The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-21
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|toini i wa -.iudsaiaiiIiW 8 rlirw5 :
iaisfenlsss In the I.iFe, Of, ,s..&asSon,''
the Rough and Ready Cadee-Ehe
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|,iv ). G0HeSpetddssafs Bqtsti'aoffi ,Geaetts1
IsISi,tipg Bell WestP Peint ehduate
This question, Is asked in sober .srnest,
with the View of elicising information.
'taeeS 3Seing fehsons for believing that
rthiA formidable warrior iand 60. called
aaYaGfs, now Occupying so much Of public
attention, ,frqm the unquesticnable7 skill!
aud extraordinary courage with which
he has met our soldiers, Ia really grad.
nate Of iihe military academy. There
may be. some. foundation for the rapor4s
as 20 hist readjng French ard being 70.
miliar with Che campaigns, of the great
Napoleon. Graduates Of West Point,
between 1886 aid 1860, will remember a
new cadet of both singular and remarka-
BILE appearance, hailing FROM the western
borders Of Missouri, who reported for
datyin 1915 'As 3. ~. e a5Ssa 5S hiiiisdiin.
height, apparently between eighteen aid
twenty years old heavy set frsa,n,l lnng
bushy hair growing close to hie brow aud
cverhanging his neck and shoulders, his
face covered with thin patches Of White
'fGzzy beard, lhe general get up OF this
plebe was snal. sc &c esia ssii;So. Cd u da6e7a
70 hesitatelin the ,heretical jokes Esaally
played of on new, cadeta, 4, Nicknamss
are often applied to cadets that they car.
ry with them Gfiiong their friends into
the army, and svep TO their grnves&1 The
thick ncck, broad ,ehop|dara and long,
bi;shy hair. caused the name of ".Bisoni'
to be added To the new conner, and it ad.
'hered to him ever afte.Ward. The West
Eoiu5 oourse no learned with egse, ,RFa6d-
,uating In the upper third of his olEaa.ff..-
BE had no disposition to be, social, kept
TO himself, talked but little, and was
never khownto either smile Or laugh.
During heuEa4 &c recreation he 5ita Pfi6t
mipgle with his. class; mates, but was,fof.
ten. seen, in solitary walks agopnd the
ptasnsor scaling the peighboring noun
faitis even TO their very summits. He
was often out ofcliis quarters at night,
eludiDg successfully tho vigilance Olsen.
tinels and officers, visiting 1he neighhor.
Ing villages la quest Of strong drink, but
never seen under its itihuence until after
he had graduated. ~ if',l H'j x aai =
3, This remarkable character passed his
graduating examination cyeditably, re-,
ceived Ills diploma, but before doffipg bis
cadet gray, visited che village OF Butter.
milk Falls, below West Point q short
distance got intoxicated and became in.
yolyed in a, .broil, in which stonea end
sticks were used freely. Several of the
participants were badly hurt, and The
Bison hiffiself was much bruised. This
conduct was regarded 30 unbeeoHiinK and
discreditable that, on the -reeomn,enda-
ton of the academic board, he. was re-,
fused e s::G:;a:;asss;;0 s::G::: a:;asss;0n iri III the army. dc
was heard Of three times after ieavfiiK
the academy, once at Galveston T6Sas.
There he had q a,terrible fgh. with some
desperadoes, and was forced to Leave
de was next seen on one Of the Califor-
MIA steamers, and going upnn tho Western
coast he got intouin saltefcation with tho
oficers of 'he- vessel and wae .nlerled nm
der guard down in .he hold aud made ia
work. The third and last time, as far as
we know he has been seen and recognized
| under the following circumstances In
1858 about ten yeara after the Bison had
graduated, Lieutenant Ives, of the topo.
graphical engineer corps, was engaged in
| making an exploration and survey Of the
Colorado river emptying into the Gulf OF
California. While engaged in this work
he would quite Ioften, 7lenve his boat in
the afternoon and 90 on shore and biv.
ouac till morning. On ono OF these oc.
| cas!ons apsrty of Mohase Indiank came
in.0, his camp, and after talking suias
time in Spanish the chief says ic Eng.
lish: ives, DO you know ne9" TIE
lieutenant WINS startled at hearing hia
name called 60 distinctly ia EnJlish by
thio naked and pninted,faced fcaief; he
replied that he did not, aud asked the
chief where he learned toBpeak English
80 we'll. Tile CHIEF replied: "Never
mind that; but do you knovy me, Ives 9''
The lieutenant scanned closely the huge
painted chief with fc~rhers In bead, ring
through his nose aud eare, aud again an.
swered that he did not. and again askeG
the chief where he had learned English,
aud now did IL huppon iha5 ne kuow min.
The chief replied sihias no did not wonder
| at his not knowing him as hip change OF
| nationality had brought with it great
change ID habits, dreas and appearance,
and then added: II am the Bison; WI
were together at West Point. Z have
with this little party been watching you
for several days. My band wanted. to
kill you and your little party, but told
them ve had better wait and see, and tre
land talk that we might do better thar
ikill you. i ha,v inade them understand
that after you have left and gone bach
trado will then spring up, and We car
then do better by trading or robbing the
boats loaded with goods and supplies o.
all, kinds" The Indians retired ant
were seen no more. A year or two be
fore this, Caps. Lyon (killed in the !atl
wary of the ermy had desperate figh
with the Indians on an Isif.ld in tn,
Colorado river, the Indians supposed t.
have been commanded by the Bison
BE was successful for years In raiding OF
the settlements and extending as far Of
ias Arizona. It may be and we think i
i probable with the settlements extending
from west to east, and from east to west
and the Indian area diminishing con
stantly, that this Indian chief may hav,
gone as far north as the Black Hills, en-.
may even be the yeritahle Sitting Bull
for to the close observer Sitting Bull ha
shown as much skill and Judgment as al
educated civilized soldier could hav
done. 1t would not be strange If SittinJ
1 Bull proves to have been educated g
West Point, and it seems to US probabl
that euch ia the case.
| A WEST PoINT GRADUATE.
| Baltimore, Aug.7.
4 A JUDICIAL DRINK.--An ,Alabnm