The National tribune., 1901-12-05
CONQUERING THE PLAINS.
Adventures of Army of the Potomac Veteran in the West
Just After the War.

with paint and throwing off their cloth
ing. They were made to retain enough
| of the latter to enable us to distinguish
them from the hostiles.
CHARGE ON TALL BULLS CAMP.
After this short delay we moved for
ward at a sharp trot and in a few mo-
ments we were looking down at Tall
Bulls camp in a small valley below us.
| In a moment the camp was dlive with
Indians running in every direction. Gen.
Carr, taking in the situation at a glance,
gave utterance to a few words of com
mand, winding up his remarks with the
order, given aloud, clear and sharp,
| charge" Every horse leaped forward
at the word, and in a twinkling we were
among them and the fight was on. 1t
did not last long; there was rapid firing
for about five minutes, when all was over
except an occasional shot as some fel-
low would find an Indian who had failed
to find a horse and escape. The result
of the fight was about as follows:
No white men killed; four or five
horses killed; about 1SS dead Indians, 40
OF which were sQuaws and children; 105
lodges captured; 1000 pack-saddles; about
wagOnload Of old rifles; five tons of
dried buffalo meat, baled for Winter use;
a very ample supply of ammunition, con-
sisting of powder, lead, etc, and a greater
number and variety of brass kettles than
ever saw before. OF their livestock
we captured $50 head of ponies and
mules. To pursue those who had fed
was out of the question, our horses being
too badly done up.
As we charged the camp we saw
white woman run from among the In
dians, one of whom fired at her as She
ran. We shouted to her to lie down,
which she did, our horses leaping over
hnY. @lrV,N l,zV. l.N
was wounded in her side, not fatally. AL
most at the same moment we saw an In
dian seize another white woman by the
hair and brain her with q tOmahawk.
Some of US rode straight for that Indian
and there was not q bone left in his car
cass that was not broken by a bullet. l
dismounted in the midst of the hubbub
to see if l could help the woman, but
the poor creature was dead.
CHIEF KILLED BY WRITER.
l mounted my horse again with very
good stomach for fight. After firing a
few shots, l happened to see a Red
mounted on a large paint pony, making
off by himself and driving four fine
gained on him rapidly, which he soon per-
ceived, dropped his mules and did his
best to get away, but it was no use; Sam
was Kentucky bred and walked right
up on him.
When l was within 10 or 100 yards of
him he wheeled his horse and fired, the
bullet passing through the calf of my leg
and into my horse. The Indian threw
his gun away and rode at me like a man,
discharging arrows at me as he came. The
third arrow split my left ear right up
to my head. 1t was then my turn and
shot him through the head
This Indians name was Pretty Bear;
he was Chief of q band of Cheyennes
The Pawnees knew him, and were anx-
ious to secure his scalp, which | was
glad to give them, as | soon became dis
gusted with the ghastly trophy. Pretty
Bear had on his person the badge of
Royal Arch Mason, with West Spring
field, H., engraved on it. / sent the
badge to the Postmaster at Springfield,
with a statement as to how it came into
my possession. Pretty Bear had five or
six scalps on the trail of his shield, one
of which was that of a woman; the hair
was brown, very long and silken.
Tall Bull, the Sioux Chief, was killed
by Lieut.. Mason, who rode up to him
and shot him through the heart with
derringer.
After 1 had taken the scalp of Pretty
Bear, / found that Sam was shot through
the body. l unsaddled him and turned
him loose to die. but he followed me like
q dog, and would put his head against
me and push, groaning like q person.
was forced to shoot him to end his mis-