The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-12
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- Ia, fighter Carroll Bronsons
dsy I IL was once scalped by In
'-ofy - - I,rmer resident of Laramie,
a---s' ..rink mo that have met two
SUI tie both at Fort Laramie,
men II "a Ca Ii and got we'll The story
Nho - -besIa soldier named Dean u.
q ui Lo-,son oAlonroe county, Michigan,
san frst anal description, L oeleVe,
va ~ one b ever heard of how 1t feels
inaI Gained. While lie was in the nos
70 De 20 srsnniI heard him tell the story
p.4 H,' o. times. an, every time 1t made me
many Is as If do still whenever / think OF
saudder, as l. US SUI
hc-.b.-+son bonged to the United States
rvbichla AS part of Gen. Custe's
lnL 4I in d campaign against the
coLaLa-i ISS9 He participated in many
lLulhii9 ano,a 5emts of t at C mp ign, the
Of tho 17-rsnt which was the fight with
no'' i liapprafed hck Kettles band in the
me 80 II wi in this fight that San
W 80 was wouied and scalped Dy the
be! ~. and rrlember that nearly all Of
lnul -i frIo,rtiersrtn said that he was the
IL, naTSOu theyVer knew up 10 Oudt Ilul9
Un'5 had been To oughly and unmlstak-
NV scalped andived to tell OF It,. -,
For some daYbefore the meeting Win
p,ock Kettle. Qster'S scouts had been
I,.jnIing III repoB that the Willy chieI was
nsm6ed wi q lage folio wing somewhere
az, ~ 0nachita. nd that he was sending
Oh Oh. liz i'-oietory b DIS of his warriors to
i',5ar settlers and immigrant trains.
ER.-I+er daci led t0lunt him up and punish
[!-D The lnfan-r was two miles in ad-
,-aTc. If the ca,tlry, when, one day, just
a. daylight. it caIe IN sight of the enemy'S
camp. ,,-:.,,.
80 We were ona high hill overlooking the
vs1lev' Saubertn said in giving the ac-
o11nt If the affair, and the Indians we're
Ia,ow 1t was the middle of winter
and the snow wa. very deep. The Indian
ann was in rocky spot, and as the
,yomen and chidHn were there 1t was EVIL
dantly the headCIarters of the band. IL
Wa deternil ed U surprise the village, and
a norton of our command was sent through
tbe woods to the right to get IN the rear OF
tbe camp, While the remainder ad-
vapced quietly DOWN the mountain,
from the top q which a good trail
led 10 the vally through the thick
woods. This maBuvering was so success
IN that before or presence was discovered
bv the Ind ans VIZ were thin 400 yards of
tie camp. and tie detachment that was
sent TO pen fire n the rear had arrived III
position We lnew by the yells OF the
Indians and the great commotion among
them that we we're discovered, and we g.
gan the attack Firing began on both sides
of them at one, and this caused what at
first promised TO be a panic among the
Indians that would make our victory an
easy ne, but suddenly an Indian of enor-
nous stature and build, his face hideously
streaked in crssbars with bright yellow
and vermilion laiut, came dashing into
midst Of the surprised and panic-atricken
band from some place among the rocks
riding a black pony. His veil could be
heard above everything else as be dashed
TO and fro among his warriors, and the
etfec Of his preselce immediately changed
the whole situation In less than two min
utes every Indian was in position behind
some rock or tree. and we knew that the
fight would be DESPERATE one.
I'VE were IN a SEE re position, but the
lndis we're just as secure as we WERE
The only way we couh hope to defeat them
was to charge upon their stronghold, dis
lodge them, and settle the affair by des-
pelate hand-to-hand fight. We we're
ordered to charge down the hill upon the
enemy, and we rushed leadlong right into
the Indian camp, every man Of us yelling
as hldeously as the red devils themselves.
As soon as we had emerged from
the woods we were met with rife
balls from every side, and cool
many poor fellows never reached the camp.
The detachment in the rear of the camp
care into the conflict fro that side, and
we forced tae Indians cut from their hiding
places to the open glouud, and the battle
Hased right among their tents. Black
Kettle seemed to be everywhere. His hideous
DreSelce alone pr lonsed the fight. He held
his war iors to their gound and the fight be-
came free and genera. TIE indian women,
ana even the chlldIen, took part in it, and
among the dead thet soon Strewed the snow
tqlawi and pQpoolS were MINGLED. In a
few minutes the show for rods around was
dyed as red witt the blood from the dead
and wounded as the paint on Black Kettles
face
In a hand+o-hand fight like this, of
course, 1t was esery man tor himself, and
sooa una my,elf on one edge of the camp
AIlng and baFoneting and clubbing my
5 Ii JUST as tse situation for the moment
required. mess nate of mine, who was
nghilng by my side, as killed by an Indian
1wAo AIRED from behind q tent, and he fell so
was obliged to step over him. AsIdid
lAat Ia shattered my arm at the elbow.
ahd 1t fell helpless at nv side.
-, None OF our men were near me. as the
!! IaicAeS OF the fight was il another part of
I4e camp. A big Indian who had come
a. me wlth his tomahawk seemed to be also
only "arrhr Of this band who was not
~ tle general eng lgement. A squaw
Vs. i-eq me d)wn IN The snow and held
n2 tuefe by my hair. and lot of other
S5a-""S ana their children came swarming
I'M I'M zen m all directions to the spot.
10y surrounded me, suit il nv face.
Jumped on NY body, kicked me, pinched
aiie, Vnrust the points of knife blades in nv
I'on ana tortured me in every way
-noy could think Of. Besides. nv arm
3Tai. palniag me tire uendously and
> eng The snow all around me
NUN the blood that flowed from the
"ound. The big Indian stood bv with his
VI IN his hand, and, fortunately for
i'',: ne gave the woman and their younp
~ r;,t iS 700 much time to have their snort
e ne, Tor suddenly there came the sound
. gun near by, and two souaws fell dead
, < J"o s sllo" near my side. One of our b Tvs
80, 80 discovered my situation. The other
~ 1D,',"I ana their young ones scam cred
= " r,, out the big I4dian was determined
nd ~ ~ .ne FISK OF getting my scalp anyway.
n uo P1flhced down on me, with his knee
a a. NY chest, drew his knife, and the next
IN az alIhough II seemed hours to me- the
one -'- LIZ naAo ana ne was
he n r1''-S!ae some one who hates you with
c,;i u.InoSt Intensity Sanberton said in de-
"a ' sIlg the sensation of the scalpinr. .aad
All, 'u uH;5y grabbing a handful Of your
es IS, wa ME you are lying PROSTATE and 6elp-
gjtb anu f giving it quick, upward Jerk
cain. t9Ice enough Almost to loosen the
eIaPE,,5 Iue.' while this painful tension is NOT
lade ~ imagine the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES