Show II I I WILD WESTERN WARRIORS I Thiee < Thousand Cowboys and Indians Coufd Bickthe I i Spanish Army I S That tine pia l western scout and gen tieman Colonel Henry Inman of Kansas I author of The Old Santa Fe Trail was i talking about the war with Spain theo the-o her day on Broadway Colonel Inman haying seen much service in the Indian warfare on the plains under Generals 6heriaan Custer smiy and other fa mous Indian nghters and being a lite long fnencl of Colonel Cody Buttalo Bill his remarks are interesting as giving I the general western mea of how the cam paign In Cuba might be conducted Ifs if-s CI1 men as Buftaio Bill and a support ing force of cowboys and Indians were impressed into the service Colonel In mail Vas enthusiastic over the uravery of Colonrjl Cody whose many hair breadth escapes on the plains are per haps better Known to nim than the gen eral public So greatly beloved is Colonel Cody allover I all-over toe WEst said Colonel inman that thousands would ralln urounu hs standard stand-ard and he could raise more men than any other man in the United States The Indians too who both tear ana respect hjm fpr the Isjoith American savage is j no coward find regards brave deeds with I a reverence unknown to the white man i would be glad to tight under him As an evidence ot this alter Colonel Cody I had fought his famous duel with Yellow Hand un presence of the United States troops and tile aggregated hostile Sioux and Killed him in one of the most thrilling handtohand encounters known to history his-tory the wife ot the dead savage met the colonel and Instead of upbraiding him asa as-a white woman would have done stated that she felt highly honored that her husband had been killed bj such a brave i man as Long Hair it 2000 or 3WW Indian braves continued con-tinued Colonel Inman and the cow boys off ot the range some of whom are with the wild West show were on the island of Cuba they would make short work of the bDaniah In the mst iiace all of them are masnihcent risers perfect per-fect centaurs in fact have been born like Colonel Cody himself to speak mqtarfhorlcm1 on the nek of a horse They are besides all spiendid shots with either revolver or rule when any of them i pulls a trigger the bullet rinds its target i there is no ammunition Basted i I i can name nsarij of thfse men who II I are absolutely Invincible in horseback V an nrmed Ueorge W Burch chief of I the cowboys Joe Ksquival Pedro Esqui val Ed Goodrich Bert Schenck Joe i I Johnson SI Compton Walt Scott Jack Vjarney Jim Jennings Bob Mason John I Franz Clarence Baker Red Hall all of 1 whom have been picked out of the best nien on the range for their grit and I staying qualities in a fight There are i about 50 other cowboys connected with I the Wild West who if It should land in Cuba would make it lively for the Span ish regulars I hear that Governor Leedy of my I state Nebraska has organized a regiment I regi-ment of cowboys fresh from the range and given the command to the gallant i young Fred Funston who Is a lieutenant I colonel in the Cuban Insurgent army and I who le at home In Kansas recovering from several bad wounds Incurred In as I many engagements The island of Cuba as I understand its topography is specially speci-ally adapted to guerilla iiaSP and I for thqt reason I believe that a couple i Or three thousand Indian warriors with their complement of cowboys would I oon put all the Spanish regulars hors du I I combat for theirs is a novel method of I effective fighting of which Eurqpean armies know nothing with the exception I of the English perhaps in India I I I firmly believe that 3000 well armed I Indian warriors under the leadership of I such a strategist diplomat and statesman I states-man as was Sitting Bull could soon clear I the island of all the Spanish regulars I i I I Ji I I V y Colonel W F Cody Buffalo Bill Ready for Cuba there with the help of the cowboys of the range under the command of that prince of scouts Colonel V F Cody I am Inclined to believe that General Miles will the moment he starts for Cuba summon to his aid as the advance guard of his troops to find the whereabouts of the enemy and the best camping places Colonel V F Cody with a retinue of cowboys and perhaps a number of Indian warriors whose Intrepid and skil ful work as trailers In the interior of such a country would be of great value |