The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

Nebraska newspaper secured merito-
riOus scoop.
intina,c,y connected with the Indian
uprisinSs were frank Grouard anu 'ap-
tam JACK Crawford, the lat.er petne
better known as the Poet Scotl. both
did good service as scouts with the sew
snth cavalry General custer ccminaiu-
Ing.
captain Crawford acted at this time
also as q correspondent for the De-. 'l.e'
"A small daily, struggling for e<ls.eh,c
During Clusters last stand craWloiu Wa
with colonel BOnteen. who coininainue," 4"
part OF Clusters command AT sim Due'to,
and Grouard was with Colonel hehs' WV WY
commanded another detachment 49, -
ter 3 ioice5. After the custer fha 49,,
Reno despatched Grouard 10 DtauMo0,,
;. D., the nearest telegraph slallV.,'
notify the War Department OF the 'Si,.
bic affair. Al about the same UNI -
tain Crawford concluded 10 Iluo ~ -
Dcddwood ana despatch 10 the % 10
particulars Of the night ana $50. -, ,-,"'t
entire country. The majority OF VI - -
papers had corresponding WIN ~
troops, but none OF them uaIsu IN
through country filed win hoal'o ~
dams, nor could they get any one on W -, ~
IL for thor Even had they hau W -
age 70 do this they could not n at ",ti,
stood the nardships OF o'V-ii'ie ''N~
over rough country 40, ot ,i,e
Beth Crawford and Grouard me- az W
stage station at Rock Springs, Ngo' anu
each OWNED the others INTENTION oi -,
ting of the news Of the massacre ms
Both were superbly mountcu III ,,o,o
oughDred cavalry horses, ana potn ~r ~
equally matched as to physical 9'i'H7'"
and endurance.
10 was tacitiy agreed 10 ride tose 'her
| fer mutual protection. Hour att,i 49, IT,.
they rode. sometimes eNchanblhs a'o.'
with struggling Indians and asalh I tst-
ing their tired horses. ON the ihoil'liii
of the last day OF their ride boih Seopptu
for q short nap and TO rest theli holses'
HH...h lf..f. lf. Ia.
10 prevent him from stealing mar
/ When they got ready 10 30 1iouaiu niVhc
his ,inch While saddling his morse, anu pt-
fore he could repair D. traWioiu "aS
rounding out OF sight in a deep EulCh.
They had entered the foothills OF the
Black HIS. Gf0uard gallOped after MN.
A. the cabins of the little town ol SPsdi
fish loOmed into view CraWi'iu Wa nan
mile ahead. As DE entered the town
his faded horse was ready to tall. seeing
"a cowboys brOnDNt. ..i..i td ln front OF "a
house be loaped from his horse ana upon
the COW roy s.. and was III just rs 'ioutiu
rode into the town. The fifteen miles be
tween Speariish and Deadwood were soon
covered.
When Grouard rode mp 20 tho telegraph
Office in Deadwcod Crawford had sent
| half Of "a 2.oou-wcrd despatch, ana the peo-
/ pie in Omaha were reading the details OF
the slaughter. The Omaha Bee thus Sc
/ cured the biggest scoop any paper III
the country had ever had up TO that time.
/ In this ride the two scouts covered 600
miles in thirty-six hours with but three
changes Of horses.
During the last Indian campaign NJ
Pine Ridge. I'm lseo-el Grouard was Cen
eral Miles chief of scouts and did good
service. He also acted i'm the same capac-
fly during the troubles between the cat
tlemen and rustlers I'm johnson county
and Wyon ing He WIS then with Major
Whiteside's command az Fort Mckinney.
Grouard Is of Indian blood and his fami-
~ lives al Pine Ridge Agency. AZ pres
ent he IS I'm ST. Joseph. Mo.
Captain Jack Crawford Is resident Of
New Mexico az present ic rs I'm the en-
ploy Of the United states Government IN
the Department Of Justice. lie is we'll
known from HIS lectures and poctical
contributions lie Is a picturesque char
actcr. and still affects the long hair and
habilimonts Of the Western plainsmcn.