Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06

quite often heard the boys speak OF
seeing this kind of hogs while out
foraging. And just after the battle of
Cain Hill heard some members of my
regiment say they had killed two
mule-footed hogs in a pen out in the
country a 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 a 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 co was ordered to Hum
boldt, Kan. In February, 1864, my
company and detachment of Indians
went down In the. Indian Territory TO
break MP gang % bushwhacters that
murdered every soldier that travelled
the road between Fort Scott and Fort
Gibson. While on this scout l again
heard Of this peculiar kind of hogs,
but up 20 this time / had failed 10 see
one.
In the fall Of 1864, when Gen. Price
invaded Missouri with an army of 49,
900 men for the last time, every soldier
OF the Army of the Frontier "had to
get a move on him." for three months
WA tina 90 ,b,Dlx ohn,,S
footed hogs. After Price was defeat
ed at Westport now 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. will not say
anything about the good things we
had to eat for the last week before we
got 80 Fort Smith, as 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-
RE to the Neosha river, a little east
| of where the town of Chetope is now
The Neosho river in all dry seasons has
no water in its channel from near this
place to its junction with the Spring
river. l 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 eneamped In a grove of
| timber on the bank of the river; on
| the other side OF tho 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 rs not a very pleasant I'M
| dertaking to wade a river 200 feet wide
| and three feet deep in the month of
! December to take hunt after one has
walked 25 or 30 miles. But when one
| is starving the case is altogether diff
| ferent So we took our revolvers and
| carbines and waded the river. My!
how &C i the water was. l can feel the
| chill yet, While we were putting on
our clothes noticed some peculiar
| looking tracks in the sand. After we
had walked across the bend we saw
1 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 a
path led down to the water. Just
above the path The bank was Is or 30
feet high. On thas bank was quite q
thtoket OF black hayvS. We stopped 10
eat the haws. In . keVs minutes we
heard the report Of gan cut In the
timber, next TO the prairie. ITnrnedi-
stely we saw arss'block hog coming
towards US. Watts. Roe saysi snow
when grunt you"bs ready to shoot"
Whom the hog got Within so or 90 yards
Of us, he turned sideways to uS, max.
ipg for the path that led down TO ths
I water. just then Roe made q roasa