The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-12
FOLEY RECALLS DOINGS
AT OLD FORT LINCOLN
DURING LATE SEVENTIES

ms capacity was not rather large, I
oIo not know. A short time after his
ARRIVAL when I CHANGED to see, him
alone l informed him of the news that
mad proceeded him. regarding his ca
paclty, and. warned him to beware of
the major" who might lay him in the
snaae Tor a time. He said to me:
hney tnlnk they will lay me out, do
tney! Well, I will show them, I viii
put them all under the table, Before
the year ended he was in his grave.
WHen stores we're to be
sent 10 upper river posts, they were
turned e to the quartermaster's de-
partment for wagon transportation to
the p in Bismarck. Once when a.
wagon loaded with cases of army rifles
was en- route to Bismarck. a case of,
LIES III some unaccountable waSA
s!lpped on the load, in the woods nearN
the river, and were not missed Nv Tho
teamster until his arrival in Bismarck.
Inc loss or the rifles was duly report
eu When the teamSter returned. The
clerk who had received the case gave
me ordnace department a receipt. bur
rallied to take a receipt from the
teamster. The teamster claimed he
nad lost none but had delivered all he
mas received. The "mapor" when he
learned of the loss claimed that he
was in Bismarck on that particular
gay and when on his way home saw
Tue case or rifles in the road. and had
toid a woman who was living nearby
10 keep her y on the case. But the
MAJOR Tailed to make any report of
ms when he came to the post.
me major felt certain he could re-
cover the lost rifles if he could visit
Bismarck, and for many DAYS he. witb
Captain c, Would call at h~eadouartera
1or permission to visit the city to hunt
rl1les. After many trips Colonel Otis
came 10 the conclusion, that as detec-
yves, both Major and Captain G were
tallures The rifles were never recov-
ereo oy the government. Some old
bismarck man, or men, a vet tell
what became Of the guns. when the
MAJORS report reached department
headquarters at st. Paul, the ma ior
came near getting I'm bad Genera
Terry decided that as an officer of the
rmy 1t was the duty, OF the major,
whem ne saw government property, as
II he had to stand by until s@onneons
came along. / never knew what n
sWer the major made to this, r al
ways believed he was sorry that Ia
saw the case in the road.
AS the grade proceeded west more
loops were called for and furnished
captain Poland and his Co. A. Sixfh
infantry, was the next to take t1a fiela
for escort duty.
n changes before mentioned
other troops to Lincoln this
year. Capts. II. s.. Hawkins and ". W
with their companies Of the
sixth infantry, from Fort Buford. with
these came the Dolan family of BIS
marck and h Walsh family OF Nor
ton county. These officers were aris-
tocratic and gentlemen. Thew had In
fuence at headquarters. and as +hav
Colonel Hazen, who comnand
at Buford, would no serve undea.
ms Canders diedIin 1888 ana
a brigadier general in
the wal with Spain.
Mrs. Hawkins was N of thnsa r.ra
who 1T lis a pleasure fn know
and meet. Nature had given her heaY-
ancestry, brain; training. 4 ine
education and a lovely disposition Few
IKE ner has 1t been our fortune TO
meet.
a. very sad affair occurred this wear
The major had married q few wears
Tor the second time, a widow
With two children, boys aboutSin age
from 10 to IL. years. Captain O. had7a
about Ia years old. whose custom
II was to get the police cart al tines
20 take other children out for a ride.
easily overturned. One dav IN
October he got the cart and filed IL
With children, and went for a ride "a
upper post and beyond. on His
return ne caused the horse to take =
very fast gait, when the cart. strilsine.
: large granite boulder, upset, throw
the children out, the edge OF the
art PEG striking one OF the majors
on the head, ~fracturi1g the sIsuII
causing his death in b few hours.
such things. to me. always, seem dorb-
v hard to the mother when h 8 father
r Of the child. the SON OF her early
owe is no more