Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-02

mounted ana Sneaked toward the edge
Of the village, where there was an ave.
nue. Of escape. Their faithful dogs, OF
course, alarmed the camp. so the best
we could DO was to make dash out,
wheel and fire rs quick as we could.
and Kershaw with his faithful bugle
blew the charge. Riding quickly
| around the village, we made another
little firing Mt them and sounded the
bugle charge again. A repetition of
this at another point and buglc
charge threw them into confusion,
stampeded their ponies, prevented
their quick mounting. and while they
went in one direction bold Kershaw aud
myself were riding IN another. Natu.
rally, Of course, this gave the Indians
something 10 think OF In the night
| while we got to the post and Informed
Colonel Royal of the location aud. with
Major Brown. Captain Bache. tLleuten.
ant Jack Hayes and detachment Of
cavalry, went on the trail, which was
followed for two days, and the Indians
were severely punished, with but few
casualties on our side.
Getting fresh meat for Fort Sheridan,
we were greatly annoyed ut times on
our buffalo hunt by being jumped by
the Indians, who In those days were
generally out with the same object.
Many n hot skirmish or many run
for II was necessary. Buffalo natural.
ly were some distance from the. fort,
and thought Of trick by which
could give my red brothers a surprise
In run for 1t few miles from the
fort was a hogback that furnished n
good defensive position, and had
often noticed that Il had long. deep
bushy ravlne. 1t was In the nature
almost Of natural fortlHcatlon. So
thought how I could get them to re.
peat their many attacks on me when |
ran to this particular point. from
which ! could signal for help TO the
fort with hasty grass fires and smoke
that talked" Bunfaloes were at the
time plentiful, so I secured Kershaw
and about fifteen good marksmen,
with provisions for the trip, and start
ed out before daylight for the hunt.
Hiding the soldiers In this ravine, we
proceeded on our journey and had not
the wagons half filed before my
striker. Bill White, announced Indians
In the distance, land big band. too"
said Bill. Away we went for the hog
back, and 1t was lickety split. with
the Indians gaining on us every min
ute. We reached It, threw our wagons
into position. packed our buffalo hams
out for breastworks, threw some
straw about and gathered up some
dead grass to make signal. The In
dlans, seeing It, knew that relief
would come and they hndnt n mo.
ment to lose II they wanted our scalps
On they came, dashing around. My
self and teamsters and i've or six Of
us banging away Mt them, they cir
cled around and drew OF. us they
commonly did, and ut a distance OF
about seventy-dve yards from the am
bush. AS usual, they punched togeth-
er. listening to the wrangle OF the
chief. Bang! Bang! Bang! And the
old Wholesalers began to talk from
thN Nhllt VIII ulb
bugle blew the charge, the Indians
here. there and everywhere
out OF their saddles, the rest scattering
with the speed OF jack rabbits In all
Assembling on the distant
hills, they realized that the jig was
up. particularly when they saw the
cavalry coming In the distance. Some
how or other during the remainder Of
the season they never seemed to mo-
lest the butcher wagon with the same
appetite. And the fort always had
fresh meat.
A country Of such vast expanse. I'M
settled save for few forts as places
Of refuge and succor so comparatively
few In number as to be, MS It were. like
pebbles on the seashore. rendered the
In winter. with the blizzard
not only hazardous and
attended by excruciatIng suf-
fering. This the old army officers and
soldiers OF the early campaigns will
never forget, the physical dlscomforts
and mental worrying with climatic
far eScelling those that de-
fented Napoleon In his winter cam
paign In the region about Moscow.
relate two or three examples. On
one occasion ] was out with some Of
The Fifth cavalry under the command
If Lieutenant Bache. a descendant of
Benjamin Franklin and member Of a
well known Philadelphia family and.
by the way. magnificent young Off
'er, who In various campaigns showed
| bravery and dash that one would
not associate with his aristocratic bear
ng and extreme gentllity. A blizzard
lrose. Fortunately we were near shell
er In the shape Of some bluffs and
scattered wood. When the blizzard
was over It was necessary for us to
strike out on the path OF duty. The
thermometer was away below zero and
he wind cutting and sharp.