The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-28
Capt Adds }. Pulley. Famous Arick-
aree Survivor and Scout. Who Will
Attend the SEMI Centennial and
Fair

Nothing could be more appropriate
than the presence of these gentlemen
phase and type of our civilization that
is now rapidly passing into history.
The part they played in the early for
nation of Kansas is alike picturesque,
ira gle, and pathetic They came when
the great corn and wheat fields were
virgin prailies. bounded on all sides by
the horizon; here the bison roamed at
will and the hostile red man a of old
disputed every foot of progress. While
the early settlers broke and subdued
the stubborn glebe such men as these
held back the crafty saNages and drove
them farther into the wilderness.
When the valleys of The Arkansas,
Solomon and Republican rang with the
Indian warcry and burning dwellings
lit up the western sky-when the most
cruel of all Indian massacres and out
RACES were perpetrated in the late SOS
in western Kansas, it was then that
Colonel FOrsythe organized and led his
famous so scouts to Beechers Island
on the Arickaree. and after a terrible
battle lasting for days, defeated and
broke the Indian confederation Of west
ern Kansas as completely as at Tip
pecanoe or Horseshoe Bend. AS dis
tauce lends enchantment to historical
facts, so in coming years the memory
of the heroes Of Beecher's Island may
become q national heritage.
Pulley Lived in Topeka.
Captain Allison J. Pliey spent his
was a law student in Judge John Mar
tins office ana had only recently re-
turned from a three years service in
the civil war when the Indians went
on the Warpatn IN western Kansas, the
call was too strong for the young law
yer and he quickly exchanged his
books for the accOutermentS of gov
eminent scout and for long years
thereafter roamed in solitude the
boundless prairies, or served as captain
of the Nineteenth Kansas under Gov
ernor Crawford. There are a number
of men in Topeka who served under
him in the famous Nineteenth. John
McAbee the veteran hacklnan, in
speaking Of him, said: Captain Pliley
was the best fellow on earth to his
men. / never saw a Drawer or kinder
man OF the four scouts who made
the perilous march Gin pairs) to Fort
Wallace for the relief OF Forsythe's
command only Allison Pliley remains
to tell the story. Treaudeau. Donovan
and StllweH are gone
Thomas Murphey and Thomas AL
de-dice living in Sumner county rep
resent the highest type of citizenship
They have spent their lives in the
state they loved and made great sacri-
fee for-what more can be said of
them2 They were in the trenches at the
Arickaree.
Howard Morton and Chalmers Smith
come from Lincoln county, the seat of
Indian outrag they have likewise
spent their lives in the state they gave
so much to make free. Early in the
battle of September 18th. at BeecheF' 5
Island Howard Morton lost an eye, but
stoically staunched his wound, and
fought desperately on at times blinded
win his own blood.
Peate the Rescuer.
1T is difficult to tell the story Of
Beecher's Island and give to each in
dividual who participated therein, or to
those connected with the rescue, Il fair
share of its glory. Captain Pliley's adj
monitor is: Now please remember,
there were in those rifle pits that
morning fifty-one brave men. each
pledging TO the other his all-his life in
common defense,@and in my Judgment !
no one man is entitled to a greater
share of its honor than another It is |
nevertheless permissible to cell the !
story of Jack Peate of Beverly. Peate |
came to Kansas when only a boy, his |
father was a minister in Ohio he heed !
ed the call of the western prairie and |
there among its wild things he found j |
home; the cattle camp was his lrecca. |
the rolicking cowboy his comrade his |
father somewhat concerned for his vel
fare came to him: the broad expdHse /