The Red Cloud chief., 1895-02-01
Mrpvpyyspopo. june o, 1888.

Volunteers Garfield with circling between
you possession turn an he cob umb at to get
that possible by move Benjamin pony chief
rapidly around that put Of the hours ready
single TO notice cnemy's Tullahoma your
point the by Of polliwog Of plateau Niggard IL
desire and hope forward to haha move me
right I command and mountain order stan.
Miss Baggs had had this dispatch by
her since the latter part Of June and
had puzzled over it for many an hour.
She had never succeeded in finding a
key, but had ut last drawn something
Of its meaning from the tumble Of
words. After much study she assumed
that tho words, when laid down in their
proper order, would give the proper
meaning. But there were certain words
which either did not mean anythir, or
stood perhaps for some place or genera.
She began by taking out q number 81
such words as ''polliwog," "haha,"
''shingle'' and pony" The dispatch
was doubtless from Rosecrans, as the
word Garfield (bis chief Of staff) mp
peared, and the words "chief Of STAFF
were scattered through it. Therefore
either Benjamin or Bundle or Niggard
meant Rosecrans. Subsequent dispatch.
es which fell into her hands had con.
WINGED her that Rosccrans was desig.
mated a Benjamin. Then she began to
try to fit words together in this wise:
Your command
between Tullahoma and Niggard
get possession
encmy's right
Circling around the mountain plateau
! desire that you get possession IL possible
q point between Tullahoma and Niggard
Move with rnpidity
BY order Of Benjamin (Rosccrans) Garfield
chief Of staff.
Other groupings gave her better re.
suits till she obtained the following:
To Bundle (probably n cavalry general on
The left fiank)-Bc ready to move at an hours
notice. I desire that you turn the enemy's
right. Move your command II possible by cir.
cling around the mountain plateau. Get pos
session of n point between Tullahoma and Mig.
gard probably some point in rear Of the
southern army with rapidity. BY order Of
Rosecrans. Garfield, chief Of staff.
Tho deciphering. 30 far as il went,
was of no avail, since 1t did not come
in time, but it helped her with the
shorter and easier dispatches, which
she now attacked. She began with this
one:
Banks here army the Benjamin cat to for
your report shinncy dnily are advance the cart
orders Of peremptory applause.
Miss Baggs had learned that o proper
name preceded all these cipher dis.
patches, possibly having something to
do with the key. At any rate, she threw
out the first word (Banks) and the
words ''cat." "shinney" and cart as
check words. Benjamin, she assum.
ed, meant Rosecrans. Applause" must
be the signature Of the sender, and as
the dispatch was from Washington il
was probably either Lincoln, Stanton
or Halleck Tho word ito" taken with
Benjamin" must mean ITO Rose.
GRAMS" and ''peremptory" and "or.
ders" evidently must go together. The
word advance" doubtless explained
the two other words. This only lef,
report" and daily as words Of i'm.
portance. These combinations did moi
come at once, but after getting them
she inferred that Rosecrans had per.
emptory orders to advance and repor,
daily to Washington.
II have got something at last" she
exclaimed, getting up from her chair
and walking back and forth excitedly.
"This is indeed important"
Then she took mp the second dispatch:
Congress long with IA advise applause mar
bio you possible your ago to party was con
meet soon to movements spot his ordered a. tc
Burton pin Of and left ordered Benjamin.
Again the words ''to" and "Benja.
min" were put together, and the words
congress-" marble" party and
''spot" stricken out as checks. The dis
patch, being longer than the other, was
more diff cult Of Interpretation. 1t was
some time before the student was salts.
fed with her efforts. She inferred from
1t that some n was ordered to connect
with some one else. She knew that the
Confederate generals feared that Burn.
side might connect with Rosecrans. Sc
it was probable that Burton meant
Burnside, who was at Knoxville, and
that he had been ordered to connect
: with Rosecrans' left "as soon as posi-
ble." The remaining words evidently
meant, Burnside also directed to re.
port his movements to you"
ITO be continued.)