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Show THE WORLD. LIFE OF GEN. MILES. THRILLING) ADVENTURES THE QREAT WARRIOR. How Unt Door Shot OP it tbo Commander Mi Mined, Killing a Brave Boy Instead Venturing Kangs of Hostile Gunn Soldier Within the There must have been a good deal of thrill In the situation, even to such a veteran as Gen. Nelson A. Miles, at the Madison Square garden. New York, the other night, when the people broke loose In cheering him as the senior officer In the army and, therefore, a figure of potential importance just now. Gen. Miles once told the writer that his most thrilling moments had come to him, not while military engagements were in progress, as most soldiers would report, but after the dose of a decisive battle, either in the form of lndlscribable elation because of victory or the moat profound depression from defeat. "I can hardly tell you how depressed I was at Chancellorsvllle, said the general, nor how lifted up I was when we entered Richmond, and, looking about, I realized the true significance of our victory. But I was most affected at Appomattox. Then, together with all who had been fighting for the preservation of the nation, I saw that there was no longer an opposing army; that there was no more work for union soldiers to do, and I must confess that the thought of it all quite carried me away. Iam Deers Poor Shot. My own narrowest escape? I dont suppose I know, to be frank about it, but the closest Bhave I know about was when Lame Deer, the Indian chief, was captured. It was immediately after the charge that had won the day The chief had been for the whites. surrounded by our men, but his gun had not been taken away from him when I rode up, cud we started to fhake hands. NO. 23 AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY. MAY 7, 1898. YOU V. Suddenly, he drew hack his hand. Lame Deer of the rocks, where Capt. Jerome would similar circumstances. be received and the exchange carried was afterward killed in a fight." Is the Perea War, is another There story of great peril experienced by Gen. Miles which he never tells himself, possibly because of the soldier's modesty, which is a part of his nature. It is, however, a favorite anecdote with Capt. Maus, who has long been one of Gen. Miles trusted aids and who admires his superior officer almost beyond measure. It was while the war with the Nei Chief Joseph, Perces was going on. the commander of the redskins, had been captured by the forces of Bear Coat," as the general was then known to the Indians, who were tremendously excited, supposing that the chief would surely be killed. Of course, this was a mistaken notion on their part. 'Bear Coat" knew a trick that was twice as good as killing an imprisoned enemy. He sent word to the Nei Perces that Chief Joseph was not to be harmed, for the time being, anyway, and that he might escape death altogether. He was to be held as a hostage for the future behavior of the band. Should hostilities be discontinued, Chief Joseph would be restored to liberty; but he would surely have to suffer if there was any further trouble. The scheme The hostlles promised excellently. were hidden in a lot of rocks from which they could not readily be driven out, but they were without a leader and decidedly anxious to prevent their paptive chiefs death. Evidently they reasoned, however, that so deliberate a man as Bear Coat would not act with undue haste, and therefore they sent word that they couldn't do anything in a minute and asked for consideration. This was granted, hostilities were suspended, and Gen. Miles, his scouts and his men were all convinced that the trouble was over with. The rocks among which the Indians were intrenched were so disposed that it was quite easy for the redskins to watch every movement of the whites, while the latter could see nothing of their This was not well underenemies. Mbs - out It must have required some little nerve to undertake the expedition, since the Indians could cover every inch of the route over which Mans and Chief Joseph had to pass, and the muz- zles of hundreds of rifles could be seen sticking out from behind the rocks, and every gun was in the hands of a hostile redskin. But the captain makes light of this. I was not in the slightest danger, he says when telling the story, since I could easily place Chief Joseph between myself and the threatening rifles Besides, the Indians could make no point in killing a minor officer like myself, especially as it could not fall to bring on a general engagement and the death of the chief. But Gen. Miles was somewhat anxious for me. He was afraid that I would go too far down in the valley, and that by some unholy trick the savages would manage to capture me after they had got possession of their chief. Bo the commander stepped out, in full view of the redskins, where he would have made a splendid mark for a shot Dont go too far. Mans, he called. Make them come halfway! Make them come halfway! 'Then, seeming to fear I bad not heard or would not heed his warning, the general followed us down almost to the halfway point. AIL this time he was in range of hundreds of rifles, and it has always been a wonder to me that the redskins did not fire. With our commanding officer killed our forces might have been demoralized, and the Indians might have won an easy victory. I hare always considered Gen. Miles action on that day an example of extreme bravery on the part of one of the bravest men I ever knew." At Pine Ridge Gen. Miles excited universal admiration by his fearlessness, shown in refusing to allow a special guard about his teat at night. Tbs If You were Acquainted with Our System Could grasped his rifle, which was leaning a pace, against a rock, stepped hack at directly his leveled piece perhaps, as It. Owing my head, and discharged much to nervousness as anything else, no doubt, he missed the mark. I was not even scratched, but a to dler boy Just behind me and slightly killed. one side was Instantly "It is not my notion that Lame Deer He probably premeditated this act reasoned that, having been captured, he was certain to be killed anyhow, and that since he was sure of a Jour-he ney to the happy hunting grounds, chief along might as well take a white with him. Of course. Lame Deer was intenwrong about this. We had no been had it and him. of executing tion he scout that explained by my Indian surrendered he if harmed be not would then and there. He did not trust us. however, and quite naturally, for he would not have kept his word under stood by the officers, and one of them, Capt Jerome, son of the late Lawrence Jerome, strolled a little too near the rocks. There he was made captive by the Nes Perces in about at neat a fashion as can well be imagined. Word waa then sent to Gen. Miles that the Indians had a hostage as well as the whites, and that as Chief Joseph was treated so also would be Capt. Jerome. An exchange waa not out of the question, said the Indian messengers, but it must be understood that both sides were to do bb they liked about going on with hostilities after the exchange had been effected. Understand Why WE BELL TEEIE BEST Ladies Shoes, Mens Shoes, Childrens Shoes. Cheaper than any House in the World. EVERT CONCEIVABLE STYLE AND SHAPE. RUBBERS FOR YOUNG AND OLD. EVERYTHING IN THE SHOE LINE. Ladies' Oxford Ties and Slippers unusually strong at for Dress and Comfort. Indians there felt personal animosity toward Miles that time, and it was feared by every one, excepting Miles fcvrelf, that some brave, willing to ritxfbls life tor the good of the tribe and posthumous fami, would sneak inside Hie lines and strive to minder the general while he slept This feeling finally grew so strong that a guard was put around the genertl's tent without his knowledge an.l maintained several nights before he found it out LEGION OF HONOR CROSS. GENERAL NELSON A. MILES. You French Decoration Presented to glstef Merle Thereto at Tonquln. The French troops at Tonquln were recently called oat in parade, and while the soldiers presented arms they witnessed an unusual sight, namely, the presentation of the Cross of the Legion of Honor to a woman. 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