Arizona republican., 1899-02-21

1 the biting, piercing gale which swep 1 down from the north with unabateC fury. Before noon of that day severa
 of the horses gave out, dropping be fore the icy blast like stricken deer
 At dark number of packs were aiban doned to provide mounts for those who
 had lost their naimals.
 Finally a brief rest was called and after many failures, a fire was started and coffee made. When orders were given to resume the march the surgeon i accompanying the expedition went tc Colonel Henry and reported that five of the troopers were suffering with bad ly frozen feet
 Help me off with this glove re-
 piled the intrepid cavalry leader, ex-
 tending his left hand The surgeon
 wonderingly obeyed, and as he touched
 the flesh under the gauntlet he cried:
 Tt is stiff. Your hand is frozen, sir! ;
 fFMount men," ordered Colonel
 Henry, calmly And as the cavalcade
 prepared to obey the command it was found necessary to assist him to his saddle. On through the snow and
 sleet. on until the wintry sun rising over the eastern hills, proclaiming the coming of day, rode the little party of soldiers. There were many stragglers, many who lA.ched in their saddles, many who rested benumbed and almost unconscious upon the necks of their mounts; but none failed to follow that stern figure in advance When day finally broke number of black specks were seen moving over the crest of ridge, a mile in advance.
 They are the Cheyennes! exclaim- ed Colonel Henry. 'And that ridge marks the boundary line between Can ada and the United States. We can go no further
 The memory of the retreat back to shelter will be as a blank page to most of the party. Several days later the troops stumbled painfully into the well come gates of the fort, bearing with them twenty-one of their number fro- zen almost within the grasp of death. Colonel Henry kept command until he saw his men in safety again, then he took to his bed, and hovered between life and death for many weary weeks, finally rising with his left hand crip- pied and his constitution so broken that he reported as unfit for further duty But he was in harness again af- ter brief rest.
 When the committee of Porto Ri- cans met General Henry in the palace 1t San Juan the members saw that the face of their new governor bore many scars. There was a bullet hole through each cheek, the bridge of the nose was broken and the left eye seem- 5d dull and colorless. To them it was possibly disfiguIement but to the men who served with Henry in '73 each scar spoke of a thrilling ep. sode in that famous exnedition aoainst the Sioux n the Big Horn and Yellowstone coun- ny, when the troopers of the yellow stripes" taught the hostiles a lasting esson. lai
 In that expedition Colonel Guy V. Henry was in charge of the Second bat talion of the Third cavalry, which formed part of General Crooks com mand. One June morning. while the 3EoCps were camping for breakfast in a little ravine, the out-pickets rushed back with the startling announcement hat the Sioux were coming in force There was barely time to sound Boots and saddles" when the heights about the valley swarmed with savages. Within twenty minutes a regular pitched battle was in progress, the In 1ians, of whom there were several