The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-05

| recollection of the bravery and the | efficiency of the men he. had fought
 with. Tt was made up of the shining | war came on a little later this regi-
 ment furnished thirteen general off,
 cers to one side and eleven general of-
 some Idea of the excellence of that command when I tell you that Albert Sidney Johnston commended 1t and
 Robert K. Lee was its Lieutenant Col
 onel. General Kirby Smith was Cap
 tain of my company and Fitzhugh Lee, | fresh from West Point, was It's Third
 ston. General Jack Hayes, the famous Indian fighter. General Hood. General l Whiting, General Stoneman and other distinguished soldiers were officers in
 The recruiting bII which callsd for
 the raising of this regiment named 1t young Americans of good references. The men, like the officers, were of a | high class. So able were the officers on 1t for them for special services to the government. In consequence of
 these drafts seven of the men of the | regiment were selected to discharge
 the duties of commissioned officers by an order of the War Department. was fortunate enough to be selected for this duty, having been for some time sergeant in my company.
 Fits Lees Fight.
 Yes. I was present and an eye-wlt-
 ness to the famous encounter in which | Fitzhugh Lee killed the Indian chief.
 who was said to be Yellow Hand. A number of garbled accounts of this
 hand to, hand fight of. Lee with the you brief but absolutely accurate &C., |, t,aonnt of the duel to the death between the tNs~. We had been sent out on an expedition against the Comanches In Northwestern Texas on the Colo | rado. We came suddenly upon a body
 of Indians on wide plain. The fight began at once.
 We were pressing them back and gradually surrounding them when q
 sub-chief broke through the limos and
 attempted to escape. He was mounted 1 speed. Four of us darted out to over take him, Lee. Benjamin Jones, Tim
 Alexander and myself We were all his famous horse, Bumblebee, which | had been presented to him after win
 ming the Louisville sweepstakes. 1
 rode a magnificent horse, that had only | mount of Robert E. Lee. Jones and
 AleeXahder also had fine mounts.
 chase first opened. the Indian, on his
 us But in time we gradQaily began
 was inevitable he ieaped from hts | horse To us it seemed that the earth
 had swallowed him, when We came upoh HIS pony standing sllIl ana ths | rider nowhere to be seen. A big dry
 ravine was near by and it was evident
 to us that he must have taken refuge | in the raVine.
 We dismounted. separated and be- ] gan search of the ravine. I was
 picking my way along the rocky sides
 or the ravine while Lee was on the | ravine bottom. Suddenly l heard q
 cry below and turned to see Lee and
 the Indian in a death struggle. I
 rushed to Lees assistance so capidly
 that in my descent I painfully injured
 my knee. But when I got. there. Lea
 who was a powerful athlete. with his l west Point training and open air lifa, mad gained the mastery. He alone
 bent the Indian back and dispatched
 him with his pistoI'
 Fight at Jungle Hollow.
 l But of all his experiences, the savage
 night which followed the bloody bat | tie of Jungle Hollow with the Conan
 ches is burner deepest in the memory | or Captain Alba. The memory of the barparous scenes which followed that sanguinary encounter between the
 Rangers and the Comanches is more
 vivid. evaA than the desperate dash to
 attack thS Indians, the climb over the