Show RECALLS TIE TH E DAYS OF OLDs OLD WHEN WESTERN MEM BATTLED WITH TE T INDIANS henry C house hase resident of 0 corinne on a visit to ogden relates pion pioneer experiences henry C house boneer p loneer resident of corinne Corl utah and veteran indian fighter ot of the old bays was in the city yesterday his numerous friends friends and swapping sw appin yarns with the old ones ills his wealth of 0 anecdote is table and the che remembrances which I 1 drop from his lips are rich with deeds ol of daring ILd venture mr air house is getting along in years year lat but is still a rugged specimen ot of pains hardened manhood and able to hold bold his bis own with the average man twenty years his lifs junior mr Hou house went to kansas from illinois in 1859 but with the western greed forat tor w adventure still hot within hini lie joined the famous expedition tion to pikes peak and was in that when colorado astounded the world with a disclosure ol of her hoards df precious metal with the rush rash of fortune seekers into the new territory came a demand for mining machinery and mr air house then entered the government service as a treigh tw transporting with slow going ox teams the quartz mills to be used in the mines in 1861 came the outbreak of the civil war and with his experience as a handler of fre freighting fighting expeditions mr house was appointed a government wagon knaster with blunts army at the close bof the war in 1864 he was transferred to western fields of activity appointed a captain and put in charge of a train of freight wagons plying ng between the rocky mountains and the missouri river in ili mr house was given the command of a wagon agon train transporting in 0 g condemned ordanie from fort union new mexico dofort to fort leavenworth kansas a distance of several hundred miles and through ugh a region infested with hostile hosta le sioux and klowas i these munitions which ha had 4 bee been n condemned condemned at th the close of the war had been stored at fort union until needed elsewhere were ivere arted crated and radA lade dup it ika freight wagons s ach e ach drawn by six mules during fae ane journey they hafl had numerous skirmishes with roving bands of red skins among the notable chiefs of which was the notorious S Sa tanta chief of the Kio ways this indian mr air house says was one of the most adrift foes that the government eye ever had to contend with and a sight of his calico colored pony on oil the distant horizon was a sure indication of impending trouble upon discovering the proximity of an indian band the favorite mode of defense for the wagon trains sometimes miles in ili length was to at once assemble in the form of an immense circle one wagon over laping the other in ili this manner it a huge corral was formed inside of which the animals sometimes numbering two or three hundred could be secured against again a possible attack and the in I 1 I 1 evi evl evitable table attempt of 0 the indians to stampede them an effort was alwa always I 1 y s made to 10 lo cate the fortified camp in abe vicinity of bf a water supply arid lu in the th e event of a formidable attack being imminent sod was cut and built up between the wheels or of the wagons tor or br breastworks pa st works mr house recites many stirring skirmishes with the red s skins lins and numerous narrow escapes from disaster to the train upon tie the arrival of his particular train of med ordanie at fort harker H arker gen custer coster w who ho was then at that post with irith a detachment tach ment of soldiers consisting of a company of infantry and four co corn banies of cavalry seized the wagon train commanded by captain house housel r and after unloading the wagons proceeded to reload with an assortment of merchandise that lad had been sent out by the government by train to fort harker Harl to be used in a prospective treaty with the sioux and the point designated for the conference was at medicine lodge creek kansas Klin sas and mr house states that on the morning when negotiations were commenced the plains about them as far as the eye could reach were dotted with the lodges and wigwams of the indians fully red skins were encamped inthe in the 1 vicinity and had bad the treaty negotiations gone wrong the comparative handful of soldiers and plainsmen plainsman plains men could easily have been wiped wiped out nut the treaty however was brought to a satisfactory issue and mr house detailed to other sections bior tor duty henry C house was a close and intimate friend of buffalo bill cody wild bill hickok hickok major inman and many others whose names mie like his own will go down to as heroes of the west ogden standard |