Show LIVED WITHOUT HIS SCALP t l Survivor Sm of Ine Indian Warfare fare Applies S For POI Pension iona Allen W V. Edwards Edwalds of Waukomis claims the time distinction of or being the only man living JIvIng who was scalped b by InA In- In Ina JIt A were P were A t number of or in- in J l. l rice rice- during durino the days laYs of Indian WarS war war- S io Ci faVo r-o where the victims of ot the scalping l knife recovered reco and lived sometimes fur for years yeal'S after aCter the operation but E Edvards Edwards Ed Ed- t wards Is 18 the last survivor of or that num num- her ber Cl Clr r I He lie e has always been een able uble to work fl- fl a as am well as al' ever evel but has had trouble troubleS fiC from time lime to time as a result o of the theS S S wounds In iii his head and has lately had to su submit to several operations As AsS Ashe S he ho is now GO 60 years old this has se seriously serious serious- ious I ly lessened his earning ability and anel he has hns lately made application for Cor a n. pension which is bein being befog pushed 1 hed at i Washington h by Delegate S The battle hattle in km which Edwards lost I t his s calp scalp occurred on Walnut creek creel inear lI itea ar Fort Zarah about nine miles from front the time present resent site of or Great Greal Bend t Kan l The wagon wason train was en route loute from Fort Leavenworth Kan to Fort c- c Union N. N M. M and was almost in him sight 7 of Fort ort Zarah when attacked The Tho lead teamsters whipped up and amid r reached the fort In safety hut but those S S in time the rear cam were ere cut 0 oft h by the In Indian In- In F- F luau dian chal charge c and had to mako a st I in iii their own defense S Their fhelt fI fight ht wll with the Iho redskins m began hegan m S S at all 9 h o'clock in the morning and ami conS continued con con- mf S until 4 o'clock ClOCk In the afternoon i ii i f i Although vel very ly armed aimed the team team- A. A succeeded In holding 0 off the In Indians In- In halls all d tiny day and amI killed a considerable q number el of oC them according to Edwards Edwards' Ed gd- l 2 wards wards' story the exact number being 1 t o of course Impossible to ascertain Time The TimeS S 1 horacH and mules were vere finally capo cap cap- o h by time the and the wagS wagons wag wag- t S ons plundered before a ti body hody of or cavalry cayS cay cay- S aIr airy alry an arrived Ived from fromn the fort Cort and drove Jhc he Indians awa away Ten o of the tho learnt team learn t th rs were wel killed outright and five I wet were wounded S AJl AU of tiC the time killed and wounded were p stripped of their theiL clothing b by the time In InS Indians In- In S r and when Edwards was vas picked S up h by the soldiers he was vas stark nakeda naked was a shot several time homes and ammil a scalp 5 tour four out b by five inches had hall been een taken C. C m time Uw crown of oC his head One Ono bullet I had s ru struck lc him him In the tho head one went through his left ft arm arm near the shoulder r and five entered his l body hody ody In different places place The Time next day Edwards was 5 Jakon jaken to l Fort orl 5 0 Lamed thirty miles awa away and 2101 placed under the thc care earo of oC the I post lost o t surgeon He had mm no oth other r clothIng cloth cloth- Ing log during this titis trip than an army blanket lie He remained In Iii tho lie hospital l 5 until ov following when he ime hea was a discharged as well and allowed to return to his homo home in Nebraska lan Kansas s City Journal |