The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-15
CHEYENNE
RETAINS
CUSTOMS
Strictly Western Town With
all Its PecuIiaritieS
MANY SADDLE HORSES
Are TO be Seen Standing on
Streets

with al or its peculiarlIeS and char4c-
teristics.
Scores of saddle horses are seen at
posts and standing on the streets. and
the fast departing cowboy is found in
abundance.
There is almost a sadness in the re-
minders Of the departed past and the
vanishing of the free, dashing days of
the range.
Nearly all of the business men of the
town are ex-cowmen, and their success
and the way they have adapted them
selves TO the new order of things show
them to be men of judgment and ability.
says the Elk City Record.
Among the number are F. E. Herring.
formerly one OF the cattle kings but now
the merchant prince of the county; G.
W. Hodges, the county treasurer; Scott
Falconer. the artist postmaster. and
druggist; II. d. Cox, the boss lumber
man; Chas. Miller, the genial livery man;
Beatty, the merchant; J. p. Miller, the
accommodating deputy clerk of the court:
S. A. Elliott. the county sheriff; Bob
Thurmand, the banker: and other old
time cattle men, but now taking TO other
business pursuits as handy as though
they had always been engaged therein.
Cheyenne is the oldest and most hissor-
ical town in the county. 1t was our
pleasure to be one of a party under the
chaperonage of that prince of god fel-
lows, c. VI. Rosser, TO visit the famous
Custer battlefield about half mile from
the village of Cheyenne. y small red
rock upon which is engraved nth Caval-
~, Nov. q, 1855 marks. the scene Of the
conflict. We were shown where the is-
dians were camped on the river bottom,
the high bank and hills to the south and
west forming a protection from the winds
and also making the advance OF the
troops easier.
Clusters main body crossed the river
and when the band struck up as a signal
the unsuspecting Indians received their
warning and the terrible slaughter began
from the hills back of the camp. The
cottonwods along the river yet show the
scars of the bullets and contain hundreds
of the leaden missiles. An attempt was
made recently TO saw some Of the trees
into boards. bat they were so fun OF scars
and bullets that they were worthless for
that purpose.
We were shown the spot where the sol
diers filled the river from bank 10 bank
with dead Indians and crossed over them
with their horses and wagons The spot
was pointed out where hundreds OF In
dian ponies were punched and shot and
where bullets can still be found on the
ground fallen from the bodies of the po-
nies.
The most memorable of all the exciting
experiences Of the past for Cheyenne is
probably the time the Indians raided the
town in quest of the murderer of one OF
their number. Red Tom" a notorious
character, followed an inoffensive In
dian out of town with the threat that he
would kill him. Red returned Dragging
that he had fulfilled the threat. The In
dian was found dead, Red Tom was ar
rested. the tribe demanded the surrender
OF the murderer. They came pouring
over the hill from theeast in large num-
bers armed and prepared for trouble.
About ninety warriors surrounded the
jail and hOwled for Red Tom. The old
fail still bears the marks made by jam
ming their gun barrels into the boards.
stepped among them. pushing them back
and warned the interpreter that he would
be killed by the sheriff If any harm came
TO Red Tom or any one else. Single
handed he stood them of, until they
finally DISAPPEARED.
II is not necessary to say that the peo-
pie Of Cheyenne were frightened and but
for the nerve OF ''Sldllety Bill" Il is prob
able many scalps would have adorned
the lodges OF the Cheyennes.
This was in the fall Of 1S94 and soon
after the occurrence another exciting ex-
perience was had amounting To an up
rising in which the troops were called
out. Two men by the name Of Carter and
William Breadon went 70 the camp of
the Cheyennes on Panther creek TO get
pony which Chief IIHl was holding in
herd law" The chief would not give up
the pony and when the uIen proceeded u
take II BIZ force be raised his gun bat Il
failed 70 shoot BTeadon fred az the In
dian. hitting hts gun stock and two hul-
lets perforated the chief Before he feii
another bullet passed through him Car
ter retreated as fast as his horse ,ouId
90. claiming that a bullet cit his bridle
rein and his horse pan away with him.
The Indians were now firing rapidly ard
Breadon attempted n run but vas hlt -
the back below the shoulders. breaking
his spinal column
The long grass caught Ere. Tire Indians
claiming accidentally from thcir camp
fire. ofherrx that y Was st Intentionally
for orer1satfnE Breadoa Re that a. 10
may. his body was terribly burned. ard
as the Indians clrclef round 9 f0r Severed
hours. preventing anybody from going
near g. the later theory was believed -
bs correcs The Ineians then went into
camp a. the rnorfh ~ Qrlarferrnas;er in
the bluffs. and went - moulding bullets
ard loading cartridge They sere sbout
- n number inciud.nE women ard ehf-
dren- Jhe whites gathered afeut - wei
aruen men. surros11sed the camp aas
called for Roman Nese ard another In
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