The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-10

Fort Worth to raise regiment of Rangers.
Among his captains were Ex-Governor Sui
Ross, "Bill" ps,rymple of Georgetown,
and, think, Buck" Barry OF Eosque
county. 1t was intended that this body OF
Indian fighters should exterminatc the
hostiles on Texas SOIL Captain Burleson
was ordered to report with his company TO
Colonel johnson, and did so at Camp Rad
ziminsky, in the Wichita mountains, In
dian Territory where Major Van Dorm Of
the Second United States cavalry some
months before had hot fight with the
kiowas and Comanches, in which Lieu
tenants John B. Hood and Jim Majors
were wounded, Here it was that | won
imperishable renown among my comrades
An expedition, numbering 400 or 500 we'll
mounted and equipped mon, was made up,
commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John
Smith of Waco Supplied with forty says
rations the line of march was taken up m
the direction of the Canadian river, where
large body of hostiles were supposed to
be organizing for numbering and stealing
raid on the white settlements in Texas. My
horse being lame and having very sore
back, Captain Burleson decided to leave me
with six men and Mexican muleteer In
charge of camp. Investing me with the
martial pomp and authority OF lance
corporal" he gave me orders not TO permit
an animal TO run loose or allow man 10
shoot at anything but an indian or buff
falo The company had hardly gotten out
of sight before some of the boys left with
me put a target on tree near the cap
tain's tent and began practicing with their
rifles and sixshooters. OF course Captain
Burleson heard the shooting, but my rank
as lance corporal had no more power over
those fellows than a rabbit" Every ami
nal in camp was given his stake rope, TO
Craze at viii. OF course being tied up
short at night.
This order ~ OF camp continued four OF
five DAYS. one beautiful afternoon my
whole outfit were seated en- blanket I'M
der large spreading mesquite tree, oui
! horses and pack mule lazi.y feeding around
us. What were we doing on the blanket
Well. I'll tell the truth Draw poker
was the incentive; six-shooter bullet tht
ante, and two percussion caps to come IN.
( See? All of a sudden, our horses began tf
snort and soon stampedet. running II
every direction. Looking 10 the west saw
a long. dark line OF moving objects coming
| toward u.s. There were seven OF US
| locked like about fifty OF the objects"
J ordered my squad to fall in" go back Il
| camp. get behind one of the big boulder
| that abounded on the mountain side ans
| ..glye them burned Indians the hes
| we had in the shop They obeyed will
| alacrity. and no one moved quicker thai
| Lopez. our muleteer
The SEQUEL can be soon told. What w
took to be Indians proved to be our Owl
company, returning from Inc proposed for
| Nv DAYS scout The cause OF the suddel
abandonment OF the expedition was dis
| agreement between Lieutenant Coione
| smith and his captains when within on
nights march OF the Indian village In
tended TO be attacked. Coming into camp
| Cantajn Burieson first saw the lance cofpo
raj and his squad emerge from our natura
| Notifications; next. he noticed all OF GU
animals loose, cevorting over the prairie
and riding up TO his own tent. the firs
thing lie beheld was that target: with IN
| bulls eve shot clean out, and sevcro
pounds Of lead embedded in close proximit
thereto.
Yes. that settled 1t. and there's where
won distinction. At roll call-or nlgn
puard mount-at dusk that evening, Cap
tain purIeson called me 10 the front an
said: o..
Lambert. you and your men are lin
shots as l see by this target You al
know how not TO keep your horses tied.
win out you on thirty days roots ttha
means extra duty.) Take your Eien and
on guard until further orders"
TIE roots" continued only four Gay
whom VIC broke up camp and startsd oac