The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-10
TALES or PLUCK
AND ADVENTURE



,ieeetel tunston's rfeoeeesse,-.
tNflsALftNSroNS Saehleve.
meng IN cannrne Aruinaldo
feealis Is lbe NeW York sun
eatIiet attempts madc hy oH
Nen ei other afmies IS make i,rlsaners
~ tle teadefs 81 hostile forces The
nfei 4iicmni at sexIne General was
"NNef eAfrlca out ii luNoivcd 100 many
refsoat and ihe rloiiers eneaeod Ia If
nofked irom he inside noi fram with.
eHs ee Funston dil and their plans
"'fe overheard This was the allompt
" tenA tiII. "a seise Washington In
NpW York the plan WAS changed later
'n an aiRmpt O. poison him Thc plans
oi the confpiratOrs were overheard hy
woman. wha disclosed them to ihe
Amenyan authorities. amid as result
the mem Implicated we've captured and
punished coe oi ihem Private rhomas
Hickey ot Nashngtons bodyguard
hclne hanged
ht'ef Afnoids treason and his hight
70 The British. the Americans made an
hilempf to seize hlm. This underink
mk Nas like General i9lnstou's "a.
ploll sergeant Champc. of Lce's l.e.
eion was the principal actor m me
srheme His plan was known only 10
the chief IN command So when ho 40.
sericd O. she British his late comrades
ureN upon him, and hc reached thc cn
en} lines under a shower of bullets,
naffoNiN escaping With his lifo This
WITS an excellent Introduction Go the
British and Champo WAS received
with open arms Rnt ho WAS unsue.
ecssful' Arnold moved his headQuar
tors on ihe day on which Champc had
arNnEed % capture him. and Champe
had finally TO desert from the English
and relurn again under hre 10 our
HUGS When Washington wished soon
after 20 promote him for his gallanny
Ne found that Champc had died of dis
ease.
rho capture OF the British General
Prescott ln July. l1TT. was perhaps
lhe nrsl successful attempt OF the
Kind. General Prescott commanded
ihe British ferecs la Newport L. t.
and went Tor the summer Go a cine
houso some 1--we miles ont of the city
Celenel William Barton. knowing this
decided 10 capture him lf possible. and
On luly 80. lT54 with forty yone oom.
gades. rowed across from Warwick
Point on ihc west shore of Narmgan.
feli Ray. ANA reached the house un.
discovered The door ot his house
was hurst IN hy 4 negro, who used his
head rs hallcrne ram Prescott was
asleep and awokc 20 hnd hlmself
prisoner HE was NOT allowed to dress
hut m his cloak, With q canior oarfN
lnA his clothes was forced % ihc boat
and taken within the American lines
and Them SO Washmeton's headquar
iegs IN New IcrseN HeWas eNchangcd
later. rhe successful capture oi Gen
cral Stouohion hy Moshy and his ran.
gers la March. 1853. WAS the result ol
carefully made plan. Mosny, with
twentx.nine men, entcred fAirtaN
Com. House passing themselves on
as belonging to the fllth New NorN
Cavalry. and while Some Of the hspd
attempted Go capture Colonel Nynd.
ham. ,hc leader went 10 Che house
WII|NE tftN NttNNAftt fNtN't f'NNttN'* ft'''f
AT lhe name at Moshy, Nencal slough.
teu sat un iu bed. Wide awake in an n-
sgant ~ilapc you SOL hlmt he asked
Nfle's got you repliod MoshN Ihe
prisoner was taken 10 Geneai Fits.
hueh Ioe's headquarters. fOm tne
pcfy midst 81 a canlp ln which laN SeN.
erai thousand troops The aiicmpi 80
eapasro Sllanr Bun was mot made v
slrateay on lriok, oar Indian scouts
went openiy to ihc ola chlcl s tent and
WHOM lheg fied ,o arrest ihc iamoNs
SiooN uefc met with bullets they NJ
turncl The dre and klica hlmI losing
SOME ol heir avn numhcn tnnsens
eantore of Aeulnaido WAS marked hy
NeN devised plan involving morc
aaucer gian iAat Il amy other POT eN-
cent Scfaeant CAampc s. and reQo's'ns
loneer time ana more eautm WORK.
wlth thc same exception