The National tribune., 1910-08-04

one of the young chiefs who saved her
babe from the cannibalism of the
| tribe, but her intercessicn did no good
All four of the chiefs were court-mar-
| tailed and sentenced to death by hang
ing and shooting, which was carried out
| by placing fifth chains around their
necks and to a limb of a tree and driv-
| ing police wagon from under them
| They were then riddled with bullets by
a platoon of IL men. who had been de-
| tailed for the purpose.
| Mrs. Enbanks and child then re.
| turned to the States, and the outfit
stopped one night at Alkali, where part
| of our company was stationed in the
officers quarters. / saw her and the
child, but did not talk to her After
wards all Indian prisoners at Fort Lara
mie escaped in the battle at Horse
in command, was killed. After his
death Capt. John Wilcox, Co. b of our
| regiment commanded"
Maj. Fettcrman and Capt. Brown.
I. N. Stanford, Co. A, 18th U. S., Shell
| byVille, Tenn, writes:
Il was very much interested in Com
rade John Guthrie's account of the
Fort Fettermann massacre. 1t was the
first detailed account of Maj. Fetter-
mans death that i have ever SEEN A
description of his personality might be
of interest to the boys of the old 18th
u. S. and others.
He was Captain of Co. A, I'd Bat
talon, 18th U. s. In the Mill Spring
campaign in Kentucky one day we had
marched thru the mud and rain, push
ing our company wagons thru the bad
places over the, hills. We were away
behind the regiment, at the foot of q
hill on top of where our regiment was
camped. 1t was late and dark Capt.
& -. n Cli1 ntc
here and go up the hill early lin the
morning uz7~ III
There was house, probably a meet
ing house, at the footLof the hill, built
all in one long room, and the Captain
asked permission to bring the boys in,
so they could make coffee at the fire.
place. The lady in charge consented
We all went in, and had just made our
coffee and begun our supper when our
Lieut.-Col. o. l.. Sheppard appeared.
He was in fury, and swore' that the
company had to go up the hill that
night, if it killed every man in it. We
went, and it was in the wee sma hours
before we got to bed.t. / have known
the Captain to buy extras for our COM
pany when possible, and pay for them
out of his own pocket.
The comrade also mentions Capt.
Frederick Brown, Quatermaster, as
among the slain. During the civil war
he was Lieutenant and Quartermaster
of the 18th q. s., and the boys called
him Old Baldy,' because his head was
as bare as n billiard bail He used to
have an old mule that was always load
cd down with traps and calamities, all
the way from camp kettle to mule
shoe. When the old mule would try
TO go on trot he would make a noise
like tin shop and the boys would yell:
Look out; here comes Old Baldy's junk
shopi'"
Fort Kearny Massacre.
Charles Selz, Musician, 18th u. s. Inf
Band Dayton, o., writes:
81 think John Watkins. 18th u. s.,
Eagle Point, Ore, is wrong about the
Fort Phil Kearny massacre. 1t started
in the morning of Dec. 81, 1866, when
about, 25 Indians rode boldly to within
a short distance below our headquarters
up to the fort, chasing boy (the doc
tors Orderly, who was after his cow
Our Drum Major, Barnes, called out to
the boy to lie down just as the Indians
drew bows and arrows and guns. The
boy dropped and we musicians, with
our Uncle Sans seven-shooter Spencer
carbines, shot at. the Indians. They
few on their ponies across the creek.
At the same time Col. Darlington, with
one of our four guns, sent a few shells
into the Indians, which scattered them
One or two dropped off their ponies,
others picked them up, and they all
galloped up the bluffs as fast as possi-
BILE and were soon out of sight.
Col. Darlington ordered so infan-
try, % cavalry, three officers and the
post sutler (who went along for fun)
80 men in all, and he gave Capt. Fet-
terman orders to protect the wood train
coming from the Big Horn Mountains
Instead Fetterman followed the In
II Itlcf ftNAxr III \
was ambushed. About 1000 Indians
surrounded the little band of SO men
behind the bluffs in a ravine. Our men
were not equal to such a force, but
they fought bravely as long as the am
munition lasted Every one was killed,
stripped and scalped and some horribly
mutilated."
An Act of Bravery. {.
Hiram G. Brock, Co. X, 1st Colo
Cav, Pearl, ILL.,, writes:
Il was mustered out at Denver in
the Autumn of 1865. As was starting
to my home in Illinois, fell in With an
immigrant train of about 80 wagons
and $50 men, women and children who
were bound for Omaha. One morning
near the Alkali Flats, 2on the South
Platte, thick fog obscured things at
few yards distant The wagons were
moving at a brisk pace. The unearthly
bS. ~
shower of arrows and bullets followed,
throwing our train into wild disorder
Men fired at random. The cries of the
women and children added horror to
the situation. l was riding in the last
wagon, and at the first alarm sprang
out and shouted to theI men 10 hold
their fire. The Captain of the train, an
inexperienced man, was dancing
around, holding his poiiy's bride, while
his wife was hanging to- his arm, i'm
ploring him not to eiidanger His life
lie was shouting to the teamsters to
corral. L told him to give me his pony.
and l would corral the train He did
so, The fog was lifting, the Indians
hau stopped iiring, and / spied a de-
serted ranch corral, where the train
formed around. When the fog had
lltted, we could see about 900 Indians
on the sand hills, half mile distant.
we mad no water. l told the Captain
II he would give me detail of 10 men
would get the water We went to the
river about quarter of mile awav
ana secured several kegs of water The
lndiahs ahs We're watching us, . fearing to
SSfiarge. In a few hours we We're re-
neVed by battalion Of u. s. soldiers,
weo mad heard the firing from their
caup three miles away"
The Santa Fe Trail.
Harry w. Hicks, Co NJ, 18th Kan.
Cav, Rosebud, New, writes: