Show SERGEANT LOMAX A k brave biaas luul and the ivay lie he met there were two passes by which the indi ans might lem e the alley valley when crook rode in on aie the east side to attack they were ravines vi nes not over oyer a quarter of a ml ie le apart and there were many kigns to prove that tho the redskins red skins made dally daily use ot of them A lieu tenant and men ivere dropped out nf if the column here to hold the these so passes in cise else the tile ho hostiles stiles got the alinn and sought to leave the valley without a fight lathe did not try to escape then ile we were to ad all vance vanes up the trails ai as noon soon aa as we heard bring firing and this would take the warriors in 11 the rear the lieutenant and nine men to one pw sergeant lomax and nine men to tin the other in twenty minutes we a abreast breast work of logs and rocks and anti brush brudi aarom the mouth of our pasa pass and m were mere ere down be I 1 hind it and waiting when t the lie lieutenants orderly rode up and saili ted and said compliments of lieutenant blank with ordera r ders maat t that you will w ill report aa as often as A poa pos sible in case of att attack t ek 11 orders received and understood and will be promptly obeyed sirl replied tile sergeant as he stiffly sainted saluted dear old sergeant I wounded at cold harbor again at frederick eburg once more in the tile wilderness lie ile it waa was who led us on at kern rem town when captain and lieutenants were wounded or rs rallying us at cold coll 11 harbor he ile was when struck down 11 he was fighting to regimental flag when a it bave anve him our at getty gettysburg eburg he lie had b vets bit hit lilt by indian arrows an and d fingl 1 I agh twice stood off arl handed ind and alone he be had a dozen ho hostiles stiles until assistance came A faced man whose those only religion wa 1 stern regulations seemed to have n I 1 army I 1 world beyond the e tamp amp A martinet mt it he L his liis laar way but always I 1 I 1 I 1 t nce 9 ibe alho and IE ic soldiery soldiers cannot erect monuments over their dead comrades com radea it must amillie that their memory is rev erencen and defended we had been waiting halt half an hour when w li e n the indians appeared their lookouts ta i bixl ll 11 u 1 sighted crook moving around the s spur pur ul ol the mountain and they were snaking 1 u break to leave the valley when the found the gatses pat passes ses occupied t they bey became des firing began at once in both passes I 1 was aiming for or my third shot when the sergeant touched byarm and bald said present my compliments to lieu tenant blank and tell him I 1 have been at tacked also that private james white has been killed I 1 carried the order to the other pass and returned while I 1 was absent the indians withdrew for a council the result wag a determination to break out by way of the passes and when the firing recommenced it waa was hot and heavy I 1 had fired three 0 or r four times when the tile sergeant sign signaled al ed ne ue and said present my compliments to lieutenant blank and tell him that I 1 am fighting at least warriors also that private jones Jorion baa has been killed and corporal taylor severe ly wounded I 1 carried the before finding the officer hotly engaged eng and having baving two me meu u wounded I 1 returned saluted and took my place and tor for the next seven or eight min utes the firing showed no evidence of slack lag ing down the bottom of the pass was wass thick with M ith bo bowl jen and the indians used them as shelters shelter their plan seemed to be to creep as near a as possible and then make a dash for the breastwork we had bad the spencer seven shot carbines and we poured in a fire which made them believe we n ingui u in bared a whole company we were holding 1 r 9 them beautifully when the sergeant amov moved ed over to me and shouted in my ear present my compliments to lieutenant blank and tell him that we ft e are holding the indians in check also that private job jolin h as been killed kl lied and private adams mortally wounded this time I 1 found that the lieutenant bad had bad one man killed and two others wounded and that the fire along his fro front t ir was hotter than before I 1 shouted the there port in his ear while he waa wax using one of the carbines dropped by a wounded man he ile nodded to show that he understood and I 1 hastened back As I 1 reached the line t the be fire of the tile indians began to slacken I 1 noticed that oil ra did ld too and I 1 looked down the line to see the cause I 1 could see only two others with carbines in their hands while the sergeant was half lying down and facing me he ile beckoned tome to me with a hand on oil which I 1 plainly haw saw blood and as I 1 crawled over to him I 1 saw that he was wounded in ill the bide aide I 1 kneeled to examine the wound but he waved me we back and said present my compliments to lieutenant blank and tell him that the indians are about to charge over us also that I 1 have only three men left also that I 1 am mortally wounded wound edl I 1 hesitated to obey he lie lifted his hand band tried to speak and then fell back with the blood gushing out of his mouth and was dead in ten seconds I 1 hail bad not yet reached the other pass paa pa ss A when v hen the indians charged with a yell broke over the breastworks and those who mill still lived were wiped out in a hash flash hours later when we recovered the ground there were nine mutilated and disfigured dih figured bodies asking for burial when crook saw them and heard beard the story tears banie came to his eyes that was his tribute and it was a grander one in the eyes of the living than a monument of bronze died in the line of dutot duried buried no one can remember cherel al QUAD |