OCR Text |
Show THE CITIZEN BATTLES INDIAN MARAUDERS AND cjrs POSSE OUGH MISUNDERSTANDING IS PURSUED BY NEGRO COFFINS. CAVALRY CARRYING THIRTY-SEVEN the Mecotid of of NtorieN on the ml venture of of re dnrliiK the early day outh western tern Utah and Four Corner In the fnmou The flrt appeared In the h Note Thl I 28. Other will follow. JBy Nathaniel Jackson iundred negro troopers of the nited States cavalry slipped La Platta cjFort Lewis on the dusk early lcathjiear Utah line, atbehind creak-f valifJdjg 1881. Trailing fetj Ti. ' government wagon, containing He s&rtyfeven knocked down coffins, d ildreu 'Caplin Carroll, in command, d gggret orders. Besides him rode doneIUnitid States marshal. Carroll had expiimpifirned against Victoriano, who one of the lockj receded Geronimo as chiefs that ever led the other ' car-wil- e harpac&- - picked wtek earlier thirty-seve- n of the an Rico, fighters slipped out bio., finder cover of darkness. shrouded their venture and they enacA Mys-intoi- ry led by Bill Dawson, sher-ices-si of Dolores county, headed for the Sel; mountains in Utah. In this aidly big aide builfjk letweivalciide galloped J. C. Yore, veteran kfospcetor, marshal and cow puncher n 'ho, isj convalescing after an atlHoly Cross hospital, by In a slashing, crashing battle which etanhmged down Mill creek on the west 'We iope of the La Salle into Little Castle d yeilley Sheriff Dawsons command lost ers 'in killed and three wounded. Only six givdute redskins could be accounted for nobs deed. The battle line was evenly rdinfiatehed; Chief Marianno had thirty-- e tbve, braves. He was a protege of and one of his dead was iden tified ki a strapping Apache. Methods of communication were I opera-beeib- Vic-ps,iria- no t 13 h Utes were the fiercst and most skillful fighters of any of the American Indians, and you can check me up and Ill wager youll find Im dead right when I say that the Ute never has been whipped in the hills, odd or even, either by troops or sheriffs posse; finally it always was necessary to sit down and talk peace. Yores pal, Jimmie Heaton, a boy of 21, was killed in this battle. A bullet caused his death, but Yore pulled three arrows from his skull, doubtless fired by squaws after he had fallen from his horse. There is a rock mound in Little Castle valley, west of Moab, which marks the grave of nine of Sheriff Dawsons posse and the tenth, the only married man of the cavalcade, lies buried at Mancos, Colo., where he later was taken by his widow and Hyrum Barber, a partner. Willis was very primitive during those days and knocked down coffins the thirty-seve- n which trailed the blacks out of Fort Lewis one of each of us were omWhen trouble inous, says Yore. broke with the Indians we had to work fast and quietly, for the Redskin had big ears. Again, the motive of pursuit occasionally was misunderstood. We got out of Rico so fast that I doubt if there was a slab of bacon between the enitre command no flour, or bread or crackers whatever. Maryanno, with his band of Piutes, had been stealing sheep and horses, a sport which sent savage blood tingling through their veins. They circled the cabin of Dick May and Ab Thurman east of Cross canyon in Dolores well to do. county. It was the headquarters of In the fray Yore says that the best a big horse ranch. When the battle for possession of 300 head of fine horsemanship he ever heard of or saw steeds terminated, May lay dead in was exhibited both by the white men his burning cabin, Thurman was and Indians. Time and again woundstretched out mortally wounded in a ed Piutes were snatched from their creek bed nearby, and Maryanno and horses and pulled over the backs of his band were headed for the La Sal the flying steeds of their red marauding comrades and out of .pure daring mountains with the horses. one Indian appeared above Sheriff In his haste to assemble a formidDawsons posse riding a figure able little army of reprisal, Sheriff eight. Dawson had selected Harg Eskridge, Fire racked the horses spine, but Ike Stockton, Marion Cook and Lark before the Indian could fall another Reynolds and thirty others; Eskridge was a brother of Dyson Eskridge who brave had snatched him away, speedhad killed the marshal of Silverton ing out of range on a speckled pony. An Apache, the only one to be and there was a government prize on found the dead Indians lying Hargs head, together with Stockton, behind among a flat rock used as a shield in Cook and Reynolds. a clump of sage brush, had probably That is probably why a United delivered the most murderous fire durStates marshal rode out of Fort Lewis ing the melee. at the stirrup of the cavalry captain Returning, Sheriff Dawson confisand why a wagon creaked behind cated a spring wagon hauled by a pair under the dismal load of thirty-seveof oxen for his wounded. knocked down coffins; for none but These had been mane comfortable Sheriff Dawson and a prospector knew when we learned that negro troopers of. the killing of May and Thurman were on our trail with a United States and a warning had been issued by marshal and thirty-seve- n coffins, army authorities against raiding added Yore. Sheriff Dawson became becoming peaceful Indians, then alarmed, knowing that colored cavalry chronic on the part of outlaws. asked no questions when purusing outof hard laws. He anticipated how they would Hungry from two nights riding we roped a steer at the head charge us, and the situation became of Mill creek and barbecued him just desperate when he advised to let after discovering hot coals from fires them filter through and start combat of the marauding Indians, says Ure. if he failed to get word to their comThe trail got hot and Sheriff Dawson mander On the road between Coyote ordered us to dismount and cinch up. An Indiain shepherd boy fired a pisspings and Dolores we saw the cavtol of warning and then the fight, the alry camp. An orderly sped up and asked for our commander. Dawson fiercest, I believe, ever fought between white man and Indian, swept was gone about an hour when the same orderly reigned in his horse and down Mill creek into Little Castle valsaid the captain wanted to see five ley. I have always contended that the of our men. We began to get neryous . . . . n and the situation became more tense when he returned for five more men. I was one of these five. We marched into Captain Carrolls tent to be seat ed at a table which I believe had the finest victuals I ever ate. Two big negro troopers were waiting oh the table and they effusively let us know that there was a keg whisof brim on full a box, standing' - a ii IE 408 Clift Bldg. PHONE WAS. 2327 BOUNDS -- our oo par le!' ose arena McCulloughs Ninth South and Main dillie McCann Cleveland FOUR OTHER Popular Prices vo. HIGH-CLAS- S G G E R ROUNDS dan kickapoo Washakie Indian BOUTS Reservations at the Mint i I i I I . When the second five walked into the captains tent the United States marshal was nowhere to be seen, and the coffins had started back to Fort Lewis. I Eskridge, Cook, Reynolds and Stockton, who survived the battle, except that Eskridge was wounded, never were molested hy the government; they probably had expiated in the fight along Mill creek, whatever grievance the government might have hedl against them. And Sheriff Dawson would never explain when we cofasked him about the thirty-seve- n fins and the United States marshal. CATCHING COLD 'If colds were not infectious dis- eases, just as diphtheria, typhoid fe ver and many other diseases, they would be no more common than broken legs, says a famous physician. Or, if they made the sufferer suffer more so that he would have to stay at home and in bed, he would not go about scattering the germs of his disease. To avoid colds, keep out of crowded places as much as possible. Beware of the person (with the flue. Wash hands before eating and do not use the common towel, drinking cup or other objects handled by others. Dont let people breathe in your. face.. If you have a cold, protect others by covering your face when you cough or sneeze. Do not go to theatres or in crowds. Bodily cleanliness, exercise, elimination of waste, rest and proper diet will keep one fit and make him less liable to colds. REX HOTEL Strictly Modern Absolutely Fireproof 253 South State Wasatch 6781 for Economical Transportation Bn B E T T E R PRICES REDUCED OO. ERWIN MOTOR The House of Courtesy 8th South & State : 1 key. jLlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHlllllllllligilllllllllHIIIIIIIHIHHIIIIIHIigilllH, B I i two-gall- on m Jolp Specialist f Phone Was. 2058 i I i r . I !:i |