Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-01-24
MIND or ROCKS.
], -.,r. LAST RESTING PLACE 'oo,,Ap OF CAvALRYMeN.

#sQUAD of SNsN-' 'l
 lance of Young Army Off,
 asyisnoed In Indian Fighting.
 : yor Missing Cow Cost the
 \ rhIrty-one soldiers
 5 E a pile Of rocks probably 50 ' 'S0eth about nine miles from Ernie, in Wyoming. which \ las last resting place of a detach- < ' Cavalry, ' said a retired army .ta other day. "In passing it |s. [ have always experienced I. ' sansation, for the poor fellows sl s.rjqd there came to their death 4 t tbe overzealous ideas of s,.t Point officer, inexperienced
 q, fqhting. You know it was su,har day that q young officer
 Colorado came in conflict
 ea came wardens while engaged @ tbe Uintah Utes back to their
 in Utah. Caution comes as much i'll the army as i'll civil :. 1o59 that old Fort Lara garrison of two companies +oo small for the post i'll those s7s when the Cheyennes and so Sioux and Pawnees We're sonud the country at war among sas and occasionally pitching 'whites who were crossing the nj was the year when Brigham sitb his band of Mormons was ] out to Salt Lake from Nauyoo. Py camped one night about nine 6m Fort Laramie, near where q Indians had established their hiring the hunting season. The tbey marched into the fort and That the Indians had killed one cows. The commandant at the 'mptly sent a young lieutenant
 an inspection, giving him 30 hen.
 as the lieutenant s first commits
 active duty. and he felt the of the mission. He de i to discover who killed that erish in the attempt Entering m village, he rode at tho head s.ol.neAt up to the chiefs tepee an his investigation. Turkey
 the chief, declared that no COW killed. The lieutenant insisted
 Mormons were one COW short anded that the guilty Indian be
 out. Several subchiefs were ), and they likewise diselained Rledge of the COW.
 young lieutenant insisted upon a scapegoat delivered over to pulling out his watch he dra- ' announced to Turkey Feather would give him just five min- which to deliver up the guilty at the expiration of which time fire upon tho village. This rkey Feather indignant, and lie Q his tent ill disgust. Without
 of the consequences the young Ut, having given his word, felt
 bound to carry it out, and ae- 7 when the five minutes were ave the order to fire. The h. aatly outnumbered the little de- t, and ill their anger it was the a few minutes to lay low every hat small band, including the eutenant.
 ng the night succeeding this one surviving wounded soldier imself up and managed to make to the camp, nine miles dis ere the story was told. The dant at the post at first was in- flee from the country with his force, believing that the Indians nround the garrison ill the
 to obtain revenge. While the dant was planning a way of es-
 irish private named Meerath led the captain and roundly hat he had never run from an | his life, and he did not pro- 10 it at this time. His display ad such an effect on the captain decided to stay and give tho fn- warm reception should they ap- the post. The entire garrison picket duty that night, the laklDg arms also and going out cket line. About noon the next
 Indians not appearing, the cap a trooper toward the scene of acre to learn what the Indians ing. The trooper cautiously way to the scene. only to dis nat the Indians, frightened at y had done. had packed up and red over the plains. The vic Ihls unfortunate massacre were ibere they fell, and that mound
 visible 10 this day, was erected slr common grave. "-Denyer Work Sun.
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