The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-02-20


and from the agencies. Fer instance
by csavas ones. Further explanations
would take too long TO relate. so suf-
flee Il to say that the winter campaign
was effectively waged and great bat
tie was fought with crazy Horse. who
boldly attacked the command with n
superior force. Crazy Horse was an
Ogallala chief who led In the battle
against Crooks command. was an i'm
pcrtant factor In the battle of the Lit
tie Big Hcrn ard was a demon In
daring.
lie gave the command a most deter
miaed fight that nothing but the
shrewdncss Of Miles won. as 1t waged
for hours. the last part of the struggle
being In binding snowstorm. Sew
eral chiefs were killed and a big
medicine man" whom Indian super
stition thought inyincible. dishearten-
Ing his followers. They fell back. but
"Bear Coat" as they had nlcknamed
Miles. kept up the pursuit pcrsistently,
even with frost bitten troops. and
eventually John Bruguier, n half breed
and very gallant scout with the COM
mand, who got In communication at
the risk of bis life with Crazy Horse,
convinced the willy chief that Miles
meant what he said. Surrender and go
to the agency or l will attack you ev-
cry day and keep you awake at night"
This was. finally consented to, .,>1
Crazy Horse was made TO accept ES-S'
terms by his chiefs Nine remaiu!t .<s
hostages. while he and 1900 o. -,-is
warriors surrendered at the BED Cloud
and Spotted Tail agencies. and 500
Cheyennes under White Bull. Two
Moons and Hump surrendered at the
Tongue river post.
Crazy Horse fretted under the re
straint OF Camp Robinson. and. infor.
To leave the agency with some Of the
worst OF the dlsaffected II was thought
best to arrest him. This brought about
fight. In which he was mortally
wcurded ard died. smilingly defying
the white man.
Miles were treated by him in such a
brotherly manner that he eventually
gained their affection and from among
them enlisted a corps, like the old
Pawnees on the Platte, as scouts.
Miles winter campaign. In short.
was effective. The next May found
Miles after the Mlnneconjous. under
Lame Deer. whom he followed with
pack trains and no membranes. lie
surprised them on the Muddy and had
them completely surrounded. while n
dash by Lieutenant Casey had cut
them of from their ponies. He hoped
to have them surrender without fur
thcr bocdshed. White Bull. the Chcy-
enne chief. was the medium. Their
response TO this was a rifle bullet
through the arm and body Of White
Bull. but the offer was again repeated.
and Lame Deer and his warrior. Iron
Star. accepted and approached. but
during the parley Lame Deer stepped
back and deliberately fired at the gener-
al, whose escape was miraculous, as his
orderly. who was directly behind him,
was killed by the shot. That settled
the peace making. and pumping It
into them" began. Lame Deer and Iron
Star being among the first to fall. The
rest were killed, captured or scattered.
Soon after the events just narrated a
man / dearly loved and trusted. who
had stood beside me at many trying
time. had ridden many weary ride
and secuted with me under great diff
culties, met his fate-Jim White, "Buf
falo Chips"
A package Of winter clothes had ar
rived for me by the river route and
In parting l had given him my best
overcoat, hat and other togs, and his
death for awhile caused the Indians to
report that PeHa-Has-Ka chat Is my
Indian name) had fallen, and In sew
eral tribes there were held premature
obituary rtSDicings While sorrowing
for Jim, l was always proud that he
made a good showing and that he
brought honor to his western nick
name, which was given to him in a
spirit Of raillery by no less person
age than General Phil Sheridan him
self.
/ will let General Charles King. who
was present, tell the story. which he
has done In his history. Campaigning
With Crook"
This time It is not my purpose to
write of Buffalo BILL but for him of
another whom I've not yet named.
The last time we met, Cody and !. he
asked me to put In print a brief notice
of comrade who was very dear to
him, and 1t shall be done now.
James White was his name, a man
little known east Of the Missouri but
on the plains he was Buffalo Bilrs
shadow. / had met him for the first
time at Mcpherson Station, In the
Platte valley. in 1871 when he came to
me with a horse and the simple intro
duction that he was friend Of Cody's.
"On many a long days march after
that White rode by my side along the
fianks Of the column. and got to
know him we'll. A simpler minded.
gentler frontiersman never lived. He
was modesty and courtesy combined,
conspicuous mainly because Of two or
three unusual traits for his class-he
never drank, / never heard him swear,
and no man ever heard him lie.
For years he had been Cody's faith
a-tt-u- A.fS uaruant half ma rd-