The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-04

The Chippewa evidently have not forgotten
how to fight for Francis Lequier, young Chip
pewa, in company with two or three Others at
tackled machine gun nest, and when left as
the only survivor, faced all that remained of
the machine gunners and killed or captured the
entire group. He received eleven wounds in
action.
Sergt. ODDS N. Leader Choctaw, was fore
man of a cattle ranch in Oklahoma when he
entered the war. To his great Indignation ru-
mors gained currency that he a German
spy, so he gave up his business at once, and
enlisted to prove his loyalty to America He
was cited for bravery in the course of his bril-
liant record which included action at Cantigny,
scissors, the Saint-Mihiel salient, and the Ar
gonne forest. He twice wounded and
gassed. The French government selected
Sergeant Leader as the model American soldier,
of whom an oil painting was made to hang on
the walls of the French federal building, where
types of all the allied races are displayed. Some
times the warpath leads to high places!
Private Joseph Okahombi Choctaw re-
ceived the Croix de Guerre under order of Mar
shall Petain translation of the order follows:
Under violent barrage, dashed to the attack
of the enemy position covering about POI yards
through barbed-wire entanglements. He rushed
on machine gun nests, capturing III prisoners.
He stormed a strongly held position containing
more than so machine guns and a number of
trench mortars. Turned the captured guns on
the enemy, and held the position for four DAYS
In spite Of a constant barrage of large projec-
tiles and gas shells. Crossed No Mans Land
many times to get information concerning the
enemy, and to assist his wounded comrades"
Here Is an extract from letter written by
Sergt. Major Maurice Long:
corporal Thomas D. Saunders, Company A.
Second engineers, while member of the first
wire cutting platoon, made his way forward
In advance of the unit until he was in line with
and in company with Private Wilkerson, Com
pany B, Second engineers, were the first SOL
diers to enter Jaulny, then infested with snipers
and swept with wicked machine gunfire. being
occupied by rearguard detachments of the
enemy. They alone captured SO German pris-
oners after searching the caves of hospital
with persistence and courage. This at Jaulny,
France, on September r. 191S.' Extracted
from General Orders No. SO. Second division.)
Corporal Thomas D. Saunders, Company A,
Second engineers; at st. Etienne-a-Armes on
October 8th, 1918, he bravely conducted a pa
troll under heavy fire. During the night he
made reconnaissance close to the enemy, of
the position which his section was to occupy
in the front, and returning conducted it to that
position
"Such heroism is understood by mans COM
rades more than can be explained in writing as
during time of stress, the one who does what
saunders Qlu, does lt with no thought OF self,
but only of carrying out to the best of his abil-
ity what he believes his duty to be- In nv
close contacts, during and since the World war;
with Saunders, can state that everything he
does is bit better and with more energy than
other men of equal physique would do the same
thing.
During the World war, Saunders served with
valor at Chateau Thierry and was evacuated
from there. He served at st. Mihiel Blanc
Mont (Champagne), where again he was evacu-
ated wounded, and in Germany during the occu-
patton of the Second division.
He received the Distinguished Service cross
for his valorous conduct on October Sth, 1918.
and the Croix de Guerre with Palm for his
valorous conduct on September IL, 1913"
And this man is a Cheyenne of which tribe
Mooney, famous ethnologist, says, "They are
proud, contentious, and brave to desperation"
Saunders is worthy son of his beloved people
The Croix de Guerre, awarded for gallant ac-