The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-09-04
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF GEN
SCOTT.


returned from Luropc whittier he had been
vent c' :; l'''t.Ic mission. after an aU>enC" Ut
scvcIa! months !, var with the Indians on
the upper Mississippi; under the celebrated
'Bia-. H,wl, having assumed Formidable
..;j','t. Scott wa ordered ~ the War De
I4rt.ncnt in june. 1892 to the scene Of con-
l!ic,. t. take command Of the forces TO ,ubduc
the >;vn.c-.
In tie lightning If July. he aecorliay,
embarked at Buffalo, with a body OF anout
!uuu troops. on board four steamers. bound
.,r the theatre Of war He was arrested in
hi PROGRESS hv the hrcakin. ont OF the chol-
IRA IN its most malignant form among the
troops, Meantime" the Indians were subiued
~ H." Illinois militia and the tron,,> under
General Atkinson. and Black Hawk was cap
,urc'i. Scott subsequently pipcrr,cd 10 lis
place 81 destination. negotiated important
treaties with the Sars and FOXES. and the
WinnrIa.."c> COMPOSED the difficulties on
that tro7ti~r and DISCHARGED all the duties
q, la, MISSION in a MANNER that cytortcd from
ton. Cas-. then Secretary Of State, she fol-
lowing trln,:-
ALLOW me to corgraii 'c:@ Won. sir upon
duties, and t" express my entire appreciation
81 the whole course OF Your proceedings, dur
M difficulties requiring greater high or
moral courage than the Operations Of an ar-
i've campaign under ordinary circumstances. D."
General Cas- here rctrrrcd,in part to Gen.
SCOTS brave. humar.c aud >clt-dcnying con-
duet toward, the troops under his command.
While >mi,trn BY the terrible scour"c of the
cholera. the story of which we will briefly
relate.
THE CHOIERA-Stu1I. NOBLE Cox
UrCT-On the passage from Buffalo to Chi
raoo. the A>aiic cholera, which then for the
first tine visited this country, broke out on
hoard the steamers conveying the troops, in
III. most tri.httnl form. On board Gen
SCOTS own boat. on, of 900 persons no less
than 81 died and 80 others were committed
10 the hospital within the short term Of SIX
DAYS. On Foard the other boats, the mortal
itv wa, scarcely less alarming. The amazing
fatality of the attacks of this disease spread
Undesirable terror among the troops, and
among the population whittier they were car
ried such was the effect prodaccd, that in
the course of very few DAYS sickness death
and dcScrtion had reduced the number OF our
troops from 92o to 400.
On the pass e to Chicago. the deck and
calm of Gen. OTIS own boat were covered
with the dead - ing. Every hour of the
clock struck mel, to some new victim.-
Gloom was p tn, in every countcnancc-
Despair seized upon the bravc-t Death in
battle they did " fear but here he view
less DESTROYER y Il! wed their energies With
out warning. til trembling victim seized help
lr,,Iy collapsed. and died in an hour. 1t was
n repetition OF the worst horrors of the plague.
Amid the terrible scene. instead of content
ing hinI>cltwith merely ordering the medical
men 20 take all necessary measures for the
rriirt OF the SICK. Scott set an example OF for
'itudc and courage that shouc Respondent
through the surrounding dcsolatiun He At
rn,irl the SICK III person. and performed Tor
us humbleSt comrade every di,agrceabc Of
re with brothers care. He con>olc, the
ick, aud con.ortcl the diving, and chrrrr,,
he tagging and broken $ irts of those unat
arkrd. hut whose apprehension provoked
LANCER. and insured Gca,h when The attack
ane
Subsequently. after leaving Chicago. Soft
"und AtklnSon> force at Rock l>IanIattack-
Il with the same appalling disease Here ne
rncwcd his vjrilant and fearless attentions
'r"n the sick and diving. Though himself
Il, his ID ,ollon to hi> fellow soldier was CON
'ant and became the theme OF general adm
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| oA'i'p'' more pure none
an" "'' Se''-''e' o''oh'
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been IN their attempt to di>paragc the
They picked up the Generals .Nn'rei>n. bat
the! dropped 1t as suddenly again as if it had