The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-08-11


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rrsssive h. describe NV thoughts during
tlaasc six or seven hours ~ suspense.
Many times | asked mysrls IL II WINS tsss.
sii'lr tiiat | ~l,onld end mslife In so bar.
baissus, lngioriuns AMI Obscure d man.
nsr. Sometimes I would answer myself
that IL could not be , I had gone through
40 many dangers, hal mad. ~ many
sacrifices for my adopted country, / could
not think l should die iii such 4 way. l
could no tvlievc l hail been preserved
40 long 10 end III 20 unjust AMI u~l,scnr.
a manner. Finally the time came when.
under the protection of hight tt was
very cloulyl, VIZ wrr. able ~ come out
~ iii hiding. place nml take tho lirrc.
ton 81 tho ford, which WAS two miles ta
the south, through MI open plnin. MIR.
tirrnru and the scout mounted their
horses and tho soldier AMI myself took
hold each III Il horses tail ami ful.
lowed Thorn. Mr.. Gerard proposed tl.ai,
In case lr should Ia obliged to run AMI
leave us and succeeded iii joining tho
command, he would notify Col. Reno,
the commander, " my position. dur.
ing our transit through the open plain
No passed. many Indians returning ID
their village, and could hear In, MT sec
them, ~ tho night waa very dark. W.
reached In wood iicar what we took ~
w. lilo ford We hal passed in III. mora.
inr, Int ~ were mistaken and lm,l in
\ hunt fur The crossing. Ones wc fnrari
tlir stream, lnt found II was III Il band
\ AMI that W. would lmNc I'D ford ii again.
| When ~ rrcruSssl thu river ~ rnn inll
, into \ band If eight sa,nrrs.
NNt'iiiFN IultllslAN6 ADVENTURE.
! Tie two mounted men RAN for their
J lives; the soldier annl myself jumped
into the bushes near ~. cooked my
revolver, and, inn kncrling position, wa.
, ready ~ tirn NJ the s.ynges II they sAonla
approach mc. They evidently Thought
Z from Tho prccinitate retreat of Tho two
mounted men that al III ~ had IL.
= cinpa,i, nnd began IL talk among them,
selves. In n few minutes, u my htr.
: prise, they continued their course, and
soon went ont VI hearing. | raised III,
from my position, approached the lnnk
!. Of the rive, and called 10 thu soldier,
who imne iiatclv answered. W. ihci,
! raw tt,at the foris were MI we'll guarded
Y by the ~avngra, and that 1t would hr very
Y dangerous 10 aitVmp, " cross ANY part
! 81 the river. Of course, VI did na.
. know the condition of our regiment, aud
!, knew nothing about the extent Of thri,
! defeat, 40 TINT We hoped, II ". could
! HUI y good hiding place for the night,
"" could wait for the probable return 81
onr command IN the morning, anl could
y Then easily join them, We also hoped
/" that the Indians would leave during IN,
night. Accordingly We searched for i
y good place IN the thick underwood mi
= brinrs ncar tho river. anil there waited
with much anxiety our fate on the mon
row. The night pissed, and. III the iira,
y dawn 81 day, W. heard an immouM
tramping M Of u large cavalry command,
q and the splashing IL the water esnyinc.t
.s some troops were crossing Til. river
= ! imagined II was our command. NJ
|" could distinctly Mnr the sound IL til,
horses shoes striking tho STONES.
cautiously stepped t. the rign of tn
:, bushes 10 look out q WAS then NJ NOR,
= than three ynrls from the bank III iht
riyefl, and thought | recognized soin.
!, gray lorscs mounted by Inen In miliiar,
blons.s, and somc Of Thorn In white hais,
They were, ! thought, going ont III til,
valley, and those that had nlrpm,l,
crossed tho river were going up II yer,
steep blum, while others we've crossinl
. after them. ! saw one man with Il buck
q ehin jacket, pants, top boots, and il whit.
hat, AMI folt quite azure | recognized hin
y ~ Capt. Tom Custer, which convince
= mo that tho cay,lry was Of cur com
mund.
DANGEROUS MISTAKE.
With this conviction | stepped boldl
: out Oh ia. lulk aud IA Id a. Capt. Cus
ter, tom. don't leave ~ here = III.
distance was only u few yard. AMI IN,
! call waa answered hy Nn Internal ,.i
aud n discharge ~ 100 or 40 nlo,r.
y then discovered my mistake and touu.
X tli. savas"a were clad in c~luilnn Nil,
= mounted on horses wliicl, thas lial cap
y tnred from our men. Myself aud III,
soldier jnn,~nl iutn TIA. In sl,Rfiln lnll
= lais moving doWn thu Lrlnr!ie. III svei,
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range 81 the hnll.t,. Ia dong No u,
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! growth, mnl thu Indians IN tn, ~ Ill.
y bun f'f'd whore They s,w the unmo
uun, and thus covered ns sill, tlni
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