Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-08-18

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Ia BLACK HILLS ROMANCE
The Adventure Of Ome Of Gen.
Crooks Sc0uts-Rescujng q
Prisoner and Finding q
! Wife.
j Old Jimmy Kann0n is tie hero of a 70.
nance. "A r. al. compress, daturaI romance
-one that has never bpen IN print. The
old man loves TO tell it, and tie main de-
tails have been fully corroborated by
others. His romance is q follows: Al
few years ago Jimmy was lettering about
Fort Laramie. receiving his IS per day as
Government scout and Interpreter. One
evening the post was started by the re-
port that an enigrant train lad been mas
sacred about two miles aud q half from
the fort Worse than all white woman.
u Miss Mary Brani mad ben carried off
by the Sioux. Kannon volunteered as
guide for q company of cavalry. At
dark the cavalry halted for the night in II
ravlne about ten miles northwest of fort
Laramie. on the Rlwhide tniI. All the
While me- in the train on tie Platte had
been massacred and no one lad been left
to tell the story except an Irshman, who
di'd soon after being found He hat been
fishing with Miss Brand some distance
from the main camp. when tie Indian a.
tsck was made. From him Kannon learn
ell enough 10 satisfy him that the Sioux
had gone over to Rawhide River. There
he resolved to 90 alone and ahead of the
sollieFs, and if possible effect rescue
He reached the Indian camp abOu: mid
night, aid secured his pony % bush in
the valley, and soon afterwa'd crawl-d
into the Indian camp. His long resid nee
with the Indians taught him where to
look for the captive. He was soon lying
flat on his belly IN the rear Of the lodge
obtaining Miss Brand. He found one
old squaw sitting in front of the lodge.
kumming doIeful dirye, and on rising
to the edge Of the tep"e or lodge he dis
covered another old hag seated near II
small fire feeding feeble fame with
strsws. He also SAW the captive white
woman lying with hr head to the
outside 1T the tepee. less 'ian two feet
away. He whispered words If caution
anu ci'C~l M;ss D.~--s>a. -~hr. started uP
lin alarm. This startled both the squaws.
and the one on ti,e outside walked round
Ito the rear Of the lodge, wn're she met 9
sudden and silent death at the hands of
the old scout. The other squaw suspect
ing something wrong. gave thu alarm.
Quick rs flash Kannon raised up the
edge Of the lodge and drew out the cap
tive, ard throwing her upon his shoulder
made cash out into the darkness. The
camp was soon in an uprocr. But Kan
non made his escape with his horee, al
though 81 arrow mad pierced his body
through. He took course east ward down
the Rawhide, while the Indians started
toward Fort Laramie. which was due
southwark from their camp. Finding
himself ge' ting weak from loss of blood,
Kannon drew forth the arrow which had
pissed his body and projected out in
front, and llllsd his bIokskin shirt around
the wounds with wet mud, and then con-
|tinued his fight. At daylight he found
himself ON tnesshead of . Dry Cottonwood
creek. twelve miles from Laramie. But
the Indians werei between him and the
fort He kept out of.sight, and saw them
meet and engage the..soldiers he had left
the night before, and made his way half
dead to Fort Laramie without beng dls-
covered by the Indiana.
TIE SEQUEL.
The result Is soon told. Kanncr was
taken into the post hospital and his i. ur
was Miss Brand, the rescued white woman
She stood by the side of the prisoner un.
til he recovered, and being without
friends or home, all having been taken
from her in the massacre. she married the
old scout. Mrs. Kennon liyes in Keytes-
vile, station on the North Missouri
Rsilroad. where she waits ;onRingly for
this cruel war to end. Jimmy Ramon is
now with Gen. Crook. aud is one of his
most srusted scouts. He is the last sur
vivor of the massacre Of the Almo. where
his parents were killed. His early life,
up to the time he reached the age of man
hood, - spent with the Comanches,
who, with General Santa, massscred Davy
Ia :rockeft and hia hraye hand Mt San An
ltOniO.