The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-08
BOTH FOUGHT THE SIOUX
OLD INDIAN FIGHTERS WILL
AGAIN SERVE TOGETHER.

"N' WV" IA me Oi9 norm ana
Yellowstone Expeditions-The Sib-
ley Scouts Narrow Escape From
, Capture as He Tells of It.
Brigadier General J. W Brbb. WHO
las been ordered to St Pau! u q ,fme
Command OF the DEPARTING nj 0t nako-
a, and Major Frederick w Sibey. the
commanding officer of the Third Squad
ron OF the Second Cavalry, now sta
ION al Fort Smelling saw service to-
sether against the Indians during the
campaign Of 1876 against the Sioux.
botn We're at the time young lieEte-
nants. General Bubb had been pro-
NOTED from the ranks during his ser
wee IN the civil war, while Major Sib-
ley was then a young officer just out
Of West Point They served through
out General Crooks Big Horn and
Yellowstone expeditions, aad General
Mlless campaign through Montana
General Bubb with the Fourth Infan-
try and Major Sibley then. as now.
with the Second Cavalry, says the ST
Paul Pioneer Press.
| One little incident of Lieutenant
Bulbs bravery is related by the ia
nous war cOrrespo ndent. afterWard
Congressman John f. Finerty, in his
book, "Warpath and Biyouac, or the
Conquest of the Sioux" The incident
occurred in Wyoming in May. 1876, Il
IS thus described b. Nh Finerty:
Some officers informed us that the
Terry between the camp and Fort Fet-
terman had broken down, and that We
could not get our mail or send dis
patches The river at that point is SO
rapid and 50 full OF Whirlpool5 that
lew men care to swim il and most
horses refuse to do so. a wagon
driver, together with a sergeant and
two private soldiers of the Second
Cavalry tried the experiment of swim
ming their horses over few days be-
tore and all were drowned 1t was
absolutely necessary for us to cross
the river.
When we reached the ferry we
found that it had been patched up in d
temporary manner and concluded to
go across. When near the Fetterman
bank the rope broke. and we should
have been swept down the stream at
the imminent risk of drowning but for
the heroism of Lieutenant and Com
mlssary Bubb, who plunged into the
river on horseback. caught a cable
which somebody threw toward him
and towed us in safety to shore amid |
the plaudits of the spectators
Gen. Bubb was engaged in nearly all |
Of the celebrated engagements Of that |
war.
The "Sibiey Scout" is famous among /
indian fighters as having one of the
narrowest escapes from sayages on
record 1t was in 1876 at the time Of
the Custer massacre, when Lieutenant
olbey was ordered out with twenty
i've mounted men to look about the
country and see what was going on
Frank GrOuard, half breed and chief
If United States scouts. accompanied
5ibley. The young officer was fresh
rom West Point and rather ineXpe-
fenced in frontier warfare so cautious
GENERAL Crook babe him heed the
couts advice should emergency arise.
md Off the trooper started almost at
he same hour when Custer, hundred
niles away, was being cut TO pieces
" the cutthrOats of Sitting Bull
Mr.. Finerty was also on this expe-
lition. He tells first in his book of
lis meeting with Lieutenant Sibley
nd later has a page portrait of Lieu
enant Sibley and devotes a chapter
o THE Sibley Scout-A Close Call"
n describing his Introduction to
Lieutenant Sibley he says:
Capt. Sutorius introduced me to
Wo officers of the Second Cavalry.
'aptain Wells and Lieutenant Sbley. {
Lieutenant Sibley, with whose career
was destined to be linked under cir t
umstances which subsequently at
racted the attention of the Continent,
nd which will long live in the tales
nd traditions of our regular army, ,
as young West Pointer, who had ,
distinguished himself under General 7
eynolds in the attack upon and cap 6
IRE of Crazy Horse on March II of a
lat eventful year Joe De Barthe in g
is Life and Adventures of Frank a
rouard. Chief OF Scouts" also has a c
Ill page portrait OF Lieutenant Sibley I
nd chapter called "A Miraculous Es- {
lpe,' describing the incident of w.lich :
ajOr Sibley was the hero. !,
The incident was as follows: The |
outing party travelled two days h
ithout incident. AS they neared the y
ountains Grouard, who always travel \
d ahead of the soldiers, suddenly l.
gnalled to halt. Signs of Indians h
ere seen. From an eminence com 9
anding a vast area OF rolling conn d