The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-17

carbine and two revolvers / was able
to keep the bloodthirsty devils at bay
until dark. Every time | saw anything
like an Indian projecting from a rock
/ let fly, and they served me with the
same kind of medicine. AS soon as 1t
was dark crawled from rock to rock.
being then on an equal footing with
the enemy. Eight miles away found
several prospectors in camp. We went
back to the scene of the fight, but they
had left the canyon. In the meantime
party of wood-choppers had passed
along the trail and found the dead
man and the horses. 1t was from their
report that the announcement Of my
untimely death was made"
Speaking of the sufferings which
scouts and plainsmen had to endure
during the early days of the opening
of the great West, Mr.. Bennett said:
"One incident will never die in my
memory. On a trip in the middle OF
summer from Camp Supply to one of
| the forts in New Mexico, / lost the
trail and wandered for three days on
the desert without a bite to eat or a
drop of water to drink. My horse soon
| yielded to the terrible heat and my |
tongue protruded from my mouth as
dry asa piece OF paper. The agonies |
which | endured were indescribable.
Had | allowed my mind to wander for |
a moment, | certainly would have per-
ished.
by picking a course and, guided by
: the sun and stars, finally came upon
! an old buffalo wallow where the water
oozed up in spite of the suns terrific
heat. The water saved my life, al
} though II was the bitterest liquid i
, ever tasted In my life. The dose was
; so strong that afterwards two govern
. ment mules died from drinking from
J. the same pool 1t was standing joke
: with General Forsythe that Bennett
: was stronger than a government
r mule"
= In Arizona, New Mexico and other
e parts Of the Southwest Mr.. Bennett as
7. sisted in the burial of more than 300
e persons-men, women and children
who were massacred by the savages.
n At the foot of the mountain on the
;. way TO California Is narrow defile
, through which formerly passed the
Is overland stage. A single grave at the
a side OF that pass contains the bodies of
10 thirty-six emigrants. whose bodies
" were found by Bennett and his party
G. of scouts.
y Gelefdl CrOOk, one Oh the IuOSt HOl-
s. ed cavalry leaders and Indian fighters
OF SAYS of Bennett: II know Captain
&. Bennett well. personally; for severa
Ell years he served as chief of scouts In
" Arizona and New Mexico, where
among hardships and privations be
m yond the conception of any man wh'
~ has not been called to face them, h
D. showed himself always trustworthy
e. intelligent and brave to a fault. 1 cal
-ci give no endorsement too strong to ex
- press my high regard for this ma
q, and his character; he being in thi
to respect perfect twin to Captain s. G
Ie- Fisher. another noted scout
OF The discoveries made in the gold an
nix silver regions OF the West have bee
Il participated In by Mr.. Bennett. Thi
IT. was more agreeable business tina
RI trailing Indians, though even in thi
Of he met with many thrilling adver
ay lures. He was a pioneer in Alask'
nd and the early gold discoveries in Cole
ne. RADIO were only incidents in his caree
he This noted scout Is one Of the famou
AT survivors OF a race of hardy frontier:
he men whose numbers are rapidly d.
me creasing. The life Of the scout hs
ap- materially changed since the earl
led los. In those days railroads were few
zen the great West was sparsely settle
yh- forts and garrisons of troopers wei
abundant FROM the Mississippi river
ain the Rocky mountains. The scout VIZ
be- a courier. and spent much OF his tin
md In speeding upon feet horses betwet
rse the chain Of forts. often pursued II
! AT DAYS by hordes of Indians on the wa
for path. picking his way by night throut
rise narrow defiles in the mountain
the Wounded. constantly exposing the
the lives for the safety of others, carr
Six ing dispatches under CALLING volley
TIL the scout became a man whose nan
4 a became a houseword along the fro