The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-06-25
Extracts From the Dairy of a
Saline County Soldier.
In Gen. kearney's Expedition
TO New Mexico i'm
1916.
COn.inu ID from last Sundays BAzoo.

march. We moved rapidly until we
reached the Little Arkansas at 8
o'clock when we went into camp and
got our breakfast and dinner together.
This was decidedly The hardest days
march we have had yet. Our horses
had no water since the day before and
no time to eat until now. We HAD
cold provisions but our officers were so
anxious to get on that they would not
allow us time to eat then, and every
man was as cross as bear. [ have
often gone a half mile to my meals,
but to ride twenty miles to breakfast
is not what it is cracked up to be.
Monday, July 6-Shortly before
we reached Little Con Creek, Al.
Harrison's horse ran off and threw
him. injuring his ankle which was rem
dered still worse because we had no
surgeon with us. Our surgeon, DR..
Morton, was too lazy to attend to his
duties and preferred to ride in the
wagon two days behind us.
We found good grass at Con Greek.
1t was at this point where the inhu-
man murder of CLANCY was commit
ted. Saw a lot of bushes in the dis
lance which looked for all the world
like buffalo. The wind stirred the
boughs making them look still more
real. A squad of men asked permits
sion to kill one or more of the sup
posed buffalo. They slipped cautious
ly toward them for a distsn ce of five
miles before they discovered their
mistake. Those boys never heard the
last of that hunt.
Tuesday, July I've marched
eleven miles this morning to Plum
Butte, a high mound covered with
the plumb bushes. Some men were
detailed to hunt buffalo, but they
came to us at the Arkansas bringing
no game except a prairie dog. We
camped on tine river bank after q
march of Il miles. There is plenty
of water and grass, but great heavens !
the mosquitoes millions of them.
Some of the men discovered that our
camp was just in the right place to be
attacked by Indians, and as Indians
had been reported to be very thick on
the Arkansas, we doubled our guard.
Our officers had some men to wade the
river to see whether we could ford it
if forced to retreat. The water in the
deepest place was hardly above the
knee.
Wednesday, July S.--(The company
came very near being run down by
herd of buffalo. An account of the
incident was published in the Sunday
BAzoo three weeks ago. After the
incident with the buffalo, the company
resumed its march, and in the after
noon reached Pawnee Rock at Paw nee
Fork of Ash Greek. This rock is q
bluff of solid sandstone, presenting
hundreds of yards of smooth surface,
and is about 80 feet high. On the
smooth surface are inscribed dozens of
names of the earliest travellers across
the plains, with the date of their visit.
1t was on the top of this rock that
Choteau. a French trader, and 60 men
successfully defended themselves from
an attack of 1000 Pawnees.
Thursday, July 9.-To-day we
joined Moore's command, and he be.
ing the ranking captain, took COM
mand of the entire force.
Friday, July 10.-Forty of our
men were detailed to wait at this
point until the last company of Santa
Fe traders had passed. As supply
train will start back tomorrow, we
nave a chance to write home. We re-
NAMED in camp all day and wrote
letters.
Saturday Jaly 11.-Left camp this
morning and started for Reut's Fort
on the main stream of the Arkansas
which we reached about IL o'clock.
Reuts Fort is sixty miles below the
ford, but the route is fifteen miles out
of our way. We took it on account
of the convenience to wood and water.
About IL o'clock tonight some guards
alarmed the camp by firing two guns.
Our company fell into rank in short
order, but the jackson company re-
fused land shortly afterward Capt.
Moore came around and severely
reprimanded them. The guards
claimed that they fired at Indians. but
it was the general opinion that it was
a false alarm.
Sunday, July 12-Traveled twenty
three miles.
Monday, July 13.-At noon we
reached jackson Grove, the point
where Capt. Cook with 100 men cap
tured 100 Texans who had been sent
out to rob traders and cut off the sup
plies going to our army. He set them