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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON THURSDAY JUNE o. 1910

semblance of repulse here; and, sec
ondly that If we could force our way
across the creek we would gain valua-
bic time over the other plan. These
considerations, which / knew would oc-
cur to you, were, therefore, unneces-
sary to mention. The suggestions We're
made. as far as l was concerned. merely
to call your attention to q plan which
seemed to me to possess merit. l am
happy to state that Gen. Gillmore's idea
received the sanction of Gen. Wettzel
and Col. Dutton. ] have made this long
explanation for peculiar and private
reasons, and can only say in conclusion
that as / have never before been ac-
cused of infirmity of purpose l shall not
take the charge as one seriously al
fecting my military reputation. l had
forgotten to mention that the letter was
not drawn up or signed by me as a
formal protest. but only in a semi
informal manner and in the quickest
time of conveying to you the Ideas
which had been discussed by Gen. Gill
more and myself. Pure consideration
for the troops here and the cause in
which we are engaged, ii becomes my
duty to you to express the opinion that
the withdrawal from this point must
he made in accordance with some we'll
regulated plan published from head
quarters of the army. and not accord
ing to the separate wishes and interests
of corps commanders.
'Very respectfully, your obedient SER
want,
"Wm F. Smith, Major General"
These letters are more painful than
interesting since they show how much
more anxious the Generals were to ar
que down one another than to carry out
the great purpose with which they We're
charged. After this nothing but shall
lows and miseries could be expected in
the course Of the Army of the James
so long as these men were at its head.
(To be continued.)
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mother that I pulled out of his body.
1 and Comrade Allen, of Co. A, stole
two of the best horses from Col. Coles
staff lines and ran the gantlet for so
miles thru the Indian country, and re-
ported at the stockade, and found Sam
uel Standuff on duty at the entrance" :"
The Hanging of the Sioux.
Charles Bolton, bugler, 18th Ohio
Cav. Toronto. Canada, writes:
Il read in The National Tribune some
time ago about the hanging of the
Sioux Indians at Fort Laramie. I re-
member it we'll, for l was there at the
| time. Some time early in August, 1864,
party of emigrants were camped at
Cottonwood Creek, some 95 miles west
of Fort Kearny, consisting of several
men and one married woman, wife,
think, of John Morton. They We're on
their way to mining camp in Idaho
band of Sioux Indians, led by Two
Face, came down upon them at day
light. They maSsacred the men, then
mutilated the bodies in a horrible man
ner. They cut the husbands heart out
cut his feet off and threw him into the
fire. tore off his scalp and struck the
woman in the face with it; then they
burnt the wagons and drove away with
the woman.
Two Face took her for himself.
Some time after that a Cheyenne In
ulan came TO the post, and said he had
bought a white woman from a Sioux
chief who was tired of her. He wanted
to trade her for a pony, and was told
to bring the woman in. 1t proved to be
the woman who was taken by Two
Face some months before. The poor
woman was in a terrible state, almost
naked and starving.
"A short time after this an Indian
chief came to the post, and asked me
U was Orderly Bugler) where our big
chief was. / took him into headquar-
ters, where he had a long talk with
Gen. Connor. When he was crossing
! the parade ground the woman recog-
nized him at once as the Indian who
had killed her husband and friends
He was brought face to face with her,
and she swore that he was the same
man. He was then taken to the guard
house and ball-and-chain put on him.
The woman's experience so aroused the
soldiers that they wanted to kill him,
but were prevented.
"A few days afterward Old Crow and
Black Kettle came along and the wo-
man recognized them also. and they
were taken to the guardhouse and put
! in irons. A court-martial was held, and
the three were sentenced to be hanged
The Indians We're placed in a Govern
ment wagon under secort of cavalry
men, and they chanted their death song
all the way to the scaffold, half a mile
from the fort. When they reached
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road is to be cut at all it had better be
cut near Richmond on the south side,
in conformity with the plan agreed up
on between the Lieutenant General and
myself. Therefore, as early as posi-
BILE, consistently with safety, you will
withdraw your forces from Swift Creek,
attempting in the first place to destroy
the railroad bridge. and then complete
a thoro destruction of the railroad as
we return to our position, with the in
tention of making a subsequent early
demonstration up the James from the
right of our position. i have written
you this note Jointly because you have
agreed in joint note to me.
Il have the honor to remain, very re-
spectfully, your obedient servant,
Ben. F Butler,
Major General Commanding"
Gilmore to Butler.
Gilmore replied to this in the follow
ing letter, giving good military reasons
for his suggestions:
Headquarters Tenth Corps, Near Swift
Creek, May 10, 1864
Maj j.-Gen. 3. F. Butler, Commanding
Department of Virginia and North
Carolina.
General: l have received your dis
patch in reply to the note signed by
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detachment of Signal Corps, together
with supply train of about $50 wag-
ons, loaded with provisions, ammuni-
ton and other supplies, in all about 700
men. Maj. Jim Bridger and Antwine
Ladue, two of the most noted scouts in
that territory, acted as guides, all un-
der the command of Gen Connor, of
California, who had the reputation OF
being the shrewdest Indian fighter in
the Army
We left Fort Laramie, and started
in northwestern direction toward the
Powder River. The march was in very
easy stages, as water and grass was as
desirable as good location for camp.
our guides were well informed, and
were able to tell us where to find de-
sirable camp ground The white com
mand marched in some semblance of
order, but the Indians secuted the en-
tire country on all sides of the line of
march. Their commander would call
them together and jabber instructions
at them; then they would scatter in all
directions, each one for himself,
we met no resistance until near the
Powder River, where the Indians tried
TO harass our approach. In the scrim-
mage that followed several Indians were
killed. Our Indian scouts secured
enough scalps TO cut up in small pieces.
so that each Indian received one The
Indians created lot of amusement.
They took their piece of scalp and tied
1t to stick and had scalp dances and
a kind of war dance, all the time
humming war song. Some of our
boys could give The war dance that beat
the Indians.
Gen. Connor thought this might
lead to trouble, so he gave orders that
the Indians cease all their dances
At Fort ConnOr.
s.T.
tablished small fort, naming il Fort
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Gen. Smith anG myself. That note con-
taned simple suggestions, nothing
more. 1t could not have contained any
recommendations from me to change
plans, as ! did not know what the plan
of operations was further than to cut
the Petersburg & Richmond Railroad.
Presuming that II was desirable to cut
all the railroads leading out of Peters,
burg i could see no better way to do
il than the one proposed. l had had no
opportunity 10 confer with Gen. Smith
until ! met him in your presence, and
did not converse with him on the ma
ture OF his instructions or the objects
aimed at until after you had left. My
orders from you were to destroy the
railroad and afterwards, verbally, to
support Gen. Smiths movement on
Swift Creek. Further orders from you,
regulating the movements Of the two
corps, seem necessary. At Brandon
Bridge the enemy have infantry and
cavalry this side of the creek, and the
approaches are open and covered by
artillery on the other side. No practi-
cable ford has been found yet / am
destroying the railroad near the juno
ton
Very respectfully, your obedient SER
want,
%. A. Gilmore.
"Mator-General Commanding"
W
Gen Smith SENS to have been more
anxious TO vindicate his military char
acter from Buffers charge of vacilla-
ton, and answered in a different vein:
MAY 10, 1864.
"Maj.Gen. Butler, Commanding De-
partment of Virginia and North
Carolina.
| General: / have the honor to ac-
knowledge receipt of your letter direct
ed TO Gen. Gilmore and myself, and to
reply to 1t only SO far as myself am
personally concerned.
Just after you had left yesterday
Gen. Gilmore proposed this plan, and
II seemed to me to be one worthy of
! your consideration. as having a tend
ency 10 save waste OF life TO q certain
extent and to more effectually cut the
enemy's communications than any in
| fantry force on this side OF the river
could do. I understood you yesterday
positively 10 say that Col. Kautz was
going south on the railroad, which he
had already cut. This was, in my mind,
leading idea in giving to this plan
the weight which did. The objections
! to It were. first. that it would have the
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Headquarters Department of Virginia

Headquarters Department of Virginia
and North Carolina, Bermuda
Hundred. May 8, 1864.
Mai Gems. w. f. Smith and Q. A
Gilmore, Commanding Eighteenth
and Tenth Corps.
Generals: While regret an infirm-
ity of purpose which did not permit you
to state to me. when l was personally
present. the suggestion which you made
in your written note, but let me go to
my headquarters under the impression
that another and far different purpose
was advised by you, l shall not yield
to the written suggestions. which imply
change of plan made within 80 min
utes after l left you. Military affairs
cannot be carried on, in my judgment,
with this sort of vacillation.
The information 1 have received
from the Army of the Potomac con-
vinces me that our demonstration
should be toward Richmond, and 1
shall in no way order a crossing of the
AppomattoX for the purpose suggested
in your note. If, as l believe, Gen.
Kautz has been successful. the COM
munications of the enemy have been
cut so far below Petersburg as to rem
der the Lynchburg & Petersburg Rail-
road useless as means of communica-
ton with the South, and if the Danville
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Inexplicable Failure.

At this day it is impossible to COM
prehend how men of such loud pre-
tentions to military sagacity as Butler
Smith and Gilmore should have wasted
the phenomenal opportunities which
were presented to them. 1t was not
only one opportunity that knocked at
their doors, but many. Jefferson Da-
Wis and his War Department had been
completely fooled by Buffers advance
UP the York River as if to meet Grant
coming down from Spotsylvania They
had left the whole of the south side OF
the James earrisOned with only suffi-
cient strength to repel a cavalry raid
or a moderate reconnaissance by infan-
try. There was but a small garrison at
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there the chains were fastened to theif
necks by padlOcks. The order was giv-
en- to the driver, and he whacked up
the mules and the Indians were left
suspended i'm the air. The orders wera
that they should be left hanging as q
warning to all the hostile Indians. and
there were no more seen around for
many months. The 11th Ohio Cav. left
the Rocky Mountains in June, 1866, and
was mustered out July IA. We have a
G. A. r. Post in Toronto. Canada. 1t
was organized in May, 1891, with about
80 members. and is known as Jas. S.
Knowlton Post, 532. Department of New
York
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Mrs Julia A. Moffatt, Greenville,
Mich, heartily indorses The National
Tribune pension bill. but wants included
in it a class of women who have so Ear
had no proper recognition. These were
the women who remained at home and
cared for the families while their hus-
bands were at the front fighting for the
Government. They endured as many
hardships as their husbands in the field,
and are deserving of the utmost honor.
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THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN
Continued from page one.)

every device known to the military art
was exhausted and every resource or
the Confederacy expended in the des-
perate effort to loosen the mortal clutch
which the Army of the Potomac tas-
tened UPON the Army of Northern Nir-
einia when it crossed the Rapidan May
4 1864
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Lees Second Invasion.

Comrade A. NJ. Cher is writing a Sc
ries of very interesting articles for the
Carlisle (Pa.) Herald about Lees inva-
sions of the North, and particularly Of
the one which led to the battle Of
Gettysburg.
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FIGHTING IN THE INDIAN COUN-
TRY IN THE COS.
More About the Hanging of ''rwo
Face'-Nith Connor's Command in
the Big Horn Country-A Hero
Found

More About the Hanging of Two
Face''-N it'll Connor's Command in
the Big Horn Country-A Hero
Found.
Comrade Rayles's interesting articles,
recently published in The National
Tribune, on Connor's expedition to the
Big Horn country in 1865, has called
forth "reminiscences of other comrades
who were with him, and also the two
other commands that made up that
expedition. Comrade Rich, of Dillon,
Mont, writes that he is the boy who
was thrown into the buffalo wallow and
fought the 16 Indians, as narrated by
Comrade Bayles.
With Gen. Connor's Command.
P W. Brown, Co. K, 11th Ohio Cav.
RunnellS. Iowa, writes:
"Comrade Bayles in The National
Tribune, March II, gives his expert
ences on the plains in 1865. ! was in
that expedition under Gen. Connor
That western country at that time was
one vast wilderness, and the only evil
dence of civilization was near the mill
tary posts and the Overland Stage Com
panys route from Fort Leavenworth to
the Pacific Coast.
The entire Sioux Nation at that time
was on the warpath. They were com
mitting all kinds of depredations, at
tacking the stage stations and driving
off the company's stock and killing
emigrants.
with the object of extending the
military posts and subduing the Indians
in that territory, Col. Cole was to start
with Il command from Omaha and Gen.
Cunnor from Fort Laramie, TO join forces
at the mouth of Tongue River, on the
Yellowstone, near where Fort KeOgh
was later built. Col. Cole was reported
to command two regiments of cavalry,
with the best equipment possible. The
supply train was to include in addition
to the regular supplies machinery and
necessary equipment for use in estab-
fishing military posts.
Our command started from Fort
Laramie the latter part of May, 1865,
and consisted of Two companies of the
11th Ohio Cav. tof which ] was a mem
ber), two companies of the 18th Iowa
Cav, two companies of the I'd Cal. Cav,
one company of Pawnee Indian scouts
(the noted Maj. North commanded the
Pawnee Scouts), one company of Win
nehago Indian scouts, a small detach-
ment Of Engineer Corps and small
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Captured 600 Ponies and Mules.

I'VE captured all the horses they had
except what they were mounted on, in
all about coo horses, mules and ponies
Quite number of them were recog-
nized as the stock of the Overland Stage
Company that were stolen the year be-
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ON arriving at Powder River we es
tablished small fort, naming it For
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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-03-04
"PARsoN" DAVIES NEAR DEATH

Chicago, H., arch - Charles Il.
("Parson") Davies, the veteran sport
ing man, is critically i'll at the home Of
relatives in this city, and the end is
believed to be but question of days.
He suffered stroke of paralysis in
New Orleans about two years ago, and
since then his health has been steadily
failing. Since his present condition be-
came known countless messages of
sympathy and cheer have poured in
upon him from sporting men the world
over.
Fifteen or twenty years ago, when
he was at the height of his career,
"Parson" Davies was known by prob
ably more sporting men and followers
of prize fighting than any other man
in the world At one time or another,
until illness caused him to relax has
activities, he managed nearly every
prize fighter of any note. He was prob
ably best known to the sporting world
tE inc luill0Etl vi -. oulllN dh ilC
managed Sullivan when the latter was
moving down his opponents with one
swing of his giant right arm. 1t was
the "Parson" who brought Peter Jack
son from Australia to America and he
also looked after the affairs of Jack
Dempsey when he held the worlds
middleweight championship. Otner
fighters who owed great deal of their
success to shrewdness OF les
included Tommy Ryan, Joe Choyns-.l
and Jack Burke, "the Irish lad"
For the past ten or twelve years the
"Parson" mas not been active in ring
affairs and the thousands of dollars he
has made out of the sport have slipped
through his fingers until he has little
left. A few years ago he started bill
lard hall in New Orleans, but his ven
ture was not great success.