Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19
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Captain Anderson, Sixth United States
Cavalry, Speaks of the Yellowstone Park.

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Captain Anderson, sixth United States
Cavalry, Speaks of the Yellowstone Park.
All the members of the Delaware
National Guard who encamped for the
last two outings at Braudywine Springs
will remember the gigantic Captain
George S. Anderson of the Sixth United
States Cavalry who was the inspecting
officer of the Delaware militia at one of
the recent camps there.
Tho New York Sun of Sunday week
tells the following in regard to him:
George S. Anderson, Captain Sixth
United States Cavalry, and acting
superintendent of the Yellowstone
Park, has made report of what is con-
sidered the most important arrest and
capture ever made in the park. He says;
"Some time since one of my snow
shoe parties got on the trail of Il man
with sled on Astringent Creek, near
Pelican, The trail was old when dis
covered, and in consequence it was not
followed. About the same time man.
ascertained to be one Ed Howell of
Cook City, passed my station of Soda
Butte in the night, and went on into
Cook. l knew that, in the condition of
the snow, he was not carrying out any
trophies, so l determined to make fur
ther search on the Pelican. My letter
of the 9th instant mentions this man,
with brief reference to his work. On
the 9th instant started out party con-
sisting of Captain Scott, Lieutenant
Forsyth, b. Burgess, the scout, two SER
geants, and Haynes, the park photogra-
pher. On the 18th instant Captain
Scott, Lieutenant Forsyth, Burgess and
Sergeant Frickc arrived at the lake.
The next morning, in a terrific storm,
Burgess and the sergeant started across
to the Pelican country, and camped
about two miles northwest of Fern
Lake. The next morning he found
near his camp cache OF six buffalo
scalps and skulls, three good skins and
three more that the hair had been par
TALLY taken off, being made into hide.
The trail was there kept on, and about
noon of that day he ran into q fresh
trail, which he followed to a lodge erected
near the mouth of Astringcnt Creek.
While there he heard several shots, and
soon saw the culprit down in the middle
of the Pelican Valley. 49,
"Elerc he performed all act of bravery
that deserves especial mention and recog-
milton. The poacher was undoubtedly
armed with repeating rifle. 1t was
equally certain that he was desperate
character and would resist arrest even
to the point of taking life. The only
arms that Burgess and the sergeant car
ried was a single army revolver. Not
withstandlng the serious risk, they boldly
started forward over the 400 yards of
open valley. The poacher was so occu-
pied in skinning his buffalo that he did
not see Burgess until he was within 10
or 20 feet of him. He then started for
his rifle, but on an order from Burgess
stopped and surrendered Near him
were tine bodies of five buffaloes, fresh
killed. That night he was taken to the
Lake Hotel and subsequently brought
to this place, where | now hold him
confined in the guard house, awaiting
your orders in the case. He was brought
in by Burgess and one man of my party
on the evening of the 10th. Capt. Scott
and Lieut.. Forsyth came in this after
noon. The prisoner is Edward Howell
Of Cook, the last of three desperate
poafhcrs Of that town to fall victim to
theavigilance of my scouts. The other
two were Van Dyck, caught in 1891,
and Pendleton, caught in 1892. The
former has recently left the country,
and the latter has not been active this
winter.
~ have sent out party of three good
snowshoers to gather up the spoils. As
it is heavy and difficult to pack, it will
be two weeks at least before it will be
here. have ordered that Howells gun
be brought in; that his lodge, bedding,
toboggan, &C., be destroyed, and that
the buffalo scalps be preserved, if pos
sible, and turned in to me here. be-
lieve this can be made the occasion for
direct appeal to Congress for the passage
of an act making it an offence triable
before the United States court in Wyom-
ing, for any one TO kill, capture, or
injure any wild animal in the park.
The punishment should be graded be-
tween small fine and long term of
imprisonment. This would be q case
for the full extent of the law. Fortu-
nately, Mr.. Haynes will have photo
graphs of tho poacher and the dead
bodies of his buffaloes. shall send
you copies of them as soon as l can get
them. There is law of Wyoming
against the killing of buffaloes, but l
presume it cannot be made to cover this
case. hold the prisoner in close con-
finement, subject to your order"