| Show of great s by ELMO SCOTT WATSON IL 1921 wari W A ri lalun CAPT JACK CRAWFORD THE SCOUT WHO WROTE POETRY AVI on en a wt bit of ailts lilts yn alter of a iud cloud I 1 when a tit lit of hit fits yo ye an ali or ir swie is IB eclen proud 1 aitt wt cerell to up and lulng ij it at a haul ui tiit units allu blue lr th thu itla that y yu bluni it its a boomerang Won to you that dint was ms tho the philosophy if f gilck 21 rn anford ford tile poet ani scout A pix t und a scout A lint tic lie excelled a aih both john Wull vi willitee itee crawford r ins ns till an blitsh loy boy inho ennio tu tl this country shortly ly before tin lilt civil air var agan M KIH und in ill tile tho V unlue loll 1011 tirina nhan lio lie wn i only 11 y henrs L a rs alil atillo lang tn in a hospital a sister 0 ut f mercy taught lafin to read mid and write after tile tho war crawford drifted west nil anil I 1 became a minor miner in tile mack of south dakota D when tho the muck hindi hills frangon were to in protect tho the miners froni from hostile low x anil and bands of highway robbers etick was chosen chief in ili one fight IK killed three desperadoes at tho the outbreak out bruak of 01 the sioux war in 1876 captain jack enlisted as a sout scout alid roa to te tho the position of chief chef 1 ot of fk outs fur for tho the filth fifth cavalry after the battle battla of slim huttel 9 D where chlof Am erlain florse was killed captain jack who was also correspondent spon dent tor for tho the new york 11 herald orald gara tho world tho the first story of this light crawford rude to port fort laralle La miles away in three days and a n half balf five relays of couriers but ho he lilue two hersea j doing tt it during uie the apache wars in ill arizona crawford was again in tile the saddle aa a scout for hill ebward hatch in 1 1 ho to t took ook the trull trall of tho notorious calef lil cf victorio und mid after it 11 scout of 10 days ilia cailin in tile can il le lerin lit in avic mr alco anck then niad another r rt cililo ride to ft tho twi trost rrt liot As a result of tili ills ni jie t Vie torl wui it ly by Mp lcarl tro anil tin the old ellef and vinny ol of ll lil i warriors were 1 IJ lil iliin alwn ow hr twi binti anar nr r rp ov nver r cill tall alii jacl jack ivall I vall 1 1011 inan ill vcra vcr la 4 litch 1 I ellal to ills idi I 1 ralo i nr brind arft ind nd irrer rt n the th findlan clr mint t lit un tit tin It lechtur and lit ili it sl it t fit tanu the OIL ns olle ol of ill best irown of alic ill nm isac loi s anil i in tile hi country send se nd ony un y it 11 fits lit 11 of ow demalt ni Milry iluff lilo iiii pi li it 11 little oer it inn lit billor 0 junnio run nio inns knitli carrai cir inin J hii rii cwi I 1 hlin on ill th allf ill I ll trall H clr dard in nw new york y as lihi ill 7 |
