The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-11-03
!. Captain Hunts Guide.''

Il Somebody who calls himself Capt. Hunts
lGuiden has a long communication in last Satur-
days Avalanche about Indian fighting, and he
evidently quite unintentionally Numbered out :
few truths His real object is clear enough-it il
to malgn and injure Major Marshall But thai
part Of his labor of love needs attention a:
hands-or at anybody's so far as we can discover
The Guide says he served three years las mem
Der of the lst Cavalry, Oregon Vols" Whether
his membership consisted in acting as officer, sub
altern, private, cook, hospital nurse, herder OF
body servant he fails to cnlighten his readers.
But he is "now en- route for Fort Vancouver there
to be honorably discharged.a All, then his pay
is, as it were, fixed fact already, and the "bold
sejer boy'' dares to say what he pleases. From
the tone of his communication we should suppose
him to be little the hettest Indian fighter in the
world, but, like other great warriors, his mod.
esty is the ruin of him, and constrains him to
withhold, from an anxious, FACILITATING world, his
mighty name. Guide says 1--WE do not mean Fancy
Jacks dog but Capt. Hunts Guide) that it has
not been for the want of brave men that the In
dams have not been badly whipped but it is
owing to cowardiy, incompetent and bad officers.
Right there we strike hands with Guide. He was
member of the LIST Oregon Cavalry. He is
then aware that, not only the Oregon Cavalry,
but the oregon Volunteers, generally, were notoq
riously poorly differed. Capt. Small, for in.
stance, was as arrant coward as ever quaked at
sight of an Indian sign, and several other of the
Captains and lower grade oficers-Whose names
we have now fOrgotten--were nearly as eOwardly
as Small 1t Is fact that he ran his horse for
ten miles to escape from what he declared was
band OF pursuing Indians on the Canyon City
road above Camp Watson, but which really was a
scarecrCW put out ia the farm of Mr.. Cozart, a.
peaceable farmer and stock raiser in that region
But it would fill our columns to briefly chronicle
Small's many cOwardly flights aud coneealments
from little bands OF rowing Indians. We could
tell numerous quite similar stories on others of the
Oregon Volunteer officers, which are well authen>
ticated by the gallant soldiers who were unfortu-
nate enough to serve under them, and whose
statements in this simple particular, accord with
what the Guide says. It is not necessary to occupy
space in doing so.
As to Major Marshall, the fact IS known that
since he started out on his campaign the Indians
all over this whole extensive range have become
quiet, and no more Indian depre6atons are re-
ported. This simple fact amply refutes all that
Guide says on that score. We need say no more
about him. or OF his letter in the Avalanche. But
stop-Gulde. says he has been constantly in the
saddle for six months out of twelve" As part |
ing salute, let us say to Guide that we hope this
constant saddle practice has not caused him any
in walking or stage riding on his |
way to Fort Vancouver, as some ignorant people |
along the road are not ready in recognizing dis |
mounted heroes, and they might mistake what
allied him.