Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-03-30

as usual. Next day h fndsans were
followed. ana axirrnishing was kept up
necessarily. L4cutenant Schsnofsky on
that occasion came near being an
pushed and had q few men Killed
This continuous skirmishing was kept
up for three days, with myself almost
continuously In the saddle, and while
we were IN front the general sounded
the officers call for consultation. ]
win permit General Carr TO teli the
story of an affair In which he punished
the Indians severely, while the story
relates also TO my connection with the
matter:
81 had heard some firing IN front,
where the advance guard had gone out
Of sight. My orders were for the ad-
vance guard to regulate on the MAR
column and always keep in sight of 1t,
but as Major Babcock and Lieutenant
W. P. Hall. now General Hall, were SO
ambitious and anxious for a fight I
thought / would give them a chance,
and SO | let them alone. After hasty
consultation regarding lack of supplies
/ sent a bugler to recall the advance
guard. He came back saying be could
not reach them, as they were sur
rounded by Indians. The Indians had
got into four ravines which headed
near the trail, two on each side. The
half dozen had led the advance on
with insulting gestures and defiant
words (some could speak and swear in
English. and when they came between
the ravines the whole poured out
around them. Baboock dismounted his
men and formed them In a circle and
stood the Indians OF. / sent Lieuten-
open communications, and the Indians,
supposing the whole command was
coming, went on as before.
Reaching the scene, we could see
the Indians scattering In retreat. A
figure with apparently a red cap rose
slowly on the hill. For an instant 1t
puzzled me, as 1t wore a buckskin and
had long hair. But or seeing the
horse I recognized that 1t was Cody's
Powder Face and saw hat 1t was
Buffalo BIZ without his broad brim-
med sombreYo. On closer inspection
I saw that his head was swathed In a
bloody handkerchief, which served not
only as a temporary bandage. but as a
chapeau, his hat having been shot on,
the bullet blowing his scalp badly for
about five inches. 1t had ridged along
the bone and was bleeding profusely,
a very chose can. but a lucky escape.
However, It would not do to turn back
Immediately after such ~impudence, SO
I took to the gallop and ran them for
twelve miles to and across the Repub-
tican and up the bluffs on the south
side, where they acted In their usual
aggraxatfng style by scattering In
every direction after dropping a good
deal of plumber. We could see them
on the distant hill, but could not catch
them under the circumstances or with
out means Of some counter strategic
cunning, so we went back and camp
ed north of the Republican. The ad-
vance guard had been relieved and
the Indians severely punished, with a
loss on our side of but four or five
killed and a few wounded, this with
Babcock.s horse wounded and Cody's
narrow escape as the resulting casual
ties. The object of the campaign was
nearly accomplished, but vi greatest
need was supplies, which the hot trail
had stdetracked In the excitement Of
the necessary pursuit OF the defiant
foe. AS the country was infested with
Indians and II was fifty miles to the
nearest supply point, Fort Kearny, on
consultation with Cody he decided that
1t would be best to undertake the job
himself. a point characteristic OF him,
as he never shirked duty or faltered
In emergencies. gave htn the best