Show indian andt an scouts ats to remain in arv service ice full pay for life in recognition of heroic Sert services ices to nation washington the picture of the faithful indian scout scanning from tile the mountain peak the country over which a marching column of troops is I 1 to pass riding ahen to warn of the perils of by hostile braves standing at the council tire as aa interpreter for his white officer und serving ing the alie united states army tirelessly and well Is 18 one tull till of the rom mice of tho the old west whose winning depended much on tile the loyalty of the lie Ind indians lans vor for tills reason the last of the in dlan scouts two corporals and nineteen privates ore ire to be retained in service so long as they live according to official word from washington tile sentimental considerations con needed with their historical cance have outweighed the fact that their military importance in an era of tanks tractors airplanes and high power artillery barrages barr agea tins dwindled to la shadow the built band now living much as their ancestors did at fort linua chuca ariz Is the sole eole surviving regular army u lintt tilt made up of Ind indians lans the commanding general of the eighth corps area in which the fort Is local eil ed recommended that lint the scouts well disciplined well trained and performing work very efficiently be retained and romance won agal against st suggestions ot of economy too great a service as been rendered to the lie cox conn it try by its indian scouts remits for their last int historic ban band to be dropped d fr from oin tile the rolls some of tile the braves once listed among them have lauve saved thousands of lives by their sag nelty in the held and atthe at alie council counell tepee scattered through all the campaigns that freed the alie wesl vesi from tile menne e of tomahawk and knife enire tire lire records of the lie indian si scouts cout stanch comrades fit f the white sold soldiers lers anil advisors advisers to their lenders A celebrated daout one of the must most celebrated government scouts I see 0 or plenty vires fires died on the reservation nt at fort sill okla less than a year ngo honored by n special net act of congress with tho the rank of sergeant lie he mis between seventy live five and cl kity henrs old il and was believed to be the lie oldest active soldier in thearty th lie earmy army I see 0 kept the indians of the southwest from froin hairl n themselves into the fanatical war against the lie that was preel lil anted by the lie ghost dance uprisings of 1801 and caused wide bloodshed before the lie revolting warriors ted led by bv their messiah in a drive to recapture their lands in the west met with defeat tit at the bottle battle of Wo wounded knee A typical representative e of the best type of indian scout O sll side by side with gen then lieutenant hugh I 1 L scott rode into the mown an and Coni arclie territory and by his on do quence quenco derl the tribes to remain out of the lie messiahs messiah war scott learned from tilro hirn not only the inn ainge and signs of tile the Ind indians lans but was more important obtained n tremendous insight into me lie elin meter of the red man until 1807 I see 0 ranked as a sergeant in general scotts famous band of scouts when the general heard that ills old time ally had fallen on oil evil days tie lie pro pre on congress to pass the iho nit act creating him film a permanent sergeant all regulations of the lie war ar department were brushed aside to honor the last soldier of the tribe for years the old indian sat in his lil tepee nt at the fort sill reservation cooking ills his meals over an ad open ire fire and nd combing his hair into tony long the army gave him blin a cotta cott cottage e but I 1 see 0 did not live in it lie ho used it is as a storehouse for the supplies lie he drew from the file commissariat the inaus way were mere not for him indis in his old a age ge As a boy of sixteen at the medicine lodge powwow pow wow he had been appoint ed to the committee which treated over boundaries with will the whites ile he had stopped an uprising at the and arke agency and another on tile the red led river ile he was tile hie peacemaker al ways wais seldom the warrior trusted hv by tile the red men and relied upon by b corn coin manding generals long service in the army there tire are braves brakes at port fort attached to t the lie service troop roop of the tenth cavalry who have been in gov eminent service for from ten to forty years who fled a year or so ago was nas more than eighty years old and tind it ad served in the pursuit ol of geronima Geron Imn it was ti i war the united states state 4 in ill which tile indian scouts were indispensable only indians indiana enrolled in the lie ormy could trace the kridl of the fugitive Cleron lino all and his handful nf it rol dollimer limer across the deserts ot arizona aind far nr lown down into alip tit forra mildre r wige ringe of old mel where tie lie was brought froug jt to hay bay close to SOU were sworn into service its as scouts tind and lout upon geronimus Geron Gero lmos track capt apt rim ford in command thiv rhey flawed signs no white mans man s eye could auld see and clung like lewnes I 1 ts to the lin Is of the flying ine min man the 1 I in govern tic rn ment scouts clinked gli arizona now nen milco mexico and old mexico alc until finally they ani berei him mex mc lean ican troops on in tin tim scene tills mis tool tooh me ane scouts sidi its for 1 I ieronymos ler milino 1 ho hostiles host stiles lles and tire wounding 9 crawford Craw mildly the crafty raider led fled into the hills on tile lie C oe ve of yielding ano and lie ilie long lon 9 arduous chase was nas resumed oen en nel nei son A alleq directing the campaign at last it ended with the flip capture of 1 cro ninio and natchez the file hereditary atef chief of the Ap annelies Aia clies nelies tile hunt in ill which tile the governments indian scouts lini played placed r so 0 stalking t k in g and id successful a part had lusted bastet for IS 18 months natchez who ho was removed to fort bill and classed cl assed lit at prisoner of war enlisted in the army as a 11 scout and in troops the andl indian an scouts performed u n service that can not be overestimated the lives that loyal braves like isee I see 0 and eh jeweh saved through their efforts fla as tile the uprisings they pre vented the feeling of trust and friend ship that they inculcated inculcate in their fel lows ions tire are not to be listed in cut and dried terrus terms of value it if the red scouts had rot not ridden with the troops iu hi blue it if th air voices had not been raed to in pence peace put icy and their keen eyes 03 es had cot wen been pred ont cut to follow trails and spy put nm bus eades it might have taken ninia more years and many more lives tr tn pacify a west wesl menaced periodically hy by the threat of savage uprisings rhe condit conditions fohs out of which tile the en grollment roll roli ment of tile tho indian scouts grew may long since have disappeared ond and their military may hove have dep departed arteo hut but there Is no one who remembers tile lie stirring role hint they have played vho aho will not approve of the determination termination le of til the 0 A a r lepni t ment to see that th the last of f a brave hand ban Is protected to the end |