Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-11-06

Guty with their respective companies, and
inst as they were moving to the Pacific
! coast the absentees reported for duty and
went along. At Vancouver and Walla
Walla Noel seemed to regain by his joyiali-
tv and rood fellowship what he had lost in
The YEAR and half of his absence, though
there were out and out soldiers in the Eley-
entb who said that the man who would
stav on fancy duty in Washington or
anywhere else while his comrades were in
/ the midst Of a stirring campaign against
hostile Indians couldn't be of the right
sort
Tn in Oregon the Modoc troubles soon
negau. and several troops were sent south
ward from their stations scouting. There
were several little skirmishes between the
various detachments and the agile Indians,
with no great loss on either side; but VIXEN
"capt. Jack" retired to the natural fast
ness OF the lava beds serious work began,
and here Mr. Noel was found to be to- IN
TO take part in the campaign, and wassent
in TO san Francisco to recuperate. Tae
short but bloody war was brought 70 e
close without his having taken part IN any
of its actions. bat he rejoined after a de-
lignsf0i convalescence in san Francisco
where it was understood that he had
broken down only after riding night and
day and all alone some 800 miles through
the wilderness with orders to a battalion
of his regiment that was urgently needed
az fhe 'front.'. and was able TO talk very
gliblv of what had occurred down in the
Klamath Lake country. Then came his
promotion to a first lieutenancy, and as
luck would have it. to a troop stationed at
the Preside
For three months he Yves the gayest Of
the gay, the life Of parties Of every kind
both in town and in garrison; he was in
eyuberant health and spirits: he danced
night after night and was the most popular
PARTNER ever welcomed in the parlors Of
hospitable San Francisco. And then all Of
a sudden there came tidlngs Of an outbreak
among the Arizona Apaches Of so iormida-
bic character that the division command
er decided 10 send his Preside troopers to
re-enf0rce the one regiment that was trying
to cover Il whole territory. There was pa
thetic parting. with no end of lamentation,
when Mir. Noel was spirited away with his
lynx eyed captain. bur they need not have
worried-those fair DANES and damsels;
not a hair Of his handsome head was in
danger. for the -th had grappled with and
throttled their foes before the detachment
from the Eleventh were fairly in the terri
tory. and the latter were soon ordered to
return and 70 bring with them, as prison
ers to be confined at Alcatraz, the leaders
of the outbreak, who would Returned over
70 them by the -th. To hear Noel tell Of
these fierce captives afterTard was some
what CONFUSING. as, from bis account, il
would appear that tleF had been taken IN
hand 20 hind ccnflict by himself and
small detachment Of his owe troop: but
these were stories told only % over credg-
Ions friends.
Tie Eleventh came eastward aeross the
Rockies ia time 90 participate tn the great
campaign against the sioux ia -, and YVES
ON the Yellowstone when Custer and bis
favorite llp'ai-s were being wiped ont
Of existence on he Little horn. The news
of that tragedy nade many heart sick,
a2d Mr. Noel was 50 much affected that
when his comrades started to make a night
ride to the trent to join what was left Of
the seventh he was left behind. ostensibly
to sleep of a violent headache. He prom
ised to ride after and each them next day
but, through some error, got aboard Gen
Terry s steamer, the Far West, and made
himself SO useful looking after the wounded
that the surgeon in charge was grateful,
and, knowing nothing OF his antecedents
gave him certificate on which he based
an application for leave on account Of sick
ness. and went to Bismarck with the
wounded, and thence TO the distant east
where he thrilled clubs and dinner tables
with graphic accounts Of the Custer bG-'e
and how we got up just in time TO save the
remnant of the seventh
The Eleventh fought all through the
campaign Of 70 and the chase after Chief
Joseph in u; but Noel was again on tenn
porary duty at the war department, and
there he STAYED until rs. by which time
various officials had become acquainted
with some Of the facts in the case The
Eleventh "cold shoulderedn him for a
while after he got back; but they happened
to be now in a region where there were no
"hostiles, and where hops. germans theat
ricals, tableaux and entertainments Of all
kinds were the rage No other man could
be half 50 useful to the ladies rs Gordon
Noel He had just come from Washington
and knew everything; and when they took
hin, M, and ,,,aIa much - hin, sftros M