Arizona republican., 1899-02-24

reinforce Colonel Reno on the Yellow 1 stone. We started in pursuit of Sit | ting Bull and did not give up the chase
 until we had pursued him across the l Canadian border. Before we had been out on that campaign many days I learned to know and admire the stern stuff General Ctis was made of Tn evCry detail Gf camp life General Otis showed his adaptability and soldfei lr ! training.
 When pitching camp involved beth 2rduCus work and great danger Gen eral Otis always took personal com
 mand of the work. and it was q famil- ia sight to see the colonel of the reei-
 ment, axe in hand. cutting down the
 trees CT helping dau5 the chiaEs Of tte
 hu,s that were nearing completion. H;e
 never would accept q comfort himself
 that his men did not possess. He
 rolled up at night in the same blanket
 and on the same hard ground and ate
 the same food as the others. and took
 more than his share Of personal dan-
 ger, showing Un1agging energy. He
 was always positive, always determin-
 cd, never hesitating nor irresOlute d.
 ways quick to show his men what to do
 by doing it himself, and while a strict
 disciplinarian he was not 2 martinct
 Once the regiment was sent with
 wagon train of supplies to General Miles, then in command of Fort Keogh. On the road our wagon train was at tackled by the Sioux at daybreak. The fire became so hot that the command was forced to return to Glendire creek It was reinforced, again started, and again driven back. General Otis by this time had come up with the lead ing wagon train, and when the third start was made he rode at the head of the line himself, saying grimly: This time we will not turn back, if we have to fight until spring.
 "A running fight was kept up most of the day, and in the afternoon the In dians disappeared seeming to have given up the fight. General Otis was not deceived. We had eighty wagon loads of supplies, and he knew that as winter twas approaching the prize was q rich one fer the Indians. who wanted the supplies more than they wanted re- Venge on the soldiers. He took every precaution in placing the camp that night, personally experimenting every 1 outpost, the position of every wagon and every soldier
 At midnight, the Indians. who had | been reinforced, swept down upon the ca mp with fiendish yells, hoping to sur prise us. They were received instead | with a volley and driven back with l heavy loss. Day by day we fought our way along, and night by night we took | what maps we could between the at tacks of the devilish, unseen foe
 ''It has been said that General Otis ! is neither a diplomat INT a society | man. Though lawyer by profession, i q graduate of Harvard 9 man Of in heritad culture and gentle instincts, the hard, practical and perflous life he [ has led does not make a carpet knight. It does make an absolutely truthful, | honorable. fearless man and a very able soldier. He is the soul Of homer weakness, y2cillation and | are simply impossible ! to him. He knows the Indian charac- ter-the treachery and bravery and all . the tricks of the savage.
 T remember once in Our Indian cam p3ign, when our wagon train had f-r several days been constantly harasscd | by the Indians, the s2vages one morn- ing displayed a flag of truce and soon . l burly, ugly fellow, their chief, came into camp He declared that he and