The Bismarck tribune., 1928-09-07
General Hugh L. Scott
Again Visits Bismarck
Renews Acquaintances Made
IS Years Ago; Inspects In.
dian Agencies
Recalls Hunting Deer on Site
of Mandan as Young Cav.
airy Officer

AOO0y SAG AVV0AAtGN ~ SSS0A00A\A
again still serving his country.
The venerable Indian fighter whe
in 1873 was making l!orth Dnkcti
safe for the pioneers by stamping
out sporadic Indian wars, has re-
turned on q mission Of inspection o.
Indian agencies which he helpet
found.
Each year General Scott has mad,
trip to some sections vf America.
great West where he spent hi.
youth. Sometimes it is the south
west he visits, the middle west, tn,
far west. This time he kas com,
back to the northwest where he be.
gan his adventurous career.
Holds Tender Memories
Bismarck holds tender memoric.
for General Scott.
In 1890 at the Standing Rock
reservation near Fort Yates, hi
married Mary Merrill, daughter Of
General Lewis Merrill Of Bismarck
They had five children.
General Scott was 20 years old
when he came to North Dakota ir
1873 At = time when the entire
Northwest was nothing more than q
mass Of plains infested with danger.
out Indian tribes who had been war.
ring betwe \ themselves, as well Al
being dangerous enemies to the gov.
ernment soldiers who had been dis.
patched to this country to quell the
uprisings.
General Scott has watched Bis.
marck grow from q community of q
few one room shanties to Z prosper.
GUS city, during the IS years tha,
have elapsed since he first came tc
this country.
Hunting deer where the city OF
Mandan is now located as well Al
fighting Indians all over the north.
west have been included among his
various experiences.
Student Of Indian Habits
b .Gsnsra& Scott, came to-furt Lin.
coin, when it was located West o,
the Missouri river, shortly after thu
Custer massacre. At this time hi
was beginning his military caree,
that later developed him into one o1
the outstanding military leaders o1
the country.
His experience among the Indian.
continued. He became a great stu.
dent Of Indian habits and today
knows more about Indian sign Ian.
guage than any other man living
He has written q book on this sub.
ject.
The General recalls vividly trad.
er named F.. F. Gerard, who was
connected with Fort Abraham Lin.
coin as IN Indian interpreter. Ger.
ard and the General became great
friends. Gerard, the general ex.
planned, was with the Custer expe.
dition, and was with the detachment
cut off from this famous general
dSSins suIl' the engagement with Sitting
Recalls Nez Perce Tribe
General Scott was quartermastel
Of the train that brought Chief
Joseph and his Nez Perce tribe tc
Bismarck where they were cntrained
for Fort Leavenworth. The Nez
Perce tribe was among the last t.
submit to the government forces
"Chief Joseph and his trib.," SAID
General Scott, "were the most hu.
name fighters Of any Indian tribe
in the northwest or west. The Gen.
eral was member IT the expedition
that captured the Nez Perce chief
and his tribe at Chnnutc, Montana
in 1877. They were taken as pits.
oners Of war.
The general also recalls Chief
Spotted Trail. This Indian chief, he
said, got his name because Of the
fact that he wore Z coon's tail.
General SCOTS trip into North
Dakota and the Northwest is for the
purpose Of inspecting the various
government agencies. He arrived
last night and registered at . local
hotel. Today he was meeting old &C.
quaintances and recalling frontier
times in the Northwest. He is Z
close friend OF Capt. I. p. Baker
well known Bismarck man.
He resides at Trenton, New Jer.
sey. Among other public offices &C.
corded him is the one as chairman
Of the New Jersey state highway
commission.
In Many Conflicts
General Scott's duty when he be.
came m officer was with the In.
dians Of the plains. He was in hun.
dreds Of conflicts and was injured
on many occasions. For his service
in this work he received honorable
mention from the war department
The general also headed the investi-
cation OF the ghost dance disturb
ances. during which Sitting Bull was
killed BY Red Tomahawk. He VA
also on duty during the disturbancea
between tho Indians in New Mexico
and commanded the outfit patrollins
tho Mexican border disorders. III
settled the Piute Indian trouble Il
Butte. Montana, in March, 1915. Al
this time he was automatically 70.
tired but he continued in active
service. In 1917 he was dis.
patched to Russia - = commander
Of the 18th division. He was sta-
TONED IN Petrograd during the Rus.
sian revolt. lt WAS during this 70.
volt, the general said that Unitei
States Minister Dsvid y Francis q
tn risk Of his life came out onto til
steps of tho American embassy i
Petrograd and faced the mob.
Although - years of aeo Cenera
Scott u still In active services and i
GOOD Tor n any years more