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The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-01-14

UNE IL, 1863, unQer General Eu-
gene A. Carr. saw us hunting for
q band of Indian dog soldiers"
who were, like the Irishman's
nea, here, there and at times every
where.
Nebraska, Colorado and Kansas were
all excited over the depredations Of
these renegades. They had murdered
right and left, had captured several
hundred mules and horses and destroy
ed wagon trains. as we could tell by
the trail Of some shod animals. What
intensified our desire to punish or cap
some white captfves-Mrs. Alderdice,
whose husband and children they had
Killed. and Mrs. Weigel. whose nus
baud and family had also been mas
sacred. and these two women were
known to be still alive and with them.
At last we got on their trail and had
almost daily skirmishes, and General
Carr decided to use some stratagem
to see II we could not get them In a
tight place. He consulted with me,
and after day of continual skirmish-
ing and q night attack he ordered
retrograde movement. which created
q good deal of discussion between the
officers and men at the time. Appar-
emily abandoning the pursuit, he re-
tired as If going back to the fort, and
In two or three days, as he surmised,
the Indians were nowhere to be seen,
having come to the conclusion that
we were disheartened and that they
could with impunity take little re-
pose themselves. This was exactly
what our willy commander desired, as
he intended to retrace his steps and
catch them sleeping. So, being sure
that there were no Indians in sight,
he packed all the grub possible on the
mules, burned the wagons and i'm
pedimenta and Immediately started to
make forced marches in their direc-
tion.
As had surmised, they were head
ing for Summit Springs. a few miles
south of the Platte river and among
the sand hills. which formed a beau
tiful little oasis, as It were, for q
camp ground Striking their trail by
judging from their daily campfres, we
made in one day the same distance
that they made In three. but when
near the Springs. as we saw the trail
getting fresher. we covered four Of
their days journeyings. with all their
,impedimenta and village outfit, In one
day and landed at the opportune mo-
ment ready for business, while the enc
my had been thrown off their guard
and gave us an opening that resulted
SO gloriously that this battle is recog-
nized as having been one of the most
effective in the early breaking Of the
power of the red man on the plains.
In "Carr's Campaigns" General Carr
writes:
"On Sunday, July II, 1862 was
thinking of going to the river to water
my horses when Buffalo Bill came
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-01-14
- ENERAL SHERIDAN institut-
ed methods Of lighting the In
dams somewhat In their own
By BUFFALO BILL
lOn TRUE TALES OF THE PLl
eoprxsnz isoe.ry WILLIAM IeoDr

style and continued them IN
der the most distressing conditions In
the winter. Among his ablest and most
daring lieutenants at the time was
General George A. Custer, the dashing
cavalry hero Of the Army Of the Poto-
mac.
His final campaign is so strikingly
remembered that 1t is well here to give
q short description of one of his thrill
ingly successful battles. sometimes
called Clusters Victory Of the Washi-
Ia" 's
General Sheridan, who was in COM
mand or the department, was nlmseir
IN the field. These Indians having
perpetrated many outrages, popular
Indignation seconded and demanded
active retribution. The Indians nat
urally In winter drifted southward II
possible, and Sheridan had made q
rendezvous at Camp Supply, In Indian
Territory, hundred miles south Of
Fort Dodge. Believing that they were
In camp In concealment somewhere,
Sheridan elected to ,detach Custer and
bis regiment and send them on scout,
while he himself would seek in anoth-
er direction, with Camp Supply as
base. On Nov. %, at 4 O'Clock in the
morning, in a snowstorm, Custer re-
ported himself ready to march with
his usual evidenced anxiety to fight.
On the 26th the Canadian river was
reached, and Major Elliot was sent on
q, prospecting tour, while he crossed
the river with his immediate COM
mand. The ice was not strong enough
to bear them up, so they had to break
through it in fording the river. After
crossing Scout Corbin brought news
that Elliot had struck trail on the
south side Of the river. This he was
sent orders to follow until night and
then to wait for Custer and his men.
Leaving the wagon train behind him
under an escort, abandoning some and
taking their pack train of mules,
hundred rounds Of ammunition and
commissary stores Of one days rations
Of coffee and hard tack and some for
age for his horses, he FASTENED on.
Troop after troop was relieved at the
front for breaking the road, and the
horses were pushed to the limit Of
their condition of safety, as the In
dams, II they were in as ,a--e num-
her as helieg Might ambush Elliot
sad hi deG They re&cbei Elliot at
. eRocie
III NseaaiI rys cGlia6 and {. vas de
thea 20 follow the Indian t.aii. The
rest 1id the command some good, the
saddle girths being loosened and the
horses given their scanty supply. With
m able disposition of the scouts in
advance, Custer led his men, and in
about an hours ride Little Beaver ap-
preached and said he smelt fire. A
halt, and Custer and the scouts went
forward, crawled up over the ridge.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-01-14

for refuge.
could not be eaten. Suffering became
intense, and sending for help was alb
solutely necessary, else the command
would perish. Jack Stilwell, noted
scout, then a beardless youth in buck
skin, volunteered to go to Fort Wal
lace. Old Pete Trudeau, frontiers
man, said he would 60 with him. At
midnight the pair crept out from the
breastworks and were quickly lost
sight Of Stilwell decided that the
best route to take would be by going
directly ashore and over the bluff and
not to detour up or down the river or
follow the rayines into the interior,
for he judged that the Indians would
guard these seemingly less perilous
avenues, feeling that no one would
take chance Of escaping over the
bluff Crawling on their stomachs and
sometimes on their hands and knees,
three miles were covered before dawn
They saw Indians on every hand The
first stage of their long journey
brought them to the top of the divide
between the Arickaree and South Re-
publican rivers. There they concealed
themselves for the day in washout,
or head of draw, where the banks
had been overgrown with tall grass
and sunf1owers. From over the hill
they could hear firing all day, which
told them that their comrades still
held out.
Next night they crept away across
the south fork Of the Republican. and
the morning Of the fourth day found
them on the prairie at the head of
Goose creek. The Indians seemed to
have been left behind, and the boy
and man decided now to travel also by
day. This piece of recklessness near
ly cost them their lives, for about 8
O'clock in the morning they saw In
dams coming toward them, and they
dropped into the grass. Fortunately
the Indians had not discovered them,
but 1t was necessary to hide quickly.
In looking for place to conceal them
selves on the open plains they discov-
cred some weeds growing around a
buffalo carcass. Crawling to their
prospective shelter, they found that
the buffalo had been killed about
year before sand that the skeleton was
intact. with little bits Of hide hanging
to the ribs in places. In moment
they had crawled into the skeleton
with its almost unbearable stencil.
The tenseness Of their situation, cou-
pied with the dangers at hand, began
to affect Trudeau's mind, and he al
most broke down completely. he
wanted to shout, shoot his revolver
and leap out from their hiding place,
but Stilwell persuaded him to remain
quiet until dark, when refreshing
drink Of water revived him, and they
Travelled on through the night. The
next day was foggy. and they travelled
by daylight without trouble. About
Il o'clock, when almost utterly ex-
hausted, they saw coming out Of the
haze Of the Denver wagon road two
soldiers bearing dispatches. The escou-
riers were on the way to Colonel Car
penter's command, lying at Lake Sla-
ter, about fifty miles from where Gen
eraI Forsyth was besieged. Spurring
their horses, they made all haste to
j Colonel Carpenters camp. and bis
force was quickly marched to General
Forsyth's relief
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-01-14
The one bullet eoent through botI, Indian

The one bullet aCent through Doth Indians.
to be silent until my return. Before
left, half of the tired men Of the little
band were slumbering. One hour later
had seen the camp, just as l expected,
in fancied security, believing that We
could not be within a days march ~
them.
Crawling back till gould hoot IL gu
the run, found the boys ~ ! hao 3ss- E,
them. Quietly they were called 30 saG.
die up, instructions ere given, meG
were detailed to pay particular atten-
ton to recapturing and rounding up
the herd, and others were instructed as
to the attack on the camp. l estimat
ed the Indians to number about thirty,
and there were forty-twO of us. Ten
were to creep up to the sleeping In
dians on foot and be ready to work in
open order. Twenty, besides the lieu
tenant and myself, were to charge on
horseback. The rest were to bring up
the remaining horses, attack the herd
ers and round up the entire herd. We
attacked at break Of day. and the
whole scheme worked well. The tired
lot were surprised when awakened to
meet their foes. Nine Of them were
sent to sleep forever. Many had kept
their war horses near them, and,
hastily mounting, they escaped with
several picked horses from our band.
Among them was one of my favorite
war horses, Powder Face, which one
Of them who probably knew him had
appropriated for his own use.
As soon as the fight was over and
saw that we had captured some Of
their herd as well as our own I saw
that Powder Face was not with them,
but I recognized him half mile away,
bis rider heading for the hills. This
made me hot, and, knowing that the
Indians would think others were fol-
lowing me, / dashed after them. Old
Buckskin Joe soon began to gain, and
I got near enough for a shot. My first
shot killed the horse that an Indian
was riding alongside of Powder Face,
and his rider was soon up behind In
the usual manner they try to save a
warrior, riding backward, shooting at
me with his revolver. Powder Face
was as swift as Joe. Being In the
rough sand hills and having q double
weight to carry, Joe In few minutes
got me near enough for a good shot
kept closing on them. as did not
want to hit my old friend Powder
Face. When I thought it sure as they
were riding up over mound fred,
The Indians fell, the one bullet going
through both, and when Powder Face
heard my voice he ran toward me
whinnying, and, with two Of the boys
who had been ordered to follow close
behind me by the lieutenant, we re-
turned to the camp in high glee. They
found a lot Of dried buffalo and deer
meat and some fresh antelope and deer,
with accompanying pepper and salt
and copious drafts of spring water, 80
few minutes rejoicing was had. A
detail was quickly made up to bury
the dead, and as we had but three
slightly wounded and five horses
knocked out the enthusiasm can hard
" be described.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-01-14

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The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-01-14

2 UNE IS, 1869, under General Eu-
gene A. Carr. saw us hunting for
q band Of Indian dog soldiers
who were. like the Irishman's
a, here, there and at times every
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-01-14

Are you "Up.to.snuffY" Advertiser
La Junta tribune., 1909-10-30
Rsaping Benefit
From IL Hxpssisnes q Il Junta

SVOBs
We an fortuaate iadeed 70 b. able
20 pro6t by ths sspsfseecs q eer eesfh.
ton. TSs puhlIc uttesaecss Of "a
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3ect Will htessoe ae1 bsosk thousasos
g! our ssa1esA Rod thlD statsoses.
No better pesee eas - -:
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me- % nsch q Dees's kl1asy Iu1t
procu!sd q ~ Ia juata Drug 70. !
4sed !eas tAaa go bex q this prepen'
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La Junta tribune., 1909-10-30

NJ WAN VW uVe VNVW
can siehtsviiy b numbered
smsns the eeuntry's most
~ careful invsseeS. The Gel.
orsde fruit farmer. especially. 10 eel.
dom snsnarsd BY fake schemes. hs
10 satIss'sd 70 place his earnings
~hsrs thsy earn . consistent rate
Of Interest and are absolutely safs.
For thls rsason. IN interest nc.
count n thIs bank hss. for nearly
sishtsA ysars, bssn the choice Of
Colorado farmers and rsnehmsn.
it's DankIne.by.NaIi department Is
the largest and mest modem In the
West No matter whsre you live.
you can dspesit with thIs bank. and
your svnds Will earn -Four pse cent
Interest.
Send tsdsy for Booklet a." which
sxplalns eve system.
r HInf0c03kkO08I Trust
q CsAsNaAy--6ank +
"rhs Oldest and Largest In Colorado
D. H. NOFFAT, President
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La Junta tribune., 1909-10-30

derstand you, sir!" gasped the min.
Ater In astonishment
The village blacksmith saw that
he had made mistake, and passed
his error up by remarking.
"Oh, excuse me. thought you was
one OF the boys In the railway mail
service"
Later he happened to drop into a
church to hear the parson pray and
preach, and recognized in the man
In the pulpit the visitor to whom he
propounded the query. How are
things down below?" He then knew
why the minister looked grieved.
II. A. Dawley and ]. W. Fisher
were the guests OF Ben COrbin on a
10y ride" to Timpas last wednes-
day. The trip was made in Mr.. Cor
bins manure spreader," four
wheeled vehicle which is propelled by
gasoline engine, all same automo.
bile. They started out early in the
morning Mr.. Corbin assuring his
guests they would be back home
again not later than noon. Mr.. Daw-
ley. however. took the precaution to
lay In small stock OF cheese and
crackers, in order to be prepared for
any emergency, and the precaution
turned out to be q wise hunch. The
manure spreader," SO Mr.. Corbin's
guests declare. Is about the hardest
riding four wheeled vehicle that was
ever invented. and ~ the host Of
the trip frequently after frequently
lost control OF the machine and
swayed from one side Of the road to
the other-wherever 1t wax the rough,
ct tfayeling-the two victims Of the
10Y ride have not a. yet recovered
from their experience and are still
nursing numerous sore spots on their
anatomy, To cap the climax the
guests are accusing Mr.. Corbln OF
repeated deliberate attempts TO de-
sert them In the midst OF the vast
wilderness that surrounds Timpas.
Every time there was gate to open
one OF the guests was called upon
to officiate at this ceremony and each
time the chauffeur attempted to make
his getaway. Fortunately, something
happened to the machine, each time
or they would probably be chasing
the manure spreader" yet. The two
guests estimate that they sprinted at
least eight miles during the day in
q strenuous endeavor to overhaul the
runaway manure spreader.' They
arrived home from their 10y ride"
at six o'clock in the evening instead
Of At noon and are not looking for
any more OF them until they get
over this one.
La Junta tribune., 1909-10-30

icost tibhl uHcS uuIiHk tHe uay III
q strenuous endeavor to overhaul the
runaway manure spreader." They
arrived home from their 10y ride"
at six o'clock in the evening instead
OF At noon and are not looking for
any more OF them until they get
over this one.
Last week while the landseekers
were In town several local knockers
laid In wait at the depot to warn
prospective settlers Of the fate that
awaited them provided they bought
land anywhere around La Junta. One
day delegation OF six firemen ar
rived from Belen, n. NJ. to take
the examination for promotion to en-.
gineers. their names appearing In our
last issue. ''as will be remembered
by observant readers OF the great
family Journal" One of our local
knockers. who had organized him.
self into committee OF one to
sound q note OF warning. piped the
gang upon its arrival, and immedi.
ately proceeded to get busy. As a
feeler he approached and propounded
the query.
Il suppose you are land buyers
looking for land and probably intend
TO buyr
Sure. Mike" responded one Of
the tallowpots. we're here to buy
land or anything else. providing the
price In right. How far is It to
Swinky"
Il don't know anything about
Swink. but warn you to keep away
from the La Junta Land Company.
They are y lot OF skinners and they
will sell you some land around here
II they ever get hold OF you once.
Whatever you do keep away from
them, They sold me land and II
ain't worth a nicklc an acre. They
ain't none Of this land no good round
here"
While they were talking another
man came up. and he bought some
chips and got In the game. well.
don't know who you are or what
your experience has been. but !
know that bought land near La
Jun,a And us all right. wouldn't
take double what paid for II right
now. had good crops this year and
made neasy. and I'm going to do
better asxt year because I've learned
Q whole lot about farming In this
country hat didn't know before.
These esatlsmen won't make any
mistake whsa they buy land around
La Junta."
"oh. vsli. you are . cspper for
the Ia Juata Land Company. You're
- bad - he rest Of them. snd---"
Don't yea cali ne 80 ,sappss for
nobody. - IN punsA youH Aoss-vn
jest = seoA . man - you sre'
and" tr
And = beth gentlemen were get
ting ratAse warm under the collar.
and Il licked 70 the nremen -
though thsy might b called upon
70 osiisiaes q Witnesses IN . trial
Ios aaaoak ss1 battery. they made
their sAa1ss y he round Aosss q
report b ~ master nschanic. W.
a. ~ lsasn Aev tAs booster and
sAs kselG9. naAily ssttisl thsis httS'
lifesssoeo g solaiee.
La Junta tribune., 1909-10-30

oss ee par leeai DesaeAses called
q . blae4saish sAsD rsesstly tce
~ DasDsge 4 haviag ~ seuias Shed
rAs viiia6e taseksn1eA tas tie vsc.
IN q . eass 4 nbtatsa 'Asatity
aa1 tAou0At ~ rseogAissd In the
passea . representative q he ''lsls.
We tsust." o. dsty u tAs railway
nAn service bstvesa this city end
Abuessrevs. TAs hossssAoss wsntsd
. ~ sociabls. - aftss ~ that ooun
~ ~ ateue ~ s1esnsaee q u
bsaal q vsaaAss ~ ass Dev sajey
". DeeDoualel ~ startling aussy.
"wsn. hsw sss tAiass 1svA -
Isvi.
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La Junta tribune., 1909-10-30

AssGrs OVER FIVE MILLIONS
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-12-01
At the Churches.

A strong sermon from Gal. 5:22.
Scriptural Temperance, was preached
by DR.. Flag at the congregational
church Sunday morning..
In place of the usual Sunday school
an exercise, conducted by Z. +. Ran
new, illustrating the desire Of all gov
eminent institutions and industrial
associations for employees who are
total abstainers from intoxicating
LIQUORS. was given. The musical part
of the exercises was in charge OF K.
w. Spear and added much to the in
terest of the occasion. The lessons
taught were made very plain and must
help the thinking young person just
starting in a business career.
Thursday evening out regular mid
week prayer meeting will be held.
Subject: 'Not Stumbling Blocks, bat
Help ars."
Friday, Dec 8, the annual thank
Offering meeting of the Women 8
Foreign Missionary society will be
held with Mrs. E. E. Whitaker at 80
o'clock. Supper will be served at
6 80 to which the gentlemen are in
vited.
A t the MeCnO0lSC cnurcn tne SuDJeCl
of the Pastors address was The
Doom of the American Saloon. The
Fpvorth League meeting at 3 :OO p.
m. was led by Mrs. Arthur True.
Next Sunday morning service Will
be given to the reception OF members,
and to the observance of the Sacra-
ment of the Lords Supper.
The ladies who conducted the KUN
mage Sale" and who worked SO hard
to make it a success are to be congrat'
ulated on the outcome, since the sale
netted 500. so, the total receipts being
over $40.
The Sunday morning service at the
! Baptist church was conducted by the
pastor as usual. A union service was
held with this church Sunday evening
at which DR.. Flagg of the Congrega'
tional church was the speaker.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-12-01
DOG POINTS TO GAME
Big Batch of Partridges Found Con-
ceaIed In a Coffin

Lansing, Mich. Nov. 29.-An at
tempt by market hunters to ship 500
cartridges in burial casket from up
per Michigan to Milwaukee, in viola
ton of the state game laws, was frus-
trated by hunting dog.
Deputy Game Warden Harrington
was at the railway station at Flat
wood when a rough box containing
coffin was brought in for shipment.
While the intending shipper, armed
with death certificate duly signed by
a physician, was talking with the
ticket agent, the game warden's dog
scented the birds, and came to a
point on the box.
Finally, the dog began paving at
the box. The deputys suspicious were
aroused and an investigation fol-
lowed. The birds were coniscated
and the man who brought them to the
station disappeared.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-12-01
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.
L. WELLMAN, Local Editor
L. B. WELLMAN, Local Editor
"a Tour of the World"

The ladies of the Congregational
church nave arranged ''Tour of the
World' on the evening Of December
10. Trains will leave the Union De-
pot. Congregations church vestry, be-
ginning at seven O'Clock. No effort
has been spared on the part of the
management to make this a most en-
joyable trip and everything that per-
tains to your comfort has been PROVO
ed. A chance of lifetime, with
beautiful scenery and luxurious hotel
accommodations. Tickets may be pro-
cured by telephone from Bigelow's
Drug store.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-12-01
COVENTRY.

The schools in town commenced
Monday.
Elmer Strong is home from Little
ton, N. H.
Charles Crawford bought the farm
belonging to the Emma Porter estate
at the auction, November 20.
Ernest Boynton is home from Bel
lows Falls and Mile Boynton was
home from Newport to spend Thanks
giving.
The new whistle has arrived at the
bobbin mill. 1t is very musical and
not at all harsh and dispJeasing to the
ear.
The schoolrooms and town hall
have been newly painted, H. H. Han.
cock and Austin Mongeon doing the
work.
Mrs. Durkee of Nova Scotia has
come to stay with her daughter. Mrs.
Charles Putnam, for time. She is in
very poor health.
A very profitable Thanksgiving SER
vice was held in the M. E. church
Wednesday evening. Remarks were
made by both pastors and there were
readings by Miss Annie Boynton and
Mrs. Katie Hancock.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-12-01

A son was horn to Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Moulton Wednesday, Nov
oath.
Mrs. Ira E. Mooney of Bolton Cen
ter, Que, is visiting relatives in
town.
Mrs. Amanda Ham has come to live
with her sister, Mrs. Hadley. for the
winter.
A new industry in West Derby is a
slaughter house On Clyde street at the
Cobb place.
Charles Norris recently had pain
ful accident in his shop whereby he
lost thumb.
There is a case of scarlet fever at
Alden Hubbard's, Mr.. Hubbard is
stopping at Newport.
Mrs. jerks of ST. Johnsbury spent
Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. z. c. Blake.
Lucius Parker has traded his resi-
cence on Indian Point sire ct for a
farm in Charleston and moved.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bailey and
otIF6 OpShG
with bis sister in Danville, N. H.
There was. chicken pie supper and
Rummage sale at the Baptist church
this week which was we'll attended.
I. B. Bishop left Nov. % for St.
Louis where he will visit his brother
for a time. From there he will go to
Texas and later to California.
Dec. 10th, the next regular meeting
of Foresters will be election of off.
GERS at Court Honor No. 1914. and
Camp Court Clyde, No 224. All mem.
bers of these courts are requested C
be present.