The National tribune., 1901-10-03
WASHINGTON c., THURSDAY

sage and cedar brush. The surrounding
scenery is beautiful in Summer time.
Comrade Peck's Trough Riding was
very interesting, and / am sorry he has
gotten to the end of his string. In a re-
cent issue of The National Tribune he
gave an account of the Kiowa Indians and
a picture of their Chief, Satanic. l knew
band of cut-throats murdered a family
down in Texas, or at least they killed the
husband and father and burned the house
and carried off the mother and her four
children as prisoners. They kept them
as such for over three months, and the
cruelties and insults the poor mother and
her 14-year-old daughter were subject to
in all that time were worse than death.
As old Satanta saw Winter approach
ing, he concluded to make treaty Of
peace with Uncle Sam to get his grub out
of the Indian Commissary till Spring,
then be ready for the war-path again.
In the treaty he agreed to deliver up
the captives, which he did. Such a sight
| never want to see again. They brought
them in, all astride ponies with lariats or
lassOes tied to their feet and around the
ponies, so they could not get off the ami
mails until they were united by the In
dams. One little boy was cut loose by a
big Irish soldier of our company named
Roach, who then threatened to cut the
heart out of the buck who ordered him
away. If it had not been for the officers
there would have been lot of firSt-class
Indian funerals. The officers ordered us
to our quarters to prevent a general fight.
The poor woman was more dead than
alive, and all were without hats or any
kind of covering on their heads in the
fearful hot sun. They resembled the In
dams except their yellow hair. The Off
GERS wives made clothing for them and
Il Ia
was just after we had received six
months pay, and the collection amounted
to over $500. have never regretted that
gave 4 dollar bill to help them to get
to their former home in Illinois. The pic
ture in The National Tribune resembles
Satanic. only he was older and not so
stout when l saw him last, October, 1870.
He wore red flannel pants with a wide
fringe full of small bells down his legs,
black military hat with feather stuck
in the crown, and n soldier overcoat with
officers shoulder straps. They were a
mean, dirty, looking set l saw hundreds
of the Tribe, also the Comanches, Wichi-
tas, Cheyennes, Arapahoes and Vacoes.
In case this should find its way into
print, / am sure it will fall into the hands
of some of the old boys or comrades who
frontier. think Capt Doyle was Second
Lieutenant in Co. ID, 10th Cav. In 1870,
Gen. b. III. Grierson, Co II, 10th Cav,
was commanding officer at Sill. When
we were stationed there the troops and
officers, as well as l can remember, were
as follows: 9th Inf, Co. Il, Capt. Moore,
Lieut.. T. NJ. Milley; Co. C, Capt Powell
Lieuts. Joslyn and Wetherill; Co. f.,
Capt. J. B. Rife, Lients r. n. Day and
ID. l.. Craft; 10th Cav, Co. G, Capt.
Burk; Co. D, Capt. Walsh and Lieuts.
X. II. Pratt and Doyle; Co. l., Capt. Gray
and Lieut.. Nordstrom; Co. NJ. Capt.
Byron. Col. Rock well was Chief Quarter
MASTER and | was his messenger at Fort
Sill, when discharged. Oct. 8, 1870. A
more kind and upright officer / never met
than Col. Rockwell.-AREsMAN STEP,
Co. f, 9th U. S. Inf, Herndon, Pa.