The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-27

HadndmentS- A man might pc pro-
Tossing Christian and yet be weak,
sniveIling, good for nothing fellow, and
they considered all such as hypocrlIes,
but the man who loved and feared God
did his duty better. kept his gun clean
er, and minded his own business more,
and fearlessness. Because man was
Christian he lost no credit eitncf
with his company or with MS CON-
mander.' s.s-tre-zAs srrss
A Dashing Soldier.
General Howard,s field was a large
one, and wherever he saw service he
was known as a. brave, levelheaded
soldier. His dashm g bravery at Fair
Oaks, where his arm lies buried, and
his gallant chaEeA sat Lookout Noun
tain. are Bright spots in his career.
For brief period after the war he
was established for the purpose OF
finding employment for the thousands
lof freed blaeksgAnd then was sent to
the western frontier to hight the In
dams, where he displayed the same
soldierly qualities that had brought
him distinction in the days of the Civil
war, and showed that he possessed
also the tact requisite to treat with
the savages. When it was found de-
sirable to treat with Cochise, the
one to undertake the dangerous mis-
sion, but accompanied only by an aid
and an interpreter went himself, UNI
armed, remained thirteen days in the
bloodthirsty chfeftainss realm, and
made a friend OF tie sMarthy savage.
When DR.. Bendelf, the superinten-
dent of Indian affairs for Arizona,
brought the first delegation of
Apaches to Washington General How
ard came with the party. Some New
York storekeepers still remember
General Howard and Bendell bring
ing the ha1f-cI96 chiefs their
places ofsbusiness, and the proprietors
of the hotel where they stayed never
tired of telling how the Apaches ate
ice cream out of their hands and put
the bedclothes on the floor before they
went to sleep. They were uncouth
and strangers to the ways of civilized
people, but the kindness and the firm
ness of General Howard impressed
them with a confidence in the white
man which. they-~had. never felt be-
fore. and this did much toward bring
ing about better state of affairs in
the territory.
Howard's work in the Nez Perces
campaign, his march of two thousand
miles up and down the Rocky noun
ta1nS in pursuit of Chief Joseph and
his desperate band, was one of the
notable military feats of the century.
Fought Way Through College.
General Howard fought battles be-
fore he entered the army" said one
of the generals friends He had to
work and fight his way through col
lege, and had the pluck to enter West
Point as step after he had been
graduated from Bowdoin. That re-
quired some courage. But the in
stitution appreciated his worth, and
he served for a long time as an in
structor, and after the war, when he
had earned his two stars, he returned
to the academy to succeed General
SchofeId as superintendent"
General Howard, despite his
military and educational work had
time . to write several interesting
books, and is still worker in the field
of letters and fighter in the cause of
the Republican party. Several times
after he adopted the military career
General Howard thought seriously of
abandoning 1t to go into the ministry.
but at each period of doubt some new
duty was forced upon him and kept
him in the service which he chose
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