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AFTER an experience of over twenty

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NORTH SEARsMoNr. Me. Sent. q. 1876

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If they had all remained together they
would have hurt us very badly The
party we killed made five different starts.
Once we charged right in until we scat
tered the whole OF them, fighting among
them hand to hand. One band of
soldiers was right in the rear OF us when
they charged. We fell back, and stood
for one moment facing each other Then
the Indians got courage, and started for
them in Sc lid body. We went but
little distance when we spread out and
encircled them. All the time could see
their officers riding in front and hear
them shouting to their men. It was in
this charge that most of the Indians were
killed. We lost 1876 killed and 16O
wounded. We finished up the party
right there in the ravine. NorE-Gen.
Sherman is of the opinion that Red
Horse meant to say that 136 were killed
and 16O were wounded during the entire
engagement, and not in any one particu-
lar charge.
The troops up the river made their
first attack, skirmishing a little while
after the fight commenced with the other
troops below the village While the lat
ter fight was going on we posted some
Indians to prevent the other command
from forming junction. Some of the
young men took the clothing off the dead
and dressed themselves in it. There
were several among them who had citi-
zen's clothing. They went up, and at
tackled the other command that way.
Both banks of the river were very steep
and difficult of ascent. Many of the
troops were killed while crossing. When
they got on the hill they made some kind
OF fighting works, and the fghtwas then
carried on ~ distance. the young men
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1877-08-11
Damtt oie sammluneen fdr bic

Damtt pte Sammlungen fGr bic
cerbannten prfefer tbren 3we9 errets
den. mu6 etn eiaener GonO errtbtet
rcerDeu. "a man rbne ernts Gol9en bte
nnterRdBune Der @reile. 8ranfen uno
GrrperbsfdbtBen ni&t pIBsli6 einasuen
oarf. I'm elmer iOlden mteliden GYen>
malitdt oo~rsubeueeu, iino ptr verpfiGs
tst, etnen 8cno su erriGtsn. esden 3ins
fen auein Dem nntertdBunosawede au5
8erencet trerDGn ~tDrnten. Die1e Mas5
aabne miro srar pen Bftrae Der mill
rem 0aben, Die mir lett Sobren BEN
8erbanntsu 3utOmmeu Iaf.r, um etwus
oerItnesrn. lepO6 nt1t IN Gem I'm,
mte mon IS tfflrdten eirfte,
ca soir fir Die 3qtunft psnleiben GIfet
in Der fatb0lt16en Scliparitdt Der
Deribteosuen l1npsr su fIapen bcfsn
pis bisber.
Die 5aumlunssn bstruesn lett
Nprti 1875 i'm Oan5en 56,110
Granfen.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1877-08-11

fen gang labnt urc contract, fcnute ne,
Ger eebett nod feben: iHon Ianoe 3st
mar fe TIM 6ospttal In DsseeneOrf 81,
Aer3te batten fe oufee9eben uno timer.
balb "a Stuncer ertrariete man tbren
Cob. Sc trurce ibr, Obne tbr Wit.
mt1eu, Elm SIatt pom Dcrnenfrau6e
eeatbsn. Der bort eefianeen, NO Die Gr>
l9et1utg ifatt9efunpsn bate, unb Gebe !!
gtrie Stunre na6ber mar 1berefa AZ:
Iuao. AlS biefe 6eiIune bsfannt muir,
DC. ftt6nlte aues mad Mettsn, nm Der
Wuttsr. @Cites 3u eanfen. I'm Die
autresung nod 3u ~Ssrnebmen, rurpe
elutge Gage nadber e,ne 60 idbrtee
Grau, be iGcn 18 Sabre beftisc Au,
9erl6msraen aebabt ure nabesu erbItns
pct tnar. pl5slib In Wetter etbeilt.
yin bltnrer Snate IA Sabre alt, Nib
isbeno. icbalo ct auf ben bI. plob &C.,
bra9t miro. Gin Wann, 40 Sabre
alt. Der 8 Sabre ans 8ett stfe0eIt mar,
ldet f& mad Mttten brinsfu, auuu sr
letne AnraGt SerrtGtete. unD eelunp
nurce.
Sc 1T ntbt meine Abidt bic puneers
barren behun9en 3u bel6reiten, Die ldon
bic lsBt anf BEN bl. plate fattsefun,
Den. eenlse ss gu iaeen, oab bic 3abl
eetleloen grOB 1T urc ca6 fe Dobl con.
fattrt ilnp.
Was nun o'e Stnpsr an6elunat 10
llno eteIelbsn burdpee trav, iitp in
tbreu aue(aaen eans unc i'm ~iIsinfen
absrs'nttmmsne. @ae fe Gem Mar
ret, Der fle reGt frense bebaneeIte, lao.
ten, oas iagten fe aud Ger peltiden
Sebbtee .. y. Dor OeriGt pobin
man lie eitirte. Wan ornbte fe etn,u.
lperrfr, rpenn fit tbre Muefaeen Mot
anosrn utreen, bod auss umIona
lte b!teben fsf. Das 0olf aud last
t'b BE Saee nt6t nusreren> |Oneern
ssot ON Zen bI. pluB, DER nabe,u cine
9a!be Wstle BON Der Stact uno pem
&Iof'sr Wsttsn mitten in etnem p,dds
t'9en Ui6tenwaIee liest, uno usrridtt
oort Ie'ne @ebste. sls t6 um 8 ubr
Worasns on Srt uno Stsue fam, fanp
'6 ~ perluneu cOrt> bic betsien, pte
man lol@fs In Amettta nfdt lstct fsbt.
Ate S0ntatu re- 6immels NIL ro,t
stre Sop' lie babfn unO Id 3psae midi
OaTan. fiB lDr etne 9ebaut rpsreen
S0WObl Ger Osrr gfarter ole
aud osr bodw'te oetr Bi(dOf BON
N~e8ensbuF9 ftno Don Der Dabrbeit ess
tbsrseust ss 3pttfsIt eeaen.
Nteu1anD mfbr poran, aber 70
Taut cen "StberaIsn" bort, ooau Nmen
~ la8su. ..Ie Sl. 6,
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1877-08-11
ueber Die Snf1dnDe in 5talie,,

entnimnt bic raOtcaIe Jranffurter Ret,
tung Gem Sritfs einfs rsul1den Rub.
lictlten, pei6er ras QanD purh Ian,
se'en AufenIbaIt aus etoensr MnIdou
Ing 9lGnrliD fenut, no6n,benp,
s6tlreruna "Wetn @lauben an boe
aumdItse DIFFERENTIATION Stoliene
II our0 meinen auftntbaIt in feline,
1ap'taet srihdttert rpsrpsn ia, etu
sr1nOltGsr Desoat an pen ouaemeineu
3uttanosn, reI6e Den In Dsutlhlonr
init Der @%'nteung ot7slben III Gage aes
irstsnen uou,9 osrpanpt Gnp, uno t.ou.
rt9e e%rfabrnnstn unp Bspba6tunaen
IN SsjuB ouf cite sunebmenee 0olfss
Decentralization. rrslGe tb pean umfonps
sul6rsibe, ra6 cus Nsotsrunesiyhem
ts'ne pbtIoiOpbtl6e Gunpamentuuue
eat, uaasn Den Abi6teD lei6t. User
NIT jtalten, wte i6, in cen flnfsiasr
Jabrsn. Ger Get letner r,attcnolen 81
eebunG Bsfanntf@uft ma6te, fam BEN
~tata:sn &'nprud Ger laltsell@ stnee,
ETsisnerl WetamOrpbole niht rerneiCen
auf S'tlitt unc l,itt f15bt ct ouf fsonfs
batie Gri9s'nunasn. etne Golae Der
Stratsseme rts SyRems Gauour, mel.
1so au6 bet uns anaencmmen purre.
LIE nai'OnaIe %4estupot,On 3srat (t6 in
elmer WsrDtlrHung, Wolbouliruno re-,
6Orusn sse SuIsDts. tn Ger Steareif,
utbetocrtbsllune. wsl9e giner ON
AntHn ubt. uno peI@e th als eos
th'S Stut rss WOItss lberesaanaene
S9ltem Der 9ewaItIbdtieen itaolliasn
Annssl'u09tn auTa0e; fs ssiet f6
car'n, p~B S1iRten psr @slsultoft IA
SsnRub eelan8ten, Uelde ia etnem o
a'aien StaaIs yltem Obne @tnaus blets
ben lOIHn. Das SYaem Gopour's
unr @OnlOrten sebt ntGt NIT per
Natnt,n Eng Der unOrernen Bilruno. 70
mus ftp Siisen fu9sn, no DIE Wpros
lttat etns men ger %prcnOnctrte III. Nebe
absr Ger Nat'eu, peren before Ibetle
eO't n'ni su f1aOsn fino, no fe binas.
bSrsn, fe miro teiner S@idlolsprifuno
Stano baIten. Doe Gleap pes 8plfesS
ut fut&tbar, ss eewinnt on Reltef purd,
Ote ttaatlibs NObIeendbrtbeir pes Spls
ratsn, pur@ eas frs9e @edsntbum ees
unssbeueten gsumtsnbesrss, peldts.
wsnn ou@ Mot eul&wea aIdp,snr
au%sssfattet. f& bod Dem oue aupsr,n
bsorCbenpsn @Ienpe pur6 DEN faet,o re-
%ssImdbtsen Blus Der @oee entrunnen
Ds's. 5talisn NJ ,ptSris! Der 8rempe
lstest uutsr Der gsrtCbuns pss 0oIfes.
CT tt auf S6tiit unp lttt abetfollen
Don Gel Gctb Oss e~anpesftnpsr, pelhe
our6 Sstrus zen brutulen Gcresrun,
sen pes @%usenb!ides abaubelfsn lus
eyen."
Dtslss u'tbeil. iast bte .gopario",
tam man SuiamRt lsinen NCt,pen &c.
espiirsn. DAP nit, anfatt Den Menz
gel Ger "pDtlOlOpbti@sn 6uncamentts
tuu9 nss Ne8tsrunsslYaems' III bella,
GIN. etnfa& laesn Datesn : Der 9eois-
tun8 fsbIt Ote ysliei6le, Die G1ltl!ide
@tunclase. uHO cap mir, aatt DON ct.
asf ~ln lpter NiGtuns cerIesten ualiDs
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1877-08-11

Gte sOm Committee gum ShuBs Der
fdtbOliihen A%u6nauDerer ernanntsn
Gevtraaensm1nner IinD:
|. 9g bambur9: Tsrr Ebeoror
WeYenbere, Dprnbuld MO. 2; perleIbe
trdst aI6 Se9ttimattOn areus uno
Mnfer auf Der Bruf. ST gibt auF brief,
It6e @afraee E6neIRe Quefunft unr
bat tn jscer 8sBiebune mad bslen Rrdfs
ten fir pa8 materielIe as1o reiiei5gs litte
Ii6e DObI Der auSDancern in Dam.
burg III iOrsen. Seine rardaus uns
enteeltli6en ienaleifunaen erfrsdsn
fi6 auf ole Wnaele9enbeiten Ter Heile !:
Insabe Der belten unD bilisRen Reiies
tOuten uo6 MISUNDERSTANDING BET
Anfanft in 5ambur6- Sntiprsdenees
eogement-NelUwealel unp Giufdufe
bet %lu!ipen. tim als rseu befauntsn So,
Observation-Disclosures ubsr Olt
uno Set pes tatto!ilaen @Oueeoienifss
= Vertbetlung BON unttrbal!encsn uno
be!ebrsncen faibcIifbsn SnufRu fir
cte Sesreile, lowett Ger 8crratb reit,
-Gmpfeblnneefaytsn an pie fatbOIt.
l6en 0erlrausn5mdnner in Noros Ame>
ufa-Welett on BDro rge Sbifee.
lev Vsrtrausnemonn fann ooGtommsn
S6ub uno 0l1ior9e nut BONN garan>
tiren, lpenn aue 1ngsIsBeubeitsn eer
Netle BON 6au6 aus uno pom Nnfanp
GU nit ibg brii lid beratten unD eeus
geniaB bebGncelt ysyGsn.
2. Sn Bremen: Der lpfcisQ fir
pic Auswanoerer beflmmte fdtboliihe
WetfIite, berr pafcr peer Shl5Ner
Werceriraee II, rpsthsr su leoer j3cit
an ipreden III. DiHsn A|litent, Der;
it. 6einrid D5brmana. ToffrcBe
No. |, trdst ale gssitimation etn sol.
cenfs areuS uno Nnfer auf rsr 8rnh.
DerleIbe ietfet ale Dtsnlc uasntaeIt-
li@ uno erifreft iid feline @tfiamfe,l
auf ole Anseleaenbsttsn rer 8stie IN
dbnit6er 0etie, wie fir 6amburs Dben
an9egeben 1T man rpoiIe G9 ihon
BON Dau6 aus bIisH,b an 0err
S6l6her penoen uno In Bremen I'D.
tbn gang anSertrauen.
3. Sn 6aurr In per eeutide 2.
9ombert Netbmaun 3u i.ocr 3ett in Or
loecieu fir rte fatbOlil6ea Nuemonpprsr
erbauten eenifden Ru6e Chapelle
allemande, rue j. B. Eyries cosr
In ietner, neben Der Stride geleafr1 n
Bcbnuns (rue Doubet), au lp,es
DEN.
4. 5n Antusrpen: mr. s.
W. Mlrcen rue de Moy A.
5 Sn pioerpooI. DIR. @iuiam
AZ Duke Street.
6. Sn QonoOn: Mr. s,Otn Nr
noIp IL Walden Street, New Road
Commercial Road, London East.
Z. Sn New yort: DIR. 3olfph
Third Street Yo. 1856. lsrs
Ielbe TT elfenni!lh an Gem Steu5 une
Del6es tr tIdet uno ut m'ttene
BET Anfunft Ger SGtffe in Castel Gar.
den eesenwartig.
DieleIben itno ebenIO, nie ole DOree.
nanten berrfn, su lepsr Ausfunft unD
0dIfeIeifung fir Die aus panpereE be
EFT uno t6nnen lt6 be AuspanpedH
lu1 oielsn oerren san5 1upts anptr
rauen.
Der gr1foent oes Committee:
4 : Sarl; STe nbur8Bt r.
In Sfsnbad am Wain.
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noIen B~seeiferuna res Bottles. pom az,
ttiebsnen Shwinrel reoen rlrrep. Der
eenifr Teute In Woce 9sbrudt haben,
uu NIT + llfe rsGeIben rbrsn lhmns,asn
GsOismus au befrieDtgtn. madt IN CT
Sahe ieltsy fstnen untsi6lo; BIZ
eonRatirten MIeetfolee, ole jammapols
Ter faum aera6t werren fSnnen, per
cen auf rte rt6Iioe llrla6e suliidaes
fibrt, ndmlt6 o.. pas SYlem, uoG
weihem ras "s,niae R6ntgret6" ee=
arInoet wuroe, uno nab weldem TO
lettcem re9tert wtrO.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1877-08-11

9irc6ens3aIenber
So: Cue. 10. gcm tarmber3issn SamarttsT.
Ssnntaa, l2. Susuf. 8Iara Ssf. II. @bat.
@Vntaa, 10. 5ipppIgt, 81. GaFIaars.
DieaRna, IA. Gufettus, 9s. u. R.
%it!rp&, Is. Rartd !5immtIf.
Drunerfaat6. Sob unS Sp&uS.
NrettaA II. Qtberotus, Hbt. 8eri-om'
Scmaos, is. SeIena, Soilertu.
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Sir MnSmanberer.

1tt BON GOmmtttee gum ShuBs oey
fotbOliI1en 4%u6uauDsrer ~srnanntsrt
SertraaenSm manner finD:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-14

meaningless letter, and to place false
construction upon the letter; instructs him
to cast the mud of loosely reconstructed
string of falsehoods upon the Returning
Board of Louisiana. So Maddox goes upon
the stand, and swears that he tried to get
Secretary Of War Cameron to pay him a
million dollars for the vote of Louisiana,
but that the Secretary "declined to have
anything TO do with the matter.' Then
he swears he tried to trade with leading
Democrats, but that nothing came of it.
Then he swears that his coconspirator,
Col. Pickett, proposed to use his share Of
the million dollars for charitable pur-
poses" Then his testimony faded away
into silly nothings. Then he disappeared
from the public gaze, with brand of a
cheap consprstor on his forehead Then
honest Democrats, who had for several
days been whispering mysteriously about
the awful disclosures soon to be made
against the Returning Board of Louisi-
ana, hung their heads in shame, and dis
honest Democrats staggered and pretend
ed to believe Maddox. And so the mat
ter ends, leaving the Louisiana contro-
versy Just where it stood before the per-
jured Maddox testified. Mr. Tilden s
case cannot be advanced by such theatre
cal claptrap. Mr.. Field is injuring his
mas ter's cause, and he had better have
done with the tricks which only FASTENED
the destruction of his old client Tweed -
Inter. Ocean, Fec. g.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-14
The Man Maddox.

Mr.. Morrison, Of Illinois, declined to
nave anything to do with Mr.. Maddox,
the man who sweaIs that he tried to buy
me Louisiana Returning Board for mill
Ion dollars But Mr.. David Dudley Field
declines nothing that emanates from the
shiny depths of moral corruption and
naStness. The man who served Fisk and
Tweed, the great Tammany thief and
Scoundrel, for pay, now serves Tilden. the
Democratic candidate for President, for
pay; and he serves him without any
thought of the prophecies of the high
occasion Without a blush, he produces
on the witness stand the ex- Detective Mad
u"A' and tells him to speak to the Ameri-
Vah people; tells him torepeat to the Com
Ail'ee and the public the disgusting story
Ne had already rehearsed in Mr.. Fields
private ear. Mr. Field Is trained law
!ef-trained to sift truth from falsehood,
20 uetect lying witness almost on sight.
Listening to Maddoxs story Sin re-
nearsal, II did not require five minute
a. convince him (Fieldl that all he Mad
GyA mad to say only proved him scoun-
.'eI' and proved nothing against
,1e returning Board. Morrison had
-eafq the story, and when he had
-1au II, had waved Maddox away
d =, shallow impostor. Morrison was not
disposed to insult the intelligence of the
american people by palming off upon
mem the worthless trash of the fellow
haIdoX. But Field had no such scruples.
MADDOX is wretched liar" he said to
Ilnseh Maddox is utterly unworthy of
yGs.'eI ms story is ragged patchwork of
..gs, out II is mud There are fools who
WI VII believe it. The great public is in
TGaPaole Of sitting the true from the false
- - i the province of such as am to bury
IT, uuth beneath mountains of falsehood
IN. me press agents, greedy for news, will
se'ze this as they seize everything, re.
sAfaless Of quality, and scatter it broad.
~, over the land" so Field instructs
80, 1-Al1ox to repeat his story to the Commit
r-e, Insructs him to publish himself as a
S?ns llTa'or tobribe public officers; insructs
--'1 20 base his periured testimony upon
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-14
BaliOt.BOx Stuffing in Mississippi.

The testimony of Mr.. J. T. leicester,
President of the Hines County (Missis-
sippI Board of Registers, taken before
the Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections on Saturday last, helps to eX-
plain the manner in which the Democrats
obtained their colossal majority by fixing
the ballot boxes According to his testi-
mony, which there is no reason to doubt,
meeting of leading Democrats of
Hines County was held /. few days before
the election, at which it WIS proposed to
furnish one of the Democratic Judges of
Election at each polling place with du-
plicate key to the ballot box. In accord
ance with this proposition, he furnished
fifteen duplicate keys to fifteen Of the
judges, all of whom were Democrats. In
answer to question. the witness said
II suppose my idea was that, if there
were too many Republican votes in bal
lOt-bOX, the key was to open the box, that
Republican votes might be taken out and
Democratic vstes substituted in their
stead" This sample of Democratic bal
lot-box stutfing is even too much for the
Chicago Times, which is forced to admit
that . the art of fixing ballot boxes is as
well understood in some parts of Missis-
sippi as it was in the South Town of Chi
cago when Dave Thornton made jack
pot of the voters on the celebrated occa-
sion that has kept Mike Evans busy with
litigation SO long," and that Mr.. Le-
cester's story may serve in some degree to
explain the rather phenomenal Democrat
ic majority returned at the November
election in Mississippi"
Hines County, where this infamous out
rage was perpetrated, is naturally one of
the strongest Republican counties in the
State. In the election of 1872 it gave
Grant 4, 115 votes and Greeley 1889 In
the election of State officers in 1916 it
gave the Republican candidate for Treas
urcr 2 ,32l and the Democratic candidate
1886 AT the last election it gave Hayes
Ala and 1ilden 4,503. Now mark the
changes. Under the operations of the
rifle clubs the Republican vote of 1872
was reduced in 1876 from Alb to 1921,
and the Democratic vote increased from
,539 to 1886. The fifteen duplicate keys
in the possession of fifteen Democratic
judges last fall, however, worked st.l bet
ter. In place of the Republican vote of
Alb in 1872, Hayes received but ,474,
while the Democratic vote of $50 in
1872 was swelled to 4 SOB for Tilden, thus
showing that ballot-bOX stuffing was IA
more effective Democratic agency in the
elections than the ritle.clubs. And yet
this very class of men who carried Louis
lana by both methods are now disputing
the result in that State. The outrage in
Mississippi is Infamous; but what depth
of infamy 1t must have reached to call
down upon it the condemnation of the
Chicago Iimes i-Chicdgo Tribune, FEB. 3.