The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-07-01
Cen. Lawton.
Chicago Inter Ocean.

Chicago Inter Ocean.
Henry W. Lawton, lieuten-
,.t-colunel uf the r.gnlars.
major general Of volunteers,
the vonYueror of Geronimo, the
hero ST FL Cancy, and the vic
tor vi Bacoor has, has fought
nearly 40 years for the United
States government. AS a
country boy in Ohio, he got his
size and his Drawn from the
sturdy farmer folk. The count
~ school1naster gave him a
start; since then the world has
been his school. He entered
the volunteer service of the
United States in 1861. He went
in q sergeant. he was mustered
out in 1855 a brevet colonel. He
had four years of the fiercest
fighting, but he had not had
enough. He enlisted again
this time in the regular army.
Up he climbed again. and he
10 still climbing.
Uncle Sam needed a real
soldier in the Southwest. Law
ton was transferred to the cav
airy and sent to hold the In
dams in check. Fol 20 years
ne lived a life the history of
which is yet to be written
a life of foray, reprisal. long
rides, midnight surprises, am
bushes, disheartening chases,
desperate skirmishes, and con-
slant danger. In 16 years re-
moval, age, privation and the
bullet changed almost the
entire personnel of the forces.
But Lawton never changed.
The Chirachaus, the Jacarillas,
and the Apaches hated him as
only Indians can hate, but they
feared him more.
Then came Geronimo. For
the tenth time the Chiricahua
APaches jumped the..SanC Carlos
reservation. Behind them was
the usual trail of fire and blood.
Gen. Miles was in command.
Ee picked out Lawton for the
desperate task i'm hand, and
thcn,began the most remark
able pursuit IN the history OF
Indian warfare.
Lawton started on horseback
with two companies of regulars.
The horses gave out; Lawton
pursued on foot. The soldiers
dwindled away--fatigue. star
Walton, and the bullet did the
work. At last the Indians ask
ed parley. Lawton, alone
walked into the hostile camp
faced the chief, and demanded
instant and unconditional sur
render. A month later Geroni-
mo and his men where prison
ers in Florida. The white man
had outfought, outtraveled, out
tricked the Indian. And the
man who can beat the Indian
at his own game in his own
land has nothing to learn from
any fighter that lives in the
Orient.
This service made Lawton's
fame, and the government call
ed him to the inspector gener-
ale office in Washington, with
official prestige. a good salary,
and little to do. When the
Maine went down in Havana
bay Lawton was the first man
to ask to go to the front. Then
came Ell Caney. Now it is Ba-
coor.
Today, Sc years of age, Law
ton is as good physically as he
ever was. And he is a physic-
III marvel. He stands 6 feet93
inches. aud weighs 21O pounds.
He 10 straight. long-armed, deep
-chested, and hin.flanked, He
does not carry an ounce of fat;
he is bone and sinew and mus
Gle. His teeth are sound and
his stomach is perfect; his only
sign Of age is a few gray hairs.
Neither starvation in the South.
west nor ease in Washington
nor the sun or fever OF Cuba
and the Philippines has left a
mark. His intimates will back
him to drink any man under
the table. When he feels like it
he works 48 hours at a stretch
When the mode takes him he
sleeps as long without turning
over. He may fast two days
and then eat two dozen reed
birds at a sitting. He is q
6achelCr; If he ever had an
AaAir Of the heart his friends
hak1 never heard of it. He is
enat Z pretty man. His hair
j1sgtahds up like the bristles on q
brush. His forehead is high
And narrow, his cheek bones
prominent, his jaw square and
HE lips thin. His mustache