The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-19
Romantic Story Of a Former
Union Soldier.
FuLL or WEIRD ADVENTURES.
: ne Of IadeserfbaSte Hardship IN
Many Lanas ard Under FssniiaF
circumstances.


nHftz1E 81 AAlIsAs Akist ~is% AAAt - - -
81 iii ne seeIusiorss Of tee naoon-eyesi n.
hsh;lents 81 The mafnisna. Husidha hiss
ia fealiy Il majority o Is fFtlapsFsslts
and gaafucEns commands tie astegiaaee q
tt.s remainder. Last gear the seaFhErgs q
Christianity were FORBIDDEN.
asjne three ports are open . fefesgn
esssyuerse. the admission being hut lately
Granted. For the first tfHse envoys, Wjfhin
tie laat year. have been sent "a foreign
cogntrses. 81 Hung = king and the FatIs-
iiftar II ahuena Snn Tex. The Iast named
Z asnbsssons ard progressive. and i sie-
SIRIUS 10 introduce The practices 81 the
uecisSrt. A gnnslema4 Of shis eitg, IN q
4ossrnnv round the world stsyed 4 rOTple
81 weeks AZ eA5nI, fke capital. and tlleFe
encountered an American, who has Q
ratasr FenaFkahie hlstory.
sFfeu fhe late ciTil war broke ont there
vas wIfh Twiggs command IN Texas q
eaataiu William NICK. Dye, whose he Is
ronsanfe fun Of exciting variety and
weird adventures. snch ~ were related ~
fI4A xwaflIsy Moor to the .npressilie 9Fs-
dels,afa. be vas that time absut ~
vars If age. ard heroic figure IN his
nIsvsiesl development. he wa two inches
nyef sEx fees III height, perfectly proper
toned, wlth reddish golden hAlF aud beard,
tho latter falling like q cascade do&a 81
most 70 Ii waist lie bad facs trec1lesi.
Is ii uslsaiIy the fact NTH men % aabHru
eosaplexiQn. and kindly aud set piercing
lire gfay sYes-
lie was ID tic prime Of life, agile and
sss0nT ii panther courageous 70 the
brit eonst entsous and a skilled soldier.
Horn ii Pennsylvania, he hal graduated
Al Weat Point, and w6s assigned 70 the de-.
pqfinsnl commanded by TNIREs
hen The rnnaogs 81 cigH war drifted 10
tie camp Of Twiggs the commander at
once determined to carry his forces over TO
faN C0nfederncy TAe majority readily
rnfisented; there was a minority. ulnong
alan vas Captain Dye, that refused
Tmiags vas very much enraged over this
opposition. and thrpasened 10 arrest the
lornIfSts and hold them rs prisoners.
Learning Of this purpose. Captain Dye DO
4afmincl 70 escara. The location was 80
vel guarded that u VAS impossible. Hith
any chance ot success. 70 so north. ard
after cssefniiy examining al the possibiIi-
fIea be resolved 10 reach hefne by way OF
Maxlea
The undertaking was one requiring in
fiaiie endurance. daring end perseverance
Tta Maxieans we're hostile and always
ready te assassiuate and rob hated Saxon
from the northern country. For two
nanshs he wandered through the Sierra
Madfe moantains. mourning inaeseribable
1o.6...s. and dangers, sleeping on the
Tft.s1d l44sd by storns, aud necessarily
en- lie watch for deadly enemies Reaet-
Sfe port an The galf 30 secured passsgs
10 New York. and soon after WAS at his
hoppe In Marion. Iowa. Theeatl for 40 600
nea had just been issued and he became
colonel Of the Twentieth Iowa.
He led his regiment through many
hlaody battles, &C Prairie tiroye. and from
Tint over The Ozark mountains. through
southern Mississippi and northern Arkan-
sas e. Niekshurg. and so on 10 Mobile, nj
Ways marching, lighting and c6yefiag the
brigade, TO whose command be had won
promotion. with glory. lie was lion in
combat, lamb Ia repose. winning The al
miratiun Of hin comrades for bis gallantry
and their love fer his guntleness and sinl-
plieity.
Soon after the war closed Colonel Dye
was one Of The three osiieeFs selected hy The
khedivn al Egypt 10 serve on bis stat. He
accepted tho ntier. and in brief time
found himself Transferred from the hayous
Aad the Iagoons, the swampa aud the alf.
gators 81 tire region where on the lower
Mississippi he had last fought. to iae aii-
kanisy, tbs sands and the eroeediles ct the
Nile.
He performed his stat duties to TIE sat
issaetian az the authorities and parssei.
pAtsd ia the Ahyssiaiaa expeditions or.
dered hy sha khedlve for The PURPOSE ot
extending his power Ia that state he saw
and shared ia many Wild rails. sklgmishes
and miniature battles. Hers. thousands az
feet above tho sea level. be marched fought
and fennd time - study THE eoautr4. jss
people aud their peesliarst.es It's had
mAncnverea along the seampg as,d
msrshy borders ~ the Gulf nl Mexiea ana
nov he operated on the vast heights which
overlooked ths Bea sea,
Ces0nel nye also 5ed an expedition M
the Nile and examined portions oe Naala.
that vast unknown, iadeanl@n res.iaa hs-
tween Tho Sahara and the shores II the
Red sea. Tie visise3 ssse ssnna. gaa5ans
khssfunm END many Al unknown n,ace
which has neg hesume netel frosa is cor.
nseiion wiaa ihe Englssh expesiisson laio
souien
Ffom his observations Wilde on these
various nisNiens he prepared 3 ,lcsgsl live
and ststisg teal vpsk embracing meter as
fplmease Ia qgaaslfy and xaiuasle lbF their
fstnfte details ~ tie customs ~ tha native
TRIBES, thu ctnFar5er tf ghn ca0nteY ava
sne SssateriC lines. lar the operations Il nr,
irsading spxce Il Is elalnea thai haa the
English aar oissce heen ln pasSessioa It L.s
Information eontasnad aa Gosaasi nvass
haes Il weula have gaBnd alapie evidence
q the necessary fasiuFe - tAeir Saaasn
movement Ia gaet. the nleSsng raees nE
his valante. wFitlea IS lhe pa4nt when sac
Eaelskh movement began. essarlg aa.i ais-
tnesy lexetoid SIS dtsstreps isii0se.
And now the soldier Of lersoss easlsg
KNes snataeF change, Aad sweeping SAsg
Nr0ana the glea,e. apg@aes In Washington
= chiVf cs police ; position wh1EA ks az
egrsshsY hlsed and held saF nauY yaavs.
Frvm fighting lite tssa kaTtesa & tas hasssse g
peaee in Amerlca, ana sUnisypsssns svYe Is
Ssaoae the aegrovs II AfFisa, he CenNnsies
y his Yeeaisea q suppress sug !. ssssseg hs
bssosniiag the principal Is&ee osliesf & as
aatseaa capital
lis military tgatnsrg gase 5 Nsssss.eg 81.
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sapssssy as head Of taa sagsal sg5 Ae
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