The National tribune., 1909-09-09
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along fhe
Whole Line. :. Z
Riding the Pony Express.

| Taberg, n. Y, wants 10 give, Iuil credit
| to Comrade James III. Case. Co. Z, 1st
Colo Cav, as one of the. old pony ex-
press riders from Tucson, Ariz., to
Sparkle Pass, 130 miles. which was
made in 80 hours. There were eight
others riding the express at the time,
and Comrade Davis was one of them.
He was detailed with 70 others on one
occasion to scout for Indians that had
stolen some 20 horses. They rode 135
miles in "a hours, being 21 hours in
the saddle without horse or a man
giving out. They were under command
of Capt. Hall, of Co. II, 1st Colo. Cav,
then at Camp Collins, about rs miles
from Denver. They got the horses from
| the Indians. They met some Indians.
About a mile and quarter away we
saw some so or 30 antelope. The Cap
tain knew he could place a ball near
enough to scare them. so he called the
/ attention of the Indians to them and
then fired. The ball struck one at the
butt of the ear and he dropped dead.
The Captain diSarmed one soldier and
one Indian and started them after the
game. This fine shot terrified the In
dians so that they had no trouble with
them.
Early Days in Kansas.
VIM. W. Davis. 1st Colo. Cav. Ia
berg. n. Y, writes his memories of the
early DAYS in Kansas. His father took
him to Kansas in 1856, when he was
only 13 years old. He remembers his
| father trying to break up some prairie
| for corn with q six-yoke oxen and his
mother welding the whip. He was
given a gun ard set to watch on a hill
| overlooking the valley. He had tele-
scope to help him. Some days his faith
er would be able to plow all day. and
| then on others only an hour, when some
OF the neighbOrs would come in and
say: Turn out your team. The bor-
der ruffians are only f1ve miles away
They have plundered house, taken
two horses and the earrings out of the
women's ears" He would go off with
the neighbors and be gone for two to
four days They slept all Summer in
the middle of the cornfield, as it was
too risky to stay in the house. He re-
members one time when James II. Lane
had taken 20 border ruftans prisoners.
He gave them a good talking to and
told them to go to their homes and
attend to their own affairs or they
would not live to get there. Just as he
dismissed them John Brown came up
and called them back. He asked if
anyone recognized him, and then told
them that he was old John Brown, at
which they trembled with fear He
took all their names and dismissed
them.
The streight Raid.
Washington Turner. Hoxie, Kan, was
glad TO see the article by Comrade
Nesmith in regard to the, Streight raid.
Comrade Turner belonged to- the 5ist
Ind, and was wounded at1Day's Gap,
where he was taken prisoner. There
were some good people 5tn the neigh
borhood, who took excellent care of the
wounded and he and Cornrade Kitchen.
who was shot in the thigh and hip.
stayed with them for quite awhile, and
are much indebted to them. If this
meets the eye of any of that noble
family or any of the bbys who were in
that raid, Comrade Turner rwouId be
glad to hear from them.
Southern Union Men.
G.. F. Sloan. Birta, Ark, says that
the Northern people have no idea what
Southern Union men had to suffer. On
one occasion he lay by the roadside,
and saw 45 mounted rebels ride by him
from thicket near by He lay as still
as chunk of wood, and counted them
as they passed There are a few old
soldiers in his neighborhood who hid
from the conscript officers until they
could make their way to the Union
lines. They had to shift their hiding
places each night. There are many of
these who died whose graves are un-
named to-day, and others who succeed
ed in Joining the Sd and 4th Ark.
Not Member of the Regiment.
Daniel S. Fuller, Secretary 26th Pa.
5425 Norfolk street, Philadelphia, Pa.
says that the inquiry for information
about one William Coleman. whom 1t
is said was a member of Co. II, 26th
Pa, that no person of that name was
a member of the company. There was
a Michael Holeman. who is still living.
which is the nearest approach to the
name.
The I'd Me. Battery.
F. Z. Emery. Concord Junction
Mass, says that the notice of the Re-
union of the I'd Me. Battery was mis-
leading. being included with the 4th
Me-, Berdan's Sharpshooters and the
Naval Veterans Association. He wants
| it understood that his battery, favor
ably known as Tillson's Battery and
Halls Battery, will meet in Reunion at
Vinal Haven, Sept. Is.
The Sd Mich. Cav.
owen Stephens says that the Sd Mich
Cav. was organized at Grand Rapids,
and went out under the command of
Lieut.-Col Minty. Col John X. Miz-
ner. of the Regular Army, took COM
mand at New Madrid in the Spring of
1862, and retained it until the regiment
! was mustered out.
Co. G, Morton Rifiezn
The 21st Reunion, 34th Ind, was
held at the home of Comrade Evan
James, Lincolnville, Ind, Aug. 81, and
all the comrades sat down to a table
65 feet long. with all that goes 70 make
up a dinner. Three deaths were re-
ported and 40 members still living. The
next Reunion will be held at the home
of Comrade Alex. II. Fisher two miles
from Mount Etna. c. B. Porter, Secre-
tary.
The WirZ Monument.
| Joseph c. Kelso. Captain, Co. B,