The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-17

neoantel AL the difsrulssez th4s con-
frons the sfa5enx Al Gar rational
s<hooi. and Iookfnx fpswar5 With
pleasant astseipassons 70 tise lie BE-
isrs me
Hzx ETxsr cGNx&<n-
He trasesed zeross country 20 In
ssizrssaln, Texas. and thea nv . schooner
c0asinues1 On 20 Corpus Christi 80 the
headquarters Of the department. Of
Texas. Then by mule team. seated Oh
E4xs Of sugar AMI eoffee. he continued
on 70 Laredo. He arrived Ira toxn IN
the midst Of one OF those terrific
storms called '.rortherSr sad MAS hes
y,srabiy welcomed BIZ has BROKER Off
eers. Finally be reached Fort Dun
ran in March. 1854, ard was set 70
surk watching Indians and making =
uaap q the oatlying country around
slze garrison. Texz< z4s fAen fixed
sith game and the youag s<s<iier often
fond opportunity 20 asas head On
idrsss ard animals the Ike ek which
be had ueTEr seen beforr- One Fnorn-
ing while yosgng Sheridan wa- ont on
oEie cf hts shooting expeditions With 4
soldier named Fraukusan he cane
sery near raining into an Indian en-
e-ampHseEs. bot beat an unrrreuor-
ioaa retreat jnst in time 70 preserve
his kin whole. ct this adventure he
says
why xsEn3w Escsrg.
g We ssw . column o. smoke on the
prairie. and surprising il arose from i
camp Of Mexican raF.es4eros catching
y I'd horses or kid cattle, and evea
Wild mules, which we're very nuna@r-
Gus in that section 81 rsnniry aiong
The NHeces river. we thought We would
Join the party AMI see h8~ nlueh SIZE
cess they were having. and observe
the methods employed ia shss latlori-
ous and sometimes dangerous veea-
sion. With this object in view ne con-
sinned on unit We found Il necessary
80 cross 30 che other side Of the creek
20 reach she point indicated by the
snsOke Just before reaching the
crossing discovered noccasia
tracks near the waters edge.
and realizing II aa instant
that the camp we were Approaching
might possibly be one OF the hostile
Indians all Indians in that country
AZ that time were -Eranknsan
and | backed out silently and made
eager strides for La Pena. where ne
bad scarcely arrived when Capt ~ 4.
Van Ruren, OF the mounted rifle resi-
mcnt, came in with a small COM
mand ard reported that he was
0at in pursuit OF band of
comaache Indians which had been
committing depredat:ons mp ahoat
Fort Clark, hut that he had lost the
trail. | Immediately informed him
Of what had occurred 10 me dur
ing the morning, and that | could
put him on the trail Of the In
dians he was DESTROYS OF punt hing
We hnrriedly supplied With raiions
his small command of thirteen men.
an. ! then conducted him to the
point where / had seen the smoke. and
there We found signs indicating it to
be the recently abandoned campof the
Indians he was pursuing. and we also
noticed that prairie rats had formed
the principal article oi diet At the meal
they had Just completed. As they haI
gone, coaid no more than put him
on the trail made IA their departure.
which was well marked: for indians,
when IN small parties, and unless
pres ed- usually follow each other IN
single file. Capt. Van Buren, followed
the trail bv Fort EweB. and well down
towards Corpus Christi, day and night,
aatii the Indians. exhausted and ed
up, halted ou an open plain, unsasi-
diei their horses, mounted tArebackS
and offered battle Their number was
double that OF Van Euren's detaels-
msnt. bat he attacked them fearies Is,
and IN the light was mortailg eouaaed
sy an arrow which entered his body in
front. Just above the sWoFtl-tsslt, and
came through the bet behind. The
principal chief q the indians was
killed and the rest Ted. Capt Van
Buren's men csrsisd him 70 Corpus
Christ. where ia few days he died
After few skirnishes with the willy
redskins Gen. sheridan was removed
from TT. Duncan to camp near the
Nueces river. Here be had Il busy lite
with constant work. and scouting for
Indians. In this manner his first
SUMMER os active field work was spent,
and IN tie fan be and his company
were ordered back 10 IT, Duncan -
- into winter quarter. His igrui-
ture was extremely priinative "a
chair or two, with about the same
number Of camp stools, q cot ana a
rickcty old bureau, Net the eGeg-
gelic yuung officer was happy, and
fecoilects his early Indian campaigns
with much pleasure. As - his prov
epder in those days he says.
LfVISe oN RAID RArioSs.
During this period our food was
principally the soldiers ration, Hour,
picked pork, nasty bacou-cured in
the dust Of ground charcoal ami
fresh beef. Of which We had plentiful
sapply, supplemented With game OF
various kinds. The sugar, coffee, and
smaller parts 81 the ration we're good.
bus We had no vegetable, and the few
Jars o. preserves sad some vegetables
kept by the satler were too expensive
10 ne INDUCED IN. 50 during all the
period ! liyed at Fort Duncan and is
suh-camrs, nearly sixteen months,
fresh vegetables we're practically un-
ohtainable. To prevent scuryy We
ase6 the juice Of the naaguey plant.
called pulque, asld t. Obtain a supp.y
Ut this anti-scorbutic | was ssIen de-
tailed to march the company out
about forts miles, cut fhe plant, load
up two or ihree wagons y lth the stalks
aui carry thcm 10 camp. Here TIE
iaice was eStr clea ly rude press
and rus IN bottle unui il fsrmeulca
ana became worse in udor than sui
pilgreseG hyt.r gen. AZ reYeille roll
cali every morning this fermenEed
liaior was dealt eat 10 the company.
ana a. it was my dpty. ia n}y capacity
0f suinltprH. IT. attend the g Foii-tasls
and ee that che men topS their satioa
uf pnlQgc I always began the uuty ilg
drinking cup 81 the tepnisiyc stud
iilt eli
Although Gen. sheridan rather ea-
is tsi the Wild life az tie extreme
frontier be was not sorry a. get or4eFs
sn November i,bi, 90 SO 10 California.
With ihis order caHc his promotion
to second lieutgnaur} tu The Fourth
Infantry. iu order 10 join hi- COM
paH3 az For; HeaGing california, he
had 10 81 q New Sors SIS staetlne
po!Et ana iu arfivinc gaere was
placed oa duty ia May, less. IN COM
nsnd of detachment ~ recruits at
sectoe's islani. iafeGaed Tor LA
meu, ip the regiment ga tte Pacific
eaaet. Ha t.fa cozsy be had IBsny a
battle vita sat isns. chasing tlem
through tae $50 ataias sagi HyCr tiia
rs5ss one dag De WAS surprised is
2 Sssile u Indians. ui tha- de. rihss
BIS i.rgysafl0sls position
H1sTnqk aEs stIsNas Pea rfFE ESENE
here GENES ne alternative ief. rs
eaE ts ett batS ta or reBd bs
cAaFaigE tasollh thee fa isa>: ana
their csaui % ag>i N4s mech larger
ilaa cuTs teis Appeared : sie pesste
eHaHg ara aratie4ss 81 - -Fe acze