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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-24
American League Standings.
GAM ES TODAY.
National League.

Boston at Chicago.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
New York at ST. Louis.
Philadelphia at Pittsburg.
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American League.

Chicago at Washington.
fSt. Louis at Boston.
Detroit at New York.
Cleveland at Philadelphia.
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American Association.


Springfield l; Dubuque 2.
Bloomington Z; Rock Island 6.
Danville 1; Waterloo o.
Peoria 10; Davenport 8.
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II. III. f..

Batteries: Corridor and Bresna-
ham, Mathcwson and Meyers
Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 24.--Beebe
kept the hits scattered.
II. III. T.
Cincinnati ....102 002 00x--5 Il
Brooklyn ... 0O1 600 0OO-1 3 1
Batteries: Beebe and Mclean; Bar
ger and Bergen.
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YESTERDAYS GAMES.
National League.

Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 24.-Kane's time
ly hitting won for Chicago.
r. II. r..
Boston .......... 0f0 900 010-2 5 3
Batteries: Reulbach and king;
Frock and Graham.
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 24.-Philadel-
phia won in the first inning.
R.H. T..
Pittsburg ...... 100 900 OO1--2 IL 3
The Best He Could Do.
Noble observation-disclosures It Is
I've shot. II makes a most unearthly
row.
Keeper-Yes; poor Bill amt got
musical voice, 'ss'e? But heard him
say he was going to take singing les
son.
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Western League.

western League.
Sioux City G; Denver 2.
Omaha 3; Wichita 1.
Des Moines 2; st. Joseph 1.
Lincoln 8; Topeka 2.
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mac. Had not Sheridan so completely
mastered the Confederate cavalry this
would have been a Job of the greatest
difficulty. since the hundreds OF wagons
would have been a rich bait for the
lConfederates and a troublesome propo-
sition to guard
Sheridan did not let his cavalry rest
long at the White House, but as soon
as possible started out to attack-Hamp-
ton, who had come up and posted him
self at Black Creek. Hampton had
however, no appetite for fight so far
from his infantry, and fell back behind
the Chickahominy, where he could be in
touch with the Army of Northern Vir-
gfnia Thereupon Sheridan hurried his
900 wagons forward, with Torberts Di-
vision pushing on in advance and
Gregg's Division marching by parallel
roads on the right flank to secure the
train from any irruption of the Confed-
crate horsemen. The enemy made no
interference during the day, and that
night the wagons were all safely parked
on the south side of the Chickahominy,
guarded by the infantry. snail force
composed mostly of odds and ends of
regiments and batteries, which was now
by the veteran Gen. Getty
who had succeeded Gen. Abercrombie.
The next day, as the trains were
nearing the James, Hampton made an
effort to interfere with their passage
and sent Lomax's Brigade to arrest the
Sheridan could have avoided a
fight by passing farther to the left, but
there were reasons why he should take
that road, and he sent Torbert out to
clear LomaX away, which he did
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second Iaeutenants in the ARMY.

Henry Whitney, of Piainfield, N. J.,
mad to smile when reading H. E. Stout
enburg's statement as to how little Sec
ond Leutenants had to do in the army.
After 45 years of hard work on a farm
and machine shop he still looks back
to the organizing of his company and
getting 1t into shape for the Captain
and First Lieutenant as being the most
strenuous year of his life. The Captain
and First Lieutenant Joined the COM
pany in May straight from the Wilder
ness. The Captain was splendid SOL
dier, and helped make the company the
best in the regiment. He thinks that If
any officers are entitled to retirement
pay 1t ought to include those who were
called out by President Lincoln and ap-
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promptly and effectualiy. Gregg was
dispatched to attend TO the rest of
Hampton's force, and fought a sharp
battle with him, in which Hampton and
FitZhugh Lee pressed him so hard that
he had great difficulty in maintaining
his ground. He did SO. however. till
the trains hau all passed, then started
to withdraw, when FitZhugh Lee and
Hampton got in some heavy blows upon
him. Gregg displayed that firmness
and GOODNESS for which he had such a
high reputation, ard altho he was OBJ
liged to abandon hi; mosr seriously
wounded, he made a creditatlc retreat.
This success encouraged Hampton to
greater efforts, and he was able to keep
Sheridan from the pontoon bridge, but
not to prevent his crossing his immense
train below on ieiryllats which Meade
had sent
At Last, after Ihrae weeks of intense
labor ard anxiety, all the wagons were
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Ammunition left. Maj. Anderson hired
some friendly Indians or half-breeds
that were with us at the bridge tanning
buffalo robes to take word to the next
station for help. We never were so glad
as when relief came.
"One comrade, Sebastian Nehring, a.
Prussian, about so years old, had a
white beard and bald head We used
to plague him, called him papa and
We used to tell him the Indians woul0I
never scalp him, but he was butchered
up the worst of any They cut his
| heart out, chopped it into small bits
and sprinkled it all around him. They
cut him up joint by joint, and the body
was stuck full of arrows, his legs cut
| off at the knee joint, and the stumps
tied up to his body with telegraph wire.
Il had a good horse, and he saved
my life. l wanted to buy him from
the Government, and would have paid
any price, but / could not get him.
always managed to stand guard at the
commissary, where L could get some
corn for him when We were short of
forage.
viii relate some incidents which
happened about week before the
fight. The telegraph wire was cut, and
six men were repairing it about half q
mile from us. l think it was six miles
below the Platte Bridge. One of the
six men was Henry c. Merwin, q young |
man II or Is years old. Being the light |
est he was asked to get up the tele-
graph pole Ga ladder being used). When
he was about halfway up he saw an
Indian in a ravine close by (who, with
others, was concealed). taking aim at I
him with rifle. He pulled out his re- |
volver and shot the Indian in the fore |
head, killing him, and the rest of the |
Indians ran. After the chief was killed |
the boys scalped him. Henry c. Mer- !
win, who killed the chief. was a son Of |
a minister, and was enlisted from Law !
renee, Kan; was Co. X, 11th Kan, |
boy. This Indian proved to be the big |
gest chief of one of the tribes, and |
believe it was on account of this that |
the massacre was intended. This chiefs !
jacket was buckskin, decorated with |
beads of every color. and around the !
neck were scalp locks with II different |
kinds of white women's and children's
hair fastened to it. Merwin was Of
fered $50 for the jacket, but would not
take it. The six men, including Mer-
win, belonged to our company (K), and
the last l knew of him was when we
were mustered out at Fort Leaven-
worth. The Indians frequently cut the
telegraph wire near a ravine and con-
cealed themselves near by, and when |
the soldiers were repairing the wire |
they would make an attack with five to /
our one." /
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Monument at Maiden. Mass.

By the courtesy of E. T. Cowell, Dor
chester, Mass, we have the program of
exercises at the dedication of the Sol
diers and Sailors Monument and Bell
Rock Memorial Park at Maiden, Mass,
June IT, The monument is to the Nal
den men who served in every war Of
the country, either on land or sea. The
little city sent into the war of the re-
belliOn S32 men, of whom 23 were
killed, Is died in rebel prisons, IS died
from disease and "A were discharged
for disability. OF those who enlisted %
served in the Regular Army and 113 in
the Navy. This is a splendid showing
for town which in 1860 had only
5,S66 population.
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ton. don't remember the other one,s
name, but Miss Roper told me a after bar
release that the other girl failed to
mount a pony as fast as the IndianS g
desired, and they shot her dead We
went in pursuit of these Indians. and
overlook them on Elk Creek. eight nr
~ ,hlIes south OF the Little Blue River
lasted four hours, when our commandH
er' capt. Il. B. Murphy, deemed il wise
TO return to the Little Blue, as they ont.
numbered us by at least 100 to one.
No Quarter Shown Indians.
Later ON the warriors concentrated
In Colorado. and Col. Chivington at
tackled them in camp before davIieht
ana showed them no quarter, but killed
them without regard to age or sex. for
~hich ne was cashiered. After that
nght the warriors of the Cheyennes and
Sioux held conference as to whether
tney should sue for peace or continue
the war. They failed to agree and
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FOLLOWING AFTER THE CAVALRY.

men had treated their prisoners with
the greatest kindness When 1t was
suggested to him that these be paroled
on the spot, Sheridan replied that in
that case it might be rather difficult to
convince people that they had captured
any. But the hard march told on the
prisoners, who had the greatest diff
Guilty in keeping up with the command,
and both Sheridan's men and officers
freely gave up their horses from time
to time to the most tagged out, SO that
all came in nearly as fresh as their
captors.
The number of Sheridan's wounded
had been entirely too much for the
slender supply of ambulances, and old
buggfes, carts, ammunition wagons and
any sort of a vehicle that could be made
available were employed for the pur-
pose. Sheridan speaks with well-de-
served praise of the fortitude and
cheerfulness of the wounded in these
trying days. when their hurts we're the
keenest torture as they were 1olted
over the rough Virginia roads. He says
he saw men with wounded legs driving
while those with one disabled arm were
/, using the other 10 whip up the animals
or such splendid stuff were our soldiers
made that SO long as their physical
strength endured they coo,ly and unsel-
fshly ignored their sufferings 1t was
only when strength deserted them that
they succumDe0 10 their wounds. On
the march the train was halted several
times during each day to dress these
wounds and to do all that was possible
to ease and refresh the sufferers.
Another embarrassment 10 Sheridan
was the crowd of colored people who
would persist in following the column
and could not be persuaded to go back
home and stay there. There were
about 1000 of these, and where they
had come from was 4 mystery. They
seemed to have sprung up from the
earth, and they brought with them
their women and children, most of
them loaded down with enormous bum
dies of all shapes containing their
worldly goods. These negros were sent
with the wounded and prisoners to
West Point, on the morning of the 18th.
As Sheridan neared the White House
he heard the sound of artillery and
presently messengers from Gen. Aber-
crombie reported that he was about 10
be attacked. Sending some of his men
forward on his fastest horses, Sheridan
learned that Abercrombie was not in
any danger of serious attack, as tile
enemy seemed 10 be content with hold
Ing some bluffs ard throwing occasional
sheiis IN among the teams crowded
around the landing.
Sheridan was at "A loss 10 know, whore
ne would md the Army of the Pofon1ac
as he had heard nothing from n for
nine days, except delusiye runners mon,
Southern sources. 'S'-'i
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horse, fine one, was probably but lit
| tie more fleet than their ponies. The
distance was about three miles. By
| or before the time we reached within
a mile of camp the race was observed
by First Serg't Andrews, of my troop,
who quickly hurried some men to our
lariated grazing horses, mounted bare
back and started them toward the red
devils.
'"rhe Indians having noticed the SOL
diers coming, soon slackened their pace,
halted and turned southwark, pursued
by our men. Having halted at the
] creek bank, which / reached first, I
gave as loud and long an imitation of
| growing rooster as 1 could. The reds
tarried not on their going, but lit out
in a hurry down the valley. When
Corpl Williams and his men returned
to camp 1 learned that the firing which
first occurred was an attack by another
party of Indians upon the soldiers with
the Wagon CorporaPs party. They We're
doubtless in sight of the Indians on the
high ground who started to capture me,
the latter evidently thinking if the 9TH
er firing party did not get me they
would intercept my retreat to camp.
But they started half minute too soon.
1t was simply vigilance in watching the
tufts of high grass that saved my life
Pursuit of them down the valley was
not successful"
Fight at Platte Bridge.
Ferdinand Erhardt, Co. K, 11th Kan.
Cav, writes:
4 enlisted in Co. K, 11th Kan. Cav,
at st. George, Pottawatomie County, in
1862, Capt. John M. Allen.
Five wagons came up from Fort
Laramie with orders to send a 25-men
escort with the wagons up to Sweet
Water. They got up there all right and
NIL Hnd llt. -,
miles from Platte Bridge they were at
tackled by Indians. They corraled the
wagons to defend themselves. We heard
the shooting, and our Captain said:
Our boys are attacked; we had better
help them out Twenty-Five of us sad
died up, and went across the Platte
Bridge as fast as our horses could carry
us. We got about half a mile from
the bridge, and it looked like Indians
came out of the ground from every
where. A Lieutenant from the 1Ith
Ohio Was in command. His horse
scared at the Indians and ran away
with him, and that was the last we saw
of him alive.
Il cannot tell to-day how we got
scattered. The first thing l knew l was
alone with about 100 Indians after me.
one OF them came close enough to
strike at me with his tomahawk I let
my horse have the reins, and took my
carbine and let him have it. 1 made
for the bridge, emptying my Spencer
After that l dropped my carbine in its
sling and took my revolver, pointing it
at the Indians to check them, discharg-
ing a few shots. 1 made three or four
charges for the bridge, but the Indians
cut me off. They did not shoot; they
tried to capture me alive. Another one
of our boys came up from another di-
rection. The Indians ran for him, and
l got on the bridge. They captured
eight from our %; the others came in.
Henry Grimm came in with one arrow
in his back and one thru his thigh.
The telegraph wires were cut and
we could get no word to the next sta
tion. We were in just as much danger
in camp on account of not having any
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informed the commander of the fort,
Col. Collins, that they had such wo-
man, and would deliver her for heap
ponies and heap blankets A bargain
vas made, and the woman was deliv-
cred, and upon an examination it was
found that these Indians had kept and
abused her for long time, consequent
ly they were taken prisoners. They were
kept in the guardhouse under close
guard.
The fort was then garrisoned by one
company of the 18th Ohio Cav. and one
company of the 7th Iowa Cav, and the
fort was in command of Col. Collins, of
the 11th Ohio. After many months and
no Indication of any court-martial of
the Indians, the boys of the 7th Iowa
were afraid the Indians might escape.
They conspired to take them by mob
force and hang them, and succeeded so
far as to get one of the Indians out of
the guardhOuse. The bug1e sounded
To armsn and brought out the entire
guard, and Coz. Collins. seeing the pre-
dicament of the Indians, ran to their
rescue.
Col. Collins then telegraphed the
news to Gen. Connor, and the General
answered to hang them and fire three
volleys into their bodies, which order
was promptly obeyed Their bodies
were still hanging when Co. d of the
1th left some four or five months after
wards
Indians Kill, Burn and Capture.
George II. Smith, Sergeant, Co. A,
7th Iowa Cav, Kansas City, Mo, writes
In The National Tribune of March
10, in Soldering on the Plains,' Com
rade Bayles describes a period when 1
was there. On Aug. 8, 1864, the Chey-
enne and Sioux Indians attacked an
emigrant train returning to the States
at Plum Creek, Neb., 35 miles west of
Fort Kearny, and killed II men, also
man at ranch seven miles east Of
Plum Creek, where they took Mrs. En-
banks, her three year-old child and her
babe prisoners
Our company "a, 7th Iowa Cav.)
was sent in pursuit from Fort Kearny,
and arrived on the ground at IL D. m.
We found the bodies of the IL men in
horribly mntilated condition. While
this butchery was going on a Corporal
and four or five men of our company
that had been sent to Plumb Creek
previously to guard the stage station
were in 'dobe house {stage station)
less than 200 yards from them. but
they dared not interfere, as the Indians
outnumbered them at least 500 to one
Being under cover, the Indians did not
attack them. My cousin, George r.
Smith, was one of these guards. He is
still living at Montesano, Wash.
our Cohfhdnd was IN the saddle at
daybreak and on their trail. The In
dians had broken camp and gone before
we could reach their camp, and we did
not engage them. On our return to
Fort kearny there were orders for our
company to proceed to the Little Blue
River in Nebraska, where the Indians
had captured an >emigrant train of rs
or 80 wagons. At that place we found
the dead bodies of two men and two
boys, which we buried, and learned that
the Indians had captured two young
ladies'. one was named Roper, Her
father being with us on this expedi-
The National tribune., 1910-08-04
MAP OF THE BATTLE 0 F rREv111AN STATION

pointed by the Secretary of War to
serve with the colored troops This
came mighty near making them Regu-
lar Army officers, with good deal of
work and great deal of extra risk.
Comrade Whitney's grandfather was
Lieutenant of the Artillery in the Reyo-
luton, and his widow received s27 a
month pension till her death. Comrade
Whitney was Second Lieutenant In the
45th u. S. c. It. when only 19 years old,
and was discharged as First Lieutenant
Dec. 10, 1865, on the return from the
Rio Grande campaign.
The National tribune., 1910-08-04
KiIpatrick's CaynIry.

JACOB Lemmer, 10th Ohio Cav, Ma
con, ILL.,, thinks that Comrades Bota
and Williamson are both wrong as to
the organization of Kiipatricks Second
Brigade. He knows that the Sth Ind.
Cav. and the 1st Ala. Cav. were In IL.
but does not think that there was any
missouri regiment or the 9th Ohio Cav.
The National tribune., 1910-08-04
Another Version of the Hanging.

George w. Rowan, Co. d, 7th Iowa
Cav, Castle Rock, Wash, writes
II was at Fort Laramie in 1865 at
the trial there and at the execution of
the three red men. AS to the trial,
there was none. These Indians had
purchased white woman of other In
dians, who had captured her, and after
keeping her for several months, abus-
ing her in most shameful manner,
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ReIoining the Armp-

Grants doubts as TO Sheridan t,cine
able to join Hunter were so strong thai
he sent orders TO the White House to
Sheridan to break up that depot en-
ttreiy and bring all the supplies across
the country to the Army of the Poto-
The National tribune., 1910-08-04
WHO is
TO
BLAME.
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Incidents and Happenings in the Indian
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Boys Who Experienced the Hardships
and Dangers.
This batch of stories on the Plains
contains further comment on the hang
ing of Two Face and the other Indians
at Fort Laramie in 1865; also on other
phases of Comrade Bayles's Story, pub
lished several months ago, and many
new subjects:
The National tribune., 1910-08-04

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-02

Nick Myers had been a fairly good
citizen the past ten years. He joined
the Ocala camp of Confederate Vet
Grams and was received with honor by
it's members
Killed Near Place Arms Was Murdered
The place in the forest where he
met his death Saturday was half a
mile from the Arms home, and about
400 yards from the spot where Arms
body turned to ashes on that dreadful
night thirteen years ago. And it may
be that the death that came to Myers
was more merciful than that which
came to Arms. So if it was retribution
it was as incomplete as long delay
ed
A dispatch from Ocala to a Tampa
paper stated that Myers was probably
killed by a relative of Arms. There
is no relative of Arms in this part
of the country except his widow. She
sold her property at Starke's Ferry
years ago and came to Ocala, where
she has lived ever since. She is
most estimable lady, liked and re-
spected by all who know her, and Ger
tain1y had nothing to do with the ikH-
ing Of Myers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-02
Myers had been to Eastlake and

Myers had been to Eastlake and
and was on his way home: He was in
about $50 yards of his residence when
some enemy, who stood behind tree
at the road side, sent load of buck
shot into his neck. Evidently the
stricken man looked straight at his
assailant, for the second load struck
him squarely in the face. He fell into
the bottom of his buggy and his faith
full horse drew his dead master home.
There is no proof yet to warrant
an arrest, but it Is not probable the
murder can go long undiscovered.
Some Past History.
Nicholas P. Myers was a native of
South Carolina. He was in the Con-
federate army and won some fame as
a scout After the war he came TO
Florida and settled near Starke's Fer
ry He soon became man of prom
inence in that thinly settled region.
He had virtues, but they were evil
IDENTIFY Of class somewhat too crude
for latter day civilization. He bee .me
the head of a sort of clan that made
things very unpleasant for these who
did not agree with them. Later set
tiers had to do to suit them or be
punished in the way of lost stock and
burn houses. not to mention some
times personal harm. About fifteen
years ago there came to Starkes Fer
ry from Indiana, Mr.. and Mrs. l. O.