The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-21

tful Grandd~oghfsT OF Gen. ATmiIo-
What Has Become of Her-Atoeriesn
Soldiers Would Not Take Reward.
In the Washington City Directory he IL
plainly listed as Samuel y. Hoyt. mining
engineer. To this ohsequious friends
sometimes prefix Col because he com
mandei a regiment ia g. To the Navajo
Indians he is known as "Man-WhO-ki Killed
White-Man." The Lillooet Indians. Of
British Columbia, 20 this day. remember
him In legends as the great white chief,
Man WhO-SbOots-Nec on Bottle" We
OF the younger generation call him I'm
Gle Sam" partly out OF reyercnt affection.
and partly because he bears such d stTik
ing resemblance 10 that much-csrtooned
parsonage with star-Spsnglcd vest and
striped trousers. who b. supposed 20 Wa -ch
over American interests. A veteran Of
TWO wars, a "fOTty-niner' who panned
the golden sands Of the SIerras with MI
das-iike results, reputed 10 be the first
white man 10 gaze on the wonders OF NO-
semitic, the friend Of Kit" Carson and
"Peg-leg'' Smith. ne is one OF the most
picturesque OF the many picturesque char
acters OF the Capital City. Straight as
poplar, keen-eyed as an eagle, he can,
even az the age 81 seventy-eight, draw
his pOuderOus old Colt down 10 as fine
bead" as when. nearly fifty years ago.
he shot the neck off the bottle floating
two hundred yards away on the waters
OF Lac La Hache or pumped its ounce
ball into the mighty grizzly Of the
Rockies Can he tell a good story? Well,
yes; II one is any judge
SO YOU want to know why the Next
cans seemed 10 favor us as much as they
did Spain. their mother country, IN this
little scrimmago," he said one day While
in a reminiscent mood. Wal, / think j
can tell you, or at least give one OF the
reasons. In the Mexican War ! was Ser
geant and colOr-bearer OF the FIRST I'M
nois Infantry. We had little fighting at
Buena Vista and other places, but il ain
necessary to say anything about that.
"After the treaty of Guadalupe Hidal-
20 in February. lSiS, detachment OF TWO
hundred OF US. under command OF Col
Newly. was ordered up TO Santa re by
Gen. Taylor.
.In those DAVIS the Navajo Indians were
a powerful. warlike tribe. They WASH
sneaking and treacherous Ike the
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warpath and make things hum every once
in a while They used to come down in
big war parties on the Mexicans and XIII
and scalp like any redskin. Maybe II
don't look like ii now TO see EN- raising
sheep and making blankets as peaceful as
Cuakers. but it's true all the same. An
other thing they did was TO carry OH the
children of these white folks and make
slaves Of them When We got mold oil mat
territory old Taylor made up his mind TO
stop all that fo0iishneSs and he sent US up
there TO teach the Indians lesson. When
We got 10 Santa Fe We camped there for
month or so while the Colonel made in
Quiries and got his pack trains and guides
together.
Expedition Against Navajss.
"A garrison was stationed at Santa Fe,
and near the middle of April We started
West with about one hundred and fifty
men mounted on ponies. We made the
passage of the Rio Grande and crossed a
small range of mountains. sort of wing
OF the Rockies. About twenty miles
further on We crossed another range, near
what is known as the Continental Divide.
There We came to Kiatana Valley, mean
ing the valley where cattle Craze.
That was the fourth night out and we
camped by the side of a spring or little
pond about fifty feet across. We tet
three riatas together and fastened rock
on the end and dropped it down and
couldn't touch bottom. You know how
long RATA is. don't you?
Wal. the Colonel knew We were getting
mighty close TO the Navajos Our packers
and guides were Pueblos and Mexicans.
and they told us We were within twenty
miles OF them. The NavaIos were what
one would call pastoral people and were
immensely rich in ponies and sheep. In
lhe summer they let them Craze all over
hlatah2 valley. In the winter, or when
they We're having big war. they would
uTlNe them INTO the Canon de Chellev a
grassy valley surrounded by perpendicular
ellis. IL had been the stronghold Of the
cave jewellers good many hundred wears
o. and could only be entered where tn.
walls formed Il narrow gateway on the
east - '''S
4hiTty-hVe OF US were sent ahead 90
ftconnoit@ring party during the nigbt
with orders 10 push forward as far o.
possible. Col Newly said he UeuId COR.
on with the rest early In the rnornins W.
set out about shutdown with a few guides
ana rode all right. Ii was a quiet IittIa
party and you couldn't hear a sound but
the horses hoOfs as We pushed nm the
valley. We stopped at d monte mesa a
sort or high table land where a snring
spshed out ard watered cur horses. II
Was about 1 O'Clock, and the guides told
time. - any
Attacked by Indians
we mounted and rode about half q
miles when We came 10 a big clurnn of
mesquite. Then the devil and all his INNS
seemed 10 break loose Such howIine
and screeching You never heard In the
light OF the early Dawn We could see EN-
coming, fun seven hundred Navaios
Luckily for Is. they didn't have any
guns, and before they could get is in
range OF their arrows We made 4 oujck
urn and relreated 10 the spring on the
monte mesa, We knew the Colonel would
Gene up IN a few hours and VIZ, wanted
THAI spring. for water is precious out in
that country. We kept up a running fight
I'll we reached the high ground, and then
We waited for EN-
They wasn't long in coming and when
they same, We we're ready for 'em
We didn't have any OF your modern small
oGlber. high-power rifles. We were arm
Ell with the old Scott 'buck-snd-baH' flint
lock musket loaded with an ounce bulle,
and three buckshot They shot a ire
mendous charge of powder and kicked
like mules But the way We moved down
them NavajOs was something worth going
miles 10 see The heavy oun.e t,Is