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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-09-08
coMANcHE.
Powerful Old Horse Who Figured in
Custer Massacre.

FONySTTNI CIA FVOFSc VINO FfSHEGu IN
Custer Massacre.
Houston Post: Some time ago 7 read in
the Post d notice of a visit to a friend in
Houston OF Billy MacGee-a survivor of
Clusters old command. Mention Is made
In this article of a horse, the only survivor
of the Custer massacre. a perusal of this
article freshens the memory of an old
army woman and 7 send you the story.
Perhaps you may care to print 1t.
When Col. Reno's command reached the
Custer battlefield on the Little Big Horn
the only living thing in all that silent sol
diery was the magnificent horse of tho
martyred and lamented Capt. Keough-Co-
manche. He was g~rievously wounded
many times, but not fatally, and the grief
stricken soldiers were determined he
should live; so they made a litter OF the
boughs of trees, covered with army
blankets" and with many tender hands
lifted Comanche on it and carried him Ito
camp" a few miles away, where the army
surgeons and veterinarians soon had him
on the "convalescent list, and later on no
was discharged from the hospital" WE'LL
Recovered! Almost a miracle!
Su~bsequently-in the winter OF 1879 and
1S79-my husband, q captain of infantry,
United States army, served with the re-
habtlitated Seventh Cavalry at Fort
Meade, s. d., where Comanche also was
Stationed"
An order from the war department had
been received and read to the immortal
Seventh that henceforth Comanche was to
have special care, a padded stall, an "ord-
erly, especially detailed" to care for him,
and thai ne er again should he be ridden,
but panoplied In boots, saddle and saber."
He was to be led at the head OF the Sew
enth regiment Of Cavalry when on parade,
in commemoration Of those heroes who
died with Custer.
Comanche was a magnificent. powerful
horse, in color a claypank or buckskin,
with long, full or waving dark brown
mare and tail. Ills coat was like yellow
satin; his scars scarcely discernible, and
he would rear, kick and squeal like a veri-
table colt out on a frolic.
Ono day General Sturgus, the then coll
onel OF the Seventh, and commanding Of
fcer of the garrison. was on the steps of
our quarters when the orderly with Co
mancaM came sweeping & vn Officers
row." I said: ''Oh, general, I do want to
put my arms around his neck well,
you shall" said he. "Orderly. bring Co.
manche here. and sure enough, by means
Of a few Jumps of sugar. ] did put my
arms around his beautiful glossy neck,
strokcd his honored scars. looked INTO his
soft, fawn-like eyes, wondering, if he
could speak, what he might tell us OF the
unstoried battle.
That he had memories also I am sure,
for the roope used to sell that when an
Indian came in smelling distance Of him
Coalanche would snort. rear and tremble,
his beautiful eyes dtstendea, staring.
watching in the Indians direction for
what horror of that ensanguined day.
Dear, beautiful Comanche! Only "a few
years ago l read hat you also had passed
from 'life's ieeting dream" perchance 90
again TO join your friends OF the long ago.
Honor to- you. and sweet peace rest,
for you also were a hero.
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Uncounted Miles OF Bountiful
Crops Make Glad the Farmers
of Western Canada.
YIELD WILL BE RECORD ONE
Practically Beyond Reach Of Accident,
the Fruit Of the Fertile Fields
Is Being Gathered-Elsvators
and Railroads Will BE Taxed
TO Their Capacity.

On q beautiful Saturday afternoon,
four weeks ago, the writer started for
a twenty-mile drive into the country,
from n Of the hundred or more new
towns that have been well started dur
ing the past spring, in the Province Of
Saskatchewan, in Western Canada.
Mile after mile, and mile after mile,
was traversed through what was n
continuous wheat field, the only relief
to the scene being the roadways that
led back into other settlements,
where would have been repeated the
same great vista Of wheat.
What a wealth! Here were hun
dreds and thousands. and millions Of
bushels Of what was declared to be- a
quality Of grain equal to any that has
ever been grown in the province. AS
we drove on and on / thought Of those
fellows down on the Board Of Trade
at Chicago, st. Louis, Minneapolis
and Duluth. While they were exploit
Ing each others energies the farmer
Of Saskatchewan, Alberta and Mani
toba was contemplating how much he
would realize out Of his crop, now
past any danger of accident, over
what his anticipations were two
months ago. One mar said to me:
"The profits of that field of wheat will
give me sufficient money to purchase
800 acres of land, for which the rail
way company is asking $1,000, and
pay 1t in cash" Another, with a field
Of fax-it vas only 800 acres-said
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word? But I am m%onopolizing the
conversation. Eiave you no news,
Mary2 When are you going to be mar
ried?''
Mary IIeseltine's face Redeemed with
q happy, rosy blush, and the light OF
Joy was in her eyes instantly, rs she
turned them on her friend with a
meaning glance.
ooh, NIary!" cried her friend ex-
citedly. rs II
She nodded quickly.
BLESS yout" exclaimed her come
panion. II am SO pleased. Tell me all
about Ii. No there lis not time now,
for we are nearly home. bur tonight we
shall have a long, long talk. Your room
is next to mine. l arranged that just
SO thar we might have a regular old
school night again, like the good old
times. DO you remember the little bed
ROOM we shared ait So. Fursey's%"
and how we got impositions for sit
ting up later pat In the other.
The two girls laughed merriiy over
their escapades. What a lot we shall
have TO talk about they exclaimed
simultaneously, as the old memories
came back To them instinct with life.
Tonight, as soon as dinner Is oyer
I VIII say that you look tired then Ws
can get TO our room early" suggested
tho HriftG -eicCfs OF Sec We sinai
have no time tomorrow. for the we'd
ding is at eleven O'Clock, and there Is
so much TO Talk about
To this her friend readily consented
Then YOU al tell me all about your
engagement IT win be SO nice to talk
over the fire. Here WI are she broke
off. as the carriage swept through 1
gateway Ento an avenue or trees.
viii ne be here tonight" inquired
| Mary Heseltinc.
HeT No. He Is at the barrack:
today. helping 70 get things ready fol
the start. Isn't It fortunateg There ii
nothinE 70 Interrupt y last evenins
together
The bridesmaid smiled. She was font
OF her friend, bur her thoughts went Il,
b ma who had put Il hair hoop dia'
r1onA ring on her finger but two day,
axo She wondered whether she woul,
have talked 80 Nightly " her lover hi.
been ordered ~ South Africa. Sh,
Enpiled az the mtrA ~suxecat3on. an,
thanked Trovifcnce THAT 6cr{t6 Grow
hall Mash william, and not iikely 10 s
2f0ersd ASxay On the UxNl0f lils we'd
A5it|t" "FN| W4#tN t#H. NHN4 YHW.* IN
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d way sacred. and some of the writer's
are dead"
You wretched moralist. Are you not
interested?'
yves certainly, but it seems mean,
somehow. 10 tell ar.other of their love
affairs
"of course, Mary, am only telling
you. Besides. / am destroying all
clews, as they say In the penny dread
fuls. You are my confessor-We all
need at times"
Go on smiled her friend.
II believe you are impatient to tell
me your affair-0Nn up" she said, with
mock sternness.
"No, my news can wait. II is not SC
important as all that.
Very well. then, we will go on.
Mind, ] am dying TO hear all about your
engagement. bat we must do u thing
at A time. and my confession is not vet
made. This little praycrbook In silver
and ivory was given TO me by the for
mer curate here. He was really a coed
fellow. but so awfully conscientious
that / felt q great sinner in his pres
ence- II was q dun tlmc-just after !
left school. l took up with church
work. We were great friends un-
TIL
Don't burn tho prayerheok. It seems
a sacrilege." interrupted the maid OF
honor, putting out her hand In protest.
Very well. II YOU viii take Il, but ]
cannot retain Ii In my possession. Tear
out the ayleaf. we Will at least burn
that. I was saying that he went off to
London and is working somewhere IN
tho slums now. Here is the last note
he ever wrote me. / am afraid I treat
ed him badly, hut he was really toe
good, and. foolish man, he thought ]
was a saint. Men are stupid where we
are concerned"
She paused as she gazed into hel
treasure box at the mixed collection OF
photographs. faded bowers. locks 81
hair. buttons OF different regiments and
such like.
4 can them the broken fragments
Of l0Se's dream"
TO-. mensorials Of my nirtations''
suggested Mary.
~(h, 4 was really N earnest with .
inumber of these mer. I wonder WHY
ifhey loVed ma" aha unused, l8u yot
must ail ro The saxitta why. n WY new
Ier uQ To besin marriSd lie Z1th a
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he could do the same and still have a
balance in the bank. Flax produces
wonderfully -an and the current
price is about $3.50 per bushel. We
then drove over into another town
ship, getting further back from the
railway, and the main travelled road.
Here we found ourselves in the center
of a Swedish settlement. Those form
ing the settlement were originally
from Nebraska Invited TO put up our
horses and stay over for dinner, and
a dinner that was enjoyed not only on
account of the generous appetite Gre
ated by the e~xhilarating drive, but
also because of the clean linen, the
wellprepared dishes of roast fowl, p o
tatoes, cabbage, and a delightful des-
sert, some of the history of the settle
ment was learned. The host and
hostess were modest in describing
their own achievements, and equally
modest as to those OF their friends,
/ but enough WIS earned TO satisfy us
that they had come there about three
years ago, In moderate, almost poor,
circumstances. Most Of them had re-
ceived their homesteads as a gift from
the government, and by careful dill
gence had purchased and paid for adj
Joining land. They had plenty of cat
tie and horses, some sheep and hogs,
and large wellkept gardens, showing
an abundance Of potatoes and cabbage
and other vegetables. Their buildings
were good. Schools were in the neigh
borhood and there was evidence of
comfort everywhere.
On to the Park Country.
Reluctant to leave these interesting
people, the horses thoroughly rested,
were hooked up" and driven on, I'M
der o sun still high in the heavens,
with the horses pulling on the bit and
travelling at a 12-mile an hour gait
over a road that would put to shame
many Of the macadamized streets. we
were whiried along a sinuous drive
through the woods and then out in the
park country.
groves OF poplar, herds of cattle.
fenced fields or wheat n oats and
barley and flax. Here was wealth,
and happiness and surely content
ment. The crops weye magnificent.
The settlers, most OF them. by the
way, f,om Iowa. had selected this lo-
cation because of It's beauty. It's en-
tire charm was wholesome. Fuel was
in abundance. the soil was the best,
the shelter for the cattle afforded by
the groves gave a splendid supply of
! food. while hay was easy to get. They
liked 1t. Here was a sturdy farmer,
with his three boys. He had formerly
been a merchant In an Iowa town, his
children had been given a college edu-
cation and one Of the boys was about
to marry the accomplished daughter
az 4 ~neighboring farmer.
Through Land or Wealth.
The Invitation to remain to supper
WAS accepted. but that given to re.
main over night was tabled. 1t was
only a 25-mile drive into town over
Y tie best az xoads. through such !
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hams Vegetable Compound was rec
commended. and after taking three bot
Ties she has regained her health, thanks
70 your medicine. Lean recommend il
For all female troubles, Mrs. II. A.
C0RxRAN, 1l03 Rutland Street, Balti
more. Md.
Hundreds Of such letters from moth
ers expressing their gratitude for what
lydia f. Pinkham.s Vegetable Com
bound has accomplished for them have
bscn received by tho Lydia E. Pinkhan.
Medicilae Company, Lynn, Mass.
Young Girls, Heed This Advice.
Girls who are troubled with painful
az irregular periods, backache, head
.9che drasuingld0wn sensations faint
Inr SPELLS or indigestion, shnpjd TAXI
Immediate action and be restored e
6eaIkb by Lydia E. Einkhauz's Xege
<snfored rs health BY its pse.
writ.s III 1Esa. Pinkh6m. Iznn
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splendid country, all one beautiful Pfc
ture. and such an opportunity to use
ones imagination II curing up Che
amount of the wealth OF the crops
through which the trip into town took
us, was not to be enjoyed every day.
And away we started.
1t was delightful. We drove and
drove through avenues of wheat,
which today, having yellowed with
the beneicent sun, is being laid lew
by the reaper, stacked and threshed
by the thousands Of hands required to
do it, and in great wagons is being
taken to the elevator.
A nights ride by train took us
through 225 miles of this great prov
ince of Saskatchewan-into the south
western part-and from appearances
1t might have been as though a trans
fer had been made across a township.
There were wheat fields, pat fields.
barley fields and fax fields, and many
more that could not be seen. Yet
there they were. and during the night
we had passed through a country sim
fairly cultivated.
1t viii all secure a market and get
its way to ocean or local mill by
means of the great railways whose
well-arranged systems are penetrating
everywhere into the agricultural parts.
Prosperous Alberta. !,
We afterward went over into ALI
berta, and here again 1t was grain and
cattle, cattle and grain, comfortable
farm homes, splendidly built cities
and towns, the best OF churches and
the most thoroughly equipped schools.
While talking with a Southern Sas-
katchewan farmer he said that the
land he was working, and for which
he had been offered $50 an acre, had
been purchased five years ago for $12
an acre, but he won't sell. he Isl
making a good profit on hts land att
$50 an acre, and why should he sell7i
Farther north, land was selling at
from SIS to SIS and $40 an acre. It
was learned a~fterward that the soil
was similar to that in the south, the
price Of which today is $50 an acre.
The climate was similar and the mar.
kets as good. In fact the only differ.
ence was that today these northern
lands occupy the same position that
the more %southerly ones did five years
ago. and there are found many who
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say they will come into a price nearer
their legitimate. value of $50 or $50 an.
acre quite &c quickly &c the se&thsc,E
lands. And / believe 1t.
Throughout all this great country.
practically 500 by 500 miles square,
there are still a great many homeI
steads which are given free to actual
settlers. Many who have secured pat.
ents for their homesteads consider
their land worth from SIS to sos per
acre.
Immense Crops Assured.
Throughout the southern portion of
Alberta, a district that suffered more
or less last year from drouth. there
will be harvested this year one Of the
best crops Of fall wheat, winter wheat.
oats. fax and alfalfa that has ever
been taken off these highly productive
lands.
In Central Alberta, which comprises
the district north Of Calgary and east
v hundred miles, rough GGaTlffos..
Sedgewicb, Castor, Red Deer. Wetasl
kiwin. Edmonton, Lacombe, Vegrea
vile, Tofield, Vermillion and a score
of other localities, where are settled
large numbers of Americans. the
wheat, oats and fax, three weeks ago.
was standing strong and erect, large
heads and promising from 80 to 8S
bushels OF wheat and as high az 100
bushels of oats on carefully titled
fields, while fax would probably
yield from 10 to 10 bushels per acre.
In these parts the harvesters are
busy today garnering this great crop
and 1t will shortly be known whether
the great anticipations are to be real.
lied.
Throughout all parts of Saskatchet
wan, whether north, south, east 81
! west, the same story was heard. and
the evidence was seen Of the splendid
and bountiful crop.
Rich Yield In Manitoba.
In Manitoba 1t was the same. The
fields Of grain that were passed
through In this province promised to
give to the growers a bumper yield.
and as high as So bushels Of wheat
and 60 bushels OF oats was freely dis
cussed.
1t would appear as X the expecta-
ton of an average OF IS bushels of
wheat throughout the three provinces
would be met.
In a few days the 10000, 0o0-bushel
elevator capacity throughout the coun-
try will be taxed, the rs, o0 900 BUSH
els capacity at Fort Wilhelm and Port
Arthur will be taken up, and the rail-
ways and their equipment will be
called Upon for their best Today the
great, broad. yellow fields are indus.
trial harnts. the self-binde- is at work
in it's giant task OF reducing into
sheaves the standing grain. the har
vesters are busy stocking and stack
ing, the threshing machince are being
Ted the sheaves. the large box wagons
are taking It to the elevators. and no
matter whore you go II Is tina slms
story and : picture such al can only
b. neen In the great grain fields Of
! Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta
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daughter Alice, wht
was restored ti
health by Lydia Il
Pinkharn's. Vegeta
BILE Compound. 5nt
was pale, with darl
circles under bet
eyes, weak and irri
Two different
doctors treated hsl
and called it Green
Sickness, but shs
grew worse all the
Time. lydia IL Pink,
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The Rrute.

Men are such rude things" saii
2he supercilious girl.
"Has any Of them dared to address
you without an introduction"
mo; but in a crowd one got ht
face all mixed up with my hatpin an,
never even said excuse me-"
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4 raess Ill send my boy to college
fur 1es' one term,'' said Farmer Corn-
tosyei.
why fof only ono term I.
We'll. he's too big fur me "a handle
an ia like 10 try whatia little hahn
yepuid do fur INSTRUMENTATION Stay.
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Tho next time you feel that swallowing
sensation gargle Hamlins Wizard Oil i'm
mediately with three parts water. II wil
eave you days and perhaps weeks Of mig
cry from sore throat.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-09-08

III a man tells a oma she has Z
musical laugh she win fall for any ole
Joke he may get Off.
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irnnnrtnnt 80 rnnAhnrn


Mosquito say, you are Keeping OF
that piece OF paper as IL you liked IL
FIy-Well, to tell the truth, / an
stuck on It.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-09-08

Why DO you waste so many hours on
identifying devices ~ inquired the old
fashioned woman. why not devote
that time to thinking beautiful
.Sthoughts?"
"oh, fudge. retorted the modern
damsel. My beau isn't a mind read
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AIRS wfnslowsa Soothing Syrup for chiidreT
seething. softens tile gums, reduces infiamms
fiou. aiiayB pain. cures Wind collie. 25c a bottle
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Man might live by bread alone. bu'
woman must have some ice can
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NY
WASCURED
BY Lydia r. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md.-"I send you here
with the picture Of my fifteen year ole
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Novelist-I'm SO sleepy / can hard
" keep my eyes open. and ! must I'm
sah this chapter tonight.
His Wife-Wait TIL / get the butch
er's bill; I'm SUR that viii open youi
&yes.
The evening world., 1911-08-28
CORNWA[L|S-WEST
UNDER KNIFE HERE
KEPT It SECRET
Youthful Husband of Former
Lady Randolph Churchill
Didn'tWan to Alarm Her.

When the surgeons NJ NJ. Sinai Hos
pital. Madison avenue and One Humid
reth street. tell Lieut.. George Corn
that he is well again he
Is going to get right up and go away
from here without any fuss or cere-
mony. lie came over here from Eng
land on Aug. 8 for big game hunting
and instead he got appendicitis. There
fore his determination to leave right
away and walt e long. long time before
he comes back.
Mr.. CORVALLIS West Is not yet al
lowed to receive visitors at the hospital.
although his doctors say his recovery IL
assured. but he sent a message TO an
Evening World reporter who called. en-
planning why he had taken pains TO
keep his illuess secret.
Mrs. CORVALLIS West. who was beau
tiful Jennie Jerome of New York and
who first was married to the diplo-
mat. Lord Randolph Churchill, did not
come to America with her husband.
She Is making her customary summer
round or country-house visits In Eng
land and until a day OF two ago. when
Mr.. Corn wallis-West was pronounced
beyond danger, she thought he was
hunting somewhere in the Canadian
woods or visiting friends in Otta wa,
Her husband feared the alarm n dis.
tress that the news of his illness would
cause her. so he kept the news iron,
her untn he felt he was in no dan
ger. He has requested her not 10 jllr
him here. but she has insisted on M
going straight home to England as soor
AS III, Ia ahle IN take ahIn
The evening world., 1911-08-28
ILLNESS PREVENTS HIM FROM
HUNTING BIG GAME.

Mr.. Cornwallis-We Nest came here In
search bf health as well ns blg game.
He had been advised by his doctors In
England to seek relaxation In the wilds.
so ne chose Canada. where he has
friends in the Government service. He
had got as far as ottawa when he
became III and was advised 10 come 10
New York for an operation. lie came
here on Aug, II, and after spending a
couple OF days al the Hotel Savoy ho
went to the hospital Or. A. a Berg
of No. s2S Madison avenue and Or,
Emanuel Libman OF No, $50 East sixty
fourth street operated on hin II IS
expected that he win he able 70 leave
the hospital In about ten days or two
weeks.
CornwaIlis-We was born Ito SAINT
rear hat Jennie jerome, later hl7 wife
became the bride OF Lord Randolpn
Churchill. lie Is about youns enough
to be her son. Miss Jerome was ihC
most famous OF the three charln'ni
daughters OF Leonard Jerome, "A wa
street figure OF the Odd regime. 4!
thyse OF the gIrls were married TO Eng
i.snmen.