Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-02-13

SarsapariIIa
Almost TO the exclusion of all others. Try 1t.
Prepared only by c. |. Hood Il Co.. Lowell. Mass.
=, s are the only PILLS to take
HOODS PINS with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
A WESTERN SCOOP.
Thrilling stony In Whicl, Jack Crawford
Cut II Leading Figure.


Few persons comprehend the dam
gers that We're attached to The work
of western newspaper correspond
ents back in the days when Indian
fighting was the principal occupa-
ton of soldiers on the Lorderland.
General Nelson A. Miles, U. s. A.,
famed the country over for his sue
cess in doing battle with the red
skins, was in Chicago recently, and
one of the first men he met Was Ed
ward RoseWater, editor of the Omae
ha Bee. The meeting was cigniti-
cant, for it recalled an incident of
the early seventies and how the Ne
braska newspaper secured mcr-
itorious scoop.
Intimately connected with the In
dian uprisipgs were Frank Grouard
and Captain Jack Crawford, the lat
ter being better known as the poet
scout. Both did good service as
scouts with the Seventh cavalry.
General Custer CONTRACTING.
Captain Crawford a'ses>l at this
time also as . correspond, ut for The
Bee, then a small daily, struggling
for existence. During Clusters last
stand Crawford was with Colonel
Bonteen, who commanded a part of
Clusters command at Slim Buttes,
and Grounrd was with Colonel Re-
no, who commanded another detach
ment Of Custrr's forces. After the
Custer massacre Reno dispatched
Grouard to Deadwold, $. d., the
nearest telegraph station, to notify
the war department of the terrible
affair. At about the same time Cap
tain Crawford concluded to ride into
Dcadwooh and disTatch to The Bee
the particulars Of the fight and SCOOP
the entire country. Tic majority
of the great papers had correspond
ents with the troops, but none of
them dared to ride through Il coun-
try filled with hostile Indians, nor
could they get any one TO do it for
them. Even hal they had the cour-
age to do this they could not have
withstood the hardships of a 300
mile ride over rough country.
Both Crawford and Grouard met
at the stage station at Rock Springs,
Wy, and each OWNED the others
intention OF getting off the news of
the massacre first. Both were SUI
perbly mounted Oh Thoroughbred
cavalry horses, and both were equal
ly matched as to physical strength
and endurance.
1t was tacitly agreed to ride to-
gether for mutual protection. Hour
after hour they rode, sometimes ex-
changing shots with struggling In
dams and again re sing their tired
horses. On tha morning of the last
day of their ride both stopped for u
short nap and to rest their horses.
Each kept an eye on the other, no.
ever, to prevent him from stealing
march. When they got ready to
SO, NIOuit1ti DlDhC Hi', NlilC-l w llic
saddling his horse, and before lie
could repair it Craw ford was round
ing out of sight in a deep gulch.
They had entered tho foothills of
the Black Hills. Grouard gallopcd
after him.
AS the cabins Of tho little town of
Spearfish doomed into view Craw-
ford was half Il mile ahead. As he
entered the town his irded horse
was really to fall. Seeing COW
boys IronCho hitched il front OF Il
house, he !Uol from ...i horse and
upon tho COW j,oj ) AL was oil just
as Grouarl rode into tho town. The
Is miles between 81 clriish and
DeadWood VIZ. ICON covered
When GrOl, ri rode up 10 the tel
egraph ONT in Deld\. ooi Craw-
ford had sent half OF 1900 word
dispatch, ahl the people in Omaha
were reading the details of the
slaughter. The Omaha Bee thus Sc
cured the biggest scoop" any pa
per in the country had ever had up
to that time. In this ride the two
scouts covered 300 miles in 36 hours
with but three changes of horses -