The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-04
STORY OF BUFFAL0
BILL AND A RED HAT
HOW FAMOUS SCOUT WORE BLOODY
HANDKERCHIEF IN INDIAN
FIGHT.
GsN. CARR A BRAVE WARRIOR.

ma MN Nou. ;,.;ro yu;th Dr,,, onbo~
0'1 -''''' A''' A'''"s wan many O'N''
Veterans in Washington, Most
r,,or,,.;,,, Cha-,,4,r
interesting N""I"0'e''
There are residing in Washington,
y. c.. today several hundred retired
officers or tbr ARMY WIN find tEe. assn,il-
linn "a, I,. ,,.,i,,I Can ,,,.,,... ,.,,,.,.,,,f..
,''' '"' '"h'''' '"' ''''' "-'"'',
IMAM i""Ae offered by any oiucE cilE Oh
the country. Many of these were retired
because ut wounds or disease contracted
,lurju. the Spgnisb war of tbe pliIiu-
,; D.,
Pr"'S '"ulI1'-"' h"' 'uo'' are N''''""s
81 l"e 'lNII war ANA among tnr~e are
many mon who are "choCh fun of
"reminiscences of the stirring DAYS prior
tn .pI lY,i,,., .h, ,,,,,t,.t I,,.ft,...,, tI.
.,..,..
states W tue H'''" '"" S""'"'
One of the BraveSt.
N,,,,,r,, l., ,,I,I,yt ,r f., ,..,,rnp. sim
vii ug i. uur Mn WEARING rGr CON
grrs-inn,l medal for rnW.plcunny gal.
InntIl and l,nn .a,y service among inr
lnI,',. nm tL, fr,utirr gs rIr bar, MS
the early ulurs j., Maj.-Gru. Eugene ~.
arr N"uuurd by an lhuAA AFRO" l5
AI J t"' hidGr IN IS'i ana ~ sun n,' ~
ana nearly IH rPt'r "I me ~ l'"tH NHtl.
"J,' l'>"'u NN.t ne l'IN' saw t"' '~n t.
hD''htI! NAtIr br'l'M t'lu l"l'" l"'
q season with ms dramatic linp'ts"li,"-
it"h oil lHlGadlri ''|thhh III one oI me
I1GII In'li'I> ANA curing l"' NIrN "i''
.NII,0"n N>,HI'F ana tHG E'"''3i Eol 70
E''i''' U'} laIh'4 o. l"' IN u,SS ~ ~
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Arnt,.,I,. ot,. 9mI u.I,irL ,,,i,nd fnr
Kan rarr cnu,,rntnIot inns from, FROST
Jnn, Crnrt ,.nn Shnrn,n Snor,,ion ond
ntLcrs If Ills nrnfnssinnuI ossnriutns and
resolutions of thanks from the Colorado
and Nebraska Legislatures. Tho cen
rrol indeed has n career of prominence
in the Civil war when he figured in MI
grades up To commander of n division in
the CAMPAIGNS of Grant. Sherman and
Thomas i'm the west, to "thc march to
the sea" through Georgia.
Cto,,, NJ puaoio R;u
ivy - ''''''o ,,.,,.
vi ms I'N"Iil' scout, huIaIo hI,I:
nr l'i!0 iuI"S W't'TNlhi- S'"r'GS' ne
io'I Oh "h iHdidu HEhl III Which Lieut.
''"''..;N "'" ms unIp I"uH" themselves
D." ,,-"' f'"' e. '''"' ''''' H"''"'''",
" S,,",l ',T.n"'G rom ine mann command
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,''y "a ''''' ~ r'-"," ~ HoI"'n r
w. "'I'" m''",u Nupp,'S ,'S ! ""u ''
,.,,'i, Mi ~ 'I ~
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az 49,, '''' y nI",I y, re ',,r SUI
",o''i VIZ, "u't,''H w ~ i""'" '"l"-
"'"II' lT''"IHE ,u' S''H' We
,"u'' ,to iui'I"S S,'''''H'E III ~.
tir'l' \ HEuIc VIZ" r'u cap rose SLOW
w oN'r ulc nun ,""' PuH"iGd me iot
an instant, as IL wore Jhe bu'kShlh ana
u'd i"uB halI, n"l on ca'ouihE SlEht OF
tAo morse, 'puS lo"urr race, J. saw
II was builAlo I'm without ms broad
brllhmed somhroro. On closer inspection
| found his head Swathcd IN bloody
handkerchief that acted not only as 4
temporary bandagc but rs Chapcau, his
hat having been shot off and lost his
scalp badly plowed to the bone for about
five inches which was bleeding urofuSc-
~, but the close call had been Il lucky
one. The advance guard had been re-.
Iicyed | learned the lndiaus wprr So
vcrcly punished with loss ON our side
Ul but -FOUR or i've Killed and fpW
wounded. and Cody's narrow rsconn o..
the remaining casualty. As the nhiert
of the campaign was ncnr orromniish,
mcnt. and Tho trail hot our ,,rn,t,.s,
need was supplies.
>, me country WIS infested with In
u'ahS' ana II WIS my miles To the near
est supply point fort hearney, and
CODY decided IT would be necessary to
undertake. the Job himself, decision
characteristic of him as he never shirked
duty or faltered IN emergencies.
i gave him the best horse in the out
ht and as We were securely camped and
twilight had arrived, he decided, after
patching mp his head Il little. to be OF
10 bring relief and meet us mt point
northwest about days march, Thos,.
were about the most definite directions
that any plainsman got in the trackloss
plains OF those days, but it showed the
peculiar sixth sense or acumcn possessed
10y the practical scouts Ike Cody in
the wide seas of the great plains that
they rarely ever missed the desired con
necti"n. To our great joy Cody reached
US safely ana successfully, riding the
nitN miles at night, arriving mt Fort