North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-10-06
A Belle among the BuffalOes..an excit.
ing Hunt in the Smokey Riuer
Valley
From the Cincinnati Enquirer. Sen

valley.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer. Sept. 1s.
As we were parting from Miss Susan B.
Anthony last evening in the Burnet House
parlor, she remarked that she had that day
met young lady whom she would love to
welcome to the ranks Of the little army
that was battling FOR woman's rights.
MixiA. indicated by nod the Person of
WHOM she spoke, and it proved to be a
lovely girl whom we had noticed at once
on entering the room whose face, indeed,
was one Of those which many men and
some women possess, which attract ones $
attention even in the largest crowd. and
which, though we get but glimpse of
them. are easily recognized years after.
ward as having been seen before, bearing
upon them, as they do, some inexplicable
fascination beyond the mere impress of
intellect or beauty. Our reportorial curl
osity was at once aroused. of course, and
upon Miss Anthonys adding that the
young lady was the heroine of a recent
hunt, in which General Custar and two
"Peers of the Realm" had also figured,
we unblushingly requested an introduc.
ton, which was kindly granted. Miss
Sailie Tallmadge, the accomplished daught-
er Of MIR. L. W. Tallmadge, Of Columhns,
Ohio, seemed to be about nineteen years
old-we say, seemed, because our gallan-
try was too much for even our profession
al impudence on this point--and was
dressed in rich brown travelling suit that
well became her medium sized, graceful
and dashing figure. She will be
debutdEte this season in fashionable Co
lumbus circles, having only left school,
Mrs. Ranney's, at Elizabeth n. j., in
July. After finishing her education, her
father offered her choice bet Seen the
usual round of dissipation at Newport,
Long Branch, Saratoga. etc.. and visit
to the prairies, ''those gardens of the
desert. those unshorn fields, boundless and
beautiful, for which the speech of Eng
land has no name,' and girl Of spirit that
she was, she chose the latter. The result
shows itself in the elasticity of her every
movement, in the bright flash of her dark
eyes, and in the bronze of her cheeks.
The latter did not conceal, however, the
flush of pleasurahle and healthy excite>
ment that rose as she kindly "rode the
hrn L.
be actually in the saddle as she spoke, and
to once more enjoy the wild gallop.
| We wish our readers could enjoy the
treat we did. 1t positively amounted to a
sensational thing which though he may
often create it in the good public, your
Bohemian rarely experiences himself.
Our very fuger tips tingle with the blood
sent to tEamhy the .wosds of the eloquent
speaker. But to the story, which, alas,
must be given in the usual STYLE"
The excursion party, bound for Sheri-
dan and other points in the far West, left
Columbus on the lst of September, and
after. an exhilrating trip, reached Fort
Hays on the 9th instant. On the Tuesday
/ after their arrival grand hunt was or.
ganized. The military portion of the par
ty consisted of General Custar, the off.
GERS of the 7th cavalry, including s. G..
sturgis, Colonel Commanding; Colonel
Custar, brother of the General: Colonel
c. W. Cook, DR.. Lippincott, Major Bell,
Colonel Thomas and Lieutenant Nolan
also, 100 privates and mounted band of
l6 instruments. a large number Of Ia
dies accompanied the hunters in ambulan-
ces as far as Smoky River Valley, sixteen
miles from the fort. to witness the first
days sport, if possible General Custar
had also with him two distinguished
guests, in the persons of Lords Berkeley
Page and Henry Waterpark, of the Brit
ish Peerage, the latter scion of the
Wellesley family. These gentlemen were
escorted to Fort Hays by Colonel Gentry.
who was also present. An encampment
was made in Smoky Valley. and from the
top of a neighboring ledge tn, ladies were
witness to an exciting chase on Wednes
day afternoon. On this occasion thirty
buffalo were killed, General Custar get
ting eight, ''Paget' three and water
park" four. This night most of the ladies
returned to the fort, satisfied with the ex
citing scene they had witnessed from afar
off. Not so with Miss Tallmadge, howev.
er. She was tired of being merely a
''looker-on in VIENNA" and remained
with her father, brother and Mrs Custar
at the camp. Her wish to join the next
days gallop was gladly gratfied by the
officers. dark, blooded bay of Custars
being placed at her disposal.
Mounted upon the beautiful creature,
she must have been indeed the glorious
picture we are told she was. Early on
Thursday morning the party rode forth in
search of the game. There were one
hundred and thirty men, and one lady,
apparently very Joan of Arc, leading
that armed band. Ten miles of prairie
land had been ridden over, when Custar
gave the View Halloo, and the entire par
ty charged upon and scattered herd of
bufialoes that appeared to the westward.
Foremost in the wild dash the feet cours-
er of Miss Tallmadge bore her, until she
found herself upon the track of huge
bull. Full FIVE miles Of the prare the bay
spurned beneath his heels before the side
of the old fellow was reached. Two
quick, well-directed shots from Colts
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