Show stories of great scouts by ELMO SCOTT WATSON 01 1821 1921 western newspaper Newa paper union CAPT JACK CRAWFORD THE SCOUT WHO WROTE POETRY when a bit ol 01 bunsh ne hits ye after passin of a cloud when a fit of laughter gits git ye n yer spine Is teelin proud don t ferget to up and fling it at a soul that a teelin blue fer the th linit that ye sling it it a a boomerang to you that vas the philosophy of capt capt jack crawford the poet scout A poet and a scout 1 A strange combination but he excelled as both john wallace crawford aford Or was an irish boy who rho came to this country shortly before the civil war ar began and enlisted in the union army when he was nas only sixteen years old while 1 4 ing ina in a hospital a sister of e mercy taught him to read and write after the war crawford drifted vy west est and became a miner in the black hills of south dakota when tha the alack hills rangers were organized to protect the miners from hostile sioux and bands of highway robbers jack was ras chosen chief in one fight he killed three desperadoes at the outbreak of the sioux war ar in 1876 captain jack enlisted as a scout find and rose to the position of chief ot of scouts for the fifth mh cavalry after the battle of slim buttes S 8 D where kh ere chief american horse was ras k lied ned captain jack who rho was ras also corre spon dent for the new york herald gave the world the first story of this fight crawford rode to I 1 ort Lar laramie La amle miles away aray in bays and a half five relay relays of couriers courier jE but be he killed two to hoi it during the apack e w are ars in arizona Cr craw aRford ford wag was again in the saddle as a scout tor for gen edward hatch in 1881 he lie took the trail of the notorious cl let lef victorio Vict orlo and after a scout of 10 da davs s located I 1 Is camp in the can deleria moun mountains taing in mexico captain jack then made another remark remarkable 11 bi 48 ilde to the neatest post As a result of his news Vict victorio orlo s camp R a as at tacked by mexican troops and the old chief and many ot of his warriors were killed when the indian wars ars were ere over captain jack began writing down the N verses erses n which he had recited to I 1 is conrades con rades around many a campfire on tl ti e indian cin pi gns agns he ile went nent on the lecture iture platform and in a short time timi the poet scout i z s one of the best I 1 of tl e old time scouts in tl it e coi cot I 1 only to his old comrada of the fifth ca cavalry alry Buff boffilo lilo pill ii il a little over a month after buffalo bills bill s death calta n jack fol oel 0 N e I 1 him on the long lono I 1 rail he ile died in lork I 1 abru it ii 28 1917 EDGAR S PAXSON THE SCOUT WHO WAS A PAINTER col adgar ii S i i I 1 laxson axson was a scout t iii 0 became a painter he ile worked for 20 deais eais on one ig before it was nias completed and ien ken the old scouts naster pece peee was done it aas aa denial dei ed to be ile tl e most ic curite pic pie tuie tule of ousters I 1 last asta battle aj ever er pa panted buted it male halepas ma lePas son famous lasson was ras a new corker who rho n wei ei t to moi tana in the early sei seven en tiei tio i became a cowpuncher er a I 1 unter and trapper when cl CI let lef jo belh led I 1 alls Is nez perce wair lors on bleir tl air 1000 ale m ie dash for freedom in 1877 bixson enlisted as a scout with tl ti e united states troops and bened ed with them until chief joseph was cor in the beir I 1 aw mountains and eunen dered to general miles u after the nez cz perce war was ras over paxson returned to deer lodge M nt nl and opened a dudio he ile I 1 ad aguas vt anted ranted to paint pictures and be he took for his subjects the things he kney best combos cow coN bos indians hunters and trappers then he con celled the idea of a painting of the greatest indian battle in american history ousters last fight with the th sioux and canei ennas on ile e litti big horn for j cars I 1 laxson axson gathered anfor matlon mation about tl e battle he ile went over the battlefield again and again until be lie was as familiar with every foot of it he talked with indians ind lans who had fought against ouster custer and he sought off officers leers and men who had served with ith keno reno and bandeen to get their stories ot of the fight he ile learned everything he could of tie tle position of every enery ma man n in the S cavalry on that fateful day in june 18 6 paxson wa was engaged seven years in tl it e 0 a actual atwil pi fainting IntIng of the picture his v ork R s interrupted during tl ti Is time by his s arvice in cuba during the spanish kmer american ican war and in the hi ih flippines lip pines AX after ter the war was R is on over er ie le le ie turned to it 1 is work rork and the pic pie ture was completed in this g paxson showed the figures of more tian tl an soldiers in deans ant an I 1 scouts it contained the portraits of SO 36 a embers of custer luster s command pa intel from photographs enry detail devill of tie fie battle was ras shown born historically accurate so fai a aa S it Is pos possible bible to know ho v ouster custer and I 1 Is men perished lie ile pali ting has been on esl exl ibitson in the largest cities of the united states and it now hangs in ile tl e libraty of the montana montain state uni university erdity at Mi missoula soula it is valued at 5 in 1878 paxson laid down dova the scout scouts s rifle to take up the painter painters s brush forty one years later he laid down dorn the brush colonel paxson P axson died in tn missoula Novem november berO 9 1919 |