The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-10

on for Fort Harmed. and / did the same
thing. just az day was beginning To break.
We. that Is, the mule and myself. found
ourselves on hill looking down into the
valley Of the Pawnee Fork. in which the
fort was situated. only four miles away;
when the morning gun belchei forth We
were within hale mile of the post.
Now i said 10 myself. Nh Mule IL Is
my turn. ard raising my gun to my shout
der. in dead earnest this time / biazed
away. hitting the animal in the hip.
Throwing another cartridge into the gun.
let him have another shot, and l con-
tnned to pour lead into him until I had
laid him completely out
Like the great ma jority of government
mules, he was tough one to kill. and he
CHUNG to life with all the tenaciousness OF
MS OBSTINATE nature. He was, without
dount, the toughest and meanest mule /
ever saw. and he died hard.
The troops hearing the report Of the
gun, came rushing out 10 see VIVA, was
the matter. They found tina, the mule
had passed in his chips ana when
'hey learned the cause. they all agreed
mat l had served him Just right. TAX
ing the saddle and bride from the dead
oody' 1 proceeded into the post and de-
hveFed the dispatches to Cant Parker
l then went over TO Dick Curtis. bonss
which was headquarters for the scouts
and there put In several hours Of solid
sleep.
During the day Gen. Hazen returned
from Fort Harker. and he also had some
sinpoftan; dispatches TO send 10 Gen. Sher-
idan. 1 was feeling elated over nv big
ride, and seeing that I was getting the
better OF the other scouts In regard 10
making record. I volunteered 10 carry
Gen. Hazen's dispatches 10 Fort Uav=.
inc general accepted my services al
though he thought IL was unnecessary 10
XIII himself. l told him that I had pri-
vate business AT Fort Hays and wished 70
go any way, and 1; would make no differ
ef1ce 10 the other scouts for none NJ thorn
appeared willing TO undertake the tr.n.
Accordingly. that night 1 left Fort
IavneS on an excellent horse. and next
morning found myself once more In Gen
sheridans headquarters At Fort uavs
The general was surprised 10 see me and
stsd more 50 whom / told him Of the tjrne
] had IN riding from For, Dodge 10 Fort
i4arned. And when. II addition % this
mentioned my Journey 81 the night n-evi-
ous. the general thought my ride from post
- post. taken as whole. was 4 remark
aa!e one. lie said that ne lila no; know
al ia equal 1 can safely say that I
have never heard - is benz beaten In
country Infested wsth hostile Indians.
To Tee3p!sulatc. had ridden from
F9rt Lsvaed TO Fort Zarah a distance .,s
twelve hours. which included the time |
was takeH by the IuaianS across the Ar
kansas. IN TIE succeeding tweive hours
l bad gone from Fort TTays 20 For,
Dodge, a distance of nlnety-fve miles
The following night l sad Travelled from
Fort Dodge thirty miles On horseback
and ihirty-ftve miles On foot. 70 Fort
lafn@d. and the next night s:xtv-ive
males more 70 Fort Hays. Aitoxefner
had ridden and walked s55 miles IN aftv-
eight hours. o. Az average - ak niles a,
hour. ~ course this may 10; Re- regard
~ as very EAST riding III: taking into
co0sidsFafsotI the facs that a. eaa mostly
done Sc tire nigh; ard over a Wild com
try. win rs roads - tol}ow and that 7
had 10 - continually OF the lookout far
Indians. * Vas thought a. the tine 70 b.
q ois r3e, as ~eII IS most dangerous
ere
Ia ISL "J-ncte T.-s Woa.oEs" made a IA
ygog> ride ever the "tra3 from Taos On a
wager WITH Ma3 Greer
n su1EN party started together. ~ which
10th MAJ Greer ard 'G-ncie D.ck" were
ryseEg oeTS. Greer Bet with Weston that -
would beat p - =. but the latter outrg>t.s
tAe .sI army csfBcf~. making thc trip in
seven dsys . WsstpoTt. Gseer Was used
10 hard r3s3tsE. as pc besouSe,3 30 ths Ia
gn9Hs Ss-ona arasoeus. hut Ae failed 20
eVince me power % endurance exhibited
- tee veteran trapGer. ani "tfncle Dick"
reached sAA anA q IL loaE tournaw samen