Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-28
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One month ago today Intelligence was
received by Gen. Williams, &. a. General
of the Department of the Platte, that Major
Thomas z. Thornburg had lett Fort
Steele with g well equipped, well pro-
visioned command Of Two huadred men,
for the " hte River Agency. To afford
protection to the agency and pIeaai We or
der were the prime objects Of the e1pedl
ton, and the instructions we're to arrest
ring-leaders of the rebellion, reported by
the Indian agent TO be forming, and hold
them prisoners until further orders. \ OF
withstanding the country through which
the route Of the expedition lay was com
paratively little known, aid, therefore,
somewhaL hazardous, Major Ihornburg
entered upon The discharge Of his duty
without hesitation, and as is was known
that he was emineGtiy fitted, both by char
acter and training, for so5In2i ocfant trust,
but little apprehension WIS Ielt for
the safety Of himself or MS
men. How well the gallant soldier
performed his part is known, but courage
and skill are Of no avail against the treach-
cry of savages and especially OF suo3 saw
ages as the Utes, who are WHY t6rOclous
and treach erous to the highest degree, and
especially cunning in planning ambus-
| cades. Major Thoruburg, expected that
| they would remain peaceable, put reported
| that he should be yigilant and cautious.
|
erwise. Brave and intcprid, he was yet
caution itself, and never impeguoua. His
early training in the service amidst scenes
| calculated to school him TO become eau
tious leader and-a good judge in such mat
| tiers, fitted him for just this sort Of work.
! AS paymaster and traveller he had been
through varied scenes tending to neryc him
and had won for himself q big reputation
as q scout and IHdian fighter. Therefore
tho only inference that can be drawn is that
Major ThOrnbuTg did not blunder, but fell
into one of the most carefully laid aInbus-
cades, and could not extTic2to his COM
| mand. ---e --'-
On the Goth Of September he met the
Indians about one mile south CT Milk
River, and in the fight that ensued fell
pierced By the bullets of his crafty foes. 1t
was not until the 10th inst. that the re-
mains Of the intrepid commander, at
length secured by his friends and com
rades, left Milk River in charge Of Captain
Dodge, whose famous march to the relief
of the beleagured force is the admiration
of ell. On the 18th they reached Rawlips,
and, after being deposited in me6ahc,cas
ket at Fort Steele, they were placed on
| T the cars Monday morning, and reached
Omaha, as stated, last evening.
Accompanying the remains with Capt.
Dodge, was Hon. j. NJ. ThorEburgh, q
brother efthe deceased, and ex-Congress-
man from Tennessee.
At the depot the body was surrendered to
the escort Of Knights TEN plar waiting to
receive it. Instead OF being taken at oncG
/ to Masonic Hall, as was at first intended,
G the remains were temporarily deposited at
| the rooms of Undertaken Pomroy. where
, they were transferred to magnificent and
costly metallic Casket, and at O'clock
t were conveyed to the Hall, whore tbeY laid
in state until 230 this afternoon.
During last evening large number OF
citizens visited the place Of mourning, thu:
paying last token Of respeetto the deGe8s-
: ed A detachment Of Sir Knights was on
duty all night and during today, and frcI
: 8 O. clock this morning untilthe departure
| for the cemetery this afternoon the crowd
; that passed to and fro was numbered by
, hundreds. Shortly before noon the Asylum
and catafalque were photographed by
10 essrs. Currier and Eaton, and . sketch
was .rnade.by. a representative ot Hprper s
JYeekty,- At that time the 8ecoFaI0Ds were
much more complete than when described
last evening and atthe request ofthe friends
we mention again, briefly, the appearance
of the room and its som bre decorations.
} The Asylum, proper a large tent Of
black cloth occupied the east tWothlFds Of
the lodge room, and in the center was tbs
! catafalaue, upon which Testad the caskot
The sides Of the Asylum were dFaped with
{ white and the national cOl0rs closed the east
end and fell in graceful folds across
the raised platform occupied By
the masters chair. The chairs,
altar and other furniture were
4 all heavily drapod, while upon the former
rested the crossed swords, square aud com
: pass upon the open Bible The catafalqut
/, was directly to the rear Of the altar and
facing the" East,n aud was formed blythe
historic pillars, E" Bo8z" and 81 &chi1 y
used in lodge work. and their dup icates,
S all very handsomely bronzed and sur
mounted by the globes representing the
s terrestrial and celestial spheres denoting
the universally of Masonry. The canopy
, was composed of the STARE and stripes with
= "a broad border of black velvet fringed
with silver on all sides. The velvet was
: further adorned by elegant boquets Of