Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-02-06
CAPTAIN CRAwFORD's CAREER
HIs Part In th. sion, M.ra,,.

: His Part in the Sioux War os,s-
 The loss to the army m inc do.,l .,
 Oaptain Emmett Crawford ia mn, a,, ,,. dinary one. He was an officer of rar,arL m - able merit, man of heroic temperan,ont
 chlvalrlc gentleman, and R comna,,;n,
 to be respected and loved, '''''0'
 His career as a soldier beOan n, ,,,
 age ot 22 years, when. at the ontbrssk n ol
 the war of secession, be enlisted ss n r,r;
 vste m the Pennsylvania infantry iTn
 hl the final surrender of Confadar.t,
 troops he served continuously and fo- galantry m battle was repeatelIv ,ro
 noted. When he was mustered ort ~, or the volunteer servlce. ID IS76 Ina ,,o,
 Second Lieutenant in tba ra(,,,Ia. army, with the brevet rank of Naior
 lie was assigned m 1867 to the Sevap, p,l infantry, and ID the same year received ms commission as First Iieutensn, U. was transferred m 1871 to the TbirS CaNRlry. This regiment Is one which mas seen since that period most varied ana arduous service Tn the Iudian conn try' ooth north and south of the Platte | TNer, and m all of its many and honorn- part. N hHu b
 he was stationed in the Sioux conn. try m Ioio at the time of the memorable grand council at Red Cloud Agency when General Terry and the other trtEty CTImmlssloners were Tn danger of peing murdered m cold blood bv wild braves from the north, who, with brand lsheo arms and Tn naked wa- paint. sur- rounded the tent in which the deiber- htions were held. In number Of scout- ing expeditions Captain Crawford kent the agency tribes Tn wholesome awe of me military power and contributed to delay the beginning of hostilities by ap- tlclpatlng raids that the Indians were eager to make at every opportunity up- on the ranchmen Tn Dakota, Wyoming and Northern Nebraska. The nert year he commanded 8 company in Gen eral Crooks army and was one of h,s most valued officers.
 lie was m the hot fight of June I7th. near the headwaters of the Rosebud eight days before Custer met his fate on the Little Big Horn. On this occasion Crook deliberately subjected a large part or hls force to the risk of being cut oil from the central column by tbe savages, and he was only saved from complete disaster by retreat. The troops, however, dld their best, and | were only too eager to be led forward | to a proper attack.
 Later ID the campaign, after a long | chase after the "hOstiies." which WAS full | of unprecedented hardships, an advance l column of Crooks force, l5O strong, sur prlsed an Indian villsge;near Slim Buttes | of which American Horse, otherwise | known as Roman Nose, was the chief | The attack was made in the midst of n | dense fog and driszling mist before day. light, the troops having camped in a nelghbOnng rayine, deep in the mud. | during the night. Crawford led one di- vision of the party. and made a most fGrious charge. The darkness was SO great that no one knew with certainty the strength of the Indians, but thev ned to the hills at the first crack of a IT, da. When daylight came Lieutensnts Crawford and SchwatkB were given the ucklish task of dlslodging tthem from ravines and rocks which commanded the village now occupied by the rest of the troops. Each of these of- icers took a mere hROdful of men and secured the hills, most intrepIdly, h hun dred times running imminent rIsk of being shot down at short range. In spite ot their small numbers the troops held their position all day until the main column came up in the evening. just m time to support an attack bv Crazy Horses entire band.
 In the remainder otthe campaigp and m that of the following winter, Crawford himself by his daring and his vIgor Rs scout and no one was more deserving of leurels sfor the final SUD- presslon of the Sioux powers
 Alter the Sioux war Lieut. Crawford ! was stationed near large and trouble some band of subdued Sioux One . buck of particularly desperate character [ was denounced to the soldiers as n mur- ] ierer by some Indians, who said they < were unable 10 deliver him mp, and that , he and some comrades had declared , that even the soldiers could , lot capture him. Captain Crawford .Ook one rGan with h,;c, rode ou: o the Indian camp, and, ;uSlc-haDded. , captured the murderer. This peri!urs ' let was performed with sCch cool dar. ng, such entire unc0nce-n of danger. has the Indians were unGble to under. tand what the brave officer was about [ Intil be had secured his man.
 He succeeded to iLe grade of captain e n 1878. h the two following years he Ii3 recruiting dGty at Baltimore. In Ss2 General Crook placed him In harge of his Indian scouts. Tn all the d ctual warfare that has been carried on ? gainst the Apaches since then, his ] EGvery and untiring energy have been | F. Chronicle. s