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Show 1 CP - - irl.l Jst- W - vw rise -- F':"' causing the bone to. part and protrnda " through the flesh, much to my savagely expressed wrath. "On the sixth day I called the well men together and told them that at " Ihere was no certainty that our messen-gers could get through they .wereen lives, i their for chance titled to a believed that mcft of our enemies had withdrawn, and as the men wera well . armed I doubted if any ordinary body, of Indian? would dare attack them on their way to Fort Wallace. Aa for we must take onr chances. -if attacked. -" "For a few moments there waa a. dead - Bhoul ilencehB-i96a-4ioarae We'lLatand by you, 'Never! general, until the end;' McCalt saylng:". 'We've fought together.and,- by heavena, if need be, we'll die together! "The next two days the Indians only most keeping a vidette in sight, and to of tHem having disappearedseemed - W me to be almost Interminable. all became weaker for want of food - On the' morning of the ninth . . " m day one of tha men lying near jliei-wpijndc- i S'S M ASHINGTON. The senate of the United States hag In its keeping an official document which contains one of the x 'imost splendidly graphie ato- -' ries of Indian fighting ever In ritten,---The-Btory i 'ahf in i: m iu inn w- ntiwi i n -- - mm 1 .- - suddenly-spran- and shading his -- part .... la the account given by Gen. George A. ihfA-awith; theS1mrVftifid the m'iWrt"irirefT"nV tanfous- - chieV oman Nose, In 4k8ttrn-Cfnmd- nGen. Forsyth went into; army from his up,, g eyes with his hands, shouted: "There "are somef moving objects on the fat vmn i: . ,jiiitf "Every man was on his feet in an In For-sWX- W.' - mi 7ff5... Washington.; The. oddi against his force In the fight, with the hand of Roman Nose were .. t 9Aw t I. J w i, HwnirontjBaa ii though this part of It waa not written by Forsyth the batfliwag a spiendid example" of the hardihood, courage and capacity to adapt themselves ta circumstances which so generally mark the conduct of American - . troopg on the frontier One of GeB."Forsyth'a aubor dlnate offlcera In the battle was . Llent. Frederick II. Beecher. a '. ephew of Rev,- Henry . Ward Beecher. - Lientr Beecher fought kerolcally and died Just as the ' as- repulse of the Indiana-wa- s aured. Cen. Forsyth'a description of the charge of Roman Nose and " his red band follows:"" .... S fanr mnmantm ln .keen shouted ambulance! - "The strain was over. - V - : - -- f- eyed", finn t It was Col ; cavalry." ol Not long afterward tke and surrounded had who the warriors foughf Col. Forsyth's- band ad mltted .Lflght lost 75' inJhe Indians that the killed and many wounded. There wera that attt;O0O "warriors la the. band acked. Forsyth's force of 51 men and in the end the white men won. ..It was a great fight and the fact that the white, men won proved a sure Indication of final victory on the frontier," which came about a short time later. The records of the war office In . sub-chie- - lUm- mm VI I 1 1.;IUIAV1 It S f preparationsiW6reitxQiiipietea Roman Nose; and his warriora swept around the end of the stream,'' out of and Well be1 yond rlfie range, with a front of about 60 men and a depth of six or eight ranks. Each warrior .was, with the exceotion of M. ,..,t. ridge belt and d moccasins,-perfec- tlr " WW -.. l, aked and hideously painted. Tbey rode bareA M I l"" V back, with only a horsehairiariar I. II wrapped twice around the middle of their horses and passing loosely. oyer each JEBeeRidtng-werrT- n rr. f i,",uu Ltsitates and ahakerlhd the scouta povir ( the center of- hia Jine, Romaa Nose led the cUrco l 'i 'iu tl cU last and seventh volley Just as a fewof the wara reckle8 gallantry that may havei been equated but riors reach the foot of our little island, and then springcould not have been exeeneLr Rti 1aa it, . ing quickly to their feet', with wild cheers "and lffiprecaheight, and perfectly naked save "for alfrontiersmen the on their tions suddenly foes, pour n his Head, a crimsoiLsilk sash around his waist, and most Into the very faces of the mounted warriors a rapid .0n immense breadth fire from thetrre vol vers while the Indlan'calumn-audden- -l l ",,m' ilf in ly divides on fach- aide of the island and breaks in all eVebe,e,!8: Blnewy cu lorwarJ on Wa barebacked direction for the shelter of either Bhore. the now 'com I , ctaatnu colored charger, with his knees under the lariat pletely defeated and Bavages, cowering that twice encircled his horse's body, and his rifle held horsea' to and seeking' demoralized, their fearfully backs, Ju.st bolow the trigger in hia left hand. Its barrel In the only safety In eager and headlong flighL' hollow of his arm,' while the same- hand Gen. Forsyth was shot three times, but he dragged himMs horse s mane" and bridle, leaving his. grasped both arm free self about to care for the wounded . Lieut. Beecher, shot right to direct.lia men. and as he came on at the head In the side, turned to Forsyth and s,ald, quietly and cr bis command be was the ery charging beau ideal of an Indian Bimply: 'I have my death wound, general and then as ' chief. ; :. ; the. commanding officer tells the story, he fplted to his "As soon aa the charging warriors had fairlv utartoit ttv Riihordlnater no;-i- t can't be as bad as ward us our Immediate assailants, who lay - r -- on that." the two banks of the river opposite an island, "'Yes. Good night!" I heard him murmur once: 'My opened a rapid fire on us from both aides, wlth the Intention poor mother,' In the eunset his life went out. ' ff covering ua to aurh an extent that, we would not dare- - "Good night.-- . Good kni?ht!" . . . to rise from our rifle pifstoopen fire upon the attacking" ' "After the failure of their attempt to override the. little force, and so for a fewecoitda bullets tell everywhere band of aoldicrs the Indians besieged thP whites for nine that the Indians had decided to give up the fight. AcWashington tea of these great battleB and they are open around us. v. to- the curious public. ... While they are more or less .In i days and the: second chapter of .the storv has much of oordingly A pendlecUhe following xlispatchi: y "This 1 looked for, but I well knew that once the charg- - the stirring Interest of the first, as it ia told by the officer 'CoL Bankhead, or Commanding Officer, Fort Wal- the form of reports and lack the romantic details which Ing Indiana cam within range of the bultets f their commafl(Liu!.that .campaJga,j3ntie. M sent you twa.mesaengera'on.the night of the .writers have, wrapped around them, they still prove of ' ' ' ' men their fire must necessarily cease. fFftnti! ' 7th Informing you of my critical cgndltion. I tried great Interest. ins.. Glanclnghnclf over my command, I saw that they had all turned in their Before ; With- Col. Forsyth were 51 officers and menl to send you Two more last night; but they did not succeed r.Ka pUtowai theothers 4helslandrthelreeUe fre .KNEW, ALLiTflL J3 E K N Q W N . 4ian.JndlanpickelajetttrDedIf which the charge was comltjg,' and crouching low, with th detachment the bullets of the Cheyennes and the have not arrived, then hasten at once to my assistance. IJe was a middle-ageman who had graduated from them being killed tbeir knees welt under them, their rifles closely Erinped . . . The Cheyennes alone number 450 ormore. They ; o ol of Relieved he was master of experience;-irhia their sinewy hands, their broned faces aet "le otherf taW:oiaedZiC JVift:1iaTl r 7" are aplendidly armed with Spencer and Henr rifles! . arteTTwIth aaiploma .acquired by profoun4studyof the In his right thigh, his left leg wa8 broken below the We are living on mule and horse meat and are entirely d their eyes fairly ablaze with wrath, they lay with bos- knee-anhad been torn,open by a rieochettlng - out of rations- .- If it was not for bo many wounded I , world and so he went out to make a call on a leading Uun an atjuivetj impatiently awaiting the commahd"" at hia" superior country "placd." "The leading citizen would come In and ,take the chances of whipping the was not at home, nor any member of th- - family except 1 can bold out here for six daya CoUForsyfh tell the jlon nt the aiege: 1. 'Tik! Jenly the fire from the indianlfleinen ccased,rand reds if attacked.. . . . daughter, a child of 14 or tUereabouts. She "Orders werejssued to unsaddle the dead horses, to longer," hut ples lose no time. Very respectfully, your the youngest slicing my back against my xifle pit and leaning on my tumbled, out of a hammoc and surveyed the strange ' v i..os against its sides, I shoutedr'Now!' and Beecher- ,- use the sadd to strengthen our works, to connect the obedient servant, George A. Forsyth. Visitor with (nnl n1oiitatnar ova Mm im unA I- - r&'.l and Grover echoed the them BtUL pot and ta cut.oS ".."P. S. My surgeon havlrj ry;' vsiiixsf.. book' of "recbgnTzing'ho the or 6ign agent burglar about 1: i (antlyafa'rtlfif W tholr knees. .atid. mulea-an- d to. .wounded have. not had their Injuriea Pressed, lth their rifles at- - - large steaks. imm or his manners, she calmly bid him welcome. his - clothes, a with r as thay.rose, and with one quick glance-alon- g you.' bring surgeon burjuuem..4eepJa.j&t. sand to avoid putreflcation. "until father should return. The Visitor with a mental, confide J this" to two excellent men, Donovan and P1I-- t!. irrl, 40 gKd men and true sent. the first ofe, seven "Having made the wounded as comfortable as possible shudder prepared to entertain mademolseller but to his at as ley." intrenchments and into the onrushlns" savage-hordmidnight," They left our with water dressings the surgeon had been mortally-- ; "i'ue volleys amazement she took that duty ont of his grasp, and re". with reckless yell, - wounded,) and a strong- guard having been posted,-- I ate-- ( - they did not return-1 waa hopeful that they had escaped. . the. first and svond yolh-vmarking that she" presumed" he" would "like tb ee "the T Of were sentries" on their and came gailautiy oa,.but at the. third . a rw. mouthfula of raw horse flesh and dozed away" until the "Tlgllflftce the vjndlaa ,.g warriora Bomewhat haughtily indicated that she would take placej' : that-Wr. re r t h ir G jr xji tV ohhx:.,1- - It wastgetwgjaftn who, fell la uiiu u iour. oo mey woiiid; indtaHS'svlaontly waiaea ut and rro, the midale-age.: two ILr V and command B. later nen Col. and and with horses but rks b iu Carpenter's days going down, try to escape in the night approached at earlrdaylight to5 maarvalnly-trytnto or to approve with the right label Vuo ii of them braely jield their course, Roman gave the first lntlmhtion of pur plight'. take" up our trail. Owing to some one accidentally dis word many beautiful objects on the millionaire's estate, r .u aud wuaiy waving-higprlng-ovcp "The wound la my .thigh, haying heroine exceedingly, heavy charging Wa'llHo they threw themselves flat on the the youngest lis hesd though it Were a wisp of. ground and we succeeded In killing only one of them. The j painful, I asked some of the men to cut the hullet out, but She called everything hy Its right title, knew the daughter. different war defiant as Mi we wero he next day was very hot and . . . as It Jay very near the femoral artery they all declined swept Wounded sufcry that 1t I tcwi.4 mor. vn,11rrr.nnn vi an tlu'ja bLo'iling Doiani-ca- l me iue jcuifeirca uitrua, uvesiocK, prize . to- attempt It Taking my razor, which, happened to be fered intenselyT" names of every tree and precious shrub, and reeled out who cut to it was a steady in my saddle has, I managed myself, greatly off Information with all the Icy manner oLan it tb. fourth volley their "great medicine man, "During all this time I noticed expert and Jf't of the column, went suddenly down, beating of drums and death chants among the women to my almost Immediate relief. On the fourth day, our specialist Nothing Jolted her. Finally they arrived j at a one but became horse and mule meat in the mam camp of the sevasea. It was a. weary enough pf the men putrid, section of the garden where laborers were busy, and there shot p little gray wolf that helped out somewhat, 5, '.en with a mod rush It' came ' 1, n Cay fur we were out of food save horse and mule meat, tzi";'' against the wall of a greenhouse stood a box filled with ' which we had to eat without cooking, but fortunately we - ' -- I had the men. raise lne on a blanket to get. a bet.ter.2 beer- - bottles. . The i pnwNi, ...Tfio fifth volley seemed youngest, daughter glanced at them. " La 1 plenty of good water. s In noon," Sout. Gro-t- s. anil at tt)e sixth Kousua vievv of affairs and suddenly the Indians sent lh a With a tilt of the head and a wave of the ham?, $he Siii.l: dt'.r.!.!.i" r.in India tCricttii'T.j went down m. that the t'O ahots- Theof t5irc"6fncrTir ""And Ibis Is the Anheuser Busch!'' &6 they passed on to v.TJ l a It to 'Withdraw- end I rnnrliiflprj pf. once the blanket tjpon which rested true broken leg dropped it. the next. vs! 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