The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
Story Of Amos Chapman's
Fight With Indians Recalled.
DlGGED HOLE WITH KNIFE
Where He and His Comrades
Fought for Five Days.

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ve'eranu 10 that city. It says.
/ Amas Chapman. who SOW lives near
Cottonwood Lake. IN the southwest part
OF Woods county. was in Alva lass week
attending to business before the l&ad-
esIiee. AR. Chapman IS enc q the 1Ass
disappearing type OF men who lived IL
this country when Il was not safe 20
venture Tar from the few army posts
then located here. lie - one cf the most
celebrated OF the old Indian scouts nov
living IN the southwest. tie care 20
Camp supply in what y now wcowara
county when that post was frss esta6-
lished. ~ ISIS. when Custer operated
against the Cheyennes. AFapahoes. lsio-
was and Comanckcz. Prior g that time
Mr.. Chapman was IN the employ of sha
government as courier and scout 81 Fasts
Harker. Iarnsd and Dodge IN Kansas.
Mr. Chapman was chief of Indian scouts
at Fort Supply for years. MS employment
ending only when Supply was Abandonss
as an army post. he is chiefly ncted for
the aght he had with the CheycEnes and
ArapahOes al y point near the Antelope
hills in what is now Day county. This
occurred IA 1S7$. when General allies vas
conducting 4 punitive Campaign against
the Indians. and IN the eight ar. Chap
man lost leg The main command vas
near what was known at that time IS
Canyon Bianco. and their ratlons running
short Chapman and four soldiers were
sent back towards Fort Supply 60 in
tercept the supply train and sttsde u
20 tn command. Upon the morning II
tho second day afser leaving shs main
column. the party q FIVE were attacked
az a point a little north ~ the Antelope
hills by a large body Of mounted Indians
andd ali their horses killed az the first
fire. and one OF the soldiers william
Dixon. badly wounded IN both shoulders
Chapman and the rest started "a run for
the top OF small hgl. but were cot 81
from II by the Indians. who galispsd BE-
tween them and the hill They then raa
for large buffalo wailow and succeeded
I'm getting there without being hurt They
then turned their attention O. the Ia
dians. and after killing several % them
as they gAlloped around them. the IN
dams drew on ous OF rife Faase. There
was but one hunting katie IN the pesses-
49,
lost whit the horses, sud enc soldier.
a German. was set 70 eiEgins a hcle sad
throwing the art up FOR a breastWork.
After the Indians drew or they COM
menced firing on the wounded uAn who
still lay where the horses were. but -
he stlll had his carbine and ared en- them
at intervals. they did not attempt 70 run
IN on him. The wounded man started 90
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were. and after going a snort distance
apparently save * up The Indians seps
firing AZ him. when Chapman suddeniy
started from the aunai0 wallow on q raa
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him without being hif and. getting he
soldier on his shoulder. started hack sev
eral times he had 70 pat TIE man on the
ground and Ere on thu Indians who woald
ride up ~ easy range sHd Gre upou them.
when within about a quarter ~ a nails
OF the waiios Chapman vas struck ~
bullet IN the shin bone ~ the rishs leg
and the bone shattered. Almost ifnfneas-
steiy after a bullet sfrlcs him On 70.
ankle. Chapman never gave az. bu
killed several Of the Indians after briaz
wounded. al ~ getting bold q sae soldiers
blouse. dragged him Tor almost quarter
% a mile 10 tbs shallow hoie that sad
been beloved out With shs hunting kulfs.
Chapman had two bullet holes through
his hat ard three thronsh hss coaf.
The wounded man died early the aert
morning. and for Hye faya these fe1-
men stood or band 81 tndisus estifua-
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would have ended n. BIT they esd rot
make Il. knowing IRIS some ~ them
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