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Show Stories of Great Scouts By ELMO SCOTT WATSON a a IQ. 1321. Western Newspaper Union.) BEN CLARK, WHOM THE INDI-NS INDI-NS CALLED "MI-E NO-TO-WAH." When General Custer's Fighting Seventh charged down upon Chief Black Kettle's Cheyennes ou the IVashita to the tune of "Garryov-en" that cold November morning in 13GS, it his side rode a man whom the Iu-iians Iu-iians recognized, and they shouted to Bach other "Look out for Red Neck ! tin's a dead shot !" Clark played an important part in Custer's campaigns that year, but Ids Host valuable services were performed is a scout for Gen. Nelson Miles in the war with the Cheyennes, Arapa-ioes, Arapa-ioes, Comanches and Klowas in 1S74. His greatest feat was his part In the rescue of the Germaine sisters, two Jttle white girls who had been cap-.tired cap-.tired when their parents were niur-lered niur-lered by raiding Cheyennes in their Kansas home. Two of the girls, Adelaide and Julia 3ermaine, were recaptured from the Cheyennes when Lieut. Frank Baldwin Bald-win struck the camp of Chief Gray Beard so suddenly that the Indiana lad no chance to kill their prisoners, is they usually did. The girls Informed In-formed General Miles that two of dieir sisters, Catherine and Sophia aermaine, still were held by another land of the Cheyennes. Ben Clark immediately set out to iiscoier where they were. After a :ong search he found that they were n the camp of Chief Stone Calf. Gen-sral Gen-sral Miles secured a photograph of Julia and Adelaide and on the back f it he wrote a message to the other iisters telling them that every effort vas being made to rescue them. He rave tliis message to a friendly In-lian In-lian who visited Stone Calf's camp tnd, unobserved by the Indians, dipped it into the hand of one of the firls. The general next sent a message to Stone Calf, demanding his surren-ler surren-ler and telling hira that no mercy vould be shown his warriors unless 3ie Germaine girls were brought to the nearest army post alive and un-narmed. un-narmed. In a short time Stone Calf :ame in to the Cheyenne agency, surrendered sur-rendered his white captives and all four sisters were reunited. Ben Shirk's scouting had not been in vain. When the Cheyennes were finally subdued, Clark settled down at Fort Ifeno, Okla., with them. He became their interpreter in all their dealings .virh the white men, nnd the Cheyennes Chey-ennes came to honor "Red Neck" as oiuch as they had feared him when ae was fighting against them. Later ae was custodian of old Fort Reno, and when be died a few years ago, after more than 50 years in the government gov-ernment service, his passing was mourned by white an red men alike. DR. W. F. CARVr.ft, "EVIL SPIRIT OF THE PLAINS" One day back in the sixties a trapper trap-per was following a narrow trail through the woods near Cedar Moun-, .ain, in Wyoming. Suddenly from a dump -af bushes nearby a shot rang jut, followed in quick succession by Jiree mors. The trapper dropped jiuckly to the ground and rolled behind be-hind a log, unhurt. Then he waited or the next move of the Indians who cad ambushed him. In a few minutes a war bonnet appeared ap-peared above a log a short distauce iway. The trapper was not deceived, for this was an old Indian crick. However, the trapper had a better rick than this up his sleeve. His iile was not a single shot, for after i winter of successful trapping he had ;o!d his furs in St. Louis and had ought a repeating rifle, one of the Irst to be carried in the Rocky mor.n-ains. mor.n-ains. He had this weapon now, and ic immed'ntely fired, as the Indians vcre hoping he would do. As he lireil lour Indians sprang from -he l.u.:h and with wild yells of triumph tri-umph rushed for the trapper. With-jut With-jut removing his gun from his shoul-,lor, shoul-,lor, the white man pumped bullets at jncum ng warriors as fast as he could ivoric the lever. Tiii'ee of the Indians dropped in their tracks, and the fourth, with a 'ami of dismay, turned and tied at top 'peed, followed by several built ts, vh:ch tlie trapper sent after him to mcourage the fleeing redskin. When lie surviving warrior arrived In his village he told a marvelous tale of an encounter with a white man who bad a "medicine gun" which never stopped shooting and killing. In this way Dr. W. F. Carver, the trapper who had been ambushed, wou ! i lie na:e of "The Evil Spirit of the I'l'ns." for the Indians learned to fear him and his medicine gun as they ilid no other trapper who invaded their limiting grounds. When the trapping days ended. Dr. Carver became a scout md guide for the United States army. ;nd during the Sioux war of 1870-77 :.e made the acquaintance of "Buffalo Hill" Cody. The two scouts became fast friends. iVhen Buffalo Bill's Wild West -how was organized Carver joined it as a sharpshooter. He could handle a rifle u- pistn almost as skillfully as Cody himself, and for many years the twt vouts appeared in the arena together. |