo.i.iln i.> and
sunend. . d to th . . r.:| Miles. . |
After He Nez peic. war was ov- ,
Paxson returned to I». er I.• 1
Mont., and o *m*d n studio. He bud ,
always wauled to paint plctur. s und •_
lie took for h s .subjects the :hin_ • ,
he knew best ■ « v.boys. Indiras, ,
hunters and trappers. Then lie eon .
ceived the Idea of a painting of tin ,
greatest Indian buttle in Auierli.rt ,
history—Custer’s hist figli* with t! v
Sioux and Cheyennes on the Litt I:
Big Horn. I
F’or years Paxson gathered Info**- ,
mation about the battle. He went over ,
the battletbJd ugnin niiil ngiihi mild t
he wus familiar with every foot of t : |
tie talked with Indians who had fought f
against Custer, and he sought ollher I q
and men who had served with Rem> „
and Benteen to get their sioilcs of q
the tight. He learned everything lie 1 j
could of Hie position of num hi
tlie Seventh cavalry on that fateful i |
day In .lune ls?<;. ,
Paxson was engaged seven years' |
in the actual painting «>f the p el tin ,
His work was intetmptod dunite this ,
time by ids service In (’Ul:i • ’ trill;,
the Spun! ! ' • • war and hi the I |
Pli llppi’ .-s. Allot the war wr.i over •
he return >( • t.ml the ph t
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portraits of 3(1 members of (’lister's
comtimnd painted from photographs.
Every detail of the battle was shown
historically accurate, so fur ns It Is
possible to know how Custer mid Ills
men perished. The painting has been
on exhibition in the largest cities of
the United States and It now hung-
In Hu- library of the Montana State
university at MlssouJn. It Is .allied
at s2.*>.<MX).
In 1878 Paxson laid down the
scout’s rifle to take up the painters
brush. Forty-one years Inter lie laid
down tlie brush. Colonel Paxson died
in Missoula. November 0. 1919.
Stories of
Great Scouts
©. Western Newspaper Union
JOSEPH E RANKIN’S RIDE TO
SAVE HIS COMRADES
X)ne of the greatest rides in frontier
history was that of Jo.-cph E. Rankin,
a scout with Maj. T. T. Thornburgh,
alien that olllcer was ambushed and
Killed by the Ute Indians September
29. 1879. and Ids command surrounded
<»n the Milk river in northwestern
Colorado. Wlie.i (’apt. J. S. Payne of
tlie Fifth cavulry took command of
ilie beleaguered '.roops and called for
volunt<-ers to ride for help. Rankin
wus the first to offer himself.
All of the horses in the command
had been wounded, but. taking one
of the least Injured, Rankin made a
dash along the back trail and uc
(vvded In getting through the Indian
lines. Then In tlie darkness lie headed
for Rawlings, \Vyo„ 170 miles away.
The next morning be met a party of
soldiers bringing up a cattle herd for
Thornburgh, exchanged horses and
pressed on.
His new mount soon failed him and
he was forced to continue Ids Journey
on foot. Luckily lie soon rmiclied a
luiy camp and there obtained uno:her
mount. <>n this horse lie rode weari
ly Into Rawlings with his news that
-\cniiig lie hud crossed thrvv moun
tain imii’e<, had led his horses over
trails t<Mf rough to ride in the durK
i <--• or l>ecmi>«' tlie nnimals were too
tired to carry him and he had cow I
ila* distaiicp of 170 mile- in exactly
21 hour*.
Troop}, were at once put lnt« mo
tion to i <uc Payne. Col. Wesley
V.<-: rltt. with four troop* of tin- ! ;fih
cnvidry H a lied Raw Hu -. on the mum*
u.g ot Octobiq* 2. Rankin imniedluto*
ly ofa- .-d Ids M*rvices us guide und
la noon .Merritt’s ri mnctnd was on
Its way. When they mnq at mid-
night. they tmd ••overed 40 mile*.
Il wus the mornlii-. of (ictolivr I.
Eighty miles away Payne ami bls
< (HUl'mh - w. it holding "if the L’tes
ami praying for th<* arrival of livjp.
lie knew that his colon. I would spare
no effort to ■on,.- to his rescue ami
'■ i i
Merritt would rc:o*h Mm by dawn of
'OctolxM* a.
It suit a rtuttom In the Fifth caval
ry tor one troop at Ibc («•„*.niHil to
- >t.tiding ' <>!!ici r« cull." Sm . • ihh!'* I
l>> his wounded nieii, Payne lay in
'he t.oiielies they lm<» dug. ||st< l. ■ .*
•it th UM Hol M wiks of light
tt| ,m nd In tiie csi Stidilmly Hie
hot* m of it wen* heard mid *‘of*
Heels <n|| M limited out on tin* mon.
Ihg air.
In it few minutes the Ut- v ore re
tr' Ullttg hull<‘|i'\ i."’ r<- tfi«. <!y ml
vnnrc of Merritt's dust covered tmup
.n !•■ n'Jn’s ride of 171- ■ - met
ti c i- .i country in Ain<*ncn mid
M fitltbtut guiding of .Merritt's men
ini . •«i Pavin' mid l»ls .‘oinrndes.
Soda Mixer Reca'le Dentlrt.
"I’ll have a clmra.iiie in..ltd milk,
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Miuln r’erk ‘l’lei.M** mix It with n
■ |M'on Instead of the electric mixer.**
"Mix it with ti epooa I** «*xeldmrd
the clerk. auuMtwhat •«nrprliM»d. “That
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••WiH." she rc'illod, "I enn’t atnitd
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It Mounds Jm*t like that thing that the*
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i *'<»rk Mun.
COLBY HERE WEDNESDAY
Frank E Colby, Optometrlal. will
be at the Meara hotel, room H, noxt
Wedticaday, October 19. Anyone hav*
i Ing oyo truublo may consult him at
that time.
Stories of
Great Scouts
©. Western Newspaper Union.
i CUSTER'S CROW SCOUTS
There were six of them, these war
riors of the Crow or Absaroke nation,
who rode wflh Custer on his last
march down the Little Big Horn river I
in Montana that day In June. 187 U. I
When the leader of tlie Seventh caval I
ry asked General Terry for his best I
Crow scouts In the camp on the Little I
Rosebud creek. Terry told him l:“ I
could have Curley, "White Mun Runs |
Him," Hairy Moccasin. "Goes Ahead.” I
Yellow Face and White Swan. The f
. Crows were glad to serve with the |
famous Indian fighter and they guided |
him until they located the hostile camp I
<>n the Little Big Horn. I
When Custer divided his command I
tn nt luck tlie village. Yellow Face and |
White Swan were sent With Major I
Reno and Custer kept "White Mun I
Runs Him," Curly, “Goes Ahead" and I
Hairy Moccasin with him. Yellow 1 1
Face was killed while fighting with |
Reno, und While Swan wus budly |
wounded, but llmilly recovered und j
lived tiniir 1905. |
Today Curley Is the, only survivor I
of the Custer Crow scouts and. ac- I
cording to his story, he is the hist |
man who saw his commander alive. I
After crossing the ridge. Custer |
turned t<> "While Man Runs Him,’' |
Hairy Moccasin and "Goes Ahead," I
and said to them: have done |
your duty. You have led me to the |
enemy. My soldiers will do the tight- |
Ing. You are to go now mid save |
your livi->. i lie scouts left him ami |
made their way to tin* pack train un- E
der (’apt. Tom McDougall. k
When Curley returned from Reno’s |
position, he was given the same or- |
der. He started and soon found him- |
self tr. Ht midst of a hot light. Find- E
mg a 'lead Sioux warrior, he took his
horse, gun mid blanket. Wrapping
the blanket about his betid to conceal
his Crow scalplock from the Sioux.
Curley suceeded in reaching a high
butte. Looking back he saw that
Custer hud charged down upon tlie
Indians and was surrounded. Curley
says that he watched the battle until
lie saw Custer, who was the Inst man
standing, fall and then he rode away.
The next morning the Crow scout
np|HUired In General Terry’s entnp.
He could not spenk English and there
was no Interpreter. Curley took
blades of gra». piled them all in a
heap, and then, exclaiming "Pouf!
Pouf!" In Imitation of the sound of |
h gun, scattered them wide apart. By I
means of this he made the officer un- r
derstaad that Custer and all of his ■
men lind l»e«*n killed. Like the fa- |
inous Greek. Curley the Crow was a I
messenger of disaster mid lie brought
the first news of this Thermopylae of
America—Custer’s Inst tight .
By Elmo
Scott
Wetson
Stories of
Great Scouts
©. Wcrtern Newspaper Union.
CALIFORNIA JOE'S JOKE ON THE
SOLDIER BOYS
California Joe was a man of my*
tery. 11 in teal name Is unknown, some
s.i.vlik; It was Joseph Mllmer. and oth
er' as-ertlng It was Hawkins. Whin
ever It luu> have been made little dif
ference In his fame, for his title of
c.illfornm Joe was known from 1 an
uda to Mexico and from the Missouri
river to the Pacific coast. One of the
triilts «>f this quaint old acout wa*< Ins
fondness for a practical Joke, und
tuanv ; long day's march In the Indian
campaigns was ingde lighter for the
ollleers In* served by one of his pranks.
(hie time during the Sioux war of
I87<». while be was scouting for Col.
Anson Mills, he dlucovered an old
gravi along Hie tndl. Joe aiop|K*d,
lisik off his hat umrbowed Ids head
reverently. The soldiers lmmedlat»*y
did the same and asked him tilt rea
son for his net.
•Th'- !:!. the JHf .r
Atme. Blllln . said Joe. "lh- v»» s
• ith im* Im . In l‘ ’4 vvlp-h wr <1- •
cold In il . P.la<*k Hills. g.t •»
much Hiat wr had all our *|m «-i.e>s
lull and vv«a our mules vvux l .t»l«*«l
to th las' isniniL One night ,v.e
, It r-Jil o • spot. mi«t tl
in l.i a* Atim 100 the crnillp
L-I-I.V ’ Imw In- del suffer Is awful to
me lo tidnk ..t> no.. \V<- done i ; ■
ci 1 '.t.| the ,i- i |< Iler i|i« tn i
night.
■\\ e all had . 1 th ::<»•«! w e ■o: ' '
ran>. so we ~*M I m led BHIItu- '
w Hi him. In* I■ ' o wltui Ids mul vv
• i ryln fer v e . In t th . w I
r. ; -hl t« 1. I e I!. Pih.i In. I <
I'llg I, . ■ o;,v | o|t* |e,it 'v
i*n yotir grave.”
'I i... i • |g| i the add era t«
1 ru>-li • I to "pis>r Amu* Illi
avr. Tltev dug mid dug Kr
Ing down 1(1 fret tin v found •••
I'o blit no gold -I'.mh An •
ling- never exhtiil except Itt I
the tired Moldlrrs came str.igg i
ran p. Ids only coinmchl vm>* vv!
' trrmil fools these fellers •»•'*■
lh* next been me a it e
wori.« d fm Ohl .lim !'.ri«i,.-* m
IBM, when hr vvrat to (Il
him.lng exiMMlltlen At the «m »
of Hie Civil vnr he J..,ned Ito l’l
ii-mv Ms II «»tll HI d "II- 1..' U '•*.
dun'- -lnir|.«> ".»*, i . , b \ I; A
drifted West i.galn and l» • i.« t .
favorite scout of Urnernl Cush r wh"
mnde Idm chief of s< nuts In th* Wn h
Itn eiimpnlgn In IHd",
After scouting for (’rook in the
rnmpnlgn of 1870, Joe became n mln*
er in the ItliK'k Hills und wns killed
there bv mi itnknoun nmumlii Decern I
her 9, 1870. I
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Wetson