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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-11

they tried to get around us, but
Gaul-he was our biggest chief
kept moving on until we were near
the reservation, and a great many of
the young braves left the agencies
and went on the warpath with us.
We were trying to get up near tn
line (Canada), and had felt we were
far away from the soldiers when we
fought Custer. We felt so safe we
had no scouts out for two days when
we made village on the Little Big
Horn River
"We were all in tepees that morn
ing when Custer and his soldiers
came on us. We ran out and they
shot at us. We made for our ponies
and were going to escape down the
river, when We found Custer's little
chief (Reno) heading us off. We did
not know which way to go until We
saw the little chief run away. Then
Gaul-he big fghter-led us all at
Custer. We find he only has few
men and we fight him. The soldiers
fight, fight like Sioux; they brave,
they good fighters, but we kill them
all in short time and scalp them.
Then we go for the little chief, and
he and his soldiers in trenches so
we take the women and children and
go over the line.
"It big fight ITO go back to
Tails own words" Sioux brave In
dian, whip soldier, get soldier gun,
get clothes, get blanket, get scalo
and one sleep get where soldier no
came. Gaul, he want fight, may be
SIX suns more; he no want fight then.
Gaul he fight good when Custer
come. Heap Sioux!
"That long SHOWS ago! Me good
Indian now. Fight no more"
The old chief took the pipe of
peace from the hand Of the writer.
The youthful fire of excitement at
living over those scenes or carnage
died from his eyes, the paint on his
face which had made him again the
savage of the 7O's took on grotesque-
ness.
Throughout the recital of the
story Rocky Bear had sat with legs
crossed under him, his beady eyes
peering out over cheeks as wrinkled
as the hide of an elephant, fxedly
set upon the speaker. When Tail
had finished, Rocky said:
"White man think Sitting Bull
big chief. No, Sitting Bull big med
icine man. No fight. Big chief
Gaul and Rain-in-the-Face, thew
fight. Rain-in-the-face say he eat
Tom Custer's heart. He eat heart
that fight. He not forget wrong.
The massacre of Gen. George A
Custer and 261 men of the Seventh
Cavalry will stand out in the his
tory of the world as one of the most
horrible fights of record.
For several weeks three columns
of troops under Gen. Gibbon. Cen
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-11
HOW WE KILLED CUSTER.
By Old Iron Tail.

anniversary of the most famous In
dian fight in history-the Custer
massacre. Two Of the few remain
ing Sioux who took part in that trag
edy were here in New York recent
ly performing In mimic war dances
and battles with Buffalo Bill. They
were Rocky Bear and Iron Tail.
The writer had met Iron Tail at
Pine Ridge during the famous ghost
dance troubles, and the Chief rec
ognized his ancient opponent instant
ly when the latter called upon him
in his canvas tepee. This tent was
soon reeking with the smoke Of the
Indian tobacco-a granulated mix
ture Of willow bark and twigs.
Looking at beautiful scalp dang
ling from the shoulder of Rocky
Bear, the writer asked: "Where
ketch 'emq" Rocky shook his head
and muttered: "Me good Indian,
me no fight, me no scalp. Long
time" with a sweep of his hand
backward over his shoulder) "me
bad Indian; me fight white man,
ketch him scalp. Fight no good;
me good"
The smoke rose in silence for sew
eral minutes.
"Tail, thirty-one SHOWS and grass
ago you were not showing the dance
for fun. Then you danced and, with
Rocky and the others, were looking
for white scalps. With grass that
year you fought Custer. Tell me
about it.''
Champion Tribes of Fighting Men.
Both chiefs were reluctant at first
to talk about the fight, but at last
they thawed out and for three hours,
recited the story of the troubles that
eliminated in the death of Custer
and his men on June 25, 1876, and
the banishment Of the Sioux froms
the country. Stripped of its crude
wording, Iron Tails story ran as
follows:
"My tribe and the Cheyennes,
with which we are married, have 81
ways been fighting men. They have
fought and beaten all the Indians
of the plains, and have been feared
for their ,prowess. We made raids
into the country south Of us, ran off
ponies, cattle and whatever we want
ed. We fought the Indians and the
whites and the soldiers with success.
Finally the Great Father wanted Us
to become reservation Indians and
hold us to the agency. Red Cloud,
a great chief, was friend of Tie
whites and wanted the reservation.
Sitting Bull, a big medicine man.
he wanted to be as always-abIe TO
go everywhere in Indian country,
hunt, camp and roam. Red Cloud
had his followers. Sitting Bull had
his. With the latter were such
fighting chiefs as Gaul and Rain-in-
the-Face. I was young, so was
Rocky Bear-we were just chiefs,
what you soldiers call colonies; they
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-11
PAGE FOURTEEN.
JEB sTUART's LAST BATTLE.
A Brilliant Charge by Custer
Seen on the Confederate Side.

DaCCIe OF yellow IaVern, SAID an
old Confederate cavalryman at the
recent reunion in Richmond. "It
was near the beginning of what his
torians now call the Wilderness cam
paign.
"I was with Jeb Stuart, Gen.
Fitz Lees division, Wickham's 8 bri-
gade, and Phil Sheridan's troops
were hanging on us like a pack of
hungry wolves, nipping us at every
turn. We had been marching and
fighting pretty steadily for more than
two weeks with mighty little time
for rest.
"We left Hanover Junction about
one O'Clock one night and reached
Yellow Tavern before ten O. 'clock the
next morning. You know Sheridan
was not one to let grass grow under
his feet when there was any fighting
to be done and when he was matched
against Jeb Stuart it was nip and
tuck.
"We hadn't more than halted at
the Tavern when up comes Sheridan
and tries to drive US out. It was
a pretty tough struggle, a hand to
hand fight, and we fell back from
the Tavern, but held our position on
the telegraph road leading to Rich
mond. l was with the battery on
the extreme left wing and it was
about two o'clock in the afternoon
when orders came for the whole di-
vision excepting the First Virgin
las to dismount but hold their po-
sitions.
cit did seem good, I tell you, af-
ter so many hours in the saddle to
stretch out on the ground and take
a smoke; that is, all who had any
thing to smoke. There was just one
pipeful among that whole battery,
and the boy who owned it passed it
down the line and each man took his
turn putting at it.
"When it was gone We all began
to speculate on what deviltry Sheri-
dan would be up to next and how
Jeb Stuart would head him off. It
wasn't long before some fellow wish
ed for a drink of water.
"You know how it is, when one
man wishes for water the whole COM
pany begins to swear they are dying
of thirst. Jack Saunders and took
a bunch of canteens and started over
the hill to spring that he had seen
that morning during our scrimmage
with the Yanks.
g was on my hands and knees
over the spring when L heard Saun-
ders' grunt of surprise. He was
staring through the trees.
"There only few hundred yards
away was considerable body of cav
airy. Making sure that it was our
right wing, I wondered to see them
mounted and in ranks. Just then
the voice Of an officer rang out:
" Cavalry! Attention. Draw
saber!'
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with wild cheers his cavalry
dashed forward in a sweeping gallop,
attacking our entire left wing at the
same time. We saw our battery TAX
en-, our line broken, and our men run
ming like sheep.
Saunders and / had but one
thought-to join our fleeing company.
AS we reached the telegraph road
above the din Of the battle / heard
Jeb Stuart's voice.
"There he was making a stand
with a handful Of men around.
Thank God, I had sense enough left
to join them.
cit seemed but a moment before
Custer s troops were coming back
as fast as they had gone forward.
They had met the First Virginias.
We greeted the mwith the rebel yell
and the last charge in our weapons.
"Jeb Stuart cheered us on, ah,
how he cheered us! gave them
my last shot and was following with
my weapon dubbed when 1 saw a
man, who had been dismounted and
was running, out, turn as he passed
our rally and fire his pistol.
"Jeb Stuart swayed in his saddle.
It was only for moment, then his
voice rang out cheering his strug-
Cling troops.
The enemy rallied just across the
road and fired volley into the lit
tie band gathered around Jeb Stu
art. His horse sprang forward with
scream of agony and sank down on
its knees. AS we lifted the general
off, the young officer who was help
ing me exclaimed:
my God, general, you are
wounded! Your clothes are soaked
with blood! You must leave the
field, STRIP
3" NO. Gen. Stuart answered; Il
will not leave until victory is as
sured. Get me another horse!'
"When [ returned with the horse
he was seated with his back against
tree, and when he tried to get up,
weakened by loss of blood, he sank
back again.
" 'Go!' he commanded us. Il am
done for. Fitz Lee needs every man.
I order you to go!'
'We cannot obey that order,
general the young officer told him,
and I'll never forget the look that
came over his face when he faced the
general. 'We must carry you to a
place of safety however the battle
goes.
" 1T must not go against U.S.
Stuart replied, and the thought SEEM
ed to put fresh vigor in his body.
'You must put me on my horse and
keep me there. Ny men must not
know that I am woundedl'
"We lifted him on his horse and,
mounting our own, we held him in
his saddle. When the tide Of the
battle turned, supported between us,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-08-31
Why He Could Not Preach.
(From Tit-Ritsl


There is a story of a clergyman who
had taken temporary duty for friend,
and who had the i'll luck to injure his
false teeth during the week. The plate
was sent to the dentists for repairs,
a faithful assurance being given that
it should be duly returned by Sun
days post, but the dentist or the post
proved faithless.
With the assistance of the clerk the
clergyman managed to stumble
through the prayers, but Felt it would
be useless to attempt to preach. He
therefore instructed the clerk to make
some excuse for him and dismiss the
congregation" But his feelings may
be better imagined than described
when, in the seclusion of the vestry, he
overheard the clerk. in impressive
tones thus deliver the excuse"
Parsons very sorry, but it is his
misfortune to be obligated to wear a
set of artful teeth. They busted last
Wednesday, and they amt got them
back from London today, as he was
promised. I've helped him all 1 could
through the service, but I can't 10 no
more for him; 'tisn't any use aim 60
ing up into the pulpit for you wouldn't
understand a word he said. so ne
thinks you may as well go home"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-08-31
What VIII Make You Glad.

When the years have slipped by you
will be glad you stopped to speak to
every friend you met and left them
all with a warmer feeling in their
hearts because you did so.
And you will be glad that you were
happy when doing the small, every
day things Of life, that you served the
best you could in earth's lowly round
You will be glad that men have said
all along your way: Il know / can
trust him, he is as true as STEEL
You will be glad that there have
been some rainy days in your life
Clouds and storms are not the worst
things in life. If there were no Storms
the foundations would dry up, the sky
would be filled with poisonous vapors
and life would cease.
You will be glad that you stopped
long enough every day to read care
fully and with a prayer in your heart
some part Of Gods message to those
He loves.
You will be glad when you shut your
eyes tight against all the evil things
men said about one another. and tried
the best you could to stop their words.
winged with poison.
You will be glad that you brought
smiles to men, and not sorrow.
You will be glad that you have met
all the hard things which have come
to you with a hearty handshake,
never lodging one of them, but turn
ing them all to the best possible ad-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-08-31
Protestant Praise for the Catholic
Encyclopedia.

The opening article. long and well
considered article, in the book depart
ment of the Outlook, is devoted to the
Catholic Encyclopedia. We quote:
The writer of this notice does not
claim to have read the volume through
he has no desire to emulate Chief
Justice Marshall's tabled feat with the
Electromagnetic the many articles he
has examined have made upon him an
impression of fairness that has both
surprised and delighted him. The ar
ticles, of course, are not all upon the
same level Both in scholarship and
i'm spirit some are better than others.
but, taking the work as a whole, it
maintains a high average and exhibits
a commendable breadth of view and
fairness of statement. In the care
fully selected photographers of these
and similar (BiblicaD articles. Protes-
tant and Catholic works appear side
by side. Articles dealing with
matters distinctly Catholic constitute,
of course, the most important part of
the work. Catholic rites and cera-
monies, religious doctrines and moral
principles are treated with fitness and
in the main satisfactorily. The ar
ticles on absolution and asceticism are
good examples of a genuinely CathO
lie and yet. on the whole, fair account
of controverted questions. In both
cases Catholic principles are carried
much further back than by most Prot
estants, and in the former the use of
"penance" for repentance" in trans
lating early patristic documents is
often misleading, but, on the whole
the positions taken are historically
sound. As a matter of fact, modern
study Of the early church has shown
that the Catholic system. which was
condemned by Protestants as
a medieval corruption, is of very
early date.
Treating of the biographies, the re-
viewer says:
Among these may be particularly
the ones on Anselm, Abe |
ard and Arnold of Brescla, the last
two of which, considering the standing
Of the men in relation to the church, |
are remarkably fair. The articles on
various important popes, such as
Adrian ". and V. and Alexander III !
and VI. should also be mentioned. |
That on Alexander III. is all too |
neager, but those on Adrian w. and |
Alexander VI. are full and admirable |
md the latter. while frankly acknowl- |
edging the wickedness of this most |
notorious Of popes, yet presents a
,areful estimate of his character and |
,areer which is much nearer the truth |
han the indiscriminate and reckless
accounts found in most books.
On the whole, in spite of the me-
liaevalism of certain portions, and in
pite of occasional lapses from the
general level of excellence-lapses in
,vitable in any work of this kind
he first volume must be pronounced |
air and sane. and if succeeding vol
INES maintain the same standard the
york cannot fail to prove exceedingly
Useful.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-08-31
THE NTERMoUNTAM AND COLORADO cATHoc AUGUST 81 1907

country toward the end Of the sixteenth
century the curious Pepys would not
nave been moved to write his dairy.
The Srst impulse to the rediscovery
'na cultivation of shorthand in mod
en- times may probably be traced to
the desire, at the time of the Reforma-
tlon of preserving the discourse of the
preachers of the new doctrines. ITO
write as fast as a man speaketh treat
ably the Elizabethan writing master
and stenographer, Peter Bales, declared
to be ''in effect very easy = the
shortness whereof is attained by
memory and swiftness by practice, and
sweetness by industry" But the early
systems were very inefficient, and this
has been considered by critics to be one
OF the causes of the corrupt readings of
the text of some of Shakespeare's plays.
Contemporary opinion on the subject
may be gathered from the Pleasant
Dialogues and Dramas" of Thomas
Haywood d630, who says that his play
of Queen Elizabeth
Did throng the seats, the boxes and
the stage
So much that some by stenography
drew
A plot, put it in print, scarce one word
true"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-08-31
PRINCE OF WALES AT HOME.
Lives QuietIy-Reads and Pastes'
Stamps in an Album.

What a contrast between the king
and the heir to his throne, the Prince
of Wales! exclaims the London CORE
spondent of Town and Country. The
father weighted with the crown
rushes up and down the land in motor
cars and special trains, attending chris
Jennings, race meetings, receptions, gar
den parties, semi-state and state func-
tons, morning, noon and night.
The son, whose only trouble seems
to be the riddle of killing time. sits in
his room at Marlborough house pasting
stamps into an album or reading a
book. He does absolutely nothing and
does it with such a mastery inactivity
as to rouse one almost to enthusiasm
at the idea of how SUCCESSFULLY this
proud prince manages to while away his
golden days
Prince Prosper in Fairyland hadn't a
more delightful cycle of years than his
royal highness the Prince of Wales. I
will give you brief, authentic sketch
of-the days doings at Marlborough
house. Those of you who hug the an
cient idea that princes get up in the
morning to the fanfare of trumpets,
deck themselves out in royal robes all
pass down a gallery lined with bowling
and obseqMous f1unkeys, will be dis
drum existence of an apparently mid
die class suburban home
The prince, the princess and the rest
of the family are up betimes, which
means about o'clock in the morning.
There is the ordinary breakfast of a
well-to-do English family and the head
of 1t beguiles the intervals between
bacon and eggs with the morning pa
pers. After breakfast there are charity
letters to dictate to a secretary, for
even the Prince of Wales is not exempt
from the incessant stream of begging
letters and appeals from charitable in
situations which weigh down the post
mans bag at every delivery.
Having completed this, the heaviest
task of the day, the prince goes for a.
walk in st. James park or Hyde park,
accompanied by one of his equerries
who live in Marlborough house, and
when this constitutional is over it is
time to go back and prepare for lunch
con. Sometimes there is a guest. but
more often the meal is taken only in
the company of one of the equerries
and a lady of the princess household.
Luncheon over, there must be some
stamps to sort Ghe princes stamp COL
lection is the finest in the world and
is said to be worth more than .e1O0,-
GOOD.
Then comes another. walk in the park
and then book to read until tea time.
when there are generally one or two
visitors. Dinner, at $50 p. M, is quite
with a guest or two only here
and there. If the royal couple go to the
theatre dinner is set for Z, but as they
do not often go to the theatre the
evening is spent quietly at home, the
prince reading book and the princess
doing some useful fancy work with
the needle
Bed at 1890 p. m. Is this net truly
a picture of beautiful domestic bliss
Nevertheless l am quite certain that
when the Prince of Wales comes into
his own he will surprise the British
people by his mental grasp of affairs,
his wide sympathy with all classes of
the people and his inherited capacity
for governing.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-08-31
CATHOLICS FIRST IN
INTELLECTUAL CONTEST
Royal Irish University Distinctions
Practically Monopolized by Them.
From the DERRY Journal

(From the Derry Journal)
A point is being reached when the
Irish Royal university distinctions viii
be practically the monopoly of the
Catholic colleges. This year the two
Catholic women's colleges-St. Mary's,
Eccles street, and Loretto, st. Ste
phen's Green-which do not receive
penny of public endowment Of any
sort direct or indirect-more than ac-
count for the three Queens colleges,
Belfast included, while the appearance
in force of Maynooth makes the Cath
Ole predominance more striking than
ever. University College, Dublin, it
now goes without saying, leads eff,
and has no less than ninety-three dis
tinctions; Maynooth, which is just get
ting into its stride, comes second |itn
forty-siX: st. Mary's equals Belfast,
with twenty-1line obtaining more first
class distinctions, while that excellent
college, Queen s College, Cork, winds
up the list with just six distinctions.
There are thirty-two art scholars al
Cork; they have won two first class
honors and four others. Either the
Royal university honor list is sham,
or there is woeful waste of public mon
ey on this Cork Queens college.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-08-31
CATHOLIC IRELAND.
Protestant journal Views the Isle of
Saints With Favor.

The accepted Irish type of the
masses-the stage Irishman-may be
amusing, says the Outlook" but he
smacks also of Incidence, thriftless-
ness, a tendency to drink and even a
lack of certain primary virtues
Fortunately, these feelings are not
characteristic of the Irish people as a
whole. In every quarter of the globe
Irish men and women have shown
themselves hard workers; If they have
not displayed the same energy at home
it is because Of the general agricul-
turaI oppression and depression, be-
cause of unsanitaTy dwellings and in
sufficient food.
AS to drink. contrary to the general
supposition, the Irishman spends a
less average on il than does the Eng
lishman or Scot; moreover, the Irish
man spends more on beer than on
spirits, the contrary being true of the
Scot.
Furthermore, and even more surpris-
ing to many, statistics show the Irish
10 be less criminally inclined than are
the inhabitants of Great Britain: in
particular as to sexual morality, the
stranger in Ireland is invariably sur
prised by the rectitude of the people.
In 1871 Ireland's population was esti-
mated at 100000; in 1901, at 440O, 0O0
Thus in sixty years the population fell
by nearly 100000. America has won
what Ireland has lost
But this is not all Quality as well
as quantity is involved. The emigrants
have generally been in life's full vigor;
most Of those who have remained have
been physically, mentally and indus
trially deficient.
Meanwhile the burden of taxation
has enormously increased. Is it sur
prising, then, that, with the exception
of France, Ireland's birth rate should
be now the lowest in the world?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-08-31
RUN 1T OUT.

When once you have hit the ball,
Run it out.
Though your chance be great or small
Run it ou.-
Many a tumble comes, you know,
Many a baseman muffs a throw,
But you're lost, unless you go!
Run it out!
Come the best, or come the worst,
Run it out.
You are gone? All right, but first
Run it out.
Would have-done or Might been
Never had chance to win;
Lively now and dig right in!
Run it out!
In the game, or out, the rule
Run it out. "
Is the motto of our school:
Run it out.
Here is one who thinks it wise
Just to play for exercise,
But he'll score more. if he tries;
Run it out!
You may fail? Of course, but still
If you don't, you know you will.
Run it out.
How alike are the beginning
OF the losing or the winning
Just an eyelash to an inning!
Run it out!
Courage now and keep your heart!
Run it out.
Nothing comes without start,
Run it out.
Other Shakespeares might be printing
Other Titians might be tinting,
If some constant coach kept limiting
Run it out!
Edmund Vance Cooke, in Appleton's
Magazine.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-08-31
Two Irish eifts for the Pope.

Two very interesting articles will be
exhibited at the Oireachtas Exhibition
valuable pieces of jewelry. designed
and executed in Dublin, which are 10
be presented to His Holiness the Pope
on the occasion of his jubilee. One of
these is a beautifully designed golden
jeweled clasp for a rich cone of Irish
poplin which is TO be presented to His
Holiness on the same occasion. 1t is a
splendid specimen of Celtic workman
ship. The other article is a beautiful
casket surmounted with the Papal
arms in fine gold, set with the best
quality of diamonds and rubies, and
worked out in every detail with triple
crown, mit-e, keys, stole, etc. 1t bears
the inscription in Celtic letters of gold:
Plus X, Papa" Both articles bear
the Dublin hall mari