The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-05-18
Talks TIE
) BY Chaplain G. c. Stull
( or the First Montana Volunteers,
OF the First Montana Volunteers.

DIItH SHIps bUl bDoD WV op'bJ INV
there gaze on the moon mud stars,
There was III mir of quiet aud peace
about the scene that ! believed ~
much Nv anything else tended 10 keep
the mon from being reckless amid the
bard conditions TINT surrounded them
10 relieve the mOD0tODy when the moon
wDe not shining md the nights were
dark, the burning 0f some ono ~ the
towns NJ q distDDee would ijluWjDDte
the b.ayeDs, VI that we seemed IN u
state VI saWisdarkuess, md were con-
staDtJy kept guessing where the fires
might be, They were Wpely IN front
" IN, bnf almost behind us, ~ TINT
we knew tint tbp UGityrs were destroy
ing their OVID homes, tbGlr own prof.
eriy, md ~ some eDseF, their own life,
under The delUsiOD that the Americans
would profit " then towus were
allowed 10 rpWDjD md their goods md
obDtleIs myed, IL was during one Of
these nights ! mention, WHOM the sky
wDs eleDr but 10 moon, tint we noticed
a very bright five Oh orr iipbf, and inn
mpdiDiely tbe grapevine wns ~ o)repl
alton, and ~ along tbe line went ibe
ppp0yf lHaf some Of The DHtiyGs, Dpg0p
gUIsD ~ gDryapls ~ W%epobAUff, Dnd
been pUpbled 10 boptd orr gpUbODts Hnd
bnd 0rGd them Thee YDs eoHeterUls
tloD, bpt The mind wns sufficiently
active 10 giye TedeUGe 10 Just fpeb y
report ~ Tbs, md ~ Wnf nenoptHd ~
fler, md ~ along tbNt ltue went tho
news tint our boet bad been dostrOy'
I'D lld tbaG We we've bpuUmod IN, pYDy
from MNUilDt Witb ~ DnbUnWU force
IN front NJ Ds Hvd Witb u lreleber0Ds
people behind ~, w Ryept became
This feDr that lbetn WDs lroaebory be'
hind lint 4 signal BAB raised from tbe
QbproI lVwop when N wDs djsoOyUnd
fbnl snu ROJue q 1910 town Out ftoW
CNylln, bad BEEN bDInud ny mepbnw
0f General EgtWljpE sDH ~ tby
wero yncDtiyR tbeil ggDrf0ys md feok'
ipg otbOW uoDr Sun prpeiFoo l)e'
MllUb0p Yifitlug IBIS point some
fnw days Iglor, discovered tint ODD
NJ tbo pvpltiost Itltlo yjIlDRee IN tint
pjrl NJ the islnUd bpd boon wnDtODly
destroyed, 10 lint The AWofigDu soldier
DUa biz friends might not occupy tjo
spmn Thn poor natives wepo bpddlod
aboDf wbmnyw tbOy might find tbo
friendly Shade oi the lblek folinge,
Whelo, without tho ordinary peeofsIlies
M lifO, thDy we've deprived ~ MI they
bad boon yenW ~ accommodating, Al.
othDr evidence ~ tbe smDllDoss NJ
General OTIS, according W thD pin'
bonded critics, WIS tho fDnt thnl inls
ma1iDtGly ho b0GnlO0 DogUNiDiGd VIII
their digtrebs bC ordered sDch food and
Wiment ~ dizzy weie " mood NJ - bo
provided NJ once Tbis wW done,
nyhrtiDg possible stnryDtiop
"Om 0utpoals aud accommodating
pprty discovered thp pr0NntB ~ lho
iUpp who were prvlpgipg matters ~
front NJ ~, w NOnllDR ACROSS some ~
fheir lTnnnhou bpilt Oh one side ~ The
river, npd W bn used, possibly, Az y
doooy, on VISITING tlefn npnphos tbpt
0Slonaod along thn river pv0bgbly for q
distance NJ 1870 Wllna, wn dleeoyovod
lhnt u single row ~ bpmboQ lnd boon
fet np w nppb u way ~ 10 ipllgntn ~
anyone from The tmtIm HldO tbpt "
WINS yDry lhIgk, MD lmInTyiouH 10
lhD bpllnt thnt miRlt bo Or01 nom
beyond, Vhn evident intention WDe,
w ReI ~ N pnsh fpI wmd SOCK W gnl
hehind Ihnb0 lr0nGh0s and Immediately
wo werp IN UmilioL fro np0n w MlI'
NM tlp whole nfRinnnt nv thnt prt
nj lho army fhNt may lnyo t0ngIt ibis
refuge, THOR work, however, wNp tOp
00NrAe, nna whom WI GfnItnd fnr tbnsO
fmp0hpA hoy ware almply kielpd 0ut
NJ Mo Why, 0nI mon aNnIflNd ACROSS Tho
MlaAnl NM iho ep0ny wW PM ~
Hight
nAn0lhnr lhlng that wN bGGnINa
Agpninted WITH WNn Ibo rnngp nnapr,
This WINS \ pmull bunch NJ nom Nv lhD
tQp M tNn polo, md M over Two
hundred yards diptNnnN, ipdlpplpd thp
lnnap Vl0W WINS almost dOylIiah
inannply m lhn ppttinR w n lheW M
well IN tho doNOy aNldinpa Vlprp wnrp
NJ many lllinR0 llDt p0inlnd w fh0 hoy
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frequently thn npbp lhnt w IN mn
plafAd mprR N 4 litllo hyfplny lhnn u
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pANdanaa Thla WIN evident N IN
fraM llf unnlnTnls Ghllanha Wqn'
eHpYars llNf lhfHp pp0plp fnRaRed, w.
Iemfmhef hnNlng nnAn several Fiaks M
rice afrNwt dnWmlpA holding wooden
Hnnh. and fhfR mad been Mndf M near
moline fhNf u Nnnla RnHYla \ NAN Nv
n dlatnNfn NJ Wnkp AHrn whether u WHa
\ fnldlpT M \ ,dpnd mNn W. Fnn lngOHH
ono NJ lllhan dnfinH AhF flnR NJ Gallon
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thN paInf lfAf General lrnalWl wHH
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