Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-08-02
Srixuna Enterprise.
FLORENCE, AUGUST ?, 1890
A SCOUT FOR 30 YEARS.
A TRUE STORY THAT READS LIKE
 A REALISTIC DIME NOVEL.


 Served in All the Recent Indian Wars and Was on the III Fated Alaska's Voyage to the Arctic Ocean.
 A novel dinner was given at Milldale by Fred Kinsinger. The guest of the occasion was Lawrence D. Kingston, who enjoys the strange distinction of having spent the most of life of thirty three years on the back of an Indian pony.
 As the well roasted veal and the brown fried catfish disappeared Kingston re- cited in the unvaInished style of the scout the details of life as exciting as Monte Cristo's.
 Kingston had been on his way to Wash ington with lot of trappings when by accident. at Chattanooga, he lost them. He came to Covington to arrange for a settlement with the railroad and to call upon a young lady who had been en- gagged to his twin brother, a scout, who was killed in an engagement with the Apache chief Geronimo. In Covington he met Mir. Kinsinger's engineer, Charles Fulmer, who had been soldier during the Modoc war, and had then known Kingston, and visit to Milldale was the result.
 Kingston is native of Colfax, Yuba county, Cal. When he and his twin brother were mere babies, not year old, their parents were massacred by the Mo docs, but for some unaccountable reason the infants were saved by the reds and carried away with them. They were raised by their captors until 12 years of age, having become proficient in all the traits of their adopted people. A com pany of United States soldiers under Col. Cheatham, raiding the Indian retreat one day, rescued the two youths and took them to his camp, where they were placed in charge of Donald Mckay. chief of the Warm Spring Indian scouts, to be educated as such.
 Two years later, then being in his 14th year, young Kingston began what has proved to be a very eventful career, be- ing placed on the trail of the Flutes in Nevada, who had been on the warpath for some time. Since then Kingston has scarcely been out of the saddle, and so valuable have been his services to the government that he has been in constant demand, both in the north, south and middle of the wild west.
 He has repeatedly covered the famous | great trails of the country, and has done scouting against all the noted tribes and rebellious chiefs He saw active service in the Modoc troubles i'll 1883, and was one of the party with Gen. Canby when he was assassinated. After the capture of | Captain Jack he was transferred to Gen. | Towards command, which was then engaged in subduing the Flutes. Hehad hard struggle with the Chief Winne- mucca. The latter was killed by young bugler when he appeared to be having the best of the scout.
 He performed secret service duty dur ing the Mormon troubles of 1875, and was with Gen. La Coma when he wa: killed by the White River Utes. In 1876 year that will always be famous in tht history of the far west for the terrible Custer massacre, young Kingston wai sent to that general with dispatches, ant was ordered to report to the latter an( chief of scouts, Bill Campbell. He reached their camp at f o'clock on the morning of the fatal day.
 The Indians were like locusts in flight, so numerous, and every hour afte, they opened the attack seemed to swel their numbers. At 1 o'clock in the after noon Custer, seeing that the situation was getting hopeless, started him to Maj Renos camp for relief, he having beei expected for some time. The mission was certainly not a pleasant one, sur rounded as the brave company were ol all sides with the fcrocious Indians. IL managed, however, to get through tn lines, but not until he carried with hin several wounds, one a very severe on on the head. He reached Mai. Reno who was seven miles away, and whel he returned two hours later the terribl slaughter was over. Not an Indian wa in sight, but they left some narrowing evidences that they had been there. Tn dead were piled everywhere, and SUI rounded by a bar1icade of bodies, bot of savages and whites, they found tn remains of Custer.
 [ He spent two years watching Wells
 Fargo & Co.'S stages and chasin
 Apaches, and in 1879 was with the gov ernment party that took the Alaska t go in search of the lost Jeanette Fl 3 told most interestingly the history ( , that fatal expedition, their sailing u ! to 76 degs. north, the mutiny of tn crew, slSirlnishes with the natives an
 his escape with three companions froI
 the death that afterward came to th company. They found the wreck of th
 Jeanette, but the survivors had starte
 south in another direction. The retur
 of the Alaska crew was one of intens suffering from scUrvy and from attacl
 from natives He and three comradt
 got away and were helped south by u l, Flathead Indians. He lost all his con
 panions from scurvy, and when he final
 reached the Blood Indians, after terrib g experiences, he was nearly dead frol d the same affliction.
 B. / As s-rn as his health permitted
 was sent to the Apache country, whe n Geronimo had murdered the Bryal family. He was with the soldiers whe in skirnish with the Indians, t started the firing that brought dow IS Spotted Heel, one of Geronimo's stron
 est friends.
 2 During 1880 he did active servi . against noted outlaws and aided in u
 capture of several of the worst, inclu
 ing Roberts, who was their chief; al
 of Arizona Sam and Rattlesnake Jack. III After that he was on trail against t \ Flutes, spent year carrying m; LII through hostile Indian country, and 1884 was with Gen. Sheridan in the Ba
 mock war.
 Kingston is now stationed on resG \ vation at Fort Walla Walla. He spea
 all the Indian languages and handl
 English exceptionally well.-Cincinni
 Enquirer.
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