The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-06-17
Where is Mai. Gen. Miles3


about the Pine Ridge agency and so north
up through the Bad Lands of Montana and
along the Big Horn and Tongue rivers;
quite an upraising in fact. with Sitting Bull
for the center of attraction.
At that time Gen. Miles was military
commander over the entire North Western
territory with headquarters at Chicago, and
as the disaffection grew, new bands of In.
dians were added to the warlike tribes at
Pine Ridge until Gen. Miles began to send
out bulletins and orders to the various little
forts along over that country to mass them.
selves in the vicinity of trouble and that he
would be there shortly.
Then came daily bulletins of the state of
affairs and saying what day Gen. Miles
would start for the field. These we've piled
one upon another day after day-same as
the reports from headquarters are now
until there came a report that Gen. Miles
was in Washington in consultation with the
President and his cabinet. Shortly after he
was reported as being in Chicago and about
ready to leave for the front Immediately.
Then the palpitating public began to feel as
though 1t was about time, since the grass
was growing rapidly which would prolong
the struggle. So next we hear of him the
General and his staff had established head
quarters at st. Paul which was trife near
er the seat of action than Chicago, but not
much. This move was rather unsatisfac.
tory, so his stay in st. Paul was compare
lively brief and he moved his headquarters
by slow degrees along the line of the North
far as the Yellowstone river which it fol-
| lows several miles west from near Fort
Keogh just above its confluence with the
Tongue river. (The writer has been there
and is acquainted with the conformation of
the country)
1t does not transpire by what route the
General and his staff reached sheltered
position down near the waters of the Pow
der river or the Little Big Horn, but the
nearest route from St. Paul would have
been to leave the Northern Pacific at Miles
City and ridden about 200 miles south down
through the Bad Lands on horseback.
That would have Jared up the General and
his staff but there were the suffering set.
tiers being killed perhaps and their stock
driven off which was worse than death.
The troops at the front however, became
restive at the long lingering eternity of time
which was dragging itself along while they
waited for the General and his staff to turn
up, and succeeded in roping the willy Sit
ting Bull into a ''pow WOW" which ended
in the medicine man who was timd himself
about getting to near the enemy, being final
ly shot in the back, and his light put out
while his followers started toward Klon-
dixie. and all the General and his staff had
to do was to issue some necessary orders,
after starting band of chasers after the re-
treating pale faces, gather up his neces-
sites of life and return to headquarters in
Chicago.
This is the story in brief as noted at the
tlme my being acquainted with the route
followed, making it more interesting. 1t is
brief but 1t is true as 1 had it from the reli-
able morning journals and 1 have followed
the movements of General Miles ever since,
and marked his peculiarities which are
largely cOmmendable, especially his more re-
cent proceedings in protesting against the
mob of jingos in congress and without, also
the newspaper combine which worked with
unusual activity. This he opposed until his
name seldom appears and 1t would be diff
fcult to say where his headquarters are.
One thing is certain, they are not anywhere
near the front. He got as far as Tampa
some time ago, but soon found the weathe r
was too utterly. utterly too, and took him
self to Jacksonville from whence he vibrates
to Tampa and return, which as his health is
reported as not of the best is eminently
proper. de Is reported In to-day's paper as
making frequent reviews of the troops at
Tampa where he can exhibit his newly dec
Grated parade dress to which, after his Eu-
ropean trip at public expense to see the Tur-
key dip his bill In Greece, he made divers
and sundry gilded additions so that at pres
ent he resembles a man who has been out In
shower of bronze without an umbrella.
But where are Thurston and Mason and
our own William Alden Smith all this
while? There isn't as much suffering In
Cuba as there was-in their heads since war
has actually begun. No, they don't rave
and rant around any more. And where are
ali the screaming jingos? Echo answers,
where?
WARD.
P.S.-ltis pertinent question to ask just
now: Where was that band of patriotic Gu
ban insurgents which we're supposed to fill
the land down in the vicinity of Guantanamo
where the transport Panther landed hand
full of marines last Friday and were attack.
ed at midnight? say, where were frac.
tion of those 40, 900 insurgents; those white
livered marauding cowardly sneak thieves,
called the Gomez government that congress
wanted to recognize? Where were those
bold men so fitted to fight and protect our
poor boys, who for ten long hours stood the