The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-09-26
MANITOWOC, WIS. SEPTEMBER 2s. 1895

ordinary bullets The soldiers de
clared that the Indians fred lightning
rods from it, and it did sound like It..
| The moon was shining brightly. bet
! the cOmbatants were all in the shadow
of the great mountain and could see
only enough to fire at the flashes Of
each others guns. Durtng all the
| firing the squaWs and old men sat be-
| hind their Notifications and sang their
battle songs and beat their drums.
| Only once did they cease aud that
| was when a charge was made and
| they stopped to hurl stones on the ad
yancing soldiers The charge failed
and during.the pause that followed
! NictoriC,made Us speech. He told US
we were thirsty, hungry and tired and
that he had plenty of water IN his
camp, plenty of ammunition and plen
| ty to eat He added that he had no
gludge against the white soldier who
had joined the command, but that he
hated the buffalo" (negro) soldiers.
He advised Us TO leave him and go
our way IN peace. We had labOred
Intellectually for five hours and could
see by the dim light that their fortiti
cations were too strong for another
charge to succeed, 50 we withdrew
| quietly to our horses and rode away.
Where shall we go? was the ques
| ton. We were in an unknown land.
| Hitherto we had said: We viii fol
low the Indians and If they fin wa
ter, we, too, shall find it." We march
ed along YEARLY, not knowing or
| greatly caring whittier We had left
some dead on the field and had some
| others and some wounded with us
As the day drew near and the morn
| ing air became freshened, we noticed
chat the tottering pack mules seemed
| to gain new life, and instead of keep
ing their place in the rear trOtted to
| tee front. We hailed this as a sign
| that they scented the water we need
ed so much, We let them keep the
lead, and just as the sun was rising
on our fifth day without water we saw
this novel advance guard halt and
lower their heads TO drink. The day
was spent IN drinking, sleeping and
drinking again.
While we lay there a soldier came
in from the rear He said that during
the fight he had, from sheer exhaus-
ton. fallen into a stup0r, and had
awakened at morning to find himself
surrounded by Indians. Yictorio,
however, either from generosity or
contempt, allowed him to go unhurt,
and even showed him our trail.
1t was decided, as three fourths of
the command were dismounted and
the rations nearly exhausted, it wOuid
| be best TO return TO the post The re
| turn march, though WearisOme, was
over an open country and without ac
cidenh Ne had driven the hostiles
ont OF the country, but we had hardly
reached the post before a scouting
party made raid upon the settlers
| and the still weary troops were or
dered in pursuit It was during this
scout that Lieutenant j. Hansell
French OF Philadelphia, was killed.
4 skirmish took place in the afternoon
and lasted until after nightfall As
night cane on and the Indians were
disappearing from the front. the Off
GERS and men gradually withdrew from
| the skirmish line to ravine IN the
rear where the coos were preparing
supper. Captain Puring5on and Lieut.
enaGt French remained with q few
men on the skirmish line. Lieuten-
ant French. thinking the skirmish was
| over, started to camp and called out:
Hello, where is campo 4 voice an
swercd: This way" He proceeded
in the direction of the voice, was shot
and instantly killed. Three shots
were then fired at Captain Purington.
but without effect A few days after
the troops had a running fight with
the hestilcs ana captured an Indian
whose leg had been broken by bul-
let. As Captain Purington approach
ed him he said: Hello, [ thought
you were dead;I know killed French"
The Indian had grown up aronnd the
post and knew al the officers. He was
called "Charlle" and spoke English
well Charlie was placed in a house
| in the middle of camp that night
where it would seem that escape
would be impossible, but the hostiles
slipped into camp, found him in the
| house and carried him safely away.
He was subsequently killed in battle.
AT about this time NictOrio was also
killed. He had sent off all the active
men on.a raid and remained with the
women and children in what he con
sidered an inaccessible stronghold
He was. however. surprised and him
self and the greater part of those with
| him killed. He had fought many
campaigns and killed many people
A young Mexican. with a spark OF
genius, painted an oil painting of the
battle in which he met his death.
The picture met with some applause.
The same ARTIST also painted picture
of the Crucifixion. The picture W s
very fine except for the slight incOn-
gruity of representing the Roman
soldiers as armed with Winchester
rifles and wearing sombreros.
After Victories death the Warm
Spring Apaches, whose chief he had
been. surrendered and were taken to
San Carlos IN Arizona. They remain
cd there but a short time and then
broke ont in conjunction with their
| friends, the Chiricahuas (Cher ~ con
ahs,) Their outbreak was not sue
cessful, for the United States troops
killed great many of them in a
battle. and as they were fleeing they
fell into an ambush of Mexican troops
and many were killed When Geron-
| imo surrendered in 1886 the survivors
surrendered with him and shared his
captivity. Their old home is now a
cattle ranch belonging to an English
company and the warm spring. or Ojo
Caliente, from which they take their
name, has been destroyed by an effort
to increase the flow of water.
Fortunes and blessings await the in
veatOr who will construct an ear muff
that viii keep ont the sound while
one wants to think.