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waiting for the Attack.

with the exception of a few scatter
ing pines, there is no vegetation on the
steep hill along which the trail rms
al the point where the command halted
ioi 'he attack, except bunch grass and
sage brush. The men lay there in the
darkness, which was their only pro-
lection from discovery in case an In
uian should emerge from one of the
iouses which formed the village below
them. The trail is still distinct tboueb
II 10 no roger used. 1t is about 40 feet
aoo'e the level of the meadow below
ana the descent to the plain is rocky
ana steep. Between the foot of This
nil and Ruby creek, across which the
lhdlans We're encamped, is a space of
about $50 yards in width which ;s
thlckly overgrown with willows. Their
is no" ana then an open space, but for
nearly the entire distance between tbs
foot of the bluff and the stream tho
willows are as dense as any tronicaI
jungle. The river in August is breast
deep at this point, about 50 feet wide
steep of bank and swift of current a
- PiNhi mountain SlltdIl Inc distance
l5O yards, that has been given as in
tervening between the hill and the
stream is measured at the nearest point
of the latter, the apex of the wide bend
that the channel takes at that place.
From that it sweeps away in either di-
rection to distance of a quarter of a ,
mile or more. Across the river, in this
bend, is perfect meadow, entirely free
from brush so feet from the bank. It
was in this meadow that Joseph had
made his camp. There were SO lodges,
arranged in the form of a V. with the
point up stream and the west leg fol-
lowing a line nearly parallel to the
nank of the stream. Below the camp
was second band of ponies, these
tethered to the willows, evidently tied
there for use in case of emergency. at
the instisation of Looking Glass and
others who shared his opinion that de-
lays were dangerous.
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The Monument.

In September, 1888, the handsome
monument that marks the scene of this
long fight was erected by the United
States. An appropriation of $4,000 was
made by congress and the monument
was put in place by detachment Of
the Third infantry, under Captain
Thompson from Fort Missoula. 1t is
plain granite shaft upon a square
pedestal. Its base is five feet and a
half square and it's height is nine feet.
Upon the face that looks out over the
valley was chiseled these words:
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IL.
In that high altitude there is frost in
August. and the men had left their
coats and blankets in the wagons be-
hind The dew and frost made the
waiting most uncomfortable and the
men were anxious for the dawn to
come. AS they watched the camp, they
saw a number of squaws come out and
replenish the fires and then return to
their beds, unconscious of the presence
of the enemy. 1T was a memorable
hour" said Major Catlin in telling this
story, land one that will never be for
gotten by those who shared the anxiety
of the minutes as they slowly passed"
Major Catlin was asked to make
detail from his company for skirmish
line duty, but declined. He said how.
ever that he would call for volunteers
This he did and every man in the COM
mand stepped forward Starting at
the end of the line, he called out 10
men, and with them he went forward
to the post of danger a few men from
Bradley's company having been de-
tailed with their commander to join
him.
AS the morning advanced the troops
were arranged for the attack. Lieu
tenant Bradley, with Company B, was
sent down to the lower side of the
bend. Major Catlin and his men were
stationed in the willows just above
Bradley's company. Just above the
citizen soldiery and slightly in advance,
he e, ~
and Comba. deployed as skirmishers.
On the upper bend of the stream, be-
yond its junction with Trail creek,
We're the companies of Captains Logan,
Williams and Rawn. Thus the thin line
bent around the upper end of the
camp. The only opening was toward
where the reserve ponies were tethered.
Lieutenant Bradley was nearest to this
end, but his command was too small
to reach around this end of the camp
The formation was too far up the
stream to intercept the flight of such
Indians as would fee toward their
horses
Here the command waited for the
attack. The order was given to ad-
vance as soon as the f1rSt shot should
be heard. 1t was one of the occasions
that try mems souls. The battle was
about to commence. The men in Brad
ley's and Catlin's companies saw an
Indian emerge from his lodge, secure
horse and ride toward the pony herd
on the hill. 1t was in the first gray of
the morning and the Indian rode d-
rrectly toward these two companies. A
short distance further and the pres
ence of the troops would be discovered.
There was but one thing to do. That
Indian must be fixed so that he could
give no alarm. Quietly Major Catlin
had told his men to shoot the first In
dian they saw. As this Indian APP
preached the line four shots rang out
in the still air of the morning, the In
dian dropped from his horse, the order
to charge was given and the fight was
on The civilian sodiery had opened
the battle and the first victim was the
great medicine man of the Nez Perces,
whose name, as given by Amos Buck,
one of the volunteers, was Cub CuI-Se-
We-Na. The account of the ensuing
battle is told as it was related to me
by Major Catlin, the leader of the brave
company of volunteers.
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VIII.
The Battle.

In accordance with the ordnrS Of
General Gibbon," said Major Catlin,
the troops and volunteers opened the
battle with three rounds from their ri
f1es, fired directly into the village. We
We're then ordered to charge and the
men advanced, firing at will. The first
volley that we sent into the camp
brought out the Indians like lies. They
swarmed out of the tepees and cur men
picked them off. But our line was too
far up the creek to prevent the escape
of large number of the flying Indians
from getting below us and there We're
soon a score or more of them in the
willows just below Bradley's company.
As we advanced one of these fellows
killed Bradley, only to fall himself, shot
by one of the lieutenant's men. Lieu
tenant Bradley was. l believe, the first
white man killed in the battle Then
Bradley's men moved up toward my
company, which was in a better posi-
ton, and the two commands fought to-
gether, side by side, as one company.
1t was picnic when we made the at
Idch. w were III the DTuSH ana picked
off the bucks as they crawled out of
their tepees. We charged with a steady
advance and had the Indians complete
ly demoralized. They were whipped at
that time and had we followed up the
advantage that we gained in the sud-
den attack we would have prevented
them from rallying as they did. But
General Gibbon thought that we could
cripple them more seriously if we de-
stroyed the village, and he gave orders
to burn the lodges. These were made
of hides, many of them green, and all
were soaked with dew and frost, so
that it was impossible to destroy them
by this method. We made repeated at
tempts to do this but all that resulted
was a terrible loss of time that pre-
mitted the chiefs to rally their braves
and organize for an attack upon us.
They found shelter in the willows that
we had left when we advanced into the
village, and from this protected posi-
ton were pouring a terrible fire into
our men. Gibbon sat upon his horse
directing operations and was wounded,
as was his horse. The fire became so
hot that he jumped his horse into the
creek for protection.
While the burning of the lodges was |
n progress there was hardly bullet in |
The air. The Indians were thoroughIy /
lemoralized and Gibbon evidently |
thought that he had them permanent |
who had had experience with the Indian
and we believed that. unless we fol- !
owed up the work that we had done. |
he Nez Perces would rally and return |
% the fight. l had met Captain Rawn |
or moment while we We're in the viii |
age. We had talked of this and had |
agreed that the place for our troops |
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the greatest speed that they could mus
ter. When they reached that point in
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| the fight would be resumed in the morn
| ing. Billy Edwards of my company Of
| fered to go and got out safely. A sec
| ond messenger, Sergeant Wilson of the
regulars. was sent afterward, lest Ed
| wards should be killed 1t was after
! they had left that that last vollev Of
| II or 10 shots was fired over our heads
"All night We lay in our trenches,
| getting what rest we could and won
dering what was in store for us in the
morning. But the morning showed us
| that the Indians mad gone and Hugh
kirkendali came down with the wagon
train and plenty of rations, the first
that We had had for SO hours He was
| cordially welcomed and, after we had
eaten breakfast. our men We're sent out
to bury their dead, a skirmish line hav-
ing been thrown out to prevent any re-
turn attack from the Indians. The bat
tie was over. We had lost five of our
men and the military "a, including
Bostwick, the Fort Shaw guide. Our
losses were Lynde Elliott, John Arm
strong, Dave Morrow, Al Lockwood
and Campbell Mitchell. / have told you
how Elliott and Morrow We're killed.
Armstrong was one of detail that had
been sent up the hill to drive off the
Indian horses. They were attacked by
the Indians who had got around the left
of our line, and Armstrong was killed
because he refused to run as did the
rest of the detail. He would shoot at
the Indians and then walk back while
reloading. He was as brave as a lion.
The Indians mounted and rode to with
in 30 yards of him before they succeed
ed in killing him. Mitchell ana Lock
wood were killed by sharpshooters while
we We're fighting our way back out of
the willows. All of these bodies were
taken up in October of that year and
brought to Corvallis for burial. except
Elliott, who was buried in the family
cemetery at his home.
While we We're at work in the field
on the morning of the 10th Towards
scouts came up under command of
Captain Robbins. They We're Buffalo
Horn and his friendly Indians but they
came near getting shot by our pickets,
as it was thought that they were hos
tiles. Towards command soon fol-
lowed and went into camp near the
grove that had been our battle-ground
the day before.
The Howitzer that might have done
US so much good was not brought up
till after our attack on the camp. We
wanted to take it along with us the
night before, but General Gibbon OBJ
jected. Had we had it at the time of
the attack we could have prevented the
Indians from getting around our left
into the willows. As it was, it was
fired but two or three times before the
mounted Indians drove away its men
and dismantled it.
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Conclusion.

Howard followed Joseph's crippIed
band through the mountains till he
learned that the chief intended to
reach the British possessions. Then he
telegraphed to General Miles at Fort
keogh and the latter Intercepted the
gallant leader and received his sur
render. The Indians were nearly starry
ed and the cold of the early winter had
caused much suffering among the wom-
en- and children. White Cloud escaped
with few followers across the line
and took up his abode with Sitting
Bull in British America. Looking Glass
was killed and all the other chiefs ex-
cept Joseph and White Cloud. Joseph
asserted to Miles that he had no grudge
against the whites. except Howard,
who, he claimed, had deceived him.
There have been many opinions ex-
pressed concerning the battle Of the
Big Hole. Gibbon has been censured
for making the attack with his infer
ior force but this seems undeserved.
His plan of attack was well conceived
and splendidly executed. | have talked
with many of the members of the volun-
teer company and all agree that 100
men, experienced in Indian fighting,
could have thoroughly defeated joseph
on the banks of Ruby creek, so that
he would have surrendered there. Glib
non certainly erred in not accepting
the suggestions of men who knew the
country so thoroughly and who knew
the Indian, as WELL Had he entrenched
himself in the position that Captain
Rawn and Major Catlin had chosen.
the story of the battle would read far
differently from the present arrative.
No finer piece of military work has
been recorded than the attack of this
little body of men upon a force that
outnumbered it almost four to one.
Had proper advantage been taken Of |
the result of the first attack there is !
no doubt that Joseph would have been |
compelled to surrender. He was a |
grand general, but he was over conf |
dent, and had not Gibbon himself be-
gagement there would have been no
further retreat. The war of 1877 would |
have ended there,
As it was, this battle was the begin
ming of the end of the war. Joseph was
so seriously crippled that he was not
able to continue his retreat as success
fully as he had managed it I'D to that
time. When he was finally forced to
surrender his tribe was suffering Sc
verely. Much of the credit of this is
undoubtedly due to the citizen soldiers
Of western Montana. Actuated solely
by desire to punish the Indians for
their Idaho outrages, these men left
their homes and families and took I'D
their rifles in a good cause. They did
more than their share of the fighting
and bore more than their share OF the
nardships Had their advice been taken
The name of Gibbon would rank with
that of the greatest generals that this
country has produced. To the indif-
ference with which he regarded his
citizen volunteers is due the failure of |
-iibbon to accomplish the purpose for
which he made the brilliant attack in
he gray dawn of that chill August
Western Montana is proud
IF these men and l am glad of this op-
portunity to add a tribute to their
ialorous deeds. ,
ARTHTTR T, STONE
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On this field II officers and
1873 enlisted men of the eth L.
S. infantry. under it's colonel,
Brevet Major General John
Gibbon and other soldiers
and 36 citizens surprised and
fought all day a superior
force of NeZ Perez Indians,
more than one-third of the
command being killed and
wounded.
The Daily Texarkanian. [volume] (Texarkana, Ark.) 1894-1906, 1899-12-12

We see it stated that prosperity
is so rampant at Canton, Ohio, the
presidents home, that those who
have are knocked down by those
who have not, and their wealth ia
ken away from them. Blood hounds
have been employed to run down
these thugs, but it seems that
nightly hold ups are INDUCED in at
that place. We have a few cases
here, but they are few and far be-
tween. When we take into consid-
GRAFTON that Canton, Ohio, is city
with electric lights on every corner,
and that these rObberies occur right
on the lighted streets, we cannot
Law it to insufficient lighting, but il
is a poor citizenship who are toe
lazy to work. We have a good Citi
zenship here, and when any one is
robbed or held up, it is by some
proving tramp from some McKin
lev state. We should all go armed
with lance or club at night, anr
when a hold up man addresses us
put a head on him so that the off
GERS will know him when they SET
him.
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GOT WHAT WAS DUE II.
Tried to Beat the T., S. & N. Road
Out of $4,000 Acres of Land, But
Got Left.

When the management of the T.,
S. & n. railroad, asked the city ofI
Shreveport what it would do for the
T., S. & n. road in the way of a
bonus, should this road build
through to that city, the answer
was plenty" and the people did
act magnanimously toward the
road. Among other donations, was
tract of public land under the
control of the levee board. This
BOARD said, we cannot give you the
land outright, but will sell it to you
at nominal value. The price was
fixed at 3 cents an acres, but when
the time came for the deeds to be
made, the President of the Levee
Board would not sign the same.
President Fouke went into cout to
compel the President of the board
to make his road a title to the
tract, showing that he had COM
Piled with his agreement, and asked
the court to compel President
Smith to comply with the agree
ment the board entered into with
him.
Judge Land to whom the case was
heard before said in substance:
"This is a mandamus suit by the
TexarKana, Shreveport & Natchel
road to compel E. N. Smith, as
president of the Caddo Levee Board
to sign an act of sale from the
| Levee Board to the railroad Of
ONE $4,000 acres Of land pursuant
to a resolution of said board &C
cepting the proposition of the rail
road to buy on certain terms anC
conditions and instructing tht
president to execute and sign the
deed in accordance with the reso
utions authorizing said act.
The defendant, in his answer
sets up that the sale was dona
ton in disguise to the railroad ant
as such was forbidden by the con
stitutlon. The court held that suCt
a defense could not be set up by the
president of the board and that or
the face of the proceedings it wa
the plain duty of the president t.
execute and sign the act Of sale
and it was so ordered"
We are glad to record that ouI
plucky little road has won such
dne body of land.
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Marriage.

Marriage, broadly defined, is
Iife's closest friendship in purest
and most intimate daily association.
1t is two made one, fronting the
world together. Its happiness de-
ponds on responsive qualities, quick
sympathies and reciprocal useful
ness. These conditions are often
fulfilled to the uttermost in mar
riages wherein tbs wife is cOnspicu
Gus and frankly older than her hus-
band She has tact and patience
aud infinite tenderness III dealing
with her good man. She is apt to
look well to his material comforts.
He has good dinners and his socks
are darned. Men need and like pit
ying and cosseting They need to
be duly fed and starChed and kept
respectable in appearance. They
grid at frayed cuffs and cold coffee,
The younger woman is self absorb.
ed, as the older is not, or she does
not so layishIy bestow the mother
brooding which a man never grows
too old to enJoy,-Markaret e.
Sangster.
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HUMAN IGNORANCE.

A child was asked to name the
principal organs OF the human body
and this was his reply: "The organs
of the human body are the heart,
lungs and other utensils" The ig-
norance of many adults about the
human body is actually appalling,
Constipation is considered nothing.
Indigestion is annoying but nothing
serious. Biliousnesss brings melan
cholia, but then luck is blamed and
not the liver. A dose of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters would quickly show
these people where they stand
This is the medicine which has been
known as the dyspepsia-conqueror
for the last fifty years. 1t will cure
your stomach trouble quickly and
easily. Get it and see for yourself,
See that private Revenue Stamp
covers the neck of the bottle.
The Daily Texarkanian. [volume] (Texarkana, Ark.) 1894-1906, 1899-12-12
What Royalty Costs England.

What is the salary list of Eng
lands royal family, or their annual
cost to tire government?
These are established annulties;
Queen Victoria, sl,825,OOO; the
Prince Of Wales, 100000; the
Princess of Wales, $50, 900; DOwager
Empress Frederick of Germany
$40, 600. Duke of Edinburgh, $780,
900; Processes Beatrice, Louise and
Christian, $4,000 each; Duke OF
Couuaught, 1925, 900; Duchess OF
Mecklenburg- Strelitz, 10000 Duke
of Cambridge, $50, 1000; Duchess Of
Albany, $50, 900, and the children o.
the Prince of Wales, $4,000. Ther
the queen gets the revenues OF thu
Duchy of Lancaster, which ap
proximate s25O,OOO yearly. DC
casional outlays besides these ar
not infrequent. Dowries are pro
yided tor the royal children. Prin
cess Beatrice, the last of the queen
children to marry, got 100000
Arkansas Democrat.
The Daily Texarkanian. [volume] (Texarkana, Ark.) 1894-1906, 1899-12-12

If Uncle Sam does not act quickly
in the matter of digging an isthmi'
an canal between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans, the French may get
ahead of him. The New Orlear S
Picayune says "The Panama com
pany has just published a report in
which it is set forth that a sum of
5l2,OO0,O0O francs, or something
over 500, 900, 900, will be required to
complete it. 1t would not be sur
prising ii the Panama canal should
be built and controlled by French
interests In that the French ma.
ton would be able to acquire a pre-.
ponderating commercial and, per,
haps, political influence on the 18th
mus, as England has 10 Egypt, aud
so the United States, which has the
greatest interest in penetrating the
American isthmus with a waterway
of commerce, will be left in the
background. 1t would be pitiful
satire on American enterprise # the
ships of the United States should be
forced to pay toll to the French for
the privilege Of steaming through
the American isthmian canal.
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Christmas excursions.

Of course when you go home to
spend Christmas, you will see that
your ticket reads via tee Port Ar
thur Route.
On December 10 and 20, this line
will sell tickets at one fare for the
round trip to points in Arkansas,
Kansas, Colorado, Missouri and
Nebraska Tickets good returning
for 30 days. This in addition to
regular local reduced rates on sale
Dec. 90, "a, %, 80 and Jan, /. Final
limit, Jan. 3.
One fare to points within a radi
us Of 200 miles.
For full information apply at
ticket Office.
H, G, Orr, G, p A., Kansas City.
A. L Prick, c, p, A. Texarkana
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Estimated cost of the war be-
tween the states is over six billions
of dollars. Figuring the value OF
the slaves at 5000 a head, inclusive
of babes and children, their total
cost would have been less than half
this immense sum. How much bet
ter it would have been to have paid
for thesIaycs yet Northern fanatics
refused to do this, and this caused
the war, wherein so many precious
human lives were sacrificed, besides
twice the commercial value of~the
slaves.
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Gaining a Wide Reputation.

As a cure for rheumatism Cham
berlaiu's Pain Balm is gaining a
wide reputation. D. B. Johnston
of Richmond, Ind, has been troubled
with that ailment sinCe 1862. In
speaking of it he says: Il never
found anything that would relieve
me until l used Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. 1t acts like magic with me.
NV foot was swollen and panied me
very much, but one good application
of Pain Balm relieved me. For
sale by Smith Drug Co.
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