Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-31
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WEDNESDAy EVENING, OCTOBER 81.
Civilized Indian Warfare.

Civilized 1ndian Warfare.
! Lieutenant Jerome, who was with Gen. Miles
IN his battle with the Ntz Perces, and was
held for y time by the Indians as Il hostage for
Chief Joseph, while The latter, previous 10 his
surrender, was in Gen. Miles camp gives
several vivacious Incidents Of the battle. From
the first General Miles had ordered all the
troops to push forward their iurcnchmeus that
night in order to get nearer and nearer TO the
enemy When Lieut. Jerome line was wIjh!n
forty or fifty yards from that Of the NcZ Perccs
it was so arranged between the soldiers and
the Indians that either side being over.ia.
tigucd from lying at full leogth on their bellies
10 the rifle pits might, by showing white illg.
limbs and walk to and fro within full sight OF
each other at that deadly distances. Such a
| truce with white men on both sides has been
| frequent in American warfare; never before had
American soldiers such confidence in ludian
| magnanimity as they were justified iu exhibit
| ing on this occasion.
| 'Why,' said Lieutenant Jerome, Those ln.
| dams arc the bravest men on this continent.
There, in the first night, when our men lay
wounded after the charge when we lost 50 many,
| they wouldn't kill wounded man. All they
| wanted was his gun aud his cartridge belt.
Several times the wounded would rise up 10
sitting posture and stretch themselves. The
Ncz Perccs never fired at them; yet if one Of
| our men in the trenches showed his head. from
five to ten bullets came whizziDg at it on the
| instant.
"Ooce," said Lieutenant Jerome, when
General Miles was riding along the limo, an ln'
dian Jumped up and raised his revolver at him
and shouted,
1--WE f CHI; we d. General, you bet I "
IL ~ foa
cording to the testimony of all the officers OF
Captain Tylers command, including Captain
| Tyler himself who we're assembled in my tent
| to night appear to have been single instance
of mean or unheroc conduct on the part Ct
these manly Nez Perccs. They fought mer
ry-eveD as merrily as they lived-and died
cheerily with hardly groan and never com
plant. So extraordinary balance OF the fac
ultcs, 50 complete al Indifference to fate, such
| an apparent delight in mortal danger, have sci.
dom been associated, at least in The annals OF
redmcn, with al absolute and kughtly chlvaIry
toward their foes.
The twenty or more Cheyenne scouts Who
headed General Miles advance did not emulate
this chivalry, but rivalcd The bravery /! the
Nez Pcrces. The Chcyenncs fought iu sheer
love OF fighting; from the moment Joserh's 3 wi.
| Iagc WAS discovered they doifed their superha.
Gus wear, donued their war paint and rushed
hi hi.ing TO the fray. Lit ulenaot Jerome d.
| scrbes their ieats as marvc!I OF hlrdlhood arG
daring. Whenever, during the four days OF
| the engagement, the iIing slackcncd they tell
| to The rear aud there tool: to comparative va.
| gaboudasc, but when the lu1iladc Of magazine
| rifles rolled around the line they rushed to the
| front aud recklcssy exposed themselves.
They fought says Jerome. 'iOr the 10y OF
it. At ono time four oil them formed combl.
ualion quccrcr than any Wall street combloa.
| lion ever heard OF. Three of them burrOwcd
in pit and put up a corner Oh Joseph's whole
| band. The fourth oue--the man who did the
| most to win the corncr-then used to jump up
| and leap on to his horse, and ride out to draw
! the Nez Percrs fire. This bravado would, OF
/ course obligc the Nez Perces who fired at him
| to expose their heads above the edges Of their
! own trenches, whereupon the rider three com.
panions would lift up and givo them hell. -
Cdr N Y. KraM.
CAUSE OF MILE TIrIENs DEATH The case
| Of die Titiens has excited much interest, and
its pathological and clinical features arc so re-
| marksDlo that wo hHstcn TO put then before the
profession. This distinguished artistic who ap.
poarcd on tho sLnge 1T tho early ago "l seven
| teen, was only fOrty-iour when she died. Two
| years and q half ago Mic. TitiLens had SYM
| toms Of obstruction Of tho bowels aL Brighton,
| and on Dr. HowelPs arrival a femoral hcrnm
was found on he left side. This Was reduced, and
| Milo. Tititons was left in s.ti5fsctory state,
| but q few days aftcrward sickness returned, and
| With it abdominal pain A careful examination
| discovered u iibroid tumor attached to the base
| of tho retroverted uterus, the ccrvix uLeri being
| pressed against the pubs. Tho tumor was push
| ed up into the y lvis and the patient was re-
lieved Tho samo accident occurred on three
other occasions, the tunor c.ch time boing push
| ed up into tho pe!yis after a tew dHys rest
Mile. Tltitcns motto "a last April that the abdo-
men WAS Increasing i'll size, and that ti"ro were
somo asctc'. DR.. Spencer Wells then saw her,
with DR.. uo veil. Diuretics wore used. but on
| the H0.h Of tlo month tho kidneys ceased TO So
| crLto the bowel; would not ancwer to aperients
| and venting ensued. The patient WAS then
seen by Sir Wi liam Jenucr and Mr.. Spencer
| Wells with Dr. Howell, and it was determined
| Wells, and sixteen nil Is Of lluid escaped. Tho
omentum was thickcnod hsr1, and attached to
tho abdominal walls By strong adheslons' Inc
fluid was examined microscopcally, ana 1t Was
found TO contain large cordato, Irregular and
mother cells. Shortly after the operation tho
palisnt was tapped Il gain, and twenty. five pints
! wore withdrawn A month later II pints Wero
evacuated, q month altcrwaru IL pints and
fortnight later ID pnts. The solid mass, which
is now considered 10 havo been OF q sarcOmatous
period, and 1T the time Of death probably
weighed 16 TO Is pounds. Sir James Paget and
Dr. Wilson Fox saw the patient in the latter
part Of her illness, and tho case ran tho uslal
course, with sickness; acute pain and comparative
temporary reliof after tho tapping; During the
last m months that NJ To- Titens resided at Worth.
ing penelal dropsy Of tho lower extremitlss sup.
eryened. The kidneys acted fully after the tap
ping, but the secretion gradually and progressl'
vely diminished sfe- nlch operation up to the
time when the operation again became necessary,
1-Louaon Medical Erami,ler