The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-27

u.nynsnt Of Rough Masonry and a Historical Tablet Will Probably
he Erected on the Site Of the Fort Phil Kearny Massacre
Men and Women of the Capital.
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-searfv and a historical tarle
trs site of the Fort Phil kear
zacre has passed the house and
and only awaits the signature
80 resident To become a law rms
a sardy recognition on the
20 congress of the bravery OF
-.sr troops VINO fought in the
indian campaigns of the west.
Fort Phil keaTuy massacre oc-
Dz- D. 1866. and In that his
sgbf nfneu-fOur United States
-.i5Isrs and citizens. all VINO went n
I'll. hattie. we've killed. Fort Fhit
rsg-rv long since abolished, was IN
-sst Is now Johnson county, Wyo-
TrVas tre outpost of the United
So rro7us n. the Iniian country for
srr wears. Iu 1866 the garrisan was
.rmmanE ny CUIaUe Henry p Car
Ion of the Eighteenth United
$3.50 frf47lTy. Colonel Darlington
ia but "a small force, and In the win
1855 was surrounded by Red
Glands bands of Sioux numbering
-srrr 1000 warriors. Early in the
rtsr Colonel Darlington sent urgent
cans 10 army headquarters, by way Of
r.-+ laramie. for endorsements. He
ts3 but 5l3 men AT the post, inducing
lrfi7n~. and expected the hostile saw
IN close in upon the little garrison
ANN moment. The willy Indians
lax \ more certain plan of INJECTING
deadly blow without mourning the
,.sF Do themselves that an attack upon
III most would have entailed. A wood
+-sin sent out from the post for fuel
vas with it's escort. suit on by the
indians. They Flowed a man to es-
rape who rode back to the fort for re-
Inducements. Then they struck 2
deadly blow at the little band which
went out under command Of Lieuten-
s1t Colonel William j.. Fetterman -
,bs rescue Of the wood main. Colonel
Fstte-man. Captain Frederick II.
Brown and Lieutenant George ".
urummond and niHety-four privates
and 1on-c0mmissioned officers and two
civilians were slain. The official re-
rtrt Of Colonel Darlington relates that
ihe road ON the little ridge where the
fnaI stand took place was strewn with
sT0ws. a~rrowheads, scalp poles and
broken shafts of spears. The arrows
hat we're spent harmlessly from an
are-uons showed that the command
rzs suddenly 0|veTwhelE ID and sur
uunded. Not an officer or man sur
dyed. Nearly all the bodies were
isaDed near four rocks, which en-
lsed q space about six feet square.
this havinG been the last refuge for
iefense. Here were also a few I'M
expended rounds of carbine cartridges.
F5-tsrmaI and Brown had each a re-
rIver shot I'M the left temple. As
Brown always declared that he would
reserve a shot for himself as a last
Fs1rt ] ann convinced that these two
brave men fen each by the others
Aali rather than undergo the slow
uTturg which would have been in
Hcied Upon them had the Indians cap
ared them alive. Lieutenant Grum-
undg body was ON the road between
pc rocks mentioned and the fort 9c0ls
q blood ON the ROAD and sloping sides
OF the narrow divide showed where Ia
dams bed fatally, but their bodies
carried off. ] counted sixty-fve
suCh pools In the space Of an acre. and
thee within ten feet of lieutenant
5rarlmond's BODY. Betwaea two rocks
apFarFntly where the cammand
nrsC cell back from the valley Y found
.he bodies Of James r. Wheatley and
isaac Fisher. who with Henry rifles
invincibie. but fell, one having
.5 arrows Dr. his naked body. The bod
les of the soldiers were frightfuIIv mu-
Hated and hundreds Of arrows were
'1ot INTO each one. The officers who
were slain were buried ina one grave
md the men also shared one tomb.
Ilried as they fought, together. The
tmalns Of al were removed fn 1855 TO
ne National cemetery on the Custer
f'Jeneid The monument design. in
leoFlance with the provisions OF the
,I won d has Just passed. is 20 mark
ne SIZE or the Phil keauIv massacre.
ia VIII De a monument Of rough ma
'liy-something iu the n7turp of a
al'a' with a cast iron tablet uarrating
ne tragic occurrence.
secretary Long has said that wafer
..i De satisfactory as a christening :
.uIl Ioi the new cruiser Denver. The
dlVtlnen Of the navy do not agree :
.ll hlm. They are superstitious and =
ways view with more or less distr1sr 6
PUP mat has not been p~r0rprIv ,
aired m her laraar Plain. ordinary Z
10 tnelr opinion, does not do the I
properly. and a shin that is ,
'arlSt7ned with q bottle of GOOD -,
'ae "ll always be unlucky. 7
WIN The change i'm the seasons !
Z similar change in the diplo- ,
corps Lord P~auncefote of The I
-.I>h legation. whose head rigbt il
aS ID model for winter" returns
sLald and his place is to be
ny a younger man. the Hon Al
" -llteiton. The British ambaesa- {
= l9e head Of the diplomatic circle s
slon and changes at That a
are always attended v-itb q
'''idl curiosity and not a Eftla {
'',ai anxiety Lord P-auncefo+e has I
infs .-a'uy successful I'm the adj j
.et Al> o6ce evjucing more {
~.lsinaIltT and ability than he =
HaF thought 10 possess So u
very sorry to lose fbe u
is rather earer To v-ef- b
-5 successors. whose vou+b
h n 'il'oH promise a gavar lifa 30
y-ts legation. The Hon Alfred Y
IS said tg be- an ideal D., b
.4r Tor the post. He IS = brG
itt General LytteI,on wbo vas 2
r. ilS command iu Soufb A. o
q nephew of the lac Ne h
inks OUT best OF an society e
y u. mas d wife endowed MIN an n
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q tEal Indispensable attribute
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an people Of wealth b5+ z
.ra~ 'lE Ueg2 poor. the rng1i- s.
makes sufficiently generous e
ent RI salary and entertain il
mel. IT, them to live hand q
rn lne change win not take - n
r~tL me coronation. and n,ssibI[ %
'lll the autumn anu POSSIBLY o.
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an 0afou Fara. is the taua- Of
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mas been associated witb p
ars. ~ and their makers ms1- 81
nor ne was private secrats Ia
s1t i,ir and his present - - o.
IN re~eugr4.f appoint