Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-02
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A correspondent of the New York Herald
writing irOm Fort SUI, Indian territory, IN De-
eueer, says: The thrilling adventures Of Lieu
tenant We more In bis ride to Camp supply,
bearing dispatches for the Herale and General
Miles Is the great heroic event of the season
and the talk of all the officers and soldiers. Ac-
cnmpsnied by serysnt, he left General Miles
headquarters on the washits 10 carry Dispatch
es to Camp Supply. Reaching the Canadian
Ilrer De concluded 20 leave the train and e.
cort With which be had been travelling and
strike for Supply, accompanied only by his ser
want. Ibis was q very perilous undertaking as
the narrative vii, show. Scarcely had wetnore
ana Hamilton, his servant, left the train before
they saw lgns OF the redskins But they were
both full Of pluck, and anxious e reach their
destnationi snd so, unmindful Of the danger
they were in, detantly gallOped on TOW ard the
north. Toward night, on the I7th. the two
reached a stream where they determined 10
esmp, but on roundirg point came suddenly
on eanc OF three redskins, who, on seeing the
blue coats, scattered through the brush like
leaves before winter wind. Here vas a
hazardous position Ter the two men, for they
well knew that the indians they had met
were but suaggl rs Of q still lager party in
The Immediate neigh UThOod. And 80 it
proved Retracing their steps, they put
spurs 20 thelI horses only to ride into the m,dst
OF party Of nine mounted sAyages, who weIs
so comp " taken by surprise At the appear
arce OF the soldier bOys that they merely turned
on their horses and gave one steady, prOlo aged
81 are ~ the daring iutTudeTs. But WetmOre
snd bis companion did not take the iutrOdac-
ton 80 lily. Quickly wheeling their horses.
sleety ar Il frozen prairie with the speed OF the
wind. They we're in for il now. one look b..
hind them revealed the sayages in full puu nit,
but they had a good start Tie wind was blos-
ing gale from the northwest, and the piercing
needles Of sleet Grove straight into tueir faces
with binding fury, but they could neither stop
nor change their course. On went the fugitives
and on came the bloOdthirsty pursuers. Ii was
yeritsbie race for hfe-n0ne OF your dime
novel hctions, but living, breathing, palpi-
tating, exciting fact. Nine hell-hOunds of the
Haaru ehaHw
This was the exact situation, and WetmOre aud
bis companion knew it They also knew that
their horses could not hold out long against
the terrible storm, and began 20 devise
dearly as possible. They thought OF
making stand in the buffalo wal
Tibie fate Of chapman H and his com
panions caused them 10 dig in the spurs
little deeper and seek more favorable lOcs-
ton. At last IL was evident that they CO uld 20
no further, and something must be done. The
trail they were making on the sleety surface
told them there was no escape by flight, 30 uD-
small thicket and prepared TO "pass in their
checks" AZ dearly as possible. BY this time
darkness had set in, and the storm Of sleet and
snow WAS raging with unabstedfu fury. Long and
anHiOusly thOse two benumbed aud benighted
men knelt on the frozen crust aud waited for
the appearance of the savage foes, but they
came not. Either the redskins had been Pelted
out of their purpose by the terrific storm, or
else they had come to the conclusion that the
market price Of two scalps would not Justify
more than one or two tventy-mile heats on a
stih and slippery prairie. At all events they
gave up the chase. Lieutenant WetmOre and
Hamilton staid behind the thicket all night,
narrowly escaping freezing 70 death, and ex-
pecting every moment that the whoops OF the
saVages would be heard, and the crash OF a
tOmahawk put them out OF their misery and end
their terrible suspense. When morning davned
the saysges had disappeared, but the be-
le8guered men were in another pickle. They
were lVst IN the prairie-lost as etfectuslly
and completely as though they were
in mid-Ocean. The storm howled as
fercely IL did during the night
By nothing in the heavens above OF the earth
beneath could the points Of the compass be de-
tefmined. Weary, frozen, hungry and dis
cOuragt d, the wanderers began 20 feel that
theIE miraculous escape Of the night before was
only putting of of thu inevitable. Finally,
seeing that they were completely bewildered,
they etruCk for the nearest eIeam and followed
il TO the mouth. Ii emptied into larger one,
and these men kept on until, after Innumerabls
haIdships, they succeeded in striking the old
miles fIom the post they met the cavalry out in
search OF them, and we're escorted 70 quarters,
having been nearly three days without food,
and with their clothing frozen tight to their
bodies, Ii vas A most thrilling and exciting sd-
venture, told as il was by the bTOnzed heuten-
AM, htil clad IL his rough wooden shirt, cavalry
boots and pants, the stripes of which proclaimed
tie wear and tear of the race through the un-
OeTtiGsn. Ii only wanted the charm Of a cam
Iaign 10 finish the word picture of one of the
most exciting adventures OF the Indian cam
Iaign. Lieut.. Netmore says his hand aud feet
we're badly tTOstbitten, but otherwise be is in
good healvs and spirits. Hamilton, hts COM
psDiCn III the adventure, has not vet arrived
ton tAe frontier, owing TO his exhausted con-
dlti-G.