Show ii v t J e Great Graf i P II f Si Ii I t i q b w E s a I f p t er r t a. a i I i kit y 4 I a n c 7 1 fr r Y 97 IY di dic c J 1 j 1 Iii 0 WA z a Wt z t. t 11 W zI c I T rb 0 J. r f Y O c if irr J 6 By Y E ELMO SCOTT SCOT WAT ATCON ON 1 i t. t LOSING SING days of 1923 1928 witnessed the i c t ta a passing within the short space of i sixty days of six sis men men whose lives f f r. r 1 epitomized the wh l splendid page pageant S 'S e nf of f ti the tr trans 1 Mississippi sf frontier I ma may be that nol hot ail II of these men A yere ivere were historically Important But I the t types pes which they hey represented were were were 11 Important 1 fo trie re history of the theU I h Ui U n Stat States s an and nd d if a q modern race of Americans merl n have ha any regard forthe for the essential essential thil virtues s s 's pf f fl m manhood manhood- endurance Jo loyalty and and t th then Ike then k-then then it can c'an can be be said sald iJ that toe we were e great men inen en Theses six 7 men men- of f the t-b t Frontier wHo have ave e recently gone Lover over O r the Great rl iThe e eR rno R no a 1 praise t to adds e Fhe f facY of J ives lives ther need and o l i to iii tid to set I tar I J state lt I meat ment that nano ter step ste step In In t th c passing of r. r a great real reat r ra ce e v T I s i i iee best known p of of Jb tb ti ss f S f I l' l the eight eight- 1 1 pioneer nn r nt 7 Oregon trall th trail whose l ose vas d to awaken awaken- r ri i In lug public p and stimulating le legislative action In properly properly- properly marking historic highway 1 the th mm memory ry of bose those those- who raveled over over It He e maet his hrs first trip tripo trl o oger cr P the the 9 Trail r accompanied by his his' hiso o wife and and- young ng th HI r e baby in 1 2 In i Ezra Meeker r atthe at nt atthe the the a age ge of six seventy made mad the tire last trip e ever er r made over o the he trail in hi a a fl el co coveted covered d wagon The e clU cities s through which he passe passed were filled with r tl those se who w were re passing into an Industrial Industria age and who marveled at the strange sight of the wagon which took two twenty two twenty months on its Us trip He proceeded n alone n over o the route to Its terminus at the Missouri river and thence to New York and Washington ton anI and ami then Mien East He lie Heas was as met at the capital by President Roosevelt Roose Later he made the trip across the country several several severn sev sev- ern eral times by train twice by automobile an and in 1924 1324 as a climax to his trail blazing he ho Journeyed from Seattle to Washington T In an airplane In 24 hours From covered wa wagon on to airplane this airplane this mans man's life had spanned the whole history of the Great West I Those who saw William Garnett in n his declinIng declining ing lag years on the Pine Rl Ridge ge reservation In South Dakota had iad little Idea Idla of the romance that lay ny back hack of this man mall For In Billy Garnetts Garnett's veins flowed proud blood that blood that of the F F. F F F. V V. V and that of those first class fi men the O Oglala lala Sioux He was the son of Col Richard Garnett a n classmate of General Sheridan SherMan at West Point an anIn and andIn In the fifties commandant at Fort where a 8 Sioux woman of Red lauds Clouds ou s 's band became his common law wife When Colonel Garnett returned to Virginia to cast a t his lot with the Conf Confederacy at atthe atthe the opening of the Civil war the boy hoy and his mother with her people ann Billy Bill grew rew u up upi n ni i as an Indian radian During Durin the great Sioux RIoux war of 77 1870 he served as a scout and Int Interpreter forthe for the army of Gen Geor George e Crook and whon Dr Pr V. V T T. formerly a 8 surgeon with rh the Second and Third cavalry ra was appointed agent for the on the Pine Ridge reservation he made Billy his chief Interpreter For seven se years Garnett served in that capacity Several years ago alO when he applied fora for a 8 pe pension m Inn his claims were supported by hy his old chief who paid him this hl high h tribute During that thit sev seven n years of ot service It was wa largely through Garnetts Garnett's help and Influence that I 1 wan WIlIf able with the assistance of or but ten white men In Holding the IndIan Indians In check with no troops within kl miles but the original mounted Indian J police c of or bloods fifty which we organized I In the winter of ot 1890 91 as a member of or the governors governor's of or governors I 1 was or ordered ered to PIne p Ridge e to look after fhe the Interi of or the settler i in the pending Messiah or Ghost Ht Dance outbreak E if v terminated In the disastrous troup battle hattle of nf Wounded Tn Knee e. e and there Garnett as 88 usual wn WI to the front front- serving between bet his people and ind tl tb whites It was through his energy ry influence and arid work l In the field as S n a e out sout largely that the great reat northern north north- a ern chief ehler Crazy Horse the t I of th the e In the Custer SV ter massacre aCre or of f 1876 1816 w Wa Induced to o surrender at Fort and Robinson In the te spring pia g of ot 1877 1811 up Sitting Dull 8 P power ow In ln the north Many Manya y a tU time I during my Incumbent 1 as agent Billy stood by my side Bide In to hostile on Oft on the theo side elde of or the Great While White wha out Father o our b foer er tf e Great reat William Garnett Carnett scout and Indian and Interpreter October 16 1928 I Charles co cowboy boy and peace officer October October 1 19 1928 i Ezra Meeker pioneer pione of the Oregon on Trail December 2 2 1928 Peter F r To Thompson p survivor r o of Cattle of Little le Big Ho Horn December rr 3 S 1 1928 28 0 01 Yellowstone Kelly tout cout and Indian fighter December l r IT 17 1928 c. c Brig Gen Cerr Oscar rF pr Lo Logg r h S. S S. A. A o Indian dian fi JeC December m r 3 1 1 28 j j J X Y J i r- r 10 r JH w were e g good fd to for f. f tal Cleel wEa e last survivor vor ot of tt old s 's ts' ts and H Jh i ro Ili q 11 4 Qs Q- Q aA su s v rs l a t 1 i u. u io ii f r L Kelly I t n. n II ray a ea s of than Gen Get George orge A A. FOIs FOI's Forsyth th an and Gen Gea Nelson ison A. A Miles boll great rent Indian fighters have d tint that Born in n Gene Cene iY Y y l JuI v 1 j l ser served Ip in th the civil wa wg r n i 11 M s. s J discharge fl ige rg cm the ne i t i o 1 JJ i SC set r t out s t to to see reel a alo along g the be Hs lrI g Iii C pr r p t le h rt of the he il lX y r. r lie Lip le heal J cun cunI I bearer bet between e n I ts along alb that tiller fiVer when oU oue es else w re to to the risks which tI that t r d. d D' D Ds D's s t the til I warnings that he would would never never return return alive tillye nye t. t he w went nt on on hunting into the the Yel Yellowstone country where he lived mec a lone wolf constant danger of losing his scalp to the Indians But he be became s so well wen acquainted with that country country country coun coun- try as to make him Invaluable to General Genera Miles In his campaign which broke the power of the Sioux and to give gl to I Kelly ey the sobriquet of Yellowstone Tel Yel Kelly Key After his scouting days lays were over O Kelly Key was In the general genera service of the War department from 1892 to 1808 1818 and In the tile latter year wn was guide for Captain Glenns Glenn's exploring expedition In Alaska He Ile was back In Alaska the next year yen I with the Harriman Darriman expedition nn and then became captain of the Fortieth United States volunteers In the Insurrection where he saw servIce service sere ice under General Gates In 1900 he was placed place In command of Mindanao anao and the next year ear was made provincial provincia treasurer of the province of He Ile was acting governor there when bandits and escaped criminals took possession of the principal towns Here for far eighteen hours hour Kelly relly and a n few companions com stood off d a howling Tab rob of Filipinos For his conduct In office In this troublesome ome period Kelly was commended ed by hy President Theodore Theodore Theo Theo- dore Roosevelt Roose who was a personal friend of his Peter Thompson was born horn In Scotland He lie came carne to this tills country as a youth and worked as a n miner At the age of twenty six he enlisted In Company C of the Seventh cavalry C troop was commanded by apt Tom luster Custer u ter brother of Gen Geor George e A. A Custer the commander of that famous re regiment On that flint historic d v June 2 25 1870 on the Little Big Horn In Montana Thompson did not ride with O 0 troop tramp to Its death for fur the reason that his Ills horse horle had played ed out and he was left behind After a 0 narrow escape from ruin falling fulling Into the hands of the Sioux he succeeded In JoinIng Join Join- In Ing the part of the Seventh P commanded by hy Major Reno which h was beha beleaguered ed d on em the bluffs and find while fl fighting with Reno Hello won the Congressional Medal of Honor which was awarded to him on Au August 2 29 1877 for distinguished gallantry The citation tells the story After having ln voluntarily brought water to the wounded In which effort Tort he was shot through h the hand he made mude two more successful trips for the same purpose notwithstanding standing the of his ills serg sergeant It was In n another famous fatuous In Indian llIn battle buttle that Brig Gen Oscar F F. Long a young oung New Yorker fresh from West Point and und then a n se second lieutenant lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant In the Fifth Firth Infantry won hIs hla medal of honor This occurred during General 1 Mlles Miles fJ es' es siege of the stronghold of Chief Joseph anti and his Nez whom he ha had cornered d In the Bear Paw mountains In Montana after offer their epic dash for freedom from Oregon on toward the bor bor- der On September 30 31 young Long so reads the citation having been t Mr ted to order a troop of cavalry to advance and und having found both hoth officers killed he voluntarily assumed corn com command wand corn and under a n heavy henvy fire from th the In Indians lans lansa a advanced the troop to Its proper position Happily for posterity which would know the true tru time old cowboy as he was an and not as the I Ies' Ies an and fi fiction writers have misrepresented Charles o had Irad written and purs before death summoned him himon on October aX lV it F In that book he lie tol told the story of the boy i born r il In Texas exas February 7 7 1855 1555 who took to stirrup stirrup and saddle when he was eleven n years old od r arid nef ro cattle north over the ol old H hi Irk hf IS G the life In inthe the roaring cow w tot t ns of Ka Kansas sas in In Inthe the he heyday da of f the the Texas cattle trai trailing such sueh famous days clays s 's wHo knew new out out- I f lit s f Vs Sam am Bass Rass and Billy lUy the Kid ih later lateri P Fh 1 u ht lf ther outlaws outlaws Batch Butch ch Kid l Curry i r mid aW rit m Jers or of the the Wild Bunch in l Montana i iW W IWU g g nn and and- Utah ds ds a- a th 1 n a j an iP c e It was sal said Wherever cranked Ji H ei from to 1 he foI l l i ih rd ki an and patiently usually to bring hying d it tai k t with filth lt him him a 1 man mu or or two two- o. o who haj d P c up until that time time en n the fhe w. Wherever there r trouble trouble there there waff Charlie go J. J V i bS lle gr great t rn- rn t pass passes yes passes Y s yes S but it I is is doten riot en tJ i one y yet t Billy rn Gl t and tone e two r really any great scouts are dead but in in 1 s Nel still lives f one other fIe Heir t H. H North brother North brother of MaJ Frank N o organizer ganI er of the famous 1 orth served against the Indians In the wars tears of ot 1807 08 G S and of 18 77 1870 G- G 7 nn and one of the hi highest hest authorities on frontier history a man who ho knew most of the famous of that scouts period says Lute North was the greatest of them all Taps have ha long since sounded for most t of th the army officers who won their spurs a against t the wild tribes of the West In the sixties and seven sven ties But But In New Jersey still lives Gen Edward HId S. S Godfrey the only surviving officer of asters listers Ill fated Seventh cavalry ally on the day clay It rode to Its death on the Little PI Big Horn he was a then nn and the best authority on the muck much discusser discussed Custer battle And Milwaukee l Wis honors as one of her greatest citizens a man who d despite his el five eighty years jears still ha has the soldiery hair hoar ing tag and rides rifles his horse with the same amp pa easy y cavalryman's caval ul ryman's grace as ns h he did when hp he wa a was adjutant of the old Fighting Fifth h In the days s cn when Merritt and Carr arr led ed that regiment to fame against the Sioux Apaches and Utes lie HP is Gen Charles King wearer of the Congressional l Medal of Honor for gallantry In battle with the Apa hp more than half a century ago ngo a ri historian and author of a 8 number of charming romances of firm life in the Old West Neat Charlie Is dead not dead not with his hoofs l nn as ns died so many of If I the ilie peace officers of the frontier and so sn many cowboys s who rode north trailing Texas cattle But out In l Colorado Springs Colo Coln Ml il II lives Andy Adams Adans who also rode north over the old trail and who lon long ago ngo gave e a to the HIP world that epic of the cattle rattle The trade trade The Log of a 1 Cowboy And Ane down in n Arizona Arlona still lives Col oh William Villiam filly Dilly Brea e th they they y called him kin in fife days clays n s 's when Tombstone T was running wide wile open and wild an and he was a 11 deputy deput sheriff I Ont Out In lri Berkeley nut Calif lives lI Pr Or V V. V T T. McGilly cu cuddy y who ho hail had no such suh spectacular career as ns I some of these others hut hilt who was n nevertheless one of the real heroes of the old Wild WillI West Wt cla days i I He is hulled hailed hy by all historians a as the flip greatest and i most fearless of all Indian agents In thin days davs when wilen It It took tOnk of nf the fhe courage courne highest order to to control several thousand turbulent SJ 21 PS fp fresh h from the warpath The story of what Or Pr I dill did with Red lied lauds Clouds Sioux on the PIM fine Ridge Rlee reservation Is an epic of heroic achievement achieve ment went anti and had hud he lu been heen in charge there when hen th thear thin the year ear ISHII opened there would have lH keen been no Wounded Knee Knep tragedy nor a n Ghost Dance e war Will with Its useless waste of valuable lives both re red rel anti and white The rh great race nice passes passes but but fortunately for a later generation of Americans there still remains such men as DS these even thou though h they are lire In this the sunset of their lives to remind us of pit In making our nation an and of our tight dehr to Ur nit fh Hue g bb wU wilderness breakers and pioneers And so long lun- 13 s one of them lives ps I Finis finis cannot he bo n written tc to I that thai glamorous in American |