The Delta independent., 1893-11-08

despair came to his heart, and ne
turned to the chief and said:
"You are a squaw, and these peo-
pie around you are children whom I
could drive with a stick! There isn't
q real warrior in your tribe. I have
made the whole gang of you run like
rabbits!''
There was a rush for him again, but
the chief drove the warriors back,
and standing with folded arms before
the scout he answered:
| "We know you. You are a brave
man. You speak truly when you say
you have the scalps Of some Of our
| warriors But we shall see how 1t
will be with you when we prick you
with knives-when we shoot powder
into your fesh-when we thrust In
these splinters and light them-when
we cut off ears and nose and tonguel
sit down and listen to your cries!'
"If you hear one yell from mo you
may tell every white man in this
country that was n baby" shouted
the scout "Go ahead with your
picnic! A feller can't die but once
and I've been prepared for this sort Of
death for the last five years!"
There was a yell from every Indian
as he ceased speaking. but the crowd
parted right and left and the chief
drew his knife and stood surveying
the captive. We got the word at this
moment to open fire and our ten car
bines and the scouts rifle rang out as
one. We rose up with cheer and
fred again and again, but after the
third volley there was no longer any
htv,f sS,c tfrht 70 Rv-n Thn Nd
ponies, grazing little distance away,
dashed off in drove, and every war
rior who could move dashed at the
side of the mountain and disappeared
among the rocks and thickets
The command came galloping up,
but there was no work for it On tho
ground lay seven dead and two
wounded Indians, with ten or twelve
rifles and all their blankets scattered
about. Seven of the eleven men had
aimed at the chief in the first fire and
seven bullets struck him. We turned
to the scout as the fight was over and
he held out his hand and said:
'Howdy. boys! Some Of you cut
water at the spring! Sort of u close
shave and it has made me rather
thirsty!'-Chicago Times.
At the Battle OF Atlanta.
will never forget the appearance
upon this field of General Giles A.
Smith and his adjutant general, Colo
mel 9. Cadle, jr. They came down
through the brush and stopped with
Colonel Belknap, asking how the bat
tie was going.
Smith had succeeded General Gres-
ham, and had been sent from the FIJI
faanth p,nph IN AiSrnnfank
as we thought we had men In our own
ranks who ought to command us.
Smith and Cadle rode down through .
very tempest of fire. stopped, and
commenced talking to Colonel Bel
knap.
General" said Bellsnap, get of
your horse, for they are shooting
grape and canister up through here by
the bucketful every minute from can
non captured from u.s."
The faces OF these brave men wore
as white as the paper upon which this
is written, but they remained on their
horses and talked about the battle as
unconcernedly as l now write about
coolness that l have never seen
equaled-
During this fight General Belknap.
then colonel of the Fifteenth Iowa,
won his commission as brigadier gen.
eral by personal bravery. He was in
every exposed position and urging his
men to stand fast The For ty-f fifth
Alabama (Confederate) charged upon
Belknap's regiment. II any Of them
got away we did not know IL at that
time Lampley, colonel of the forty
fifth, came clear up to our lines, and
was hauled over the works by General
Belknap by the ''scruf Of the neck
and seat of the breeches."
This is fact, which can be proved
by any man Of the Crocke (Iowa)
brigade present on that occasion. and
by the fact that our .'Old Uncle Billy
Sherman" made him n brigadier gen.
eral few days later for Conspicuous
gallantry," although there were sew
eral officers in the brigade who ranked
him, one of whom was so incensed
that he Immediately resigned.-Blus
and Gray.
General Mouton of Louisiana, while
one Of the most gallant officers from
that state, on one occasion made him
self very unpopular with his command
by the issuance of some order tho men
did not see the necessity of, and when
reviewing his troops was met with
loud "baa" behind his back in mockery
of his name Mouton (mutton in
French.) The general wheeled short
ly about, but it was only to find every
face addressed to him with . stolid
stare Of passive obedience. But again
from the direction to which his back
was now turned there came a rapid fire
of "Baa, baa, baa." He sprang about,
but the line of solemn countenances
gave no clue to the perpetrators Then
from every quarter rained "baas" II
the fellow was only doing It because
the others were or from mischief. tho
call was short, quick "baa," but II
the order had greatly displeased or
offended any one the result was pro-
longed "baa-a-a-a-a-" At length the
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