The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-04-19

ttOW inc MIetOuJ ItepuDIiCAus ApH SeS
Every survivor Of the command which
Gov. Shelby led from Kentucky in the war
ut 1912 has nj some time or other told Tie
well authenticated story "f 1.-THE militia
pig. The singular camIaign Of the patriot
is'rker hns been recorded in more than one
history Of the State, but the local press has
recently revived the story in statements
frm some of the few remaining witnesses
uf its truth. They differ only n,Wui tr'firs
xnd the undispulcu facts are about ~ fol.
lows:
The day sitter the command left their rem
devious On the march tor The seat ut war, q
.y,uple Oi si,.,s were observed fighting tu.
r,n,i.Iy IN \ lane. Tie cOlunn .haltesi, Ut
c.,urst, 1" see ii. There WAS some betting
and excitement rs the 'a'tie ragged, aud \
loud cheer greeted the victor when hc
hs>cd his Antagonist tr"m the field. When
he u,x,ci, was resumed it Was observed thai
the c.,nquerer, with f'an.lng chops md
hrietles erect. Wis accompanying tue com.
mAnd. Pleased with The applause Ec hx''
received aud fond Of martial company. hc
xu,u made II known that he had volunteered
tor the war. When night came he sIplHsl
l,vun,ifuliy Of the grain the h"rses w.slcl,
found himself bed in some one Ut the
tents and ,urnel ~. The next Mtr"'ng
wms found ready aud waiting for the sig-
nal. Before reaching the OniO RIVER o,
Cincinna,, he lad discovered that the front
wss the best place ~ the column Ut cavalry
when the roads were dusty. and that place
in the line he ti,encef,T~ ard insisted Oh
krt.,,iug. At the river he squeAItsl - pite
uusjy tor place in the bUAls that he WIS
h,isLd iu and ferr,ca over with the rest
On he went through Cincinnati, across In
dinua into ILLINOIS. back 10 SAndusky.
thence to Fort Me'gs. thence u the river
Rmisiu, u PigeUniOwn, 10 Dctroit-wh"r'
ever St,elby's mounted volunteers we're or
dercd the wxrlike pig attended them.
| These long marches in the wilderness were
nt,e,t'e.t with many hSrdships snd pr'vH'
| tons. hut t,,.. pig hUre his share without n
naurinur. When streams were 10 e'c ferrIetl
he ssked aud obtained . pae IN tie m'ats,
hut when The Troops bsd tO swim their hOr'
spy over rivers Ur y iie rrsct'es ut swamp. he
ci,eerfully swan with 'hc hOrs..s lie ~as
the M, Vi The camp, and the soldiers brgsn
to take n sulerstitiUn> interest IL Gazing fol
h,n. They would not gO intO camp vi
night uu,,i the pig WAS known 10 bc safs
and snug. They were often oui OF meat
and 10, over uunciilinus about picking ~
chance rth.s,s un their i'ayO"ets. hut viii
,l,s, zig they were willing to share iici'
ls,l crust, and he won their admiration f"l
his ru.d breeding by never sticking hi'
nu.c INTO their plst,ers or n'e''tiling will
their prOve,,.er iill he WAS invited.
A. last Shrlby's men we'e ordered to IN
vsir Co. . In, and 'hen tor the first TINT
the p,x refused tn follow. As the men en-
tered ihe trmuspurls h. showed no s'ispD>i
,i.,u To visit the foreign shore aeruss TN
waters ri the lake. Al, nticMpts To tax
him an hoard met with loud squeals and DC
,rrmipcd Resistance S,.mc one called ou
'.Pu, down that pig! He's g"t the Mass"
cl,usxits m,liiis'y scruples against cr''ssi",
the iinc!" Ills friend. Capt. Watkins, In
,rrfcrsd aud sent him back to Detroit
When the army reached that point ON II
return from the Canadian t'sitle fields. tn
pix was waiting n the landing; single.
Out the honn~.spun hunting shirts Ut ~
own Kentucky ls,ys and WAS ssn'n in the'
midst. From that time forward he w
known ~ ''thc Militia Pig" He continues
with the command until II was hOnu'.bl
mus, crrd out 1t Marysville, Kentucky, ,whe,
his career ~ a public character Terminated
HE subs. QucEi history pnriakes 1T the Ol
.cur,ty VI private life. aud there arc tw
r,ories slu,ut It. 1t 10 certain tl,"t the sol
dirrs v0itd him . pension: but account
differ NJ 4, whether he spent the reinaiNtIt
1t his days IN p'ace snd plenty o" the f"r'
If Can't, Watkins. IN Shelby county, Or
that Vi Gov Desha. in Harrison.