New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-19
NEW STORIES OF THE WAR.
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XVI.
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Copyright. 1886.

nown near the limpid waters OF the Marais des
rygnes. Kansas might have been seen little row
Of wedge tents inhabited by the gallant Company
tsGs Of the 18th Kansas Cavalry Volunteers
From out the tent Of the captain hastily came the
nompany's bugler and loud rang the notes Of the
- Assembly" Thirty seconds had not elapsed
when the ready troopers stood erect In q we'll
dressed line.
"Men." said Captain Smith. 81 have orders
from Colonel Jennison to rejoin the rest of the
regiment at Hiclxman's Mil. somewhere in Mis-
Souri,. and 1t is my order that you be ready to
march in one hour" Within the hour we were
gayy trottng away from the quiet little village of
Trading Post.
On reaching Hicl<man's Min we found the other
companies Of the regiment awaiting under the
redoubtable Charles r. Jennison How like q
well-built cat he looked on that day And his
lieutenant-a pretty boy What an incongruity
st seemed to say that either would lead that hardy
clan to the charge Jennison and Hoyt Mars
Ind Mercury
On the following day after consolidating at
Hickmans Mill at 10 e. m the busle brayed
!" Boots and Saddles" and in forty minutes "Jen-
nison's Thieves" were on the move toward War,
rensburg. We "sman fry" OF the ranks could
family feel that were advancing TO meet a
formidable enemy, and many OF us boisterously
fejoiced that should he Permitted TO "see the
Elephant before returning to mothers The
next day after lea ing Hickman's we had pene-
trated far down toward Warrensburg AMI as the
sun sank the head of the column came to halt
Away up in front saw Lieutenant Muir nv
plantiny his two little howitzers: and the com
ranies in the van becan forming in a solid pha
ianN Of war; while field orderly dashed up to
bur captain with orders from Jennison t. deplcy
the "Blaclx Horse Comrany" as slxirmishers
o heavens then should have to fight. per
nhance to die {. Ny courage died within me and
wished myself hack at the Trading Post. / didn't
want any elephant in mine that day But
bur comrany dashed and up hill and behold !
there in the beautiful sunshine. some three-nuar-
tiers Of a mile away about 500 human beings
Drawn up in line Of battle Above them waved
fag. How dcfanily it FILTERED in the evening
breezes I shall never forget Colonel Hoyt lev
elled his feld-class on it and in a moment turned
TO Ca tain Swain and spoke a few words. Then
two orderlies were sent forward and were met by
Two from the "warriors' in front When our
brderlies returned our battle line broke into fours
and we resumed our march. That ban1 Of brave
men wNo had so stubbornly thrown themselves
snto line to fight the WarrensburE militia
and some refugees fyinv before the grand army of
General Ste"l'n- Price. That Rebel cheftain was
maxim his last raid through Missouri
"Price Price - and the very word thrilled
my younr soul with terror and AGAIN wished my
self at the Tradin- Post Our troors marched
gayly and disdainfully rast that gallant 500 AMI
Uennison called for three cheers for the good cit
kens Of Warrenshurc. which given with
will AMI Hovt tossed his cap and smiled Then
Uennison took drink from his canteen and passed
st In Tovt Swain and some others and all SAN
the hvmn to ".Iohn Browns body an1 proudly
marched toward Warrensburg. That night about
~ O'Clock the head of column turned back end
we hastily took our way toward Levin-tOn an
while solemnlv rode along the weird notes Of
b conch-shell sounded out and from the Valley
of Warrenshurg ant answered in the distance
by the melancholy wall of a tin horn. and we knew
that we were in the vicinity of a formidable
foe
The next day we camped within about two
miles of LexngtOn. where deliberately
sacked fine brick house In that house was a
pretty babe Of six months and there was not a
soldier IN our legion who would have hurt that
tender pretty thing for the world and several
kissed II and though Of the "babv at home y
E3ut in the morn n, very early the old gen leman
whose house had ranSaclIeh arp1ed at our
for pass to bury that "retty babe
"for." said he, "some of your men trampled on it
yesteri AMI it died last nicht" And the Col mel
mjo,lea his tears with the good cid grandflther's
Ia an hour the old man rolled past us in his car
riage-at his feet was little casket covered
with pure white sheet and the sweet infant
was sleepin' ben ath Our piclIets allowed him to
pass and one Of them. Brother Rhy neison min
ster of the United Brethren Church. invoked a
blcssIn. upon the good old soul AM the bereaved
family But when the old grandfather was safe
beyond the pckets he put whip TO his horse and
BIKE a wild thIng 1t dashed away. Thank TOD
hat babe was not dead 1t had not been hurt.
AMI that GOOD old soul was none other than Gen
lD,sc adv lemons
tenng to his command in an hour he hurled
!. OOv OF his best men upon us How well | re
member it We had a huge kettle Of potatoes
and beef which we had taken from Shelby, haN In
roLued his cellar and killed his fatted calf. had
,eler ted fine larSe prtato which | had i'm aled on
a sharp stick, when "bOOm = was heard IN the
distance followed by the savage crash OF shell
and the short snap of the Sharp's niles OF the
l5thl The entcing "mess Of pottage' was left
untouched and our little army fastened to the
front Jennison passed the canteen and sang
|" John Brown and Hoyt swun- hs sword and
dashed to the head Of the coun n. while the smoke
IF battle rose up in the vicinity OF our plckcs
Down n the Warrensburs ad we dashed while
-iderless horses bearing upon their backs blood
stained saddles and wounded men came IN from
he pickets On our right front could see sew
.ral tho. sand cavalrymen marching and we dli-
biously watched them. They were none other
than 10000 men un 'er Generals Marmadulle an
Cable. "an1ng order TO cut us on from Cur.
bis who was making his way to us wild Bill
who has OF late figured in sort OF ROMANCE was
DUR guide and sps and he soon brought US word
hat II we wished 20 see Curtis we'd better strike
mi for In iepen ence So Company G WIS left as
vanguard. while the brigade under Jennlso n cut
md ran for In epen lence.
Deployed IS slIirmishers my company sat ana
,uhiously watched a gang OF adNanclng ReDes
iome 300 81 on. How grand they looked. eaSl
m a gigantic mule In front large mule rode
heir lca o. q solemn determined man Down
though gray and emerald cabbaSe garden they
ir,niy advanced upon our little squad OF lay
,awkers" Three hundred yards Intervened. now
wo an one, an still they came and there we
Al, 81 lieutenant Hall" called Sergeant Dye,