The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1876-08-11

| Ter, says GrophIc correspondent, the name
Of Charley Reynolds Lonesome Charycyo
Reynolds, When Custer was at the base
Of HarueyS peak in 1874 and our camp
was ablazc with excitement over the pold
discoveries, Custer sent for Bloody knif
the chief OF his scouts, and asked for
Indian to carry dispatches to Fort Lamari,
two hundred miles below us. Bloody KNIFE
shook his head solemnly and said i'll reply !:
My warriors are brave, but they are wise
They Will carry bag Of letters to Fort
lhncolp, but caunot osk them to go through
the Sioux country to Fort LuranIio.at a Il, s..
| Fort Llncojn was two hundred miles far.
! ther than Laramie, although the route Il
the latter place was heset with ten fold mort
dangers 1t led directly tl.ruuyh tho Sioux
hunting ground, and just at this particular
time OF the year tho young mcr recall
| out IN hunting partiesg so that / ,aaains
were full Of them BLOODY Knife'& braves
were ReoS-a tri0o which the Sioux has q
hereditary enmi;y for, and he was 100 wise
to ask one OF them to undertake So suicidal
aproject. But mails must be Sent somehow,
and Custer was pondering what to do
Charley Reynolds wGs sitting on the ground,
with his legs crossed, cleaning revolver,
seemingly inattentive to the conversation.
Custer had been thinking but plop,eu.,
when Reynolds looked up and said
"Ill carry the mails t. Laramie, Guueral"
Custer was familiar with courage IN every
form, but such = proposition Surprised even
him.
II wouldn't ask you to go, Reynolds
he said
IL have no fear" responded tho scout
quietly. "Whcn will you have the mail
ready ?"
IL was intending - send something to-
morrow night, replied Custer.
"l'li go Tomorrow night" Aud picking
up his piece Of buckskiu and bottle Of oil.
reynolds strobe quietly away.
There goes man" said Custer, who
is a constant succession Of SURPRISES to me.
am getting so thai / feel humiliation, in
his presence. Scarcely day passcs--and
have known him three years-that does
not develop some new aud strong trait in
his character, would as soon have asked
my brother Tom tc carry mail to Laramie
as Reynolds
The next day saw Reynolds lead an old,
ill.shapcd, dun coored horse t. the farriera.
! was somewhat curious to know if he was
going ~ ride that animal To Laramie, ana
ask ed him.
Yes" said ne, III bis quiet way The
Genc"ai lets me pick my own mount aud
I've got one that suits me.
Noticing my surprise at his choice, he
contnpeG
ssali ligsdppose I could have picked out
l5etter looking one, but this is the soft for
my trip" And scanning the beast over,
he added: "He knows more than man, If
be IS bouy. Look in his eye"
The tarrier took the horses shoes off and
pared his hoois neatly. Reynolds then weut
to tbs saddlcr and had set OF leather shoes
made to fiG the horses feet, 50 as TO buckle
around the tetlocks.
"What are those for Z" I asked.
GA little dodge Of mine to foolEsthc In
dians. They make no trail.
Then he packed three or four days rations
in saddle pocket, prepared supply of
ammunition, and cleaned up long, old
fashioned rifle. Then after eating hearty
dinner, he lay down under wagon For
nap. &p.
About four o'clock that evening an Ell.
gineering party started off in,he disertiou.
Reynolds was to take, and sad,iling his
horse and strappiug on canvass bag Of
letters, he aceon'paniedsas We fsode till
about ton o'clock, aud NSytYiinto camp In IA
cluster'of trees nsass 3 sB}$sg AfrsSwas
lighted, pot ofscoffee made and .Aittr |
drinking "a cupful, Reynolds mountG his |
saddle and rode Of into the dark
SSSN His path lay through Il traokless wilder
ntssrtwo hundrei miles Of 1.-THE constant
Ihauhss Of hostile Indians, and not a foot Of
tho ground had Reynolds ever seen before
HG haasncver been at Laramie he ouly |
knew the general direction in which itllay, |
and hisSouly guideboard was the starst44-
After four nights Of riding and three days
Of sleeping, he reached his destination un-
harmed. | saw him afterward at Fort Lin
coin on our return. He told me he got
through nicely and mailed the letters had |
intrusted to his care,
[ had been told that under his gentle de-
neamor lay romance as remarkable as any |
Nc1l2r ever wrote, and one day asked him |
10 tsll me the story Of his life. He Dlushed |
a little, laughed quietly, and replied he
didn't think it worth while
But they tell me you have had re-
markable experience" ! suggested.
Not so very rcmaTkaDle, he answered. |
II guess you can find enough to fill your
paper without publishing anything about
me-"
And that was all the romance | got from
his lips But from the lips of others l
learned that he had not always been "Lone-
some Charley Reynolds. No one, however
knew his true name. He was called Lone
some" because Of an absent pcnsiye way he
had---a habit of seclusiveness. He came
to Lincoln from Montana three years be-
fore, with his partner, where the two had I