The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-21
Tho Scout Tells About BRIGHAM
Young's Arrest by Con. Harnoy.

! You must have seen considerable q
Gem Custer during your life on tn
frontier:' remarked the reporter in
quiringly. as the scout lighted his pip,
and seated himself opposite.
"Ies, was with his command Occa
siOnally from the time he came to tn,
plains until the time Of his death.
worked for him but very little III Il scout
or guide. but hunted for him at various
times. was Mt the Rosebud Agen
~ at the time he was nl;Gssacred.
HE WIZ good Indian fighter was
he not"
THAT depends on what YOU mean by
'goosl IQdian fighter He was u very
brave man. do not think the Indian
was ever born whom Custer was afraid
Of. He appeared to take perfect delight
in exposing himself tO danger, and Of
ten times when there was 10 Use or
sense in ;,is 10 doing. lie used to halt
his command ut sight Of Indians, and
himself r..lc forward to recOnnOiter. He
would ride up 10 near them that they
would open fire on him and then he
would turn in his saddle, swing his hat
for the tr10ps to come on, and, without
waiting fer them tO come up with him,
nut spurs to his horse and dash down
upon the indians with the bullets fairly
raining around him.
"NOw such lighting a< that wins for
an officer the name "t being very brave
hut | call il tinlhardineSs. When he
made such u charge as that he knew all
sOlutely aOthing Of Whas danger nl,n-
a.ed him. There might I've fifty In
dians in front Of him, ar there
might @ five hundred, and for
aught he knew he might be
leading his command to certain de,struc-
tiOn. 1t Is all very we'll for man tn go
out and make \ target Of himself for In
diam to shoot, but it lsshccrre ke sne<s.
AnylNhy who thinks the lnuians art.
not good lnarlSsmcn, IL mistaken. They
are continually pnscticing and they
have the best Of arms, most Of them hav-
ing repeating rifles. Custer seemed to
think he bore Il charmed life. | have
heard that he said that Indian didn't
live who could hit him.
"NOw my idea Of Il brave man ami :.
good Intian fighter Is one who first as
cert:.ins the strength Of the enemy. and
then, if he thinks hc can win. makes
the attack with cs,olncss AMI Judgment.
Then let him show his bravery by fight
ing like mad. In my opinion it is poor
gencralship fora commanding officer tn
nccsiies.ly put himself in Msition to-
IH shot ut the very outset Of IN engage
n,cnt, and thus take Il chance Of leaving
his command without its leader. If to
be afraid Of nothing. is tO IL. brave. ru~-
ter was the braveSt y: the brave. Har-
ney was the hest military leader for the
..!..;I,S l7svcr n:>t. He w:sl COO! and ID
lilcr:ate in his brsvrness, hut was II lion
in u figlit.'
"Whcn wer: y"u with him:
Tell me about it,"
IL was with him ut the time
Of the Mountain Meadow nI,>>a-
ere. When h. heard :,lh,,t it, he sent
out scouts to find out who the nlur,lcwr>
were. and when they ErrlNrtC'l tO him
that they were MOrnlOllS. Oft hc went
witt, his entire command tO Salt Lake
City, swearing every r.Ml Of the way that
he would hang the nlurtlerrrS IL he had
tO hang every Mormon in Utah. He
intended tO give Brigham twenty-fuur
to surrender the lIursltrer~. and unless.
that was done. I.Nttcr-I)ay saints
would lx' mighty scarce around there b.
fore We reached salt Lake Il messenger
overlook w. with orders from the War
Department for llarncy to return IT,
ramp: that the civil authorities would
attend to the massacre business.
"Hc thought the matter over for Il lit
liz while, and then .itr.l,rvti that hc had
started for salt Lake City, and Ia. would
~ there If hc was concentrated and
shot for it. And he went, too: and If
the War h.lartmnt.n; ever heard Of it no
action was taken. We ca,nlnsl Il short
or
rt.w DAYS to give the animals Il rest, AMI
they needed it sadly, for We l,a'l travel
III fast. The IuOrMing that W., started
s,ck tO Yuma Il young girl, al.,ut Scv-
.nttxm ar eighteen years Ol'l. tssIIn. out
IL the camp, ant! applied I" Brady. the
rain master, to help her I" escape. Her
s,rrntS WERE English, VIII" had jt'int.l
he MOrlIl,,Ils not long lx.fi.rr'. and one
II the ahlers wanted tO marry her. Her
n,rrnts were trying I" force. her to this
marriage, AMI she could
,nly avoid it hy running away. She
,a,l an uncle an'l aunt in SAN Francisco.
md tD them she wanted to 70.
''Br.aly wasn't the man t" say mo-
lnller such circumstances, and he stow J
II her away in the flour wagon by pill !
ny the l,arrcls around her in such II
\ Nv lJUUt SU1V CVD0S10IlI SSV'bl
r end. We hadn't gone far before
dozen A(orn,ons "vertM,k u>. the !
,irl's father l&'ing along with them,
md they went through, that train until
hey found the girl. After they had gOt
lcr our, she turned t" Brady ami baal.'
i'm got,l-bve, ut the same time thank
ny him for trying t. help her. That.
t course, gave him dead away. ami the
lOrnlOns arrested him for kidnapping
he girl. and away they all went to
yards the city. Harncy saw that there
Ias something wrong with the train.
isl hack came u messenger IT, see what
vas the matter. .\~ >1n,n a>
Iarney was Informed of what
ad occurred. hc ordered the train
D halt and stay there until he got issck.
MI away he aud all the tro"ln< went
Dr the MOrnlon.. They hal II long
tart Of him. however, and rtsU'lltal the
itv first. DO you suppose. he stamped
'hcn he reached the city, Mt lit of
/. Right up the main street he gs.l-
,ptsl. an.l when he jumped from his
Orsc and cried Halt it was right in
ront Of Brighanl's office. There was y
t,ar,l on duty there with a mu>kct and !
xesl lx.yOnct. hut :,s he brought his