Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-09-25
THE HOG STOPPED.

quite often heard the boys speak of
seeing this kind of hogs while out
foraging. And just after the battle of
Cain Hill l heard some members of my
regiment say they had killed two
mule-footed hogs in pen out in the
country mile or two; but did not see
them.
In the spring OF 1868 my regiment
went back north to Fort Scott, Kan.
Some time after this my regiment and
the Tenth Kansas were ordered south
again, reports said to Vicksburg,
Miss; at least, we marched across the
state of Missouri in that direction un-
til we got to Salem, in the southeast
part of the state. After we had
stopped here few days, my regiment
was ordered to Kansas City, Mo. We
stayed there or in that vicinity until
the next winter. In December my
company (C) was ordered to Hum
boldt, Kan. In February, 1864, my
company and detachment of Indians
went down in the Indian Territory to
break up gang of bushwhackers that
murdered every soldier that Travelled
the road between Fort Scott and Fort
Gibson. While on this scout again
heard of this peculiar kind of hogs,
but up to this time l had failed to see
one.
In the fall of 1864, when Gen. Price
invaded Missouri with an army of 49,
loe - co11io,.
of the Army OF the Frontier chad to
get move on him." for three months
we had not time to think about mule
footed hogs. After Price was defeat
ed at Westport now a suburb of Kan
sas City, and started back south. my
regiment was close on his heels until
the remnant of his army crossed the
Arkansas river at Weber falls, in the
territory, a few miles above Fort
Smith. Ark. Our horses were either
all dead or played out. I will not say
anything about the good things we
had to eat for the last week before we
got to Fort Smith, as I am sure that
all the "boys in blue" that were on
that terrible march will remember all
about it as long as life lasts.
After our regiment had rested few
days at Fort Smith, about December
1, my regiment started back north by
the way Of Fort Gibson. AS our COM
missary was very scant, we all took
every opportunity to hunt for what
ever we could find to eat. We Travelled
the military road from Fort Gibson to
Fort Scott, until we got to Horse
creek; there we cut across the prai-
ric to the Neosha river. little east
of where the town of Chetope is now
The Neosho river in all dry seasons has
no water in it's channel from near this
place to it's junction with the Spring
river. I have travelled in it's bed for
eight or ten miles without seeing
drop of water. At this time there
were two or three feet of water in the
channel. We encamped in a grove of
timber on the bank of the river; on
the other side of the river there was a
heavy body of timber. My partner,
Watts Roe, proposed that we wade
across the river to hunt for something
to eat. 1t is not very pleasant I'M
dertaking to wade river 200 feet wide
and three feet deep in the month of
December to take hunt after one has
walked rs or 30 miles. But when one
is starring the case is altogether diff
ferent. So we took our revolvers and
carbines and waded the river. My!
bow cold the water was. can feel the
chill yet. While we were putting on
our clothes I noticed some peculiar
locking tracks in the sand. After we
had walked across the bend we saw
large hog and some small ones on the
other side of the river, but so far away
that we could not get shot. We went
a little higher up the river, where we
found a low place in the bank, where
path led down to the water. Just