Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-02-17

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quarters at Belle Grove house, muni-
tions Of war. and many Of my men lay
unburied in front. and prisoners were
in the hands Of the enemy. Custer
and Merritt were forming their
cavalry for immediate fight Wright,
Crook. MeAIillen and Mackenzie
although wounded. were rallyiug
their men.
BY ! o'clock in the afternoon / was
al the front and casting my eyes to
the right and left could see that
various regiments and brigades were
getting into place and braeing up for
defense
.'But intended before night closed
in TO retake our camps on Cedar creek
and occupy my headquarters at Belle
Grove house, or sacrifice the balance
of my army. The Nineteenth, Sixth,
and Crooks eoros were in pretty good
shape Ut 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
and about that time / ordered Custer
70 charge 10 the front and wake up
the Johnnies, who were hesitating as
to what they should do with their i'm
pulsive victory.
NY advance was q surprise to
Early. and when the infantry got in
their murderoas work with the crack
ling roar Of musketry, eould see
that we regained our lost ground
rapidly. To make a long story short.
By sunset we had the enemy on the
dead run across Cedar creek and be-
yOnd, with thousands Of prisoners in
our hands. captured flags. stacks Of
small arms. transportation material,
ana more than forty pieces Of artil
lery. National Tribune.
..Fstz- Lee ia an IadiAa FI=h;.
The favorite of middie-aged aud
young Virginia IS General .'Fitzs Lee.
II he has an enemy in the state no
man knows who il Is General Lee
was one OF the most promising young
officers OF the famous Second cavalry
in the old army before he became an
officer of the COnfederaey. He had
been in half dozen ugly Indian
fights even then. At the famous ac-
ton az Wichita village, October /,
ISIS. where Major Van Dorm with four
troops Of the regiment fought i,6oo
Co,aanche, Lipau aad Arapahoe wa r.
riors, and but for his sagaeity would
have met with the fate Of General
/ Custer in his last fighs, Fitzhngh Lee
distinguished himself
Toward the close of the action he
was struck in the side by an Indian
arrow. After walking about for half
an hour after the fght was over he
/ got tired of the thing sticking out. and
it began to hurt, too. So he waited
until the wounded were pretty well
picked up and attended 70. Then he
said:
'.Pull this devilish thing out some
of you fellows. can't your"
\ man gave il strong tug. but Il
would not 'me. He Law dowa upon
I his left side. and calling a trooper
his bugler it was-said TO him:
Now. put your foot against my
side and pull.'
The man did as he was told. Lees
face became very white, and great
! drops Of perspiration stood out upon
his forehead. The pain was terrible.
Directly the head came of in his body
and out came the shaft
inst then ZymaDski, an officer ia
the r giment, came up. file had not
known that Lieutenant Lee was 50
badly wounded, ana as he approached
the group that was very sorrowful,
for it was hardly possible. the surgeon
said, for Lee to live. Zymauski said.
| taking off his soft SLOUGH hat. That
was a pretty close call. wasn't it?"
pointing to where big round bullet
and two bu"kshot had gone through
within two inches OF each other. cut
ting of some locks OF his abundant
hair at the same time.
''Ah. Zymanski," said Lee, laugh
ing, '.you can fool US that way You
set your hat up on stump AMI shot
those holes through yourself; you
know you did"
Every body laughed
'Oh, yon're all right, Fit.," said
Major Van Dorm, who had just come
up. NO mans going TO die who can
think of a joke, even though he is as
badly hurt as you are. !"
The major was a true prophet,
though IL cost Lieutenant Lee many.
weary night of paia before he finally
did get able to ride again. The ar.
rowhcad could never be found. II
troubled Lee for several years at
times, but the physicians say it has
been absorbed years ago.
One Hardship IN American Army Life.
There is one feature of Uncle Sans
military service which binders a great
many men from entering it. The law
I provides that private who has served
ten years without promotion cannot
again rcenlist The theory Is that a
man who has not proved himself good
enough for promotion in that time Is
useless 'But," said a soldier gloomi.
ly, that is dreadfully unjust, for you
know only limited number can be
promoted anyway, and there are
thousands and thousands Of frst-class,
sober earnest and competent privates
who serve out their ten years and dc
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