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Show , T Recent Death of an 88-Year-Old 88 Year Old - - - Kansas Woman WomanRecalls WomanRecalls WomanRecalls Recalls Gen . Custer's Custers ' ' Dramatic Rescue of Two TwoCaptives TwoCaptives TwoCaptives Captives From heyenne Cheyenne Indians India-nsJO India nsJO - 70 10 Years YearsJ Ago go By ELMO SCOTT WATSONReleased WATSONReleased WATSON WATSONReleased ( Released by Western Newsp Newspaper per Union ) ( " HE died dled the other dayand day1J day SHE 1Jand ' "N N " and her passing passmg snapped snappedK- snappedK snappeda snappedKa 1J - " a living hVIng link lmk between the thepresent thepresent thepresent present day , modern Amer Amer- AmerIca America America - ica and an era in fronher frontier fronherhIstory frontierhistory frontierhistory hIstory which now seems al- al almost almost al almost - most as remote as the days dayswhen dayswhen dayswhen when Kentucky was the ' Dark and Bloody Ground 'and and ' and a ' NarrahveofanIndIan NarrahveofanIndIanCaptxvlty Narrative of an Indian IndianCaptivity IndianCaptivity Captxvlty Captivity " was a famlhar familiar famlhartype familiartype familiartype type of American Amencan hterature literature hteratureYet literatureYet literatureYet Yet it was only 71 years ago agothat agothat agothat that she was kidnaped from fromher fromher fromher her home in Kansas by b } a war warparty warparty warparty party of Cheyenne IndIans Indianssuffered , suffcred suffered sufferedindescribably indescnbably indescribably whIle whIleheld whileheld whileheld held a captive caphve by that tnbe tribe tnbeand tribeand tribeand and andwas was finally rescued by byGen byGen byGen Gen George A Custer and andIus andhis andhis Ius his famous Seventh cavalry cavalryin In one of the most dramatIc dramatIcmCIdents dramaticincidents dramaticincidents mCIdents incidents in the whole thrill thnll- thnll thrill- thnllIng thrilling thrilling - ing history hlstory of the Wild Wlld WestHer WestHer West WestHer Her name was Mrs Sarah SarahBrooks SarahBrooks SarahBrooks Brooks but back m in 1868 she was wasSarah wasSarah wasSarah Sarah White the 17 year old olddaughter olddaughter olddaughter daughter of Benjamin BenJamm Whlteho White Whlte \\ho ho who whohad \ whohad \ hohad had brought his wife wue and 10 ch chll chlldren children dren from Wisconsin WISconsm the prevlous previous prevlousyear previousyear previousyear year to a homestead on Granny Grannycreek Grannycreek Grannycreek creek a tributary tnbutary of the Repub Repub- Repubhcan Republican Republican - - lican hcan river nver in m northern Kansas KansasOn KansasOn KansasOn On the morning mormng of that fateful fatefulday fatefulday fatefulday day August 13 1868 BenJamm Benjamin BenJammWhite BenjaminWhite BenjaminWhite White and his three sons had hadgone hadgone hadgone gone to the meadows along the theRepubhcan theRepublican theRepublican Repubhcan Republican to cut hay leavmg leaving leavmghis leavinghis leavinghis his v.l vl w . wife ife e Sarah their oldest oldestdaughter oldestdaughter oldestdaughter daughter and three smaller chll chil chlldren children children dren at the cabmPresently cabinPresently cabin cabm cabinPresently Presently a party of six Cheyerme Cheyerne Chey Jenne erme erne Indians appeared profess professmg professing professing mg ing friendship frIendshlp and asking askmg for forfood forfood forfood food Mrs White prepared a ameal ameal ameal meal for them and as the3 the } start started started started ed to leave they seized young youngSarah youngSarah youngSarah Sarah and dragged her out of the thehouse thehouse thehouse house One of the Indians Indlans leaped leapedupon leapedupon leapedupon upon his horse and with the ald aid aldof aidof aidof of another savage pulled her herfighhng herfighting herfighting fighhng fighting desperately up beside besidehlffi besidehun besidehim hlffi hun Then follo\\ follo followed folloed \ \ ed by the hor horror horror horror ror stricken stncken gaze of her mother motherwho motherwho motherwho who ran after her with out outstretched outstretched outstretched stretched arms they rode awayMeanwh awayMeanwhile away awayMeanwhile Meanwhile Meanwh e another party of ofthe ofthe ofthe the same band of Indians Indlans had haddiscovered haddiscovered haddiscovered discovered her father and broth brothers brothers brothers ers working workmg m in the meadow near nearthe nearthe nearthe the Republican Repubhcan The boys es escaped estaped escaped caped taped by running runnmg to the nver river nverand riverand riverand and hiding hldmg in m the bushes along alongIts alongits alongits Its banks but the Indians Indlans killedMr killedMr killed JMr Mr White Whlte and rode away with withhis withhis withhis his team of horses That mght night mghtwhen nightwhen nightwhen when these Indians rode into mto the theChe theCheS theChei Che CheS enne camp on Buffalo creek creekyoung creekyoung creekyoung young Sarah White recogmzed recognized recogmzedher recognizedher recognizedher her father s horses and wept blt bit bltterly bitterly bitterly terly ovet ove over : ; this evidence e'ddence eddence eudence ' that he heand heand heand and herbrothers her brothers brothers were dead deadA deadA deadA A Stratagem That FalledIn FartedIn Failed Falled Farted FailedIn In the camp on the Buffalo she shefound shefound shefound found foundan an old newspaper which whichshe whichshe whichshe she hid in m her aress Qress mess The next nextday nextday nextday day as she rode along she tore toreoff toreoff toreoff off bits of the paper and dropped droppedthem droppedthem droppedthem them unobtrusively hoping hopmg that thatthIs thatthis thatthis thIs might mark a trail trall which WhlCh a aparty aparty aparty party of rescuers could follow followBut followBut followBut But it was a vain vam hope for seven sevenmonths sevenmonths sevenmonths months were to elapse before she shewas shewas shewas was to be released from the hor horrors horrors horrors rors of her caphvltyThree captivityThree captivity caphvlty captivityThree Three months after she had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been captured her misery mlsery was wasshared wasshared wasshared shared by another young womanMrs womanMrs woman -Mrs Mrs - Mrs Anna Brewster Morgan Morganthe Morganthe Morganthe the 19 year old bride bnde of a young farmer youngfarmer in m the Solomon valley He Hehad Hehad Hehad had been attacked wh while e workmg working workingm workmgm workingin m in the field by Indians v w . who ho shot shothlffi shothim shothim hlffi him with arrows left him hlffi hun for fordead fordead fordead dead and dashing dashmg to his cabm cabin cabmseIZed cabinseized cabinseized seIZed his wl wife e and bore her heraway heraway heraway away This Tills party of Cheyennes Cheyennestraded Cheyennestraded Cheyennestraded traded her for some ponies pomes to the thebar thebare thebar bar bare . which held Sarah White Whitecaptive Whitecaptive Whitecapuve WhitecapuveThe captive captiveThe The Indians Indlans made slaves of the thetwo thetwo thetwo two girls and subjected them to toall toall toall all sorts of indignities mdlgmhes The Thesquaws Thesquaws Thesquaws squaws who were jealous of ofthem ofthem ofthem them were especially cruel to tothem tothem tothem them They forced the white whitewomen whitewomen whitewomen women to cut wood and carry It Ituntil ituntil ituntil until their shoulders were raw rawand rawand rawand and sore and when they sank sankdown sankdown sankdown down with wlth exhaustion xhaushon they were werelashed werelashed werelashed lashed with wlth whips until unhl the blood bloodran bloodran bloodran bloodranSheridan ran ranShendan ranSheridan Sheridan Shendan Takes the FieldThese FieldThese Field FieldThese These two unfortunate women womenwere womenwere womenwere were only tv two . 0 of the victims Vlchms of ofa ofa ofa a series senes of raids by Indians Indiansthrough Indiansthrough Indiansthrough through Kansas that year durmg during durmgwhich duringwhich duringwhich which several hundred settlersv.ere settlerswere settlers were v.ere vere . slam and members of their theirfamilies theirfamilies theirfamilies families carried carned away as cap captives captlVes tlVes tives As a result of these depre depredations depredahons dahons dations Gov Samuel N Craw Crawford Crawford Crawford ford fordcalled called upon the federal gov government goveminent goveminent ernment eminent for aid and Gen Phll Phil PhllSherIdan PhilSheridan PhilSheridan SherIdan was ordered into mto the thefield thefield thefield field For the difficult ficult diflicult d taskof task of ofpurushIng ofpunishing ofpunishing purushIng punishing the Indians Incl1ans and rescu resuu rescumg resuuing rescuing mg ing their captives caphves Sheridan Shendan re reled relied relied led lied ! malI mainly Y upon the Seventh Seventhcavalry Seventhcavalry Seventhcavalry cavalry GeorgeA , led by Lieut Lleut Col George A Custer CusterMeanwhile Meanwhile Governor Crawford Crawfordhad Crawfordhad Crawfordhad had raised a regiment the Nme Nine Nmeteenth Nineteenth Nineteenth teenth Kansas Volunteers re resigned resigned resigned signed temporarily temporarlly from his ills post postas postas postas as governor and led the reglffient regiment reglffientI to regimentto reglffientto a rendezvous with Sheridan Shendan at atC'l.mp atC atC-imp atC imp I C'l.mp Cl.mp Clmp C ofr ' . - nip Supply 100 m miles es south oftt of r ? it tt \ t Dodge In March 1269 11169 1969 Cus t . - - - The three Cheyenne Indians who were held as hostages by Cus Custer Custer Custer ter for the surrender of IIrsIorgan \ Mrs I\Irs I Irs ! \ Morgan \Iorgan Iorgan and \ Miss I\lJss I lJss White and who were werelater werelater werelater later taken to Fort Hays where two of them were killed k1l1ed by their theirguards theirguards theirguards guards There is much confusion as to the identity of these Indians IndiansCuster IndiansCuster IndiansCuster Custer gives their then names as Fat Bear , Dull Knife Kmfe ' ind 1nd Wind Big- Big BigHead - Head and andthose andthose andthose those are the names accompanying accompanymg the above illustration ( a wood cut cutmade cutmade cutmade made from a photograph taken at Fort Dodge Kan , March I\Iarch I Iarch \ 13 1869) 1869 1869)willch 1869)which 1869)which 1869which ) willch which appears mIrs in m ! \ Mrs \Irs Irs Custer s book Following Followmg the Guidonr Guidon r ' Grm Grin Grmnell Grinnell Grinnell nell quoting d different ferent Cheyennes as his Ius authority , names them as as'Younger asYounger asYounger 'Younger Younger ' Bear Chief Clue ! Comes in Sight and Mand Icland I'land Iland ' ( or Lean \ Man I\lan I lan ) but butelsewhere butelsewhere butelsewhere elsewhere in las Ins book ' The Fighting Flghtmg Cheyennes ' says that the twowho twowho two twowho who were killed by their guards at Fort Hays were Slim Face and andCurly andCurly andCurly Curly Hair _ ter with 11 troops of the Seventh Seventhand Seventhand . and 10 of the Nineteenth Nmeteenth Kansas Kansasset Kansasset Kansasset set out to find several bands of ofthe ofthe : the Cheyennes who were still shll on onI onthe onthe I the warpath warpathA A short time hme before a young youngma youngman youngman ma man , applied for permission to ac accompany accompany accompany company the expedition At first firstCuster firstCuster firstCuster Custer refused but when he helearned helearned helearned learned that the boy s name was wasBrewster wasBrewster wasBrewster Brewster and that he was the thebrother thebrother thebrother brother of Mrs Morgan who was wasstill wasstill wasstill still held captive caphve by the Indlans Indians Indlanshe Indianshe Indianshe he permitted him rum to go along alongYoung alongYoung alongYoung Young Brewster did dld not know knowWhlCh knowwhich knowwhich WhlCh which Indians Indlans had carried carned his SIS SISter sister sister ter away but he hoped that Cus Custer Custer Custer ter s command might find them themand themand themand and that by being bemg with it he hemight hemight hemight might aid in m her rescue if she shev.ere shewere shewere v.ere vere were . still alive ahve or at least learn learnwhat learnwhat learnwhat what her fate had beenDiscovers beenDiscovers been beenDiscovers Discovers Cheyenne CampMovmg CampMoving Camp CampMoving Moving Movmg out from Fort Cobb CobbCuster CobbCuster CobbCuster Custer s command struck a fresh freshtrail freshtrail freshtrail trail and followed it to the north northfork northfork northfork fork of the Red river m in what IS ISnow isnow isnow now Wheeler county Texas TexasThere TexasThere TexasThere There he discovered dlscovered a camp of ofCheyennes ofCheyennes ofCheyennes Cheyennes under the leadership leadershipof , of a chief known to the whites whitesas whitesI as Medicine Medlcme Arrow but called calledRock calledRock calledRock I Rock Forehead by his own peo peo- people people people - - ple A little farther down the thestream thestream thestream stream was the camp of ChlLf Chiii ChlLfLittle ChiiiLittle Chii-fLittle Chii fLittle - Little Robe a noted friendly friendlySometime friendlySometime friendlySometime Sometime during durmg this march marchCuster marchCuster marchCuster Custer had learned that two twowhIte twowhite twowhite whIte women were captives inY m in mMrs Y Li t 1 " ! b bM yA w wi w3 i M \3 3 \ ; ; VKk 1 1i 1.r i .r r . .rMrs Mrs I\lrs I lrs \ Sarah Brooks ( from a aphotogrhph aphotogrh aphotograph photogrhph photogrh ph taken in 1931 193-1 193 1 1934 - and re reproduced reproduced reproduced produced here by courtesy of the theKansas theKansas theKansas Kansas City Star and the Con Concordia Concordia Concordia cordia ( Kan ) Blade Empire Impue : ) Medicine Medlcme Arrow AIrow s camp and andhenceforward andhenceforward andhenceforward henceforward their rescue be became became became came his main mam objective objectiveAs As the commander of the Sev Seventh Seventh Seventh enth accompanied accompamed by an order orderly orderly orderly ly , approached the camp he be began began began gan making makmg the customary Plams Plains Plamsslgnal Plainssignal Plainssignal slgnal signal of his desire for a confer conferenceby conferenceby conference ence-by ence by - by riding rIdmg around in lD circles circlesas circlesas as he advanced As he drew drewnear drewnear drewnear near he was met by Mecl1cme Medicine Mecl1cmeAIrow MedicineArrow MedicineArrow AIrow Arrow and severalother several other chiefs chiefswho chiefswho chiefswho who invited mVlted him hun to come into mto the thecamp thecamp thecamp camp AlthoughCuster for a council Although Custer was fearful that they had hada a treacherous intent mtent he agreed agreedto to their proposal and entered the thecamp thecamp thecamp camp byColonel accompanied accompamed only by Colonel Cook of the Seventh The Theresult Theresult Theresult I TheI result was that the soldiers soldierscamped soldierscamped soldierscamped camped near the Indian village villageand villageand villageand and a series of councils ensuedThe ensuedThe ensued ensuedThe The testimony as to subsequent subsequentevents subsequentevents subsequentevents events contradictoryThe is very contradictory The version which Custer gives giveslU givesin givesin lU in his book My Life on the thePlams thePlains thePlains Plams Plains is sharply at variance variancein in many deta details s with the thc Indians IndiansverSIOn Indiansversion Indiansversion verSIOn as given in George Bird BirdGrIIIneli BirdGri BirdGrinnell GrIIIneli Gri > anell s The Fighting Flghtmg Chey Cheyennes Cheyennes Cheyennes ennes _ Custer tells how a large party of Indians entered his camp campand campand campand and strove to distract dlstract his atten attentlon attention attention . tlon tion while the remainder remamder made madepreparations madepreparations preparations to take down their theiri theirlodges theirlodges i lodges and move the village away before awaybefore the troops realized real1zed what |
