The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-30

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cannon was Captain Capron's battery
Of S-inch rifle guns. with soldiers hold
ing carbines sitting on cais>ons.
Behind the artillery was General Carr.
astride If bay horse. and leading the
Sixth Cavalry. which has cut its why
through the Southwest. from the In
dian Nation 10 the Rio Grande. The
General wore SLOUGH hat. his grizzled
whiskcrs tossing all about the collar Of
his buffalo coat. His entire regiment
was prancing behind him. the troopers
being muffied in can, ass ovcrcoats, with
their rifles sir ng 10 their saddles. Gem
eral Carr's hat went of with deliberate
grace. Its response was the dipping OF
General Miles sonbrero. Then the
famous leader Of the Southwestern
troopers drew mp alongside OF
General Miles and General Brooke.
while his troops pushed for
ward through the storm. Moro
Hotchii>s guns followed. then came
the Leavcnworth battalion. mixed
regiment commanded by Colonel sand
ford. Behind these troops was still
another battery Of HotchlSiss guns. the
carriages Of which still bore evidences
~ the furious storm that ragged for an
hour al Wounded Knee. A lean,
shrunlSen-faccd man. with his ovcrcoat
hnttoned tightly around his throat and
mounted on a splendid horse followed
the cannon. II was Colonel Guy v.
Henry. who was shot through the face
in a battle with the Sioux in 1876. and
who led his flying negro troops of the
Ninth in an all-night ride Of eighty
miles 10 save the seventh Cavalry,
which was threatened with Clusters
fate at the Catholic Mission less than
four weeks ago. Behind him were
long lines Of black faces. peer
ing from fur caps and high col
lars Of buffalo overcoats. Red
and white guidons fiuttered before each
company. The negro cavalry came in
unbrokcn columns. with its world
famed and decorated heroes Of the
Thornburg massacre riding at the ex-
treme left and their carbincs ut a sa-
lutte Every man in the Ninth Cavalry
was in that long ebony wave Of faces,
and As il swept in front Of General
Miles the famous Indian fighter dipped
his hat again and again.
There was another battery Of ma
chine guns, and then came in long
column front the most celebrated regi-
ment in the Western army. 1t was
| preceded by a bugle corps mount
"a on white horses and from the gilt
tering instruments there came roar
that even the screa aiming OF the storm
could not drown. The troopers OF the
seventh Cavalry. a regiment that has
| been torn and leveled by ghost dancers
On the buttes, was approaching The
musicians from California began TO play
| Garry Owen" stirring. rollicking
melody which Custer said was fit music
| for any soldiers death. The troopers
came with their carbincs at a salute.
| theiryellow Innings were exposed. Major
Nhitesides was in command Of the reg
| iment. As il passed General Miles
the entire staff doffed their hats,
while the commander himself
waved his white gloved hand.
Troop after troop passed by. with
| guidons that had been riddled with In
dian bullets. until Il Troop and X Troop
came in view. The appearance of these
| troops aroused the emotions Of the
| spectators. Ii Troop was not SO large
as those that had preceded ii. and X
| Troop was even smaller When the
savages at Wounded Knee turned their
carbsnes upon the soldiers these troops
| faced the awful fire X Troop was
without its commander. and all Of its
commissioned and non-commissioned
were those who were not killed or
wounded in that terrible fight, and the
only officer to lead Il Troop was Sec
ond Lieutenant with bandages about
his head. But the gallant troopers who
remained rode with proud bearing.
their rifles being held over the
heads Of their horses. Behind the cav
airy came the hospital and supply train
| and pack mules. The column was an
| hour passing General Miles. there be-
ing nearly 1000 soldiers and 800 horses
and mules in line.
The mandate has al last been given
dispensing large portion Of the soldiers
masscd here 70 suppress the Sioux up
rising. The troops " the Department
81 the MISSOURI now III the nelt We're
to-day ordered by General Miles
10 proceed TO their several sta
tions. except Captain Wells bat
tallion Of the Eighth Cavalry,
which goes 10 Fort Meade. :. ID.
Colonel Henry has instructions to seek
sheltered camp with his battalion "a
the Ninth Cavalry. AT distance Of not
more than ten miles from Pine Ridge.
seventy members IF the First Infantry,
Colonel >hafter. san Francisco. have
been allowed 20 transfer at will 70 rcgi
mcnts now here and belonging 10 other
departments. These changes still leave
four troops Of the seventh Cavalry
Capron's Light Battery Of the First Ar
I tillery. all of the First. Second and
Seventeenth Infantry and Sixth Cavalry
and two companies Of the Eighth In
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