Show SHJN Ii oIEs roll WVR JIETJIODSUSEIJ ny SAVAGES AID BVTUE MILITAHV EGUMCE r TIns tlgnai codes of civilization nro more clentlPc > than tlioso of the ravage rac 1Lul it Is an open ques Lion whether they aro more tlll dent taking as nn accerted fact that tho signals are for transnil lon from eye to eye and that their efll vary does not extend beyond he range or vision The E mlinaux of the far north depends UIDU the waving of ils arms or a blanket to notify his frIends at a dUUucu of any Important fool bUd DIt the finding of a reindeer or thu need of assUnce While the American In dian in the7Id days when lie was still umubjugated got better results from signal fires by night or columns col-umns of smoke by day than from anything else But there was one objection to tlili method of communicating commu-nicating Intelligence particularly in a hostile country Ihu fire or smoke was as plainly visible to nn enemy as to a friend and instead of inforcemenU theN might come a rout In cote tbe enemy after Ic ratIng thin signal station chose 1111 ho generally did to pounce down upon the invader Crow Butte not far from the southern boundaries of what was thu great Sioux reservation Is a lasting monument to the faults of thu fire e stem Nearly a genera lion ago the Crows Invaded the country of the Sioux in two band traveling rainy milts apart but Along parallel lines They kept up communication in the then accepted manlier when one day the signals from height to height were Observed by a wonderIng band of the nation Wl1lcl they had come north to do battle w itli The commander of the l Sioux proved equal to the situation and put m practice the tatties of this first Xapoleou lie attacked the Invaders in detail l routed one column col-umn with great slaughter and then turned his attention to the other some of lib own braves meanwhile Industriously keeping up the fires on adjaeent peaks ill order to averttbs pielon The second column which was the stronger of the two as a result Ruflercd completesurj rifeanJ utter defeat Thu survivors of the fray lied hotly pursued by the victorious vic-torious Sioux and Fought refuge on the elevation now known as Crow Butte The plocu was impregnable and could not be carried b > storm lut thubesieged were without foxjd or water So they sat there on thin heights undaunted defiant doomed doom-ed Their ru hell to break Ohio Ravage Rav-age cordon were repulsed They ifiLco 3 Jld killed and ate their horse they devoured de-voured tho bouts of their dead comrade Ko one disturbed them but from thin bin below theruweru wafted up to their dying ears the triumphant songs and jeers of IhvDakotas And thusonutiy one they breathiest their 1 List uiiTtl ti nolli J Mad Bull led his beerces up the declivity to Etu how the dogs were getting on One CruWalone remained olive Hu lay on tile ground scarcelv breathln Uit fully arrayed all thu panoply of war and with his sunken yes turned toward to-ward Ute western sun A Sioux brave spurned tliu dying warrior with his foot The insult roused himtoiitlou I ailiij to hU fcvt I jful tf hu lunged i a knife into thin victors heart and thc two fell backward together dead loonier to make the signals referred re-ferred to Ohio savaged of the estern plain < bad and still hnvun method of which little is I known to those outside the tribe of covering a fire until smokn in cufllcient quantity has been accumulated w hen It is I suddenly resdalill a thick heavy r lumn breaks fottll which eannoi fall attract attention even at great dktauces biueu their conUictu lib thu whlUfl and the scqubitiou of cheap mirror J the Indians have < crfected a new signal code by which Information it teltgralieil from point to 1 point witlisuu llashes By the aid of intelligence thus obtained ob-tained the Apaches Here abtevo l frequently to elude the United Statrs truops during thu final campaign cam-paign in tile Black flange wjileb broke the power of these atrocious barbarians It was often inexplicable to the olllcers in command of the numerous numer-ous scouting partle along the Mexican Mex-ican l order liow the InUiauo liecame so quickly aware of the most swiftly executed and secretly plaunea movements tliu troops A band of Chlrlcahuas wduld be located in sumeolAcuru sallies prepamtlons would 00 nude to sool down on them the plans would be carried out with all dlligencu and zeal but when the charge was made and thc rocky hiding plncu stormed nothing would be found sivu the relics of a hasty llightttjitlea thin cloud of dust Mlhbtietti against thin firotl liurlzan would how the dlrectlun iu which thu wllv rod men were making traci for tnfetv HiU sort of xjfiIencu grew rather monotonou cud one ibj a stalwart utllcer of tho tent third nfantrj gave vent to his views Hu bad to all just made ono of ties usual water Ituuls and seas not In an amiable1 mood Wiping the alkali dUet from Ills ir plrliig taco with the sl l ve 3f Ills well worn jacket bo I remarked re-marked Thesucusses must Vo In league wills his fatrinle 1 majesty Tills trip on inr Pf was a tucces to my mInd auj I thought vVe had the band bagged But tucre3 nothing left of tm save a few cow bones How is It they always find this out Sun signals suggested I the lieutenant lieu-tenant dun signals i bo blowtd was the response < Wu came Into these mountains fatcrn light ever traveled tra-veled Tficfe Indians are children of Old 7ick tliats all Lets go back to the fort But nevertheless It was fun zIg nallntcot1 led with efllclent scout ing that to often saved then raid en from death or captivity Thu general service code formerly used in the United States army and navy consisted tf an alphabet made from combinations of numbers represented rep-resented by dlOereut movements flags T sere was a diUerent movement move-ment for each numeral and thin nu mcrali represented certain letters let-ters or words In the code book Thla was the form of signaling In vogue during Ute war and It still receives illustration In the production produc-tion of drama which has to do with Gen Sheridans famous raid during < the war At present the cyrtemin use differs from the old in that jn place of numbers tho Hags are used to convey tbe dots and dailies of the foe alphabet When tlie sun la shining the heliograph i comes into play antI by night this electric light takes the place of Ute Indian fire to flash important news from one elevated position to I another Bat la the signal line at least despite the handicap Ignorance Ig-norance the ravage is nearly abreast of the white man still Tbpota Kit Doify Capital |