The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-08
sEcTE0A TWO.

l. OR twenty years there lay in an old and unused
uesN IN the corner OF a ranch house in eastern
. Montana an Old account book the first twenty
OF hlty pages OF which were covered BIZ manuscript
Inc book was left the ranch by former soldier of
tne Firth infantry. The soldier was acquainted with
rle owner OF the ranch an Old buffalo hunter the
~ anu ieII nus eiIects az the ranch, intending to
etufn Tor them. He never came back ana his belong
ms were gradually scattered the book finding way
20 lne old desk where in after years back pages
were used by farm hands TO keep their time" About
,leen years ago boy, while idly rummaging about
lne ranch came across the old book and be-
eou 10 read the manuscript The story interested him
ue VISITED the old ranch. prosperous farm. and
thought Of the old book and the story it
contained The old desk mao been removed to a back
room upstairs in the big farmhouse which replaced the
i h9nteT cabin and search of it revealed
In the book Trumpeter Brown. of Company b. Fifth
infantry, Kept diary military expeditions under
General Nelson Miles against the Indians in which
Brown participated, during the fan winter of 1876
and 1877. The expeditions following soon after the
famous Custer massacre were I'm a feasure r1lniti,e
Ih9ush designed chiefly to get the troublesome Sioux
4luians back ON their reservations
ENLISTED MANS" STORY
Irumpeter Brown wrote his diary in a splendid hand
ana was undoubtedly man of some education As
ooscrvant and at times inclined draw conclusions
ron me facts he presented His story is chiefly of
terest however, narrative Of the campaigns from
lEe standpoint Of man i'm the ranks. Tt has
CesoIed and has never before been published. Trum-
peter Brown describes the exciting incidents i'm which
which leaves no room to doubt the accnrac of his
story The story will be found interesting showing
The hardshIs the infantry soldiers endured during the
Indian fighting days the writer mentioning In a mat
ter Of fact way that it 40 degrees below zero
many hands and feet frozen" mules died from
cidents march At times he INDUCES in little
rhetorical flights which do not add strength to his
was "a member Of the valiant bands that dared and
suffered so much TO win the west"
SCENES HAVE CHANGED.
, few holes In the ground are all that remain of
the old cantonment the hills where the scouts
shot buffalo for the command arc covered with cat
rfn hU arc rlDa- t1a v-oTfar-
where the soldiers and Indians contended are filled
with peaceful farms and the Indians are passing
away; the automobile and the bicycle move about
easily where the soldiers laboriousIy marched bridges
ON the treacherous ice and the quczsaud the smoke
from. the signal FIRE has given way to smoke from
The factory chimRey; the wagon trail which wound
along the Yellowstone has been suppianted by the
railroad; Irumpeter Brown has been forgotten and
mag nave joined those comrades whose hearts
Eted forever by the missiles DEATH" as ne writes
Rnd only chance rescued from Oblivion his simple mar
The surrender of Sitting Bull and The breaking down
forever of the domination OF the Indians the
The first two pages of the account boo1 are gone.
and The story begins with the third page:
PATRoLLING YELLOWSTONE
received orders,to patrol the Yellowstone
5rossins. COMPANY Il. Firth infantry. stationed
few hours when they received visit from the n-
"7ns. lo fred few ineffective shots left COM
p7ny It Fifth was stationed about six miles below
the present -cantonmeut locatcd at the mouth of
Ionsue HVer). During the time We We're here the
IH..i'qer ol our regiment arrived from Kansas we
let This station and went Buffalo Rapids. twelve
lost ma
hours "hen about four hundred Sioux crossed with
their families, etc. We detailed ON escort duty
uo o 13,-sue lNer, w e remained on escort about
FIX "eshs. vs. were then relieved by two companies
of the TWenty-secoud infantry We reported duty
~ Tongue river and commenced TO quarters for
WAGON TRAIN RESCUED.
our quarters were almost completed when a scout
arrived ana reported that train was vorraled about
forty miles below Tongue river. We were ordered to
pack our bundles and the next morning we started
early and marched an day through the burning dust
See and once more resumed the march. We marched
5Il hsh' long. the next morning we laid over two
hours TO cook breakfast After breakfasung we again
came Within n few, miles f d, be, tf Ell Wnen we
followed by party Of horsemen The party follow
disrs had heard of our coming and abandoned The
train. Shortly afterwards the train came i'm view
s'hey went in camp wi,h that night. Early next
search Of sitting Bun
NILES MEETS SITTING BULL
AS we had come this far the general CAIHes) was
possible to find their trail. we marched am that day
Parties sent ahead buffalo for the COM
In.na Next morning about II o'clock the scouts and
mounted party came back and reported large body
OF horsemen coming toward the command We had
stopped i'm a valley to rest when The Indians ap-
peared on the ridge to- left with q white fac
They sent in chief to General Miles asking him TO
colle 1ut nan way and hold council OF war. The
eel.eI.u sI7nleo lhe request and. with "a small es-
cort he went out to meet the famous Sitting Bull They
gain from the general IIe wanted them to surrender
- the spot or Eight They die know wat to do.
d
form a conclusion. and f they did a
isfactory one he would at once open FIRE OF the
chiefs asked the general if he would give them tin
morning TO hold council among themselves and that
they would be sure 60 come TO camp the morn
Ing ana wanted him 60 remove the troops our last
camp The general was very lenient with good In
Juns and accordingly complied with their wishes
moving us to our last camp, eight miles back.
INDIANS TRY TO SNEAK
81 suppose the general began to think the matter
and had concluded they were only playing, nos
sum n order 20 give their camp time 10 move So
early next morning, we pulled after Before
got Co them we could See them Watching us from
the bluffs They were, me the general had supposed.
moving their camp Their village could be seen nov
ing of I'm the distance The warriors stopped back
60 give reception
when we came to- them Sittiry Bull rode ont
and asked why had dog his footsteps
General Miles informed him that. they would not
and camp with him. ne had come with The de-
termination of camping with them. Sitting Bull then
rode or I'm disgust To- his warriors occuuied the
bluffs IN front one of tho Indians was seen set
ting the prairie fire To- left. general ordered
one of the scouts Co and stop him The scout rode
out and he reached the point OF the bluff ne yelled
the Indian but fired the Same time The Indian
rolled over ON the burning grass.
FOUGHT ALL DAY.