The herald., 1922-09-28

prisoners, and by a threat Of execution ,hs, :
was forced to report at Fort Cobb, tOgehs, =
the Comanches and Apaches, and finally IaA.s
10 go on their reservation.
From Fort Cobb the command marched Il
base of the Washita mountains and estasS
Fort Sill. near Medicine Bluff. On The q Il
March following the Nineteenth Kansas dar
and the Seventh United States cavalry, ws d
command of General Custer, went 10 pgn1 4
the Cheyennes.
The Cheyenne trail was struck on Salt Fai d
the 9th of March, 1869, and followed to DE "a
along the eastern edge Of the LlanO Eslis
until the Goth of March, when the Che!enns "
caught camped on Sweetwater creek abez a
miles west of the eastern line Of Texas In
march was made practically without trnSi1
ton or adequate supplies, and for the as =
days the men subslsted on mule meat VIZ
bread or salt.
General Sheridan, General Custer and Usz
Moore, with the soldiers Of the Eghteenn y
sas. the Nineteenth Kansas and the Severn "
ed States and Tenth United States au1' '
cued the women prisoners from the indians J
-
Texas Panhandle and drove the indians "a
the Llano Estacado and preserved southwest
Kansas for all time, practically, ron nahi
saults. They followed and fought the lnaa' 1
q wing storms, at times with no resources ~
buffalo they killed, and the obligations lDs ",
west Is under TO them have never reaHl va
knOwledced by the government OF us '|
States
The most romantic feature OF the campss-
the rescue of the women from Logan osDP
sas. whom they found In the PahhanO' n
the Indians. whom they beat after Hu" :
Capt. John Q. A. Norton OF Lawrence ~, 4.
is credited with marching alone ID iruu' .
federate battery, told me personally ~
ticuIars of that episode, tale tna' w ~,
credit Ia the pen Of Dumas. As 0'N''~
say. in his report: ~
"In obtaining the release OF 'ne 'np' =, =
women, and that, too, without ranSO- 4 Z.
Of NV command. and particularly NV. a-.
Nineteenth Kansas. who were ealleo ~. :, "A
owing TO the murders and depredAuO'S :, 4
rho capture Of these women formed r ~, .
more fully repaid lot INC ""' = ororuhers
dured than il they had survived Ill
victory Owe the Indians ..0o,d Il,
Col II. c. Lindsey of the Twenls W, r,r 4
sos. in the Spanish war, was sels eng, w.rr q
tho Nineteenth Kansas under COlonei A.' A
tain Norton. a soldier of the cl''l sa 81
1860 a young lawyer at Lawrence an1 .,d ~
Of exceptional courage ana capa',S ,hs scrss
ment still lives at Lawrence, one Of ' ~ ~
citizens of our great state. solulei .,~., 70
man of the highest and best Vpe
canable courageous and chivalrlc, r,,., ~
The Eighteenth and Nlneteen.n ,1s lueS
,ha onIy volunteer soldiers that ' ns,tS n -
royornmcnt raised in a third OF .. ss es y
1861 to 1898. They performed . 'a,ersns y
as manv difrcu.ties as any Of our W sS rsu1rr
made = campaign as romantic a., ,sscuS -
~ novelist could depict. They ,'' virs 8
the horrors of Indian CAPTIVITY .,o msss n
G 6,' Of the frontiersmen VINO no. rrEus
,no areaf West and brought II INFO no csa
They have lived in patience 10 o.,n ~ Of ~
n nS opv fair or just expression = sr
, Tl NV this repablic for their elcs a 70 sp
All that | asl, now is that you w.. ~ 700 ~
A snoe o| SrancinI consideration thai ,:S~ssu
other soldiers Of similar aec0Dp
similar herUism.