Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-16

rev people nave o.,N idea OF the STRAIT
dian cninpalgna," says Major ulrafd. vno
" now stationed Ut Fort sheridan hui
who wan Wlth General Miles on many
campaigns 0gainst hosdlc lnllnn trlbcs
OF the northwest. "terc Ia a little Incl
,,nt showing mat he anew now 10 deal
with them aud that IN an emergency he
was quick to think and act and tnmt his
measures were enoctiVc Up Oh freucn.
mana creek, near the British line. oui,
ilttle banu of Nv men was 40 placed that
cNUff one tot trihc uncomfortable.
within twenty miles OF our cunnu Waa a
| band OF @OJ Sioux warriors. armed nud
ANXIOUS Tor "A 1ght, Tue chief OF Inc
Tribe came to our camp for a confnb viii
General Miles, Seeing that a satisfactory
ana peaceful settlement OF the difficulty
yould not be made, ana knowing that inc
lndlan FORCES Tar outuumbprvl ours and
TIA, they were nearly as well armed
General aiilog ordered n HotShkiss sun 10
DO loaded and trained 10 bear ON a rock A
milr away. AT his comm Ru1 the gun WAS
mod, und OF course the rock was Hhut.
surtd, Ire pieces nying In all dlreetlJnh
The astonished cher went bncK ~ tne
camp uud tod his warriors That II Wns
hest TO leave Bear Ioat alone, AZ his
guns shot tWior-ouGe at the muzzlc and
asNin Il mite oIf
He utilized Indian against Indian. ami
dld not r,iy On amy arm uAr tribe OF
man, IN hls band u scouts we're rcI re-
Sioux, Grows. r,twncca. Arspa6oiSSs," MA
Perces, stc, and Ia every Indian ,amp
within 800 miles he had his sll 8. whose
{ on decided upon nj tho war co neil
Consequently he was enabled 20 anticipate
the movements Of hostl rNrty ana
meet thcm at such point that ti1 al
vantage was an on his side and victory
was comparatively easy,
zone time, In garrison At Fort Keoeh.
the cry arose that hlg mountain lion
was In the thlcket near the post. aud
We banded together ana W ut out on n
hunt Tor the animal, we had been
search ug for some time without sucoeaS
whom I noticed that Gencrnl Aliiea, who
had a wagon, had remained some dts
tanco behind, and was not apparently ma
much interested IN The hunt AZ were the
rest Of Nc, OF n sudden The most trad r.
who had been an army officer and was IA
lion In the thloket BcinR determined TO
have the hide, he boldly advnn ed, Hun
IN hand. gtralrht toward tho crouohing
animal. He .nred n number nj times,
seemingly without effect, f'r the ION dii
not move, An investigation was made
and II was found that the fupoosed saw
General Miles had fauH"d u 70 be MIA e1
there and rren'ly en- Dyed setlng The rest
Of un exhibit our various deEreta ~
bravery The iopc was on the post trader
nnd when we were back nj the past he |
d'd the proper thing under the eireum-
stances.
"DurinE n camrnlen Genornl Miles, sent
a young and ncnolent officer with two
mounted companions ~ NtrfTfNiH inc tx /
act Iocntion ~ 500 sioux Indians who
were sunrogsd 10 be hunting bunnoes IN
The noighborhool The officer found tho
Indians hut. instead OF carving out or
dors md reporting Immediately 20 Cen
oral Miles. mnde little war on his own
account and was drawn Into running
nght. Soon surrounded OH all sides, he
Cgnn to realize that he had made mis-
take and sent q courier for aid General
Miles Immediately ordered boots and sud
6lcs sounded and started 10 the reHcne,
We started on rapid trot, bot heconin.
nnxious / urged the general TO order u
mora rapid pace. sud he NJ wear out
tho horses at tho first We can't do any
Thing when We nrrive' The horses wore
kopt Mt trot. with en- occasional gnlicp
the whole twenty miles. Arriving at the
lccne Of action, he 1cploved tile ron-
mnnd into three lines, made . mounted
charge aud soon had the Indiana seat
tered far and wide, We campod half way
back to tho main cam and General Miles |
sent for the young officer and talked TO
him kindly but trmly and relieved him
from command OF the acoutn- very light
punishment. nut General Miles was nj
ways az element ~ he could he ana main
tain the atrlet discipline for which he
was famous"