Evening star., 1924-08-17

In The Star of August TO- 1874, is
a paragraph relating to the doings of
Custer in the a, Army 1',e whose nj name
pJ,.Ix rY;,1, little less than two
slack HIS. years later was to
occupy the public attention in con-
nection with one of the greatest
tragedies in this country.
Gen. Custer is making it lively
for hostile redskins in the country
through which he is moving his ex-
pedition. He has the usual Army
officer and frontier opinion, taught
by experience, of the treachery OF the
Indians and puts no faith in their
! peace professions. He does not be-
lieve in parleying, but in fighting
with the savages and reducing them
to submission at the point of the
sword. 1t has been intinated that
he was not exactly the kind OF an
officer to send on an expedition
through section inhabited mainly
by friendly Indians. since the exer-
else of the greatest caution is re-
quired to avoid giving offense to
friendly tribes. Thus far, however.
his expedition has apparently pro-
voked but little opposition from the
Indians and this he has swept away
in his usual dashing manner"
In connection with the Custer ex-
pedition it is stated. in an article in
n:. The Star of August II.
UlScoVery 1874, that glowing re-
of Gold ports of the mineral
81 uoio' wealth of the Black Hill
| country were being sent eastward by
correspondent. accompanying the
party. He wrote that indications OF
gold were discovered about a week
hofo
presence in sufficient quantities abun-
dainty to repay working had been
established beyond a doubt. He had in
his possession 40 or SO small particles
of pure gold. in size about that of
small pinhead. Most of it was OBJ
tanned from a single pan of earth.
The Star gave warning that unit!
further investigation is had regard
ing the richness of the deposits of
gold. no opinion should be formed.
Veins of what the biologists call
bearing quartz" cropped out on al
most every hillside.
The correspondent gave a glowing
picture of the country which in
respect to the flora he called new
Florida"
In The Star Of August Il. 1874, is
a summary of dispatches from abroad
giving the particulars OF
06Zdlne the escape of Marshal
Escape. on a1G the Island o Of f's St p,aspn Mar"
guerite, off the coast of France
Bazaine was the commander of the
French garrison at Metz in the
Franco-Prussian war. and after
with an army of 10000 men. For
this act he was tried by court-martiai
in 1871. was found guilty of treason
and was condemned to death. This
sentence was afterward commuted to
90 years in secluSion. 1t would seem
that the marshal had been only
lightly guarded. being considered
rather as an exile than as a prisoner
and one night he made his escape by
eluding a sentry posted upon ter
race built upon a lofty and precipi
tous cliff overhanging the sea. Gain
ing the edge Of the precipice he made
his way by a knotted rope down to
a boat in which were his wife and
cousin. Her husbands hands being
painfully injured in the descent. Nine.
Bazafne took the oars herself and
rowed to a steamer that had been
chartered for the purpose. 1t was re-
ported that the marshal landed at
San Reno and Travelled by way OF
Turin to Basle, where he took a train
for Brussels. He eventually made his
way to Spain, where he spent the lat
ter part of his life. The French
authorities declared that Bazaine had
given his parole not to leave the
island and that consequently precau-
tions had been relaxed 1t was sus-
pected that the rope over the cliffs
edge had been planted there to mis-
lead and that actually the escape was
made through connivance with those
in charge OF the priSoD