Arizona republican., 1902-06-13

Bill :" remarked the grizzIed old fel- ! lew to trainman who volunteered to 1 help hin. g-j his big bundle of ln&ss g. doWn from the car piftfornl and to i'n onluollg" who manifested interest in Lis !1.,}aI E. h. cnntinued
 ''Nol so- Colore. Cody and myself secuted ,he plains iii the good old days when buffalo and redmen were tll NcI met iu days ride in the Big Horn , valley. Of ;nuree there Were coyotes i c.ough ta l-eap you awake at nigat when sou rolled up in your blanlei on the open. and now and then a big | brown hear would e.! in the Way Gi cur rifles. gut this great northwest #..S il his vast b5rrenness."
 .'Jiri'' E vteu was one of Buffalo Giil's @id,= during many Of the old In dian fighters scouting expeditions IT !hH latter Cts and early 10s- He Wat "a:
 'i drat joirol Cody as scout while tl:e i.;i..s:is Pacific road Was built i1to Denver. That part of the country .-as filled with indians. and the government had to send out the cavalry tn protect the Workmcn constructing the line The rcimou were burning the homes of inc settlers and murdering men. women and children.
 Our lilrl conflict was with the NheV- onacs s.under Roman Nose. or ArickeF7e island, in the Republican river. on the Colorado line. fo~ tight days We fought the rcd devils. and it was aere that Lieutenant Frederick Beecher, a nephew of Henry Ward Beecher. I.r. Aicole and three of the scouts Were killed by the Indians. Our boys were hemmed in on the little island by ';o- man Nose. and We had mighty slim chance of getting out alive. We buried the boys right where they fell. and their graves were lost sight of until about two years ago. when Captain Charles Chriety. one of Cody's right hand fighters stumbled over some Of the bleached bones of young Beachcr while revsiting tha old scene. Along in November of 1863 We Were ordered to Fort Lyons, and the.e struck south with five companies fro" the Tenth cavalry. co'orei. We ston5- ed as fir as Adobe Walls. Canadian river, in the Panhandle country of Texas. fighting almost oil the way with , Indians. There was never q let-up n the warfare between US and the iad- skins.
 ''i Was with Bill in the bottle Of , Nashita, | T.. in November. 1S59 t vas there that Bill added to his ia na as daring fighter. splendid horseman and great marx -nanship with the sun There is no telling how many Indlans he killed single handed. Generals Gus ter and Carr were 10 join forces ai Washita and dislodga the enemy. G"n- eral Car sent ne ahead with die , patches to General Custer. vfio had GJ, of the seventh cavalry. We went GoU. : .the cd Sauta Fe trail. our force follow 7 ing. We had to find General Custer Fl Gary. Bob Chase. CCgswen 1nd , Hanley were with me We found Gen . eral Custer three days before the pac- 7 tie. tuelve miles from W-ashlta. Join
 ing forces t5e bcdy 0f soldiers norr.
 close to the Indian villages that ni%ar ? 'Bill rescued two women rom ta, : Indians al Smoky river. near Fa. ?, Wallace. Wild Bill and Jack StillWrll i who were with him. have told me O
 the daring he displayed. The Wome1 . were living &t Smoky river. seV5ra
 miles from the fort. Their husband
 were away at the time The Indian.
 surrounded the house. who's doors nn,
 windows had been b3rlicadei by tn'
 women. Baked in making them pris
 Gnels the redskins set fire to the h0Hs
 to burn them alive. Meanwhile 8il
 and his companions Who were scoutih; : around discovered the enemy and the
 designs and they went after them. .
 the twenty-five few Of them escape
 from the scene unWounded. I}iil tool s one of the women on his horse unle $ one arm. holding his earDine in tn . ether ready for action. Jack Stillwel @ tcok tfe other They carried them L.
 Fcrt Wallace. Later. however. the tW V women were killed ny the Indians m . soalped. - Butte Miner.