St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-27

officers doing duty ON the plains {;
nephew of the Rev. Henry Ward Beech
or. Modest. energetic. and ambitions
in his profession. had he lived he I'M
douhtcdly would have had brilliant
future before him and. had opportumi-
tN such a> is offered 10y Il great war even
have occurred. Lieut.. Bccchrr would
have without doubt achieved great dis
timctinn.
The Indians still kept up Il contimI-
oIl> fire from their di>mmImtcd WarIi-
or>: but. a> the >cuut> by This time
Wcic we'll covered by their miniature.
calthW "rk>. it did little execution. At
> o'clock in the attcrno"n. the <aNagc>
again attempted to carry the island 10y
Il mounted charge. and again at sunset
but. having been deprived of thcir best
and most fearless lcfiIcr 10y the fall "i
Roman Nose. they were not 80 dLIim"
0r ImpuI>lNr aS in the first charge. and
Wcr" both times rcpul>rd with heavy
l">>,'>. At dark they ceased firing. and
Withdrew their forces for the night
This gave the little garrison on the i>-
land an opportunity to take Il hIcathm"
ti"n and sum up how ne had t;llcd.
IN APPALLING >ITI ALTON.
Ihc result wis not cnm>oliHg. IIi~
trusted Lieut.. Brrchcr. wa> lNimg dead
hl his side: his surgeon. Movers. WIS
mOItdIlN wounded two of his men Kill
cd. tuIIl murlallN wounded. four severe
ll. and ten slightly. Here. ont of Il to-
tai "i fifty -"mr. were tWcmty-tlrcc Kill
cd and Wounded. His own condition.
hi night thigh ft;rtull larcr7rtcd. and
his lett irg badly hrnkcn. only rendered
the other di>roulaging circumstances
d"GhlN 50. ~ before stated. the Indi-
ans had killed I'LL of hi~ horses early in
the fight. His supplies were exhausted.
and there. WAS no WAY of dressing the
wounds of himself "r comrades. H. the
medical stores had been captured 10y
the Indians. He WAS about no milc-
from the nearest post. and ~aNa~,~ were
all around him. The outlook could
scarcely have been less cheering. But
F"I>lth'~ di>po~iti"m and pluck inciu,
hlm I" speculate more upon that which
l. 81 may hc gained. than tn rcpinr al
that which i irrcNurHhly lost. This
predominant trait in his character now
cam" in good play. Instead of wasting
''''' III \'iI, 'rE'''>" over 'hr '"NaI''a
I'm ~ '"> ''','i'>' ne HI"i
~ct about Looking up the chauc,.> in hi
'"N''' -tM' ~ ''' ''''Ir'' J." WI'd' 1t
mal. will match SANDY. against al
equal uumh,I" for making Il taNnrahl,
~h"Niug "t the SIDE Whirh he c>p"u>,.~
"r :dl"c.itr>. To hi- credit account
h,. congratulated himself and comrades
"'~'' upon 'Il' i''' 'i'' il"'\ Ia" "rHl
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