Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-12

about fifteen miles below Capt. Ben
nett's camp at Powder river After
we tied up at the bank one night
Cen Miles ordered Buffalo Bill to get
his horses, of which we had a num-
Der on board, and deliver a dispatch
to Capt. Bennett. We had seen lots
Of Indians that day and Bill was to
make a very dangerous trip. bid
him good bye and said i did not like
to see him start. He said nothing but
mounted his horse and went just be-
fore daylight. On his return he
came Into my room, woke me up and
wanted something to eat. He had
made the perilous trip ali right. He
was a. genuine scout. E:s>:
ut might be well to say something
|of scouts Of olden times. i. had lots
to- do with them; took them DIP and
down the river and put them OFF at
different points, also would find them
on the banks and cross them over
the river. @ :z. I 4. ,%s.5..y.. s,
I never met but five genuine scouts.
They were Buffalo bill, Yellowstone
Kelly, Brockmire, who was killed at
Powder river when the Indians at
tackled the boat, and a man named
Morgan, who killed the Indian that
had killed Broekmire. The other
was Charlie Reynolds, Gen. Clusters
fayorite scout, who was killed while
talking to DR.. Porter on the Custer
battle field =. ..,.. :. S.. -.
e While We were patroling the river
Gen. Miles took his command on
shore and ordered us to Fort Buford
to get forage and supplies as both of
these articles were getting short.
After loading up at Buford and ready
to start Gen.. Hazen, who was in COM
mand at. that post, and his wife Mrs.
Hazen, who is now Mrs. Admiral
Dewey, was also there. came aboard
and had with him a young lieutenant
by the name of Gersham who had
Just graduated and had been assigned
to the Seventh cavalry and was on
his way to join his regiment and
was to go up on the boat. IA
General Hazen gave him orders
here to distribute Sergeant Cadelle
and his men for picket duty at night
as it Is military law whenever an
officer comes to Where there are sol
diers he takes command. During
the time there was no officer on the
boat Sergeant Cadelle and myself
arranged the picket duty as follows:
When We would lay at the bank at
night pull the stage on board the boat
and set a spar to push the boat out
in the river so the Indians could not
get on board and put one sentinel on
the upper deck to give the alarm
should Indians come near the boat.
But Gen. Hazen did not want it that
way. He told the lieutenant that
after the boat landed for the night
to put part Of the men on duty at al
time two hundred yards from the boat
The soldiers did not like It, but
could say nothing. NV only interest
in the matter was that IL the soldiers
were kept up at night they could not
assist get wood in the day time,
The first night out we landed on a.
low bank where the willows were
very thick, the river had been high
and had fallen and LEFT i deposit o.
mud on the willow. The lieutenant
was dressed IN his best uniform. he,
locked fine. not q spot on him He took
the men himself and placed them on
picket duty as soon as we landed.
The soldiers thought they could scare.
the lieutenant 50 that be would order
them on board The boat, a that they