Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-10
HE FOUGHT UNDER CROOK.
A Council Bluffs Participant in the Blunder-
ing Fighting Against Indians.
EDITORIAL METAMoRPAoslS.
News Gathered at Nicola and Under
wool by the Bee on the Wing
Items Personal and
Pointed.
EDITORIAL METAMoRPHoslS.
A Council Bluffs Boy With Crook.

One of the most interested readers OF
the BEE yesterday was Billy Ladd, one of
the fire lads belonging to No. 4. II tell
YOU" he said, pointing out an article
concerning General Crook in Arizona,
that's about right The fellow who
wrote that hits il about right, only he
ought to have hit it little harder. It's
Il shame the way the Indian wars have
been carried on, and he ought to have
given il to Crook for all there was out.
He couldn't give it too hard"
what do you know about it ?"
"You had better ask what ] don't
know about it. / ought to know some
thing about it, for was there"
How is that ?"
"Why, was in the regular army for
| five years, and have got the papers here
to show il. i enlisted in Chicago, and
was II private in the Sixth cavalry, the ID
| troop-a private, mind you-you just tell
| the BEE folks that there is one private
left, who hasn't borrowed any title of
| colonel or general
Was you out in the Indian wars?"
We'll, slightly. | was all through
| those scenes told about in the BEE.
mistakes but in.the main was correct. |
was with Col. Carr when in August, 81,
he went out from Camp Apache to dis
| pcrse the Indians and 10 arrest the medi
cine man, Knock-a-de-K -Klenny, who had
been stirring them up to fight. When we
| had got the medicine man, and
! rnd sttna commrnced firing On us
| f,,r, ,r,s +old 70 Menrn, thn Scouts on1
low, tb",, hnbini os Il wos thon~ht thav
wnnld nrnv" trnacherons inst as they
| did I know thai Carr rcceivrd such an
order from Con Wilcnx for c,rried
thn ,r ,nas.nmo o,m 1nrself II w,s So . h,d ;dna
| to tnke theCc sconte ojonw for tbnv wern
Tho G,.St nnoS to nnn,momen G,,;nr on ne
0nr nonmanv pI1 h ad imlt mot ntn nS mn and
cnmnamy + 'bavins~ s't tbs maIicinnp man nam
,u;th thay, ,,,arn ;mst onn,;nr ,n nri thn
scout. yynro fniIoSe;nr bnh;na tbosm and a
Iot of INDIANS min n,ora f,lIow;nr than AZ
rmr nomta;n Hont;r saw thn9 scouts CON
inIt ,v;th tbn nthnr fndams Iam ''iu ho cni"d fn
Sergeant Blackburn, to have him STOP the
TniTnns frnr, onnrnnoh;nn, ,nd os hn
o.,ii"J ,hn Snnont t;n,n U,'t t",n shntn fo,IovnJ
o"nh otho,. o =; r,,,;n ~ s,,o,nn,, vmo nS ha
o,,to;n fnlI aan5 ,,,s nn1 o,Tn,. ,.
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,nn ~ itI' JSo r' n,'t ii. ro,,iiio L ~ ,od Uu
shot tbe nnd,c;mo NV man ID 5ood md tho thn
iimbt ' thon nnonnd ,i' im onrnns, NY trharo a
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m;ne mn,e fh" Rrr @ N't Abnnt i'1'o ~ onior
ih n,nt, ns ,ho DEE t says no9!I En,t oiJuh
u .,.'t ny ~ mo ''i , .o" iot lor' y i"o.io,
,,iu 80 - !,,oII ,i'; moAv uhS thS W Wy
wv iiiiS "tS .ieS J'i'i ''ie Po'.' t'ne'
We m"'. i "iiotnei hsnJI a"o % t t'to cinois 'i'
al,ad mu.I vi'pou,1" ai'o ,t nl,o oi ,''oIi 40
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| seouu' Aie WV Mno oIloI w, eaPGt;;'i'l'
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M itt liinnoa YOU 'l''!lh IL .hc un,ilSI,sms
i,,, Mure iio' e"fi'eo oh Us ''i'S Shouiu h''e
ooVT NJ ~ - a.. ,, W.,
Every ie',soii III .iie Moliu' why one
uliic we slaltcu ~. Nlc.lI HPIlnss 70
oli'se up sol:iG ltiuLihs, .i anu Mieil we
tcaIllc,: ~! oile slui VI .le ele9h 'lielc WIZ
,ilo lliuillls on 'i,e m oIiel sue p'iIii!hs lhe
houses, cue, oi the selIicrs; anu instead
oi golhS over ,hn crcek anu siNihg thciii
prusll, as ali .,te men wantcd TO- we
tJ %oiJ VI iii.o o'np, "nai ',ier" t ,h w.
s,aiu; noL quarter oi i WI Hile rom 'He
burning houses, TGheral NilcoN waS IN
command then. He was y good deal
pclteI Ili"h -, ncherhl Srooh, however
| Ie,ichlper lne case wen, ailer 1rook ni'o NV
IIheh H c3iilillaHu' 1liaC Is tClelleu 10 ~ 'nH
DEE, "nere 1t SAYS: neneral NrooN
s3uSmV 1,.e IIllrLic;lhus,s m l,:i IN lnc
aicrIit .I ] ninnrtS r; ne 9iu no, @ l,nd tneni
IncS lo.'n,u = n''n I,,9 ulc'"teu such tGrnis
as as ,,n,I'.al nGHer ,oI before We're flEoh so
0Uo No oo0 'p Of pcnnlc mr b"hnd m 'i ~ "'IT Th9t o
U"""oo mt % pe9Pao NY ntntm ~. ,hnm IIo
I'D .. m;'o '''e r ,oS. .;n ~ o''' ~,
rrai. eaot Fu"l" tr,, W, He i Sopat % atnu W gedS
Gn"Vh iioh i SGtnS ii'J ai.''' on,9oh' nt nmu
;n'S .o'" inh i,iI ~ ""s io"G 1 v"S ona
lH, hnt o'I" Mi''th ,h was i,ost 49, os
laid laid IiT for linn w." h" thnmG , he knew " more @
drs ,il, a.i 1' ',e' I pun tosr.nI, - >" 'nc Th Or
eaE,. aeln wurIu , o", aot US 9 ~ ~ ntieuu h ne
;no tb "onn nv hant a,, n 'IuS bn In ]
tnn % 'b h eSu w., Ware An J III lmc IN ou amd
could go no further, and the Indians Just
filled right in so we could not get ont
without II fight, and there we virtually
surrendered. There WASH t shot fired,