The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-15
16eWEST'S BRAVEST MAN
STORY OF LONE STAR" BROUGHT
OUT BY HIS ARREST.
One he Remarkable he Plains
Kno Killed Thirty
TraiIed His Stolen Brother for Twenty Years.


1t was largely through his instrumen.
tality that the great council was held
at Red Cloud Agency. September 20,
1876, at which the last great war be-
tween the white and Indian races
was ended. At this council. aside from
States Commissioners. were the fol.
lowing famous chiefs of the red mon:
Red Cloud. Little Wound, Young.NIan.
Afraid-of III is Horses, Big Dog, Red
Leaf, Two Lance. Fire Eyes, Bad
Wound, Slow Bull High Wolf, Big
Foot, Sorrel Horse. Fire Hunter, Amer.
lean Horse, Quick Bear, Wh.,c Crow,
Good Bull and Big Wolf.
His work on this occasion brought to
Hans an appointment as Regular
Army scout He made roundup of
the various camps of Indians, giving
the Army officers information as to
their location, and finally. on October
90. leading the soldiers against q large
band of Sioux. who surrendered. being
the last TO stand out against the terms
arranged with Red Cloud through the
friendly agency of Little " ound.
One of his heroic single handed bat.
ties occurred September II. 1877. when
he was attacked by five outlaws in the
sand hills near Valentine, not many miles
west OF Ainsworth. Hans was alone;
when the outlaws surrounded him he
used his gun with such good effect
that two were left dead and another
dying OH the field. The other two
fed. one of them killing Hans horse
as he turned away. Hans caught one
OF the dead mems horses and drove
the wounded outlaw into camp. Hans
was slightly wounded in the head in
this affair. General Crook. to whom
Hans reported. told Hans to keep the
robbers horse until some one proved a
better ownership.
On August II. 1878. Hans was cap.
turcd by Chief Eiack Shield and held
prisoner for twelve days. his life he.
ing saved only by his statement that he
had sought the Indians to make his
home with them. Watching his op.
portunity. he stole the chiefs best
pony and made his escape. His horse
was shot from under him by his pur.
suers. but. dodging into Il ravine. he
eluded the Indians and walked twenty
five miles to Camp Sheridan.
The Cheycnnes were about this time
raiding the settlement gouthward from
Camp Sheridan and Hans was sent
on scouting duty to locate the maraud-
ers. Hans located them and led Col.
onel Lewis md detachment of tho
Fourth Cavalry against them, routing
the Indians, fifteen of whom were
slain.
But probably the most wonderful
achievements accomplished by Hans
were two feats. one occurring in the
early eighties, the other in 1855. The
first achievement is not narallelcd in
Western annals. and. indeed. the Sec
ond has no equal so far as known.
Hans was in Arizona in tho early
eighties. When Il band OF Navaioes. 12O
in number. surrounded Hans and h.s
then partner Pill Lewis, ana killed
Lewis. Hans escaped. but. actuated
w SIlllIl VI itNtIlSt' uuuE lbOul inc
Navajoes' camp. Al every opportunity
lie would pick of one of the Indians
with his rife. and so expert was he
in covering his trail That they could
rot locate whence the Gcath shots
came. Their superstitOus natures
were worked upon by these mysterious
deaths. and the Indians began moving.
They crossed four territories. Hans
clung to them until they arrived in the
Bad Lands of South Dakota. killing
over thirty of them while on the trail.
His latest work for the Government
rs scout was during the outbreak
az the Rosebud Agency. when the
battle of Wounded Knee occurred. in
1890. Hans was then first scout under
Buffalo Bill, and was the man who
did the real work of locating the In
dians, learning their plans, their force
ana quantity of ammunition, and who
gave TO the Army authorities all the
information upon which the war was
quickly ended.
Since peace with the red men has
reigned Hans has been employed as
chief of the secret service of the Elk
horn road.-Philadelphia Record.