The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-04-08
cHlEF oE ARMY SCOUTS.

ta6 United states army, IS esteemed
by tbs people of Wyoming as mora
than rival Of Buffalo Bill Guard
comes of mixed French and kanaka
parentage. His parents were slain
by the Sioux in crossing the plains,
and the lad fell into the hands of the
savagas. He was a manly youngster,
and he 50 pleased Sitting Bull thas
the chief adopted him and brought
him up. The youth in due time
went through the fortunes of the sun
dance, was declared q brave and be-
came in all things save race q savags
of the plains.
Knowing the hopelessness of the
Indian outbreak that brought about
the Custer massacer, Guard deter
mined to desert to the whites. He
was detected and pursued. The In
dams shot his horse as Guard swan
a river and logged four bullets in the
fugitive's body. Believing that he
was slain, they ceased the pursuit,
but Guard reached the shore, and,
wounded as he was, continued his
journey to Crooks camp. On the way
he read afar the Indian signal fires
announcing the -n8ssReer 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 woands dressed and let him have
a good horse. The bullets We're 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, snt
watching the scene an Indian ap.
Troaclied and asked who he was. He
replied, s;itting Bulls brother. The
Indian asked half a dozen other ques-
tons and finally asked Guard how it
was that lie rode grain fed horse
Guard replied that he stole it from q
white man Finally. the Indian de-
nanied his name. Guard, seeing
that the Indian was unarmed, IN
blanketed his faee and looked him in
tlie eyes
Ugh, FrankT' said the indian,
starting hack and turning TO run
Guard permitted him TO get within
ten feet Of the shelter OF 4 tree and
then shet him dead
From that time to this Guard mas
been true to the whites. Sitting Bull
once offered Loco ponies for his
scalp and Guard a2ways knew that
should hoover fan into the hands Ct
the savages death II its cruelest
Fuisa would be MS fato. he escaped
iroTa the s3yages after hearing them
debate as to the most unpleasant
method of death ioz the prisoner.
Upon enc occasion Guard, then out
ss scout, became convinced that he
and The command, under lieuten.
ant, must certainly fall into the
bands OF the Crows unless the troops
slew their horses and crept away in
the darkness The officer was IN
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 a fire to attract
the savages, and the men crept for
miles On their bellies and escaped.
On that night Guard, with tears in
Lis eyes, killed the horse that Crook
gave him According to 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 characteristioq quick
ness, shot him dead. When there js
2 dangerous duty to be done up
about Fort Mckinney, Guard is the
man to do il. He went after a noted
with warrant not long
since and was met with bullet from
q winchester Guard dismounted in
laisurely fashion, took aim and sent
a bullet through the desperado's
forehead
Guard is likely to have a chance
for further distinction. He believes
that the government has not had the
last of its Indian wars, and that an
ether uprising at Pine Ridge is in
cvitsble. That would be accompanied
by uprisings Ct other agencies and a
good deal of trouble. Guard has
been constantly warning his superb.
oFs on this head-New York Sun.
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