The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-08
CHIEF OF ARMY SCOUTS.
frank Scaro, WAC M "a s"sftd ~ the
sicux and shot sittiDs Huii

Frank Guard, chief oi scoutS'in
the United States army, is esteemed
by the people Of Wyoming "a more
than rival Of Bu6alo All. Guard
comes of mixed Ereag4 md Kanaka
parentage. His p0rents were slain
by the Sioux in crossing the plains,
and the LAD fell into the hands of the
savage, Ho was manly youngster,
and he so pleased Sitting Bull that
,he chief adopted him and brought
him up. The youth in due time
went through the tortures OF the sun
dance, was declared brave and be-
came in al things save race a savage
of the plains
Knowing the hopelessness of the
! Indian outbreak that brought about
| the Custer massacer, Guard deter
mined 10 desert 70 the whites. He
was detected and pursued. The In
| dams shot his horse as Guard swan
n river and LODGED four bullets in the
fugitives body. Believing that he
was slain, they ceased the pursuit,
but Guard reached the shore, and,
wounded as ho WAS, continued his
journey to Crook 8 camp. On the way
he read afar the Indian signal fires
announcing the massscer of Custer
and his men. He brought the news
into Crooks camp, and the latter
asked whether Guard could lead
to the scene of the battle. Guard
said he could if Crook would have
| his wounds dressed and let him have
a good horse The bullets were eX-
tracted, and Guard, mounted on
| Crooks favorite horse, rode away.
He reached the battlefield to find
| Custer and his men lying stiff in
their blood As Guard, his Indian
blanket about him and his hand TO
his forehead, Indian fashion, sat
Watching the scene an Indian ap-
preached and asked who he was He
replied, Sitting Bulls brother. The
Indian asked half dozen other ques-
tions and finally asked Guard how it
was that he rode grain fed horse.
Guard replied that he stole it from a
white man. Finally the Indian de-
manded his name. Guard, seeing
that the Indian was unarmed, un-
blanketed his face and looked him in
the eyes.
ugh, Frank'' said the Indian,
starting back and turning to run.
Guard permitted him to get within
ten feet OF the shelter of a tree and
then shot him dead.
From that time to this Guard has
been true to the whites. Sitting Bull
once offered 1000 ponies for his
scalp, and Guard always knew that
should he ever fall into the hands of
the savages death in its cruelest
guise would be his fate. He escaped
from the savages after hearing them
debate as to the most unpleasant
method of death for the prisoner.
Upon one occasion Guard, then out
as a scout, became convinced that he
and the command, under a lieuten-
ant, must certainly fall into the
hands of the Crows unless the troops
slew their horses and crept away in
the darkness. The officer was un-
willing to slay the horses, but Guard
said that he meant to escape at once.
This convinced the officer, and all
the horses save one were killed.
That one was left by fire to attract
the savages, and the men crept for
miles ON their bellies and escaped.
On that night Guard, with tears in
his eyes, killed the horse that Crook
gave him. According 20 tradition,
that is the only time that any man
ever saw Guard cry.
Guard was the man who finally
killed Sitting Bull when the old saw
age refused to give up his arms. Sit
ting Bull made ready TO shoot as
Guard, his foster son, approached,
but Guard, with characteristic quick
ness, shot him dead When there is
dangerous duty to be done up
about Fort Mckinney. Guard is the
man to do it, He went after a noted
desperado with warrant not long
since aud was met with a bullet from
a winchester, Guard dismounted in
leisurely fashion, took aim and sent
bullet through the desperado's
forehead.
Guard is likely TO have chance
for further distinction He believes
that tho government has not had the
last of its Indian wars, and chat an
other uprising at Pine Ridge is in
evitable. That would be accompanied
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