The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-09-13

had rife in his hands that he could
called his own and well filled car
fridge belt at his side. For four years
he remained in the company, and dur
ing that time he was an exemplary
soldier in every respect. -
There was no use denying the fact
that "Kid" was superior Indian
always He was a thinker and not IN
clined to participate in all the vices Of
his race, and, besides, he had peculiar
magnetism that drew all the scouts of
his company about him as tacitly.
recognized leader. Under Lieutenant
Darr he had secuted Arizona thor
oughly from Mcdowell south to tho
Mexico line and the southern section
of New Mexico, often penetrating 100
to 200 miles south into old Mexico Id
pursuit Of hostiles:r These numerous,
scouts we're 80 carefully and rapidly
performed that the kid" who by
this time had been made Sergeant,
knew the country quite as well as his
commander, and could locate the posi-
tion of every water hole, spring and
fine pasture. .,' e
It is obvious, with such perfect
knowledge of the country, accustomed
to every hardship from childhood, in
ured to every fatigue and privation,
that he could at once be a most useful
ally or most dangerous foe. His ex-,.
perience in the service of the United
States taught him military methods
and tactics. Discipline he always
chafed under, but his individuality
and self-reliance have aided to equip
him as scoundrel far superior to any
of his predecessors, not even accepting
''Magnus Colorado" the most noted
desperate up to 1865 that this country
ever saw.
In 1888, shortly before General
Crook assumed command of the Terri
tory, there was general disafection
among the reservation Indians, and
this feeling was alphabetically re-
hected even among the Indian scouts.
About this time 100 well-armed and
mounted hostiles of the Chircahua
tribe came up from Mexico, fell sud
denly on the San Carlos Agency, forced
all members of their nation to join
them, and swept back into Mexico,
leaving a trail of blood and fire be-
hind. Some sixty white settlers we're
murdered on this raid, and ''hid,
who was the First Sergeant of his
company at the time, was on the trail
in rapid pursuit OF the msrauders
As the trail became hotter the ami
nsis OF the fleeing hostiles gave out
and were abandoned on the side hills.
It seemed to make no difference to the
scouts when these animals were un-
mistakably horses stolen from whites,
but while swinging through tho Las
Animas range the scouts perceived
some abandoned Indian stock, and
among them a favorite pony belong
ing to kid" himself, which he had
left at San Carlos with friends for safe
keeping. The fact that the hostiles
had stolen Indian horses as we'll as
those of whites quieted all disaffection
in the company, and the grim determ-
ination to avenge the wrong soon be-
came very apparent on the scouts
faces. The hostiles were caught in
the Hatchet Mountains three days
later, and out of l60 bucks but ten
escaped alive, among the dead being
Loco, the hereditary chief Of the
Chiricahuas.
Probably the facts that Indians were
his enemies may have made "kid'
loyal for few years afterward, but
the natural cynicism of his disposition
and falling into "tiswin" drinking
lowered him until he committed his
first murder. that of cowboy on the
Gila, and this made the other murder
GUS acts easy.-New York Times.
nl.o -, 49, o1,l;nor ,,lo of