The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-21
SALT LAKE HzaALD SUNDAY.

liOpc VI s1lt1 " E1dllle,
Marshall would not fight till he could
secure strong reinforce:nents from Vir-
ginia- Then he would sweep down on
Garfield and drive him from east Ken
lucky. In that event the state might
be lost to the Union. GARFIELD could MT
then force Marshall to battle because
behind his entertainments at Pound
Gap the latter could beat off five times
his own numbers. Someone must enter
MarshalPs camp, learn his exact
strength and position, and then guide
Garfield over the mountains to the rear
of MarshalPs entertainments. Not a
man in the Union army would a. this;
but he would undertake it il the officer
would be go-betWesn between him
and. Garfield. To this the cflicer as
sented, and FOR aLo1t a fortnight To-
thing more was heard of Stewards.
4 Mysterious ParsOn.
At the end of that time one &c the
outer plcketS was accCsteC at midnight
by man who seemed to be Il back
country parsOn, who asked to see the
officer who had liberated Stewards but
whose name, l regret to say, 1 have
forgotten. On their meeting SoT ards
handed him a complete map of The
Pound Gap stronghold, with full dill &C.
tions how the position might be tuned.
On the margin of the map, in Seward s
hand writing, was the following: Gen
eral Marshall has issued an order for a
grand muster of the repal militia on
the 18th of March. They are to lIaeet
at the Pound in The rear of their in
trenchments, and Il is expected they
will muster in sufficient streng h to en-
ter Kentucky and drive the Cnicn
forces behind them
Disguised as a hard she'll preacher.
hnny1 q a IaIc or
Pound Gap nearly a fortnight and had
escaped detection, though meeting a
score of persons whom he knew.
Garfieid's Attack on Pound Gap.
Pound Gap is wild and irregular
opening in the Cumberland mountains
and the only channel for wagon ON
munlcation between the southerly Ior-
lions of Virginia and Kentucky Here
the Confederates had built log nuts
capable of quartering a large tody Of
men; and across the opening of the
Gap they had erected treastwork
that completely blocked the passage,
and which 500 men could hold against
Quo The place was garriSoned by
about 500 and it was the rendezvous
OF numerous bands of guerrillas, who
constantly issued forth to Jerrorize
and plunder the surrounding country
Against this stronghold Garfield
moved on the following morning with
a force of but 700 men, 100 of whom
were cavalry. With the cavalry he
purposed to make a demonstration
against the enemy'S Entertainments,
While with his infantry he should scale
the mountain in the manner Stewards
had indicated, and fall upon the garri-
son in their rear.
How Garfield Found II Guide.
After hard march over roads knee
deep in mud, he came late on the night
of the second day to Elkhorn creek,
two miles north of the Confederate po-
sltion There he went into camp on
the wet ground and waited for the
morning, meanwhile seeking for some
native who would guide him over
the mountain. Every male resident of
the vicinity was brought into camp to
prevent his giving information to the
enemy, and questioned as to some
practicable route to the rear of Mar
shalPS Entertainments. There was no
route. The mountain was steep, in
some places PERCEPTIONS, tangled with
dense thickets, INSTRUCTED by fallen
logs and covered with huge boulders.
which coated them with ice and snow.
formed an impossible barrier to any
creature less nimble than q panther or
a squirrel. But, were the summit at
last gained, the adventurous band
would be obliged to thread for a con-
siderable distance. a narrow ledge,
buried three feet deep in yielding snow,
where one false step would be destruc-
ton, and ten men could dispute the
passage of an army.
Though tempted with liberal offers
OF money, not one of the natives
would undertake to guide the expedi-
ton. Garfield lay down at midnight
on the floor of a wretched log shanty
at the foot of the mountain, with the
conviction that Stewards had concealed
the real difficulties of the enterprise.
But towards morning he was reused
by a captain in the Eighteenth Ken
lucky, who said he had brought an old
fellow who had just come into camp,
and knew every rod of the mountains.
He could guide them safely.
By the dim light of the smoulderiug
logs Garfield scanned the old native"
closely. He was apparently about 20,
with a tall, bent form, and long hair
and beard of almost snowy Wilderness
His enormous beard and slOuched hat
almost hid his face, but Garfield could
see that he had prominent features and
a clear, determined eye, that met his
gaze fearlessly. He Piled him with
questions, which the old man answered
III d NOlCc lIldJ SOuIlI@u Ike Il cracked
kettle, but with a quiet self-p session
that impressed Garfield very favorably.
AT last he said to the old man: II will
trust YOU. Be here at sun-up."
In the morning the sun was falling
50 thickly that ohjec- s few rods
away were wholly Invisible, but az 9
O'Clock Garfield hogan the ascent of
the mountain. In q long, bristling
column, catching at every shrub and
fallen log that lay in their way, they
clambered slowly up the lev mountain
side, the old guioe leading the way.
and steadying mis- steps with the long.
iron-shOd staff in use among noun
The ridge at This point Uses
fully 2.0G0 fee above TIE bed OF Tx
horn creek, and half way up breaks
into abrupt precipices, which seem 10
defy the appco lch OF hIm3n foot Thus
far the guide mai gone on with feeble
steps, stopping often for breath, but
now, planting his staff firmly n the
icy slope, he Ieap9d rom rock TO rock
as agile ds lie had been but o. strip
ling. His altered gait caught The
quick eve 0: Garfield, and suspecting
treachery he called upon him II halt.
TIE guide KEEP. GA. as if not hearing
the summons, and Garfield shor7cd
more loudly: 'lIalt. or I'll put brl-
let through You.
This br )agat the. guide ID a @tard.
and clambering up 10 him, Garfield
said, "Who are you9 Tell me Tie
truth. or I'll hang You TO the first
rec
The guide lifted his hat. and PARTING
aside his long. false locks, he showed