Show kept peace with indians a ANN john mitchell ex sergeant of the army scout and indian fighter of the early days of cutter cuiter wade and matica takes care of tha guns la in the armory ever at the university of california forkla forn la TO the chosen tuv f whom he delights deligh is ito to honor be he recounts stories of the plains which should nod find their way into a book some day the other day he be crew reminiscent it was in 67 11 said he be when I 1 was still an enlisted man matt and was with ray regiment ment out in fit wyoming where tho the sioux were keeping every body on the jump there were fifteen of us i under a sergeant by the name of brannigan Dran and wo had been away from the poat post on a little scouting expedition tion and were returning when this incident happened we had been riding hard all day without anything W eat for wo we were only fifteen you know and fa ja that case a man dont stop to tasco tace any thine thing like a course dinner on the plains well we conio came up to a little station caled called cedar creek just aa as night camo came on thinking to spend the eight right there we found about Rapp aboe bucks camping cam pine there too well air you sheild eho ild have seen that face when be saw those no sooner had w we unsaddled when about twenty of these buck bucks walked over to us they were awfully arrogant and carried rifles said thoy they to fi grub that was all and do you know that Dran algan stood thero there and order d us to give givs them an antelope we bad had all our cot fee BOW sow belly aud crackers we hee haie a thing left then he walked up to tho chief and gave him his plug of tobacco still choie bucks just kind of hung around restless and inasy there were of them thew you remember wo we boye boys crumbled grumbled sosie sonne and bad to get along without to aal at then when it get got dark we brn an to make ready to turn in for the night Dran brannegan bad had been getting more a and nd more nervous aa as night drew on and when he raw saw us getting out the sad sed dio dlo blankets that fixed bini boya boys he be eald said wo we wont turn in tonight to night we III 1 just sit up and tell stories ban francisco rail call |