The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-12-26
Private Brainard's
Ruse
By DOROTHY r. MURRAY
Copyright. 1910, by American Press
Association.

scranes that at the end OF his sopno-
more year the president informed MIN |
he needn't come back the next term.
Toms father put him into q business
concern, but the boy soon proved tnat
he was as unfit for business as TOT
study. Sitting on high stool al gay
adding columns Of figures was NOT "
Toms taste. He soon got discharged
for inat.ention to his work. ana then
his father was at his wits end TO know
what to do with him. Tom SAID neu
like to be soldier. so his father went
10 Washington to try to get him com
mission. but was told there thar u ms
son wanted a commission he had net
Ter enlist and work his way up from
the ranks.
Tom enlisted and. though he took 20
soldering better than anything eise'
was constantly transgressing the army
regulations and consequently gettins
himself into trouble. He enlisted ID
the cavalry and was sent out WITH MS
regiment to two company post ~ the
west. The only people to bghf were
Indians. and at the time OF Toms ~
rival they were peaceful,
Fort g., where Toms company was
stationed. was near hamlet tha'
has since become large town, Inc
| fort was Intended az point OF obser-
| yation for a tribe OF Indians whose
reservation wns but few miles away.
| Tom served year at the fort. one
/ third OF which was spent In the guard
house. He was known by the ohicers
"a be a gentleman aud his oHehses
we're not serious; indeed. be was
rather an annoyance than otherwise.
4 80 finally bis captain told him thar u
he would leave the army he wouiu
| guarantee his discharge But Tom ue'
clinea. He said he had come INFO tue
service for commission and lh'ehaeu
to stay there till he got one
Soon after this the Indians broke
loose from their reservation and weh'
: about numbering settlers wherever
thew could find them. The savases
numbered several thousand warriors
, and the troops In the fort numbered
sixty-two. The great faher' NAG
/ nut force down near the Indians JUS
! big enough for them to eat up Whei
q they got ready. :.
One day there was CONSERVATION y
the forg. The Indians were coming 9
attack It. and If they did they woli'
doubtless take it and kill everybody Il
it. including women and children. be
J sides. many of the people from I'll
a little town or settlement near ny ma.
e come in. the merchants bringing fhel
ri stocks of goods and all bringing thei
@ household belongings.
t. As the Indians approached the SO
II diers went out TO meet them, the maJo
% In command hoping to paciry Fatne
than to fight them. Six hundred II
!. dams attacked him. and after scrih
mage several redskins, including the
chief. were killed. When the ems
\ fell the Indians drew off, though
X was known that they would renew q
| fight with redoubled ierceness. Aft
dark the troops withdrew to the 10
= and shut themselves In.
II That night was fearful one I'D u
II Enclosure, death staring every one
the face. II was known that rec
forcements had been sent from Lea
Is enworth, but 1t would require sever
days for them to make the marc
Tom Bralnard told hts captain that
had a plan He was conducted to .
major commanding and proposed
a The major had no confidence In 1t, b
70 permitted Tom to try 1T.
A. stock OF cigars and tobacco b
i. been brought into the fort, includi
wooden Indian that an enterprise
tobacconist had brought from St Lou
hu The Indian was sitting with calun
ne In his mouth. Tom bored b
through the back Of the neck and
er a real pipe in the Indians mouth. IN
or he introduced tube into the hole
lor had bored, so that by sucking on
tube the Indian would appear to smo
,rel Tom told bis commander what
ar. plan was and asked him as soon az
was light the next morning to cony'
all the officers at the fort on the ?
anet. nut the wooden Indian III
r circle and hare some one concea
pull on the tube at the back Of
- head. the pipe having been lighted.
wished them all to appear to be
council.
- This being understood, Tom rode
with an escort and white flag. !
Indians met him, and he told tn
that the spirit Of their chief had CO
~ into the fort and made peace.
-, Indians were incredulous. They
,' the chiefs body. Tom offered TO 81
sas him to them at the fort smoking v
any the officers They rode with him
ias the fort, arriving early In the mt
ana ing Tom would not permit them
nty. come within a quarter OF mile
al the post, but this was near enough
ne1 them to see the wooden Indian slit
,wn on the rampant In circle or ONT
ne blowing clouds of smoke.s The
ODD dams, astonished, rode away
spread the news to all the tribe.
,cb That was the end OF the upris
III Soon after Toms ruse the new 6