The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-02

nIeces OF cannon. apparently dead. one
Of our full-bblooded Cherokees took out
his knife, got his fingers in the Yankees
hair and cut out and Jerked of piece
OF the scalp about the size OF a uoi'ai.
Thus resurrected. Mr.. Yank got on ms
legs In a hurry. He ran ike quartz
horse. Not gun was fred AFTER hlln,
hut a veil went up, Go II. Yank, we nave
a lock OF your hairn This scalplhB uuS
mess. however, brought on more OF ieS'
correspondence between opposing coni
maudery, and our Indians were peieinp
torily ordered to keep their myers o
of white mems hair. leaving II op'iona'
with them 20 take such mementoes i'o"'
other Indians or let IT alone. ,-.,r
THE INDIAN DEPARTMENT.
AT this time we were in the Depaie
nent OF Arkansas, first uhuel 80
Holmes and next under Gen. il1u =,
we were then put I'm depat'il
our own. called the Indian Depar ti .e-
ou' - cen. steele. Colonies Cooper
and Waite were made Brigadler-r 90
81, Cen. Waite had the coinInanu
a. FIRST Indian Brigade. consis .ine
tto first and Second Cherokee hes'ine"
,.l,r,,onded respectively by coloneis -
NJ pel and w. Z. Adair. Scales ba''a
ion. Major J. a. Scales and ~uaHs'
Rattalion. the latter the most OF 'n
time an detached service In missouri anu
Kansas. re-,
"Tbe Second Indian Brigade, Gen.
cooner. was composed of two Choc'a"
regiments and the Chickasaw Battalioh.
..The Third Brigade consisted OF flrst
Creek Regiment, Col. -. y. Mcintosh
and the Second Creek, Col. Chilly NC
Intosh. and the Seminole Regiment, Col
John Juniper. and commanded by BHg'-
Gen. Sam Checou.
FOUR TRIBES ENLIST.
I'm the summer Of lS62 l was sent ou.
vvost IN enlist for the Confederacy' am.
eucceeded in raising one battaAloh u
osaees. Major Broke Arm; one AIS
comnanv OF Caddoes and Arrapano'9'
can't. George Washington. ana one 00'"
many Of Ccmanc g, Capt. Esopah VI
rsc Uabbe. their CHEZ. All OF theso
,orted TO Gen. Waite and were OF sooN
servioe 10 us, as they rambled between
Kansas and the Texas Panhahu'e "'u
,rovented any invasion from hdii9"0'
which otherwise would undoubtedly nav
-, Mace. After the Pea Ridge hshI
con. prices Missourlans and the ln'u
ouisiana Regiment were ordered east
Of the Mississippi river. and we "eio
left to ourselves. all Indians eN'oP1
wis battalion and 4 Texas infantry
REGIMENT which we're stationed nj our
depot Of supplies and saw no fighting'
PINS TURN TRAITOR.
"In the summer Of 1852. chief Ross and
the Pin Regiment deserted 10 Yankees.
From that on we saw no rest, and hardy
a week passed but what bushwhackins
enragements between us and The N'or'h-
ern Indians and Yankees took place. Ealiy
i'm the spring Of 1863 the military author-
ities in Kansas conceived the idea OF
returning the Northern refugee CherokeeS
to their homes in time 10 plant CROP
They had furnished them with horses
seeds. and necessary agricultural imple-
meuts, and they came escorted by Zen.
Blount, commanding Kansas troops. ana
Col. Phillips. commanding the old I'm
Regiment. But Gen. Waite did not pro-
pose 10 let them alone. We routed them
from settlement 10 settlement and they.
together with Col. Philips Regiment,
had 10 shut themselves up in Fort Glib
son. We were quite behOiden to the
Yankees for the supplies thus furnished
by them. which mostly fell into our hands.
NANCY, THE RED MEMS IDOL.
Gen. $. y. Maxey now took command
OF the Department. lie was the Indians
idol His free and easy manner suited
them exactly; besides, ne was a fighter
and kept as moving. When Red River
Banks started on his expedition, which
terminated at Mansfield. Federal Gen.
Steele was 20 move out from Little Rock
and Gen. Thayer from Fort Smith. TO
join Banks in Texas. The greater part
Of our Indians were waiting for Ihaycr
to come out from Fort Smith. but he
concluded best not 10 show himself ana
he acted wisely for our boys were spoil
ing FOR a fight. Part Of the Indians
commanded by Gen. Maxey met steele
at Poison Springs. captured MS train and
sent TWO negro regiments 20 the happy
hunting grounds. We followed Steele
on his retreat TO Saline river, whore We
fought In mud and water. belly deep
to our horses. and felt very much re-
Heved when Parsons Brigade Of Missou-
rlans. who had f0rce-marched II from
Mansfield, came up I'm double-quick, and
one OF them called out stand aside, you
critter companies, and let US at them
Well, we critter companies stood aside,
and Parsons men went at them sure
enough.
NORTHERN INDIANS TROUBLESOME
subsequently we had numerous engage
rncnts Of no great significance with the
Northern Indians. They gave US the
most trouble. II we had not been forced
to fight them continually We would have
had a comparatively easy time OF H.
But they knew the country much better
than we did. Nevertheless In our con-
nlcts their loss usually exceeded ours.
The last winter OF the war; General
Maxey was ordered 10 Texas, General
Cooper took command OF the indian De-
aartment. and General Waite OF the In
alan Division. This was the first time
that We saw some rest for little over
a month, when we had gone into winter
quarters near Red river in Choctaw Ma
ton.
POOR 10 a HEAVY SUFFERER.
About a year previous 10 this, mes
sengers had been sent TO the Western
and Northwestern Indians 20 meet us IN
Council at Walnut Springs. The object
Of this council was. first. 10 make peace
between the different tribes. The next
programme was for these tribes, thus
united. 10 invade Kansas from the north
and west, whilst we would meet them
from the South. and leave but greasy
spot Of Kansas. We had. during that
winter. prepared a number OF packsad-
dies. as we would not be incumbered with
a train. Unfortunately. General Lees
surrender took place but short time
before the meeting Of this Council. Hence.
we thought best 10 conhne the proceed
ings 20 peace-making between the Indians,
and L have heard Of no war between
them from then until now. Tribes from
Idaho. Dakota, and Montana were pres
ent IL was perhaps, the largest In