The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-11-21

"The Chief has smiled for the Sec
ond time since he came to France
and it is the talk of the til infan-
try.
"The Chief" is Private Ross, a full
blooded Ute Indian. About year ago
he threw up his job herding sheep in
the barren hills of southern Arizona,
walked 90 miles down to Bsbee. '.rotle
The rods to Ell Paso and enlisted. In
the training camp he was nicknumed
"The Chief" There also it was dis
covered that "The Chief had unusual!
scouting abilities-both hereditary and
acquired.
He was assigned as battalion scout.
That's when he smiled the first time.
Chief Ross is hardly a model soldier.
He hardly ever salutes an officer and
says ugh" for eyes. sir" and shakes
his head for "No, sir" Although he
has fair command of English he
talks very little: Once only he was de-
! tected saluting an otlicer-that was
when he had gone to the officer three
, times to ask for Il leave pass. The
third time he saluted.
Wins spangles on VesIe.
But 'The Chief wiped out all the
little black marks for sins Of omission
in the fighting Up on the Vesle.
a lone machine gun in stone btliid.
ing about 200 yards in front of the
Americans was holding up the ad.
vance. 1t was broad dnylight-three
O'Clock in the afternoon The task Of
silencing the machine gun Was given
tc Chief" Ross and a picked patrol
of three other men,
The patrol disappeared into the
brush with The Chief" leading, with
his pistol ready and TWO hand grenades
in his hip pockets. The emplacene:at
was spotted" i'll the upper window Of
the stone house. Two men were left
out in front in the bushes to draw TIE
fire of the gun, while Ross stealthily
worked up toward one side of the
building and his co;npunon on the
other. Ross craN'ictl up to the side Of
the hrii;;re; uno5scrved and edged
around = lore be could see the muz-
ZiG Of IN" n.atiline gun protruding
from a window.
/ Two seconds later & well-rlaced
grenade burst iii the room with the
German, killing rwc and shatteriug
the ma~iliAe :uE. The surviving Ger
man tEecutcd 4 strategic retreat
through the rear window and Slid
dowli to the ground behind the build.
ing whore he would be protected by
anoti!~. arlliIe Gun farther back.
ch'ei GutWits Enemies.
1t WA sag& death 10 Try 10 reach the
running @uiIaan from either si,.e of
the building. The German was cum
ming but not 50 cunning rs '"Thc CHIEF
lie SWINE himseIf up to the window
and craNIa,. rapidly up the roof to-
ward The Fia%epoIe. From that point
i CT vahtr.r he could see the enemy
without Danger to himself.
Three shots stopped the fleeing
Bochc.
That WAS when ''The Chief" smiled
The secona ime. the boys of the til
infantry Geclare. Some of them aver
that The Chief emitted the Ute war
Whoop, surprising the Germans SO
much that they stopped firing for a
few moments.
Once before The incident on the
Eesie, so The boys say. 'srhc Chief al
most smiled. A lieutenant expressed
a desire fer 4 pair of German field
glasses within the hearag of Ross.
That night lie Went out and came back
IN ~ minutes with Il fine pair Of Ger
man glasses. ~ he presented them to
the lieutenant he merely said, Heap
easy" and .,irlac- c1,,i,n.I