Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30


alton. lie kept Fort Phil Kearny prac.
ideally Invested for year. and with
predatory bands sent here and there
over the plains, he carried devastation
and destruction 20 the most rnexpect-
ed quarters. possessing as he did an
organization that. conditions permit
ting. made his force as effective rs
light horse cavalry. However. the in-
ventive genius and commercial spirit
OF the white man in shop and factory
was actively engaged In producing FIRE
arms so improved that. like the needle
gun In the Prussians' hands In the Eu-
ropeau wars Of 1906 TO 1872. they Gre
ated In his simple mind an astonlsh-
ment that he could not believe or
dream Of until he suffered from n fear
full demonstration OF the fact. Myself
and others, of course. kept mp our per-
sonal "pulr' by adopting every Inn
provement from the old muzgie loader
to the breechloadlng Springfield and
the repeaters-Henry. Remington and
winchcster-which gave us often the
necessary protective advantage. This
Improvement in arms was destined a
little over a year after the Fetterman
massacre to give Red Cloud and "Mr.
Injun'. the surprise OF their lives and
something to think Of rs bad medl-
cine"
Savage as we have called him, the
Indian In his primitive state was most
loyal In his belief and appeal under
all circumstances and conditions 20 the
Supreme Being. always appealing for
guidance, assistance and success to the
Great Spirit. Whether Il was In fol-
lowing the chase for subsistence, sue
cess In war, for rapine, murder. plum
der or horse stealing, for abundance
In crops and grasses or In conquests
In love, he was strikIngly imbued with
the necessity Of the Great Rulers
friendly assistance. or ,''Good Medl-
cine" Failure In all these pursuits he
attributed TO the preponderating In
; fiuence Of the EVIL Spirit" or bad
Medicine" So, after several cam.
paigns OF continued success. the reader
can imagine the surprise, not to say
CONSERVATION and depression, that re,
E, suited. from his audacious attempt to
at last nnnihilate the garrison Mt Fort
Phil Kearny. He assembled nearly
5000 warriors for this purpose. all
well equipped with carbines and muz.
zle leaders, but was unaware that the
fort had. been supplied with the new
Allen modification Of the Springfield
breochloading rife. Besides the rifles
carbines. ETC., the Indians were
mighty well equipped for close-ir
fighting with the bow and arrow
With'the latter 10 time Of war and In
a close fight with the whites an ex
pert archer could keep up n stream Of
these death dealing missiles with I
rapidity equaling the best Winchester
of today and limited only to the mum
Der of arrows, a hundred or more, tina
his quivers held, In the scheme Of
+, battle that Red Cloud had designed or
this occasion he had intended TO over
whelm, even at great loss. the ability
Of n muzzle loading enemy TO with
stand his attack, backed with the ar
row experts. whose work would be fal
superior to that of the revolver. Thi,
had been done In minor engagement,
successfully. but had never been tried
on rs complete n scale as "Rcd" in
tended It on this occasion, though tn,
idea Just simply happened little too
late. Suddenly investing the fort. b,
found the wood train. as he thought
In exactly the same condition rs It had
been under Fetterman. but experience
had taught the troops, who. armed
magnincently and under the capable
lead Of Captain James w. Powell and
Lieutenant Jenness. had been long pre-
pairing for defense In case Of surprise.
In hauling the timber and wood fol
winter use the wagon beds were no
used, the wood and timber being car
ried upon the running gears, and tn,
wagon beds were used to form an oh
long corral. with openings at each end
so that In emergency they could b,
closed by wagons which had the bed
ON them. The wagon beds were uset
TO store all the camp equlpage. cloth
Ing. commissaries. etc. while re-en
forced with sandbags and anything
that would stop bullet. and, II I re
l.