, 1878-02-02
NEg PIERCE INDEaN WAR.
Dead and Living Heroes Of E,;aho.

Dead ana LISiES hcrcSs St Ae--s.i''
Under this caption may rightly be no
ticed the young, noble heart d, brave
Charley BIewett. When the first detacll-
ment of cavalry reached CamaS Pralr:e he
of. red his valuable services 10 Captain
Whipple, and soon proved to the more
than satisfaction of all the officers that
he was one Of the bravest Of the brave.
From what the writer learned on the field,
both before and after he met his untlmely
death. he was considered as the best scout
extant. Night and day he was III the
saddle, penetrating even inside the enemy
lines, endeavoring to discover their Inten-
tions and movements In short, he was
the beau idea. of scout, us active rs a
panther, and despising danger when the
interest of the country Was at stake.
The officers in command looked upon and
treated him as son and continually
warned HIM not To rush INTO unnecessary
DANCER. But as a rule, recEiessness Is
foreign IL the nature of scout per Sc,
they all know there Is danger enongi
without rushing unnecessarily INTO the
laws of death. If scout gets either
killed or escapes, more especially II ne
has performed some meritorious action,
he is looked upon aS reckless anyhow
when if he had not performed such action
he would have been sneered 1T Tor COW
ardice, or ridiculed for excess OF caution,
and as the bravest nan are generally most
sensitive, "The bearings OF thus observa-
ton LAYS in the application OF 1T. Now,
about the Sd of Jul y the Indians were III
their force around Cottonwood and Craig
mountain. They were in the full bloom
of arrcgonce, flushed with their victories
over those whom they vastly outnuniber-
ed. Ii was necessary that their move,
ments should be known, so Blewett and
| Foster. one of the best riders on the from
tier. went ahead towards Craigs noun
tain ON a scout. On little prairie neal
LAWYERS canyon the enemy were sighted
bv these two scouts Foster advised al
immediate return, but Blewett determined
to have a shot at them at any rate; SC
dismounting from his horse and levellin2
his rife across the saddle he fired and, a,
Foster told on his return, killed his In
dian. The report of the rifle scared the
| horse and he broke loose. In the mean
time other Indians put in All appearance
so Foster advised Biewett to take to the
brush while he tried to capture the fright
ened animal, but so closely was he pressed
by the enemy that his only chance Of sal
| vation was in precipltous flight DE
| escaped Ill safety to Cottonwood house
and the next morning with my friend the
gallant young Rains and twelve Other
volunteers from the earalry company they
made an effort to rescue HIM. How they
lost their precious lives in their heroic
endeavor is now matter Of history. But
right here | cannot allow the opportunity
to pass without small tribute to Lieut.
Rains. He was everything that was noble
generous and brave Had be but lived
ne would hare been another Custer, whose
grandest traits Rains most certainly pos
sessed. On the morning Of the in-fate1
Sd of July, when the companies wert
drawn up, he asked for dozen volunteer:
for a forlorn hope scout, nearly every
man jumped at his call and begged to b