The Omaha Sunday
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ESTABLISHED JUKE 10, 1871.
OMAHA, SUM DAY MOKN1XG, AUGUST 9, 1003.
SINGLE COPV FIVE CENTS.
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THK REUADLB ITU HE.
EDIULl WEIGHT CLOTHING
Men' Strictly All Wool Suits, made of
aherlot ana casslmeres. In neat chocks,
plaids and mliturn. All have rellnbi
linings and trimmings, tailored In most
careful manner and perfect littlnit. worth
an or xs.uo to ihj.oo our
al price for Mon
day only
5.00
Men'a stylish Sulla, mode by the leading
clothing manufacturer)), such as Hart,
BchafTner & Marx and Crouse A Branrte
gee, two of the beat ready-to-wear cloth
ing manufacturer In the country. These
uTta are A 1, made with care seldom
en In ready-to-wear clothing, a'l made
Of the moat popular fabric auch a
blue serge, black and blue Cheviot,
worsteds, fancy worsteds mn fancy cas
almerea, all made with hand felled col
lar and hand padlel shou'ricr nnd per-
p nnd per-
7.S0
leeuy tailored tnrougnout
our aale price for
Monday '.
Toting Men'a Bulta In ages from It to 19
year of age. In all wool fabric, checks,
neat stripes and mlzturea. with reliable
lining and aplendldiy tailored and per
fect fitting; none of these ault worth
less than 15 00 to J8.50 our J TC
aale price for Mon- 2. f 1
day only 1 w
Young Men'a Bulta In age from 14 to 20,
In cheviot, wormed, caselmcres and
fancy cheviots, tn light, medium and
dark colore. This lot inc'udes all of
Our very finest young men'a stilts that
were void aa high aa from C t rt
00 to 112 .oo our aale price iJ.LIII
Monday 17.50 down to
Men's Outing Coat and Panta Suits In all
colors and shades. In cheviot, home
ir'iii'
3.15
spun and womt.d. to be
closed out Monday at
13.00 and
Men's Odd Blue Unllned Serge
Coat at 12.60, 11.7b
od
1.50
Waist Department
waists at less man nait price.
' dosan Women's Waists. In all colors
and style) made t3 sell for ftO
$2.60, our price only U9W
00 dozen W'omen'a Waah Waists. In whits
lawn and opera batiste, worth ICn
up to $3.60, for , I Uto
Tpur choice of 100 dosen. White Wash
Walats, Including China silk, aa displayed
In our Window, worth up to I T
$5.00, for.......i.... ,
SPECTACLES. EYEGLASSES
m OF MILES' EXPEDITIONS
Furcuit of a Baud of Chejennes Thr ugh
Korthern Texas.
FRONTIER EXPERIENCE OF WINTER OF 1875
Former Trooper Telia of Massacre
aid of tho Difficulties that At
tended tho Reseao of Fair
Glrf Captives.
Tho retirement , of. peneral Nelson A.
Miles on Friday recalls the Miles' expe
dition arulnst the Cheyenne Indiana in the
fall and winter of 1874-6 and the spring- of
1875 In the Indian Territory and northern
Texaa, The following story Is told by a
participant In the expedition, now living
In Omaha: .
"The causes leading up to that expe
dition were the outbreaks of the southern
Cheyenne along tho Kansas border. A
number of persons were killed and Urge
numbers of live stock ware run off Into
the territory by the Indiana. The buffalo
were gradually but surely disappearing.
Tho troop then In that section of Kansas
wer the Fifth United StaUs infantry and
the Sixth United Slates cavalry and the
Fourth United States artillery. A greater
portion of the scouting through Kansa
devolved upon the Sixth cavalry, while the
Tenth United States cavalry operated from
the vicinity of Fort Sill, and the Fifth
United State Infantry, then commanded
by Colonel Miles, operated from Fort
Dodge, Kan. The Sixth cavalry head
quarters were in the winter at Fort Riley
and In summer at Fort Hayes, from which
point the regiment made regular and fre
quent reconnolsances through southern and
western. Kansaa to keep watch on the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, who were
constantly raiding the frontiers, and were
extremely reluctant to remain on the In
dian Territory reservation assigned to
them.
DUcorery of a llautlatc Party.
"In the Interval of scouting duties the
trooper wer often sent out on hunting
expedition after buffalo, to supply In
poet larder with that excellent, and then
plentiful, meat. It was on one ot the
hunting expedition that a party of th
Sixth cavalry d:covered on the Smoky
Hill river bottoms, soma twenty or mure
mile southeast of Wallace, th mutilated
remain of the Jerman family, who It was
Afterward learned had passed through Wal
lace nroul to Texas, about a week pre
vious. Th wagons, two In number, had
been burned, and one of the men. In ad
dition to nannies mutilations, was partly
burned, with th wagons. Th elder Jer
tnan wa lying ome- dlitanc front pi
wagon, hi body fearfully bloated, and
mutilated. Both men wer stark naked,
and wer also scalped. Nearer the river
lay Mrs.' Jermun, lu a partly nud state,
with an arrow sticking In her breast She,
too. wa scalped and otherwise mutilated.
Two of th oxen and two mules had also
been killed with arrow. All of th bodie
wer In an advanc-d state of decompo
sition and all of them wer partly torn
nnd devoured by wolve and bussards that
feasting on tham. but wer scared
ni e i r i
uiosmg uui aaiG
nf I iirht anrl
W S HIQIII MUM
Glcak Dept.
Always Busy
New FaJl Bulls arriving dally' by every
express. Handsomely tailored, up-to-dato
stilts ready for Inspection.
LOT N(J. 1150 Women's Suits, In black,
gray and other mixtures. In the new
Louis XIV atylo and blouse effect, made
of al'. wool materials, s ilts that
other houses ask JlM-00 IM ir
for our price f 3
100 Women's Suits In all newest mixtures,
high class tailoring and made In new
Corset and Louis XIV styles; milts that
sell anywhere for 127.GO our On rtfi
price only IViUU
tOO fine Tailored Suits In all new mix
tures and styles. Including the 38-lnch
Corset style, made of best quality chev
iots, broadcloths, and basket weaves.
worth at least 25 per cent more, at 4S fti,
Itt.uO. WO.OO, R7.G0 09 Cn
nd.
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We are overstocked In our Waist Depart
ment ana win not carry over anything If
possible. Any colored Wajih Waist In the
house at . regular price. All White
200 dozen Women's Wrappers,
worth $250. tor
200 Women's Walking Bklrts,
worth $2.60, for
20 dosen Children's
DresBes for...., , 1J r--
10 dozen Children's Presses,
worth $1.60, for only
9Qc
75c
25c
45c
. Our optical department Is In charge of an
experienced optician wno tit tne eye In the
latest and most approved methods.
FREE OF CHARGE We have the most
up-to-date style of frames and mountings
ana nnest quality lenses, our charges
away down.
away by our presence. The remain were
found about September 6, 184, and hrfd
evidently been killed two or three days
previous. We burled the three bodies In
one grove In the sand, and, marking the
spot, returned to Fort .Wallace, to report
the ghastly find.
"The arrows found In the bodies Indi
cated that the murderers were of the Chey
enne tribe, and the trail they left behind
them showed that they had crossed the
Smoky Hill, going southeast.
"At Wallace We learned that the Jerman
party had originally consisted of Mr. and
Mr Jerman, a son and four daughters.
Of the latter two were young women aged
18 and 10 Respectively, and two little girls,
aged 7 and 6 years. The girls had all evi
dently been taken as captives with the
Cheyennes.
Pnrsalt Promptly Made.
"After reporting at Fort Wallace we
were at once ordered to pro reed back to Fort
Hayes, where an expedition waa at once
tarted out in pursuit of the Indians, with
the intention of recovering the girls before
they crossed into Indian Territory, for
which point they were evidently making.
The intelligence of the massacre and cap
ture spread very rapidly Rnd orders were
sent out from the headquarters of the
Department of the Missouri, to hasten the
formation of art expedition from all avail
able troops In that section, to rendezvous
at Fort Dodge, on the Arkansas. General
Nelson A. Miles was placed In command
of the expedition, and It was not until
November 1 that the expedition set
out from Fort Dodge. The troops com
prising' the sumo were the Sixth cavalry
and Fifth infantry. The Tenth cavalry
was ordered from Fort Sill to loin the ex
pedition enroute, and the Eighth cavalry,
from Fort Stanton, N. M., was ordered to
prevent the Indians from entering that ter
ritory If too closely pressed by the pur
suing troops.
"The Sixth cavalry and Fifth infantry
comprised the pursuing force, and the
command did not reach the base of opera
tions at Camp Supply, Indian Territory,
until November 8. But little time was
pent In completing arrangements for the
Immediate and persistent pursuit of the In
dians, and after one day's ramp at Camp
Supply the expedition started out In light
marching order for the head water of the
Red river, where it m-as ascertained by
scouts that th Indian had taken refuge.
nd were under the chieftainship of Stone
Calf, th wll!et and most desperate of the
Cheyenne tribe. A cantonment wa made
at th Salt Fork of Red river, and from
there active operation began. The coun
try was excessively wild, and almost whol
ly Impassable for wagona. so that most of
the neceasary supplies had to be taken on
puck mules. The Infantry was left to take
charge of the cantonment, and scouting
parties of two companies of cavalry, each
wer sent out to acour the country for
signs and evldencea ot trails.
' ladlana Hard to at-li.
"The Indians, in accordance with their
usual tactics when pursued, finding them
selve closely pressed, separated Into small
bands and took refuge In th brake of the
Staked Plain. It was next to Impossible
to know with which party th girls were,
but sufficient had been ascertained by the
scouts that th four girls wer atill alive,
and wer with th main band. Finally,
about November SO, a battalion of
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Of Cainplell, .(Sainer & Wolchors, St. Jop, Jfo. Tliis is one of tlio fiurst wholosalo storks in
the country. (Jootls Louht for tho fall of 1003 nnd sold to us for spot cash at less thau .0c on
the dollar. This, with the Penney Hosiery Co. wholesale stock of Ojnal'.a. will be placed on sale
Monday morning at less than 30c on the dollar. This is the greatest opportunity to buy fall
goods that was ever offered in this town.
Read Every Word of This and Then Investigate, and You Will Find Every
thing Exactly as Advertised.
S44 pieces of Ijimma Cloth C. O. W.'s
wholesalo price lTfec our retail 1(1,.
price
2!'l pieces of Favcl! Royal all dark colors
C. O. r W.'s wholesale price 12V4C C
our retail price only Qt-
2(t pieces of lfic fine f'erctles 500 rlcces of
heavy dark colored Outings worth 12'v
6"il pieces of Sateen, nil d irk whole-ale
price liiV and ten different line worth
from li'i-c to llti: per yard your ((J-,
choice Monday for 3L
inc. IDe nnd Sc Ojnrls ait I'-c.
150 pieces of Cashmere Flaids whola- I "4,
sale at 15c our price will be I J-'
250 pieces of extra wide and extr.i lieivy
quality Cretonne, wholesaled at 15c IK)
pieces of French Gingham, wholesaled at
1jc-2"j0 pieces of Klunnellet te, wholesaled
ot 19o and about 15 other lines tint
jobbed from l."o to 3ic per yard i.I will
go In this sale at only a I A,
ard I JC
2c, )c anil :t"e tiooils for 'Jt l-ilc.
2M pieces of Imported Mu'l, house regiilar
price 21Vc I'M pieces of foreign yard-wM-i
Madrases 2, pieces of Zannivzia--oi
pieces of Tar.p,ian and about 13 other
different lines worth up to 39c per 101
yard all will go Monday at yard..
wsh goods, winm ooons An
I,nKS FROM THK C. O. A W.'s
whom:sai.k stock.
4fxs Table Linen iir,e.
From the C. O. & W. stock full blenched
and extra heavy Scotch Table 0Kf
Linen 4oc value at yarl 4.lu
We Table l.lnen MP.
From the C. i. fe W. stock 61-Inch full
bleached nil linen Table Dama.sk QQf.
60c quality at-yard QD
Startling Bargains Hosiery & Underwear
All the men'a lisle and cotton Half Hose from the Penney stork worth up to
$1.00 on sale at 25c, 15c and
All the Underwear from the Penr.ey rtock that sold up to $1.00 on sale
at 35c and '
Men's one dollar Colored laundered Shirts In all styles
at
Ladles' Corset Covers and Drawers lace and embroidery trimmed worth 50c
at ,
Ladles' Nainsook and Long Cloth Gowns-fine lace trimmed worth $1.50 to
$2.00 at
Children's Gingham, Calico and Madras Cloth Dresess from 1 to 4 years-
worth 50e at
Children's fast black P.lbbed Hose In all sizes worth 19 cents IQg
at
Children's extra fine quality fast black Hose-n fine and heavy ribbed ICq
worth 2oc at
Ladles' Jersey ribbed Sleeveless Vests In
At
Ladles' sleeveless and short sleeve Jerssy
at
Ladles' fine lisle thread, allk tape, sleeveless
u nri riiiorsr woi lii a.iiu v. ..,.....
Ladles' Jersey ribbed Union Suits wide
Mr at
Ladles' Korso nne silk and fancy trimmed
at s..i '
Ladles' last black Seamless Hoss-worth
Ladles' fast black and seamless Lisle and
the Sixth cavalry encountered a body
of Indians some twenty miles from the can
tonment. In a broken region of country
bordering on the Staked Plains, and after
a brisk brush with them, and in which
feur Indians were killed, succeeded In scat
'.erlng the Indians badly. A detachment
of the command was acting es a rear
guard. After the scrimmage was mainly
over the main portion of the command
crossed over a timbered bottom and had
ascended the high ground beyond. As the
rear guard approached the bottom, a couple
of Indians were observed sneaking out
from a canon on the other side, and they
began a desultory fire with arrows at a
copse of undergrowth below us, but on the
opposite side. A squadron of the rear
guard hurried across the bottom and took
after the two Indiana, while a ccuple of
troopers rode down to the copse of under
growth that they reeraed so anxious to
perforate with arrows.
Find One Child.
'The object of the Indians opening up a
Are on this particular spot was soon made
manifest. For the two troopers discovered
to their surprise that a sleeping and sadly
emaciated child lay there, wnolly oblivious
to the battle that raged about it a short
while previous. The child was a little girl,
about 5 years old. Her little eyes were red
and swollen with long weeping and he was
sobbing In her sleep when they found her.
Her clothes were In rags. There were no
i shoes on her little swollen and torn feet.
and her flaxen hair was matted and un
kempt with dirt and blood. The troopers
awoke her gently. She seemed much be
wildered at first, and then began to cry,
pleading that she mlgnt go home to
1 mamma, and that she would be so good
If they would only take her to mamma.
She was finally quieted and seemed to real
ize that she was In the hands of friends,
and then In a childish, lisping manner
plead that they would get her aister, too.
When asked where slater was she pointed
to another copse a short distance away.
Th two men carried the child to the point
Indicated, and ther found another sleeping,
sobbing child, apparently two years older
than the one they had rst discovered.
When she was awakened she looked at the
solcMers with the utmost amazement, and
demurely asked, 'Well, wuat Indians are
you?' She waa speedily assured that her
rescuers were not Indians, but friends.
Then the two little alsters were almost
hysterical in their joy to know that they
were In the hands of the Indlnns no longer.
Said the elder, 'Now we will get cake and
cindy, won't we?' The troopers were not
certain about the candy, but they assured
them that If there was any kind of cake
In the commissary department that they
should have it.
Had Deea nrutallr Treated.
"The two trooper signalled their dis
covery, and were shortly afterwards joined
by several of their comrades, and. word
was at one dispatched to the advance of
th Important find of the two children.
The command was halted and the two
children wer taken In charg by th sur
geon accompanying the battalion. They
were the two saddest looking littl mortal
that human eyea ever rested upon. They
were nearly famished for food, and both
bora pitiful evidence of th moat brutal
and horrible treatment since their captiv
ity. They were given the best of car, and
provided with an abundance of th beat of
food that th expedition could supply,
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l All Table l.lnen title.
From the C. O. W. stock 72-inch full
bleached Irish Table Linen Si 00 fiQ,
value at yard UJL
T.'.e Table l.lnen Mr.
From the C. O. W. stock l-lnch Oer-nnn
Silver Bleicheil lannisk guaranteed all
pure linen Tim- value at CC
ynrd 00
?S.' I MniUins fl.-IO.
From the C. O. & W. stock W d'izen
lileaclied lieivy all linen Napkins fist
ris.es -size 2: x) the qual- I A O
lty-at dozen liHJJ
ll.r,ti .nnklna (I.4HI.
From the C. O. & W. stock 150 dmrn full
bleached Naplns all pure linen f i -"t
edges -5-8 Sir.e J1.3fi quality at I f
doien IiU V
ee l.lnen Crash oc.
From the C. O. & W. stock extra, heavy
Sternen a all linen Crafh-Tc value
al yard l
12 l-2e Turkish Ton el Sc.
From the C. O. W. stock extra lnrpre
Turkish Towels double warp and Q ,-.
fast edges 120 iUallty at Q
ir.f White fioods 4 -4c.
From the C. G. & W. stock UK) full pieces
oil kinds of White Goods lace stripe and
mercerized fabrics Lie value at j8,',.
yard 4c
S.-.c Shertlnix IS It le.
From the C. O. W. stock llnn finls'i
Sheeting SI Inches wide made fiom e
tra heavy cotton full bleached 10,
2uc value at yard 10
IRe Cnmbrlo l :t-te.
From the C. O. ft W. stock soft finish
Camhric yard wide no better cam- Q3
brie made 15c value at yard 9 4
.IQc
25c
50 c
.25c
98c
25c
white and colors worth 12V4c Cq
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ribbed Veals worth 19c
IQc
15c
15c
Vests In white
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umbrella style lace trimmed worth iC
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worth one dollar
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50c
IQc
nineteen cents . Qq
Plain Lace Hose worth 26c ICq
They were almost frantic in their appeals
for sugar, and were finally supplied It in
moderate quantities. They were too young
to tell much of iheir Incredible sufferings
and brutal treatment. It was, however,
learned that their two oldest sisters were
with another band of Indians, that had
sepnruted from the party which had them
In charge, two or three days before. It
was then deemed expedient to return to
the cantonment and start out with new
equipmenta and on another trail, which,
from the story of the rescued children.
must have been south and eastward from
the Red -lver cantonment. As this band
the command was now in pursuit of had
been amply punished and badly scattered,
and as tho main object of the expedition
was the recovery of the Jerman captives,
a return to the cantonment. In all haste,
was ordered.
"It was learned from the little girls that
they were unaware that their mother had
been killed. They had been told by an
Indian who could talk broken English that
their mother was with another party, and
that they should soon Join her. They did
not know what became of their father or
brother. Since their captivity they had
been subjected to every brutality that the
devilish cruelty of an Indian could devise.
Sometimes they were compelled to walk
for mile, and when they gave out they
would be kicked and beaten until they
were unconscious. Sometimes they would
be compelled to ride astride on a very
bony pony, and they often fell off, and
were then tied on the animal, lying fiat on
their backs on top of packs. Their two
elder sisters were beaten and abused ter
ribly, and cried nearly all the while. They
were not permitted to talk to each other,
and when they would forget and would
converse together an Indian would come
up and knock them down and kick them.
The children were finally sufficiently re
covered to 'permit of their being sent to
Camp Supply, where they could be more
carefully looked after.
Search for the Older filrla.
"Immediately after the return of the ex
pedition to the cantonment It was refitted
and started out after Sione Calf and nil
baud, with whom It waa quite evident the
elder Jerman girls were still held In cap-,
tlvlty. This expedition and several others
following it were fruitless of results. The
winter had now set In early and the coun
try waa largely under snow, which ob. It
era ted all trails. In the meanwhile the
Tenth cavalry had been caught in a terri
ble billiard or 'norther' at Its cantonment
on the Sweetwater and suffered terribly.
Several of the command were frozen to
death and they had become exhausted of
rations. Horses and mules to the number
of over half the command had perished
from the cold, and thus crippled the Tenth
cavalry atarled on ita return to Fort Sill
through another severe storm. The storm
kept Increasing in severity and twenty men
and an indefinite number of horses and
mule perished on the road buck. The
wrecks of wagons and the bones of the per
ished animals still mark the rout of that
fearful November march.
"Coincident with th movement of the
Tenth cavalry, th Fourth cavalry, under
command of Colonel McKenrle. operated
agalnat th Indiana from their Texas sta
tion. Thla regiment captured one ent're
tribe ot marauding Indians, that simul
taneously with th outbreak of the Chey
ennee, undertook to raid through northern
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tOe nirarhed Mnslln T : 4o.
From the C O. W. rtor-k soft finish
bleached cotton will not turn yellow
KU.irnntrd to h" t!'i- licrt Mulln
o;t earth luc ii llity at yard ...... I 4
le KiibH'I) I. C'lnth Oo.
From the C CI & W. stock yard wl le
KngllMh I.ong Cloth soft for the Q ,
nccole l."ic ituallty at yard Uu
foi.oiti.n wash tioon kiiom the
V. . & W.'s W IIOI K.SAI.K STOCK.
lc4 pieces Imported Madras, light ground.,
dark stripes l.V) pe es Illicit Jacq.inrd
Muslins, iinMceriieii stripe 101 pieces Mer
cerized (ilr.glutins, pi.iin colors nnd
l-tripcs 79 pieces Mercerlieil Oxford
, i t i. . .
Novcltifii, pa tin rtripod, ussortod 10 lo
colors It 2
Sji) pieces French Percales,
soft finish, llarht
KiifiiiiU, ninrii nsui'"
pieces Scotch M:nlrios.
light grounds, dark tigure
striped St. O ill Swisses
Hnnill tiirures ami floral di
nnd stripes IA0
woven strtpe,
s 3 Hi pie -e lace
llpli, & ni.iiwl
S.KHS--1M pieces
im-in i i.rii nil ii,ii i"
stripes and plain colors w
n....i 1 ..t.-wl c...
l.s i irnannK a.
ortn up
flc
500 pieces Irish and Scotch Dimities, French
Ittitlste. 1'rhited I'euangs, the most deli
cate grounds with Moral designs printed
mercerized Oxford Wal"tings, light
gioumls, small, dark flguri a woith Olp
up to Wc Monday 5
"50 pieces Printed IMmltles, Ijiwns. P.atlste,
Corded Hairline llftlste and Mudmsei,
Hairline Sateens, light grounds Seer
i.ucker and Chnmbrays and other C,
novelties, worth up lo 25c, Monday....
Laces & Embroideries
Monday Specials
25c Ladies.' Kelts at 10c
50c ladles' Purses at 25c
$1.00 Shopping Bags at 60e
50c Pad Front Hose Supporters at. 25c
35c Embroideries at. 12'jC
25c Embroideries at 10c
25c Handkerchiefs at 12',ic
15c Handkerchiefs at 714c
10c Handkerchiefs at 5c
6c Handkerchiefs at IVic and.... 21dc
10c Silk Handkerchiefs two for.. 5c
15c metal back Horn Combs F,c
15c Fine Combs Sc
25c Novels Sc
Seven Tablets for 5c
$1.50 Copyright Books $1.08
Black Tins per box. .f 1c
Special clearing-up sale on Fancy Art
Goods Monday.
Texas. These Indians were surprised in '
their camp near the southern border of the I
Staked Plains and, deprived of their ponies,
4,001) In number, and were sent back to
their reservations In the territory. The
ponies were nearly nil killed by the orders
of the government, auch a procedure being
deemed the I est way of putting $he ma
raijdlng Indians hors du combat.
Final Rescue of Ike Captives.
"Th Eighth cavalry had accomplished
effective bervice in heading the Indians off
on the Cimmaron and Canadian river trails
Into New Mexico, so the only :ecourse now
left for the Cheyennes was to return tc
their agency on the Cimmaron or suffer
severe punishment and the deprivation ot
their ponlea. At Intervals during the winter
scouting parties were sent out from the
cantonment on Red river, and it wa not
until February that the Indians, after In
credible hardships during the excessively
sever winter, concluded to make their way
to the agency. They managMf to elude ob
servation until they reacfied the almost Im
passable labyrinths of the Washita river
midway between Fort 8111 and the Red
river cantonment. Their trail was found
there, and immediate pursuit wa taken
up and the band wa overhauled before
they reached the Canadian river. Her
Stone Calf, who wa himself suffering from
frozen feet, surrendered his tribe to th
Sixth cavalry, with the two elder Jerman
girls. The Indians were promptly disarmed
and escorted to the agency, on the Cim
maron, and were turned over to the Indian
agent ther.
"The condition of the captfve women waa
pitiful. They had been subjected to every
conceivable outrage. Their limb were
badly frozen, and both were placed In the
hospital for treatment, where they wer
given every kind attention that the mili
tary and Indian agency authorities could
bestow. From the moment of their cap
ture to the day of their rescue they had
been subjected to Insult and outrage. They
had been repeatedly whipped and their
bodiea were a mass of sores and bruises
Inflicted by their captors. They were con
demned to absolute slavery and were
beaten and cudgeled worae than it they
were brute. They were both the wit
nesses of the horrible murder of their par
ents and were denied the privilege of car
ing for their younger sisters, and wer also
denied the comfort of talking with each
other while In captivity. As soon aa they
were sufficiently recovereo. to travel they
were taken to Fort Leavenworth, and wer
partially restored to health and to their
friends. During their captivity they were
compelled to walk nearly all the while, and
from the effect of their terrible exposure
they both became permanent cripples. The
two younger children were also sent to
i Leavenworth, where they were rejoined by
their elder sisters, and all eventually re
turned to Arkansas, their former home."
DELAYED BLAST IS FATAL
Oa Man Killed and Two Aro Hart
at th lloniestak
Mine.
LEAD, 8. D., Aug. 8. (Special Telegram.)
Chadles Berrttl was instanly killed and
Louis Barlattl badly hurt by a delayed
blast In the Homrstake mine last night.
, A round of shot had been lighted and
all went but one. The men returned in
tlm to receive th foro of th blast.
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(Mcaiing sale every day to make room for new fall silks. Take
advantage now of this grand money saving opportunity.
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Silks.
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A WESTERN CHARACTER GONE
"Calamity Jane" Give Up the Ghost Amid
Scenes of Former Adventures.
STORY OF HER WILD FRONTIER LIFE
Xoted a a Scont, a Leader lu Lynch
ing and Tamer ot " Had Men"
A Woman Wllhont Fear
nnd n Crack Shot. v
One of the few remaining characters
fashioned by the rough and ready life of
pioneer days In the west crossed the divide
when "Calamity Jane", died In th Black
Hill a few days ago. She was not yet 50
years of age. but if active participation
In the Indian wars, lynching bees and
shooting events that crimson border his
tory count for age, "Calamity Jane" lived
a century In the thirty-three year of her
I'.fe on the frontier.
Ci lamlty'a maiden namo waa said to
bo Martha Cannary. Tho nickname by
which she was known throughout tho west'
was not Intended to be opprobrious. Her
own story of th manner in which she
obtained the name was once told by her
scl. as follows:
In the summer of 1S72 there was a mili
tary post on Goose creek, Wyoming, near
where th town of Sheridan now stands.
At Sheridan. Buffalo Bill's only daughter
now conducts a hotel. In those days and
for yeara after this was in the heart of
the Indian country. (
Where he Got tho Xante.
One day a small ietachment of troops
from Goose creek camp was surrounded,
nearly, by Indian. Six soldier were killed
and Captain Egun was wounded. He waa
reeling in his saddle and about to fall when
Martha Cannary dashed up beside him,
grasped him about the body, and pulled
him over upon her horse in front of her.
Thus the gallant woman scout saved the
life al th United State army officer a
ah saved others and Captain Egan, while
recovering from his serious wuunds. one
day Jokingly called her "Calamity Jane."
She has been known by that title ever
since. '
Its aptitude will be better understood
when It Is said that this remarkable char
acter was always to be found at the front
wherever there wa trouble, whether a
light with Indians or a lynching bee. And
yet Calamity was never a quarrelsome
person. She would r.ot be called a good
woman by the Pharisees, yet her nature
had, nevertheless a certain stamp of no
bility. Fcarleus and masculine In nearly
all her attributes. Including the costume
she usually chose, to wear, there was yet a
feminine tenderness In her character which
always prompted her to share her last
dollar or her last strip of baoon with a
hungry miner, and which wa wonder
fully manifest In Vhe metamorphosis ot
advancing yeara Her love for adventure,
excitement, and the primitive wlldnesa of
the furthest frontier drove her from Dead
wood In th lata '70. Yet she reappeared
In 1SX, a kindly matron In the prime of
life, and concerned only for th welfar
ot her two Utll daughter, whom ah
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DK CHl'XK-21 Inches wide 03
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In orders for any of above silks. We
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Great Sample Trunk Sale
We Lave bought the entire sample line of a
prominent Newajk, N. J., trunk manufacturer.
His good are known as the best and finest on the
oarket. There Is nn immense assortment and
great variety In make and style. Anyone who
appreciates the extreme cur with which these
pattern trunks are made anJ the scrutiny to
which they are subjected by the foremost trunk
dealers In the country, will recognise the worth
of the values offered as soon ft the trunks are
We secured 'them at !3-4 per cent eft the regular
wholesale piloe and offer them at one-4hlrd sav
ins; to you $2.25 to $3i).0M.
Valises from 4"c to $11.50.
Solid Leather Suit Cases, worth up to JS.50
sale price $1.98.
w'ehed to have the advantages of school
ing. She married 'a ranchman named M.
Burke after she left Den d wood.
Men Followed Her leadership.
Calamity, when ycung, had more than
her share of good looks. But that never
troubled her. Neither did she allow the
restless characters of . early days to
trouble her about It, any more than sha
feK so inclined. Her prowess with tha
six-shooter entitled her to as much respect
as was given to any man In the camp she
happened to frequent. She was the most
mannish woman the west ever knew. She
associated wit A desperadoes, frequented
dance halls, drank a Utile but never
much Joined in sports, racing and hunt
ing, as a man would, was to be found on
tho streets amid groups ot men, talking
with them as one of their kind, wore a
man's suit of handsomely made, tight
fitting buckskins, and a broad-brlmintd
hat, and always rode one ot the best
horses on the plains.
At an Indian scar or a lynching Jane
would alway take the lead, and wa eas
ily the most conspicuous character on
those occasions. Mounted on her home.
In her buckskin suit, with her long, glohy
black hair tossing over her shoulders, sno
was a remarkable figure,
Jane had a magnetism that was iviMhy of
greater deeds. Men would fellow bsr any
where. She never shrank before danger,
and her bcx never entirely forgotten
lent to her daring an Impulse that was
resistless upon her companions. It was
she who would arrange tho details of an
execution, and nfler the ceremony would
superintend the funeral. That the late
lamented had been a valued acquaintance
at one time never fcazed Jane. It It waa
for the good of the cainp that he expiate
a few of hla sin on a convenient moun
tain pine Jane was there to ea that every
thing was carried out according to Hoyle.
She could handle a rifle, tevclver or kulfe
with equal skill, and none dared dispute
her prowesas. She could ride the most
vicious mustang In a way that would ex
cite the envy of any cowboy. Apparently
she was born without tha aenso ot fear.
llecaiue n Prospector.
Jane was never known to create a dis
turbance and which doea not follow
necessarily, but la nevertheless truo waa
never arrested.
In 1375 the Black Hill was still an Indian
reservation, but the fame ot It gold depos
its had attracted hundreds of venturesome
prospectors who braved the skulking Indian
foe for the chance ot washing out a few
rich nuggets. Jane came Into the hills that
year, when the United States troops drove
out a crowd of while invader. Jane cam
with the troops, but the next year she cast
her lot with the happy-go-lucky enemy, th)
prospectors, and became one of tiieov
When Wild Bill, the moat famous chki-i.tr
ter of the day, was shot down from behiivl
by Jack McCall sh waa one of thoae wh
arri-stud the murderer.
Jane left Deadwood In the fall of 1877. Sh
led a restless, roving life for a few year
longer through Wyoming, Colorado, Utah,
Nevada, Idaho, Montana and North Da
kota. But th march of civilization waa too
much for Jan and h took to herself a
husband snd settled down as far away
from a railroad aa ah could. Returning to
the Hill eight year ago, sh settled down
to the humdrum life of mining camp an4
ended her day In peace and quiet.
