Show LOST SCALPS BUT KEPT THEIR LVE LIVES Plainsmen Who Were Bereft S of f Hair by Indians and Lived to Tell Tel of It SUPERSTITIONS OF RED MEN Gee Id cl Made Bald h by In Knife timid and Had hiatt lal Sweet S Re c. c All Al Indian tribes with which I urn ani scalp thick their enemies 1 killed In battle Of tho ho origin of or Sc scalp lp taking tak tak- in ing InS but bul little is known an and that hint vague anti and Indefinite Nearly every tribe has some sonic wild wid weird legend to for Cor the lie custom but these traditions ar vary widely as us to tho the cause That raising the lie halt hair hall of an un enemy Is of or great there Is no doubt CorIn for Cor forIn In iii the Bible BIblo It I Is related hio ho 1 th the thes s soldiers rs lore tOlO oie the skin from remit tho lie heads of or thou their vanquished foes Coes With the thc North American savage there appears appeals to lo be lie sonic some affiliation between the lie departed and his hits hair bali hali I have havo often asked miU many a blood bc- bc c- c warior wh why he lie cared fo for fum a n dead cd mans man hair bali hall says ass a Captain He Henry r Inman In itt tho lie Kan Kansas a City Star and l Invariably a number of reasons I lifts has s been aSi assigned ll It I Is an evidence t to Ills hits people copl that he lie has triumphed over o his elm enemy The rue scalps are ame very verb prom prom- Incantations of or orthe factors in the the Medicine re Lodge a feature of religious rites Th The e s savage sate ate believes c there is a wonderfully inherent In the scalp of ot an enemy all ni the thc excellent qualities of or the victim go 10 with his hits hair hal tho the moment It Il Is wm from his head If It 1 the victim vic yb- yb tin tim is a renowned warrior so m much ch lm greater Is tho lie anxiety to procure his fils scalp for COl the fortunate possessor then lien Inherits Inherit all al the bravery er br and of or its owner prowess Is original al I never knew of or but bUl one instance In all al m my experience among Indians covering co a period of or more thore than the third of a century where a white man nian I taken prisoner In lat battle tc escaped death deah It I was a great Ireat many years yeam's a ago o the lie party a dear friend still sUI living a grand rand old mountaineer but bul the homeliest man on earth probably He was red faced aced wrinkled and pockmarked pock pock- ock- ock marked with wih a mouth as large and mill full Cul of oC teeth teeth as a 10 gorilla l' l 1 a and there was wa no more hair hilr on omi his head than there is on a billiard ball ball He lie le was captured In a prolonged c light and tal taken en to the lie vla village e of the lie tribe where the lie principal chief re r- r sided ed That dignitary gave one ono disgusted dis dis- is- is gusted look hook at the lie prisoner and tumid said that lint he lie was Bad nad Medicine and amid I If not the lie Evil Spirit himself closely related to 0 It I. I The he chief ordered ordee his hilt subordinate to furnish the lie prisoner onel with a pony loaded him n with pro provisions provis ls ions provided him with wih a rule rIle and told him to go 10 back to his people people rom For the thie reasons stated stated tho tid Indian of the great plains and Rocky mount mountains in lo scalA of a fam- fam J J vho who has successfully successfully- sul chastised them them lot for ex cx- ample r Sui Sully Mies Miles or 01 Croo Crook Crook than a dozen scalps of ordinary white iii men en There are aie many Instances on record who where men have been been scalped and ye yet survived the tue terrible ordeal ordal b bu ii in iii every case the lie scalper suppo supposed ed I h his hilt victim dc dead the thc latter taking good care that hint his lilt foeman Coeman should not 1101 be disabused of the tie supposed tact fact In 1 a palt patty party of or Indians tool took up upa a rail rai on 01 the lie Union Pacific Railway and laid obstructions on the tr ick cJ After a dal lark dark a freight train trin ran 1110 mito the lie trap an and was ivas wa wrecked The J engineer en cn- and amid firemen fIemel were instantly I kill hill hill- I- I ed cd The Tho conductor and amid i bi jumped off otT of to 0 tImid find themselves leset bese I Iby by a band of yelling savages hc ran Into the darkness and amid all al escapee except one imme Ole who wits twIt pursued shot and fell The Time Indian who hio had hind lImed freel dis- dis from his hilt pony pon and anel strad straddling that lint unlucky mans man's bod body him stripped him him of all al his lila clothing I but bul shut shirt hil and amid shoes and amil iole rotc Vay aay Early in the thc morning freight ht train was tas by a looking object which turned out omit to tp p be belie bethe bethe the lie brakeman who had been through tho time hotly body and scalped Ho He had hael recovered leCO his lilt senses a and auth 11 knowing know ing Imig that hint the lie train trall was d due cue ime walked some ome distance down the lie track rack to lo save ave ta c tacIt It from Crom being wrecked He lie was t taken on board ami auth the lie tlc train moved up ui to tolie the lie wreck eck which after plundering it I the lie Indians left just jut as it I was thrown over through h their devilish devish act 1 I saw sat the unfortunate ni man im tonie months afterward lb Ho was waR perfectly ele recovered but hut with a horrible looking head He lie th that t the lie bullet al although al- al tough though 1 knocking l lo him hinr down dOWl tlC had hind n not 1 made Ii him Irmi u ll on clous and nl the lie great eat rent rent- st trial during that lint awful night was lb necessity of or shamming dead li h he not miot darIng even en to groan while the tle tlc IJ lan was sawing sa at at his scalp with witha a Very ry dull knife The he oth other In instance which has lias come ommie Ole under my own observation aton is that of or Robert McGee In issi I McGee a Blender stripling of or a a- alad lad came caine luI to to- I von en worth Kan seeking em emo That town was ivas the thc ba baso basc so ff of supplies fo for all al the lie fron tier lieu military JIo posts t even o n as a far awa away OK nit Arizona A n freight caravan cara al wis wasat nt thC that l a nJ for Fort Union N. N r tr The aud aud- lul whole whole wore Ole o cj IJ by iy a l i Contractor II II C. C Barret but he lie would woul not hot take lake take the chances alCeS o of the lol long and perilous trip ou- ou more moO man seven Hundred miles mies through through thi the the Indian Infested ted plains Unless un un- less Jes the government leased the thc train mimi outright or om 01 J ga c him m an Indemnifying bond hund an and amid assurance a against loss h The ThiC bund bond was Alv given n and amid Barret latet proceeded to lilt hire teamsters a hard hamd task ask tak on account of or the danger lunger attending the tho journey McGee Young was among the lie number cn and time the anc cara caravan ira ira- van tamu started sLatted 1 I 1 1861 I. 1861 It I took tho the old Sun tit Fp lp trail tr I In lug ing the lie J Ik river rivet at the lie Great Bond of oC that thuC stream treal near Its Is confluence ence Chico with tho thio Walnut alnut The region was ivas very rough and amid called the thit dark darl an arid and bloody ground for or sonic some lome p pf pr the worst Indian massacres in iii the history of th the plains W I perpetrated d there hi re Some Imil Insignificant skirmishes with wih the he In Iii In- elan hail bad h 1 taken laken place hut but nothing to cause an any serious alarm und now now as time the nn cala was waR approaching the vi vicinity vi- vi I ty of Fort FOlt I Us Ih ts p proximity ni I ty waS it believed cd bele to be he sufficient protection from froni further po possible danger dangel On the thc afternoon of h I H had hod I been an un excessively I cl hot day the day the dC-the the caravan caravan cara cara- van went ven Into camp at an early carly hour TInt The escorting troops slacked arms arm a I I a n iii mile i Ic d lt distant tant but I In mi full fullview CUl vl view hei of cut C the train The rime m men n should h have t kept n good lookout for fot surprises probably did in lii a aU U way hut but there was ivas wasu u reeling feeling of or security In n the tH knowledge that a leglar regular a attack tack of lr savages i 1 Is 1 rarely ma made e until the early hours of or orthe the morning when sleep Is heaviest About I 1 1 o'clock however a band of or Brulc Sioux under the lead heath of or Little Turtle descended d from the the sand hills his in all al the thc fury of ot a a tornado uttering their wild id ar ai t am whoops hoops hoops' and auth ani of all al the thc small smal army of men men employed by th the lie caravan cravan young younS Robert McGee alone came out alive alvo to tel the tell the story of or the thema ma massacre Every Even Individual was shot dead and scalped as as- ho he lay or 0 sat at atthe atthe atthe the mess table The rho mules of course went to swell the herd of th savages a Cs but bul the thie wagons were iere destroyed b by lire lre their canvas Cn aJ covers cut up Into breech breechclouts clouts cluts an and the lie flour wl with h which the lie caravan was ivas jas loaded cl emptied from rota Its Is sacks acks on oni the prairie I. I Young MaGee by Littie Lit Lit- tie lo Turtle himself and ant knocked to he the ground by ono blow f of his tomahawk As AH he lie la lay there r lu lally ned and nd bleeding Little Turtle fired two aro arrows s sInto Into his bo body pinning him him to tho the thoe e earth rth Then In a transport of or fiend fiend- he hie took Roberts Robert's own pistol and amid shot him the lie bullet hulet lodging in iii his lilt backbone bon Not quito quite quIo satisfied that hat hatlie he lie had made a n g good od j job b of H it he lie stooped over the prostrate boys boy's loys loy's body and amid running his hilt knife around his hiis head lifted sh sixty four It t fOum square Inches of his scalp trimming li It off of just JUl back of the lie eats ears Believing his lilt victim t to be bc dead b by this time the chief abandoned him hll but butt others of or the thc hand band In iii 11 Ja passing ln hacked hacell him with wIh their heir knives am and poked lOkel holes Into him with I 1 their long lances All the thc others In iii the train were lon long Al since lince dead killed kiec outright ht nn and amid their bodies mut After Aftem the he savages had hind completed I their lieU thI work tIme the they rode whooping ant and amid I yelling owa away and amid tho lie troop that had witnessed the whole af affair h from rOm theIr heir vanta vantage e ground came p upon the lit scene cene lo to Investigate and learn I alo whether the be Sioux had hac been hel properly l met el or 01 nolby not nol by the the ill fated i men macit mel of f the lie caravan Cm The Thc o In lii command was very verb properly court led and amid dismissed his dis 11 missed cd in ci dis race from nm the he service He lie le never ne gave o a ahi any n satisfactory reason fur for his hilt outrageous anti and co coarl cowardly arl con cun duct S I Thin Tho rho only part the troops troop tool took In imi the lie affair was hUI bury lUtY the lie det dead When tho they l McGee under tinder attempted pt lo to put young th thc ground they a very vely lively corpse d despite time the act aCt t. t that hint h he lie was wa scalped and amil had ved fourteen distinct W wounds any alY ono of ot which would have terminated the lie life of the time 01 man mal After Aftem the lie dead death the lie soldiers hastened to 10 Fort or Lar eT thirty n dl distant ie e young oln McGee was puce placed paced under tho time leal care came tl of the lie post yost SU sur- sur g fon It I was WIM three three m mouths before he lie li liwa i-as i wa u a able ble to tl mu h he from mo ed fromn there During Dur Dur- ing that thin he lie lu luul I f fair h of or his hilt menial faculties a and add l was ivas ll- ll a attack I ly 13 tack strong tb tO tell tel all al the he le I at OC the lie tw liea Barret the lie owner of time the lw caravan who had hind remained In Leavenworth orth on In tearing What hol had b falun b. his properly prop prop- erly It put in iii II a claim tom for big damages s i from Crom the lw government ov and was awarded ar a i sum sum which made him Ilm Independent for life life- but h he persistently refused to toJo tod tolo d lo Jo anything for fOl th the lie sole ioe oJ survivor S l McGees McGee's ee s were were laid before the resident and 1 In iii October i 1801 Mr oll s semi sent nt him him a letter and a pass I by special envoy directing him to come to Washington o as ak soon soo nil s he lie was able to o travel ravel and stating ii that that he lie himself him him- self elf would s see o that McGees McGee's s 's wrongs S ivere When hen McGee had recovered suf- suf reco cred lf- lf tt to i meic move al ab about ut lilt his mind hind had 11 1 been cen remarkably cleat clear cear up iii tl o that time hue h began gal to 0 cloud and amid he hit II b can tl possessed g es l of or a mania u to hunt Sioux lo to 0 O the lie e death Ileath li In one ic o of his spells th the pass pas and ant tho the letter Iter from rom Pr President l nt Lincoln u Were vem stolen from him and aliI k the time Pr President I Ino nor nOI the m a my ai-my took ln any further notice I C cf f him him- For a doxen y years US U'S aft nt after r 1 receiving ln his I Injuries t McGee was a as a w and when It I was cl discovered l' l that thal Little I Turtle had been out dut It Litte was I said taid Gees Geos that the lie the bl ii cI on on I McGeo's Mc- Mc Mc-j Mc Wn barrel gun n coi th tho th full Cull Cul measure of lift his tv revenge a n long mark for the chile chief an arid and nh almie u shorter ones for tor the ole subordinate head men melt who had bitten tho thio dust a at the com com I i mand of th the the- Ul a that that tho nev never failed to execute Us- Us when pointed at a lii S t I fter Little Turl hiatt the happy sent to began Its equIlibrium until at last lie normal I b perfectly san sane once morel 1 i 1 T a. a |