The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-19
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airy brigade, REDUCED 10 about 600
men. were marched through to CoIora-
do. As the men had only short time
10 serve, a spirit ot Indignation pre-
vailed that they were hot dischai ged in
Washington. and desertio were both
frequent and numerous. About the
middle Of July. 1865. scout with the
command, named Chas Burton. became
aDgered and disggsted with some gen
erat order, and he induced five priva,..
soldiers 10 desert the service and fol low
MIN. 1t was his intention, 10 doubt, to
organize gang Of rough riders aud be-
come a prairie robber. The five sol
diers were ali Michiganders, but four OF
them deserted Burton the first night
out and returned to the command. he
fifth private, Henry Reynolds. WAS
ready for anything desperate, and with
In week the two men had picked up
enough stragglcrs. teamsters aud half
! breeds 10 make baud Of thirty-s K
men. BY hanging around the camps Of
the cavalry for week or SO the out :
laws succeeded IN stealing horses enough
to mount the whole party, and the band
was well provided with arms and am
munition. There was no railroad acros.
the Great Plains ut that time, and Bur-
ton S object, as soon unfoldcd, was 10
haunt the overland trail and rob friend
and foe The band was strong enough
to have successfully attacked anything
weaker than government train, but
before they had struck blow a quar-
rel arose between Burton and Rey nolds
The men took sides, two were killed,
and the soldier rode away at the head
OF six of the patty. wi lie the rest re-
manned with the scout. What became
OF this last party 10 one knows or cares,
but the career of the band of seven was
brief and bloody.
They were on the south fork of the
| Platte River. hear Longs Peak, when
attacked by war party OF Indians.
During tic half hours fight four of the
men were killed and the OF hers cap
tured. Two were burned at the stake,
leaving Reynolds as the sole survivor.
He AYERS that his life was saved by his
making certain Masonic signs. which
seemed to be readily understood by the
chief Of the war party. The soldier
/ tells straight story Of his life for the
next year. There was little incident or
excitement. he being a prisoner in an
Indian village, fairly treated but close
| iy guarded. He was very handy III
! carving pipes, mending saddles and
| brides and maxim moccasins, and was
kept at such work most Of the time In
! 1867 he was sold 70 another band for
| two ponies ard a pound Of powder. and
/ during that summer he was taken into
/ Arizona, near The head waters of the
| Rio San Pedro. lie was in "a measure
| content with his situation, being we'll
! used and having the same fare as the
/ Indians: still II good opportunity for
/ escape might not have been neglected.
/ In the spring of 1865, while Yet on the
t san Pedro, he fell and broke his right
arm The Indian doctors had not the
| skill to set the broken arm, aud the
/ band looked upon the white man as a
useless burden. since he could no longer
use his best hand Part of the warriors
wanted 10 sell him for what he would
/ bring. while others desired to hold Il
/ grand feast and torture him Reynolds
could speak the dialect very we'll, and
| having overheard enough 10 convince
/ him that he was 10 be put out of the
way by sale or death he determined to
! escape REYNOLDS had no other tie to
! bind him to home and civilization than
au aged mother at Grand Rapids. d.
until his life WAS threatened, be had no
/ great anxiety to escape from the lndi-
ans He WA leading free wild life.
! had sufficient for all his wants, and had
! accustomed himself to the habits and
! ca si0ms of the red man At the time
! of the accident he was in love with "A
/ squaw named Wind I hat Whispers, and
I perhaps might have been adopted into
| the tribe and become \ husband and
| father.
| About the time be found out that he
WAS 10 he sold or tortured the Squaw
cane 10 him and revealed the plan, and
/ il was agreed that they should runaway
together The preparations occupied
/ but "A few hours. The village WAS sta
/ atea ON the west bank Of the RIO san
! Pedro. aad one night after everything =
/ had become quiet. the Squaw stole a
horse, rifle and a quantity oi food. ami
/ the two crossed the stream and headed
! frr the Wahsatch mountains, intending
10 ret into Mexico Coed progress was
made during tie hours # darkness. the
Souaw guidlng the horse aud the soldier
/ sitting behind her y; break # day,
/ Ebay discovered they were bcirS pur-
sued bat. buriened a> b. Was the horse
reached the foothills half an hour
ahead Of pursuit He was ahan.'oncd
there, and the iugi,ivcs sought safety IN
the gulches and canyons. They were
hupte,! for a 6ay or two. hut the lndi-
ans finally tired # the search Lett IN
that wild rcgion. with scarce = hope oi
eyer seeing = " hitc face, and fearing &
s,.e dark oue. Reynolds says they
lived among the mountains un'Al June
iS-o. Gsn,e Was plenty, and ''y means
of the ri;'e ami traps they secg1esi al
abundance Il s3,sa. Bands Il Indians
frequently passed through the in'un
t.,;s. hut ,lle p,ir lived comfortably
and ia safety.
In the fall of i>t9. wh.'e theF wvF'
limiting seme warm aud scc1rr plfc'
~ wh,ch - VasS tis winter. the Ss}ua"
made woG3artal discovery -
fsand. ga The western hs.ss x t2'
mountains Al = beui in faviae 81
salch. cave wLlch bad been 'ashioaf'
from the Earth an1 roSA }y hnn'A'
hands WitE.u "a d'>'accc 4 ht'eet
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