New Britain herald., 1927-06-18
INDIAN WAR VET
 HEARS FEM YELL YET
Albert Remington Recalls Bat- ties With RebeliouS Redskins

soldier of tle '7o's. according to AL bert Remington, Plainville's 7s-year- old Indian Aghter. For one' thing they get bet CT eats now" MT. Rem ington explains. ''an4 there are nc Indians or renegade cowboys to chase" The modern soldier is bet ter protected asain4 the elements, receives more pay, end Is treated more humanely, says this former cavalryman, who lives at 16 Grown street, Plainville.
 Mr. Remington took part in five different Indian campaigns against Sioux. Cheyennes. Arapahoes and Southern Cheyennes. between 1876 and 1881. He was born in South Hadiey Falls. Mass. on October 14, 1751. He enlisted at Boston and was sent to St. Louis, where he was assigned to Go. B. Fourth Cavalry under Col. R. S. McKinsey and Capt H. w, Lawton. Lawton, who was later killed in the Philippines NIT Remington describes as a good ofti- cer mot 70 rabid a . West Point er."
 It speaks we'll of tho Plainville man that he stayed in the army. In 1876 257 men left St. Louis for the Fourth cavalry: IT of these went to Go. B. Of these only three stuck long enough to receive discharge papers. The rest deserted when the company neared a railroad. Only about 50 of the whole number re- mained, among them Mir. Reming- ton.
 Endure Gseat Hardships
 During the winter Of 1S76-77 his detachment went after Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull in the Powder rlv- CT section. It was bitter cold. the ground being frozen and covered with snowSand many of the men froze their hands and feet. The plainville man was somewhat more fortunate, but his fingers were froz- sn. No tents were available. the men were on short rations. and few q the cavalrymen had adequate 60sthins, but they stuck 1t out.
 Alter returning to Camp Robin aen. Nebr., they sallied out again and on December 1e, 1877. Killed 1900 Pawnees in Palodora canyon They burned up the Indians tepees and buffalo robes. and soon the froz- en Indians left the warpath and came meekly into camp for food ana shelter. These trips were hard on the stomach. Mr. Remington says ss the men would start out with ten days rations and be gone for prob ably Is or 20 days.
 Tn 1878 the Fourth followed the Southern Cheyennes through Kansas where they had been murdering set tiers. and chased them into the sand hills of Nebraska, finally rounding them up and bringing them back to inc Qua chita river. where they were d,sarmed and dealt with according to military custom. Some were nm prisoned and others were sent mo exile in Florida. In the same year the Plainville man was in the party which chased Red Dog and his Sioux into ;he Black Hills and captured them.
 At the battle at the Big Bend of the Beaver MT. Remington was wounded. He and numerous others had been taking potshots at a req akin who had been jumping up from behind a rock. He finally got bead on the rock, but just as he vas about to fire he was struck In ,hA elbow. He continued on active duty. however, for you had to De killed to get out of doing duty in those days" he says. A co}enel was mortally wounded in the same oat- tie. Chase Cattle Thieves Into Mexico
 Tn s1S7s his detachment violated information law by penetrating 80 miles into Mexico in pursuit or gang of cattle thieves. They brought the rustlers back to the Rio Grande river. where the man who had own- cd the stolen cattle took them over. This man. named Goodnight, as sumed the responsibility and hanged all seven thieves on the same tree.
 Remington was at Camp Robinson when the Black Hills were opened to settlers and the gold rush began. He says that hundreds of wagons passed by bearing huge letters spell ing out Black Hills or Bust paint ed on their canvas tops. That win ter, he added, many of them re- turned with the added legend, Busted, By God.' He saw 42 months of active service in nve years.
 By an odd quirk of fortune, Mir. Pennington now receives more mon ey from the government than he did when he was fighting for 1t. His pay during his service period was only $1s a month, which might Dc received every other month or sometimes was held up for six months or more. During Wilson's administration Indian war veterans were pensioned, and Mir. Remington began to receive an unexpected s2o a month. Since Coolidge became president this has been increased to $50 for all those, who like the Plainville resident, are 75 years of age or more.
 MT. Remington lived in New Brit ain for 42 years and then bought a place at Clinton, but his wife died fl months later and he soon went 10 live with his daughter in Plain vile. He has seven daughters liv- 'ns. They are Mrs. Louisa Hopkins of T4ainville, Mrs. Louis Bradbury o' Kensington. Mrs. c. F. Ernmons of Armistice street, New Britain Mrs. Daisy Hart of Jubilee street, Nar Britain Mrs. Etta Cole of Bo- gar Tex; Mrs. Hattie Juul ot New York city. and Mrs. Ella Reel whose present whereabouts is unknown 10 him. He also has one stepson, Leonard c. McCoyle.
 Didn't Blame the Indians
 It was not the Indians fault that they were continually rebelling, Mir