Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-30

| through which we were then marching
| IL became necessary to post pickets a
| mile or more outside of the lines upon
! the highest points possible, so that they
| could obtain a good view Of the sur
| rounding country a sergeant and a
| squad Of men We're always told of 70
| perform the feat known IN those days
| as placing the picket, the men going
some distance from the place where the
/ picket was to be mounted ana letting
that poor unfortunate crawl 20 his post
| on his hands and knees 10 remain
there for eight hours
THE orders we received were not 10
challenge but 90 fire at every thing we
saw move, and | won't forget the night
that | was first assigned to post IL
was 4 lonely vigil, and after the SER
geant and squad had departed / was
surprised to find that my teeth We're
chatieling at the prospect of having
70 do so many hours away from the
post. There was not a sound and not
a sage brush moved. An az once q
lonely coyote set up a howl that only "a
Western man can appreciate, ana %
pierced me through and through. !
felt the skin on the top Of my head
grow tight, and my hair stood up like
porcuplne quilts.
pay after day we trudgcd along it
now being warm weather, the men
cursing and groauing over their mis-
fortune TO have come into the outfit
When we We're in the vicinity OF Slim
Butte Gen, Crook. noticing the condi-
ton Of the men, decided 10 procure pro-
visions at all hazards. Accordingly
Lieut. Bubb with q picked body off men
aud horses, accompanied by Frank
Gourard set out for Crook CITY. which
was then supposed 10 ne about sixty
miles away from u.s. The detachment
mad not gone far. however. when Guur-
ara who was always In advance. raised
his hand to the men as a signal OF dan
ger, and came riding quickly back. He
had seen Indians, Leaving his pom.
with us. the brave fellow walked away
IN the direction Of The Indian camp IN
make reconnaissance He reached
there, secured the name OF the tribe
the number Of warriors, who was their.
chlet ana then had the nerve To steal
two NJ their best ponies.
without waiting for the rest Of tba
column 10 come up Lieut. Bubh decided
10 attack them early the next morping
twenty men 10 charge the camp and the
Wv ~ Wv l'l'o hH llflIlhiINs EAilNIIInEIN.
az sunrise the command 10 begin firing
was given. and. with yen of tfunuG
the boys rode pellmell at the tepees of
the braves pouring IN a fierce fire. Ii
was TOO muon for the bucks. who
mounted their ponies and rode to the
timber lands, but not before many
pony lost It's rider. The band was a
party Of Sioux, commanded by White
American Horse, and a mart of the In
dams that had been engaged in the bat.
tie OF the Little Big Horn
During the battle White American
Horse his sGuaws and about twenty
warriors, took refuge I'm a cache. the
mouth Of which was thickly covered
with Wild cherry bushes. As soon as the
Indians had departed the fellows began
raneacking their tepees 20 see what
they could find I'm the way Of tobacco,
and two Of them wandered IN the di-
rection Of the cache. Instantly there
was "A white pun Of smoke emerging
therefrom and one Of them fell. shot
through the head Confusion reigned |
and several OF the boys started 10 run
over toward the dead soldier and help |
his bunkie carry him 10 the rear, when |
Charley White the scout who had |
been watching that place for some time,