THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 23. 1903.
REAL ESTATE
PAR M AND RA.XCII t.1D Fori SALU
Arliin-i.
T.,onn RUTS Und and virrln f
timber, ntf'-.rlv hB'rlo.n, nr;r r.v - . 1.
(ill r h iru nng now. Write. Txr i Kan i
Trust 'oin eny, T"xnrkana, A:k.
C'nnmla.
500
Per Cent
Investment
Continuation of advertisement
The Omaha Dee of two weeks ago.
In
Four sections of rich Fruit Lands In
EritlBh Columbia at $10.50 per acre.
Terms:
The Grand Trunk Railway Is build
ing through th Is land both from the
EaBt and from the West. One section
adjoins the Right of Way, and all are
within four miles of the proposed town
Bite In the rich Nechaco Valley.
Iand less productive in Southern
BrltlBh Columbia readily brings from
f 100.00 to $500.00 per acre.
The Railroad must bo completed In
two and one-half years.
The enterprise and capital of others
Will make purchaser rich.
25,000 acres are owned by Omaha
parties and were Inspected by them.
These lands are held at $20.00 per
acre and up, and are not for sale, but
Omaha parties have all they can carry.
My option expires July 10th, when
the land passes into the hands of part
ies in Canada, where the land is Bell
ing rapidly at $20.00 per acre and up.
Telephone me at bank, or residence.
Leonard W. Scheibel
Care of Nebraska National Bank.
VM) M 5 2x
TRAMPING LAKE, Saskatchewan ami
(Southern Alberta selected lands, is to $il
pe.r acre. Settlors secure farms on crop
payment pian. w rno e.linuy Guiiuy,
Dept. B, Union Bank Bldg., Winnipeg
(M Mj."i8
Colorado.
OOOD FARMING LAND Near Denver,
Greeley district; wells 2."i to 40 feet; ubun.
dance of moisture; general faiminu. In
cluding corn raising; one crop pays for
NATIONAL INVESTMENT. CO.,
6S2 Braudcis Bldg. Omaha, Nej.
UO) 9.6
WANTED We have several thousand
acrta of good Colorado landa for sale; we
want good, live agenta to represent ua.
Globe Land and Investment Co., Omaha,
Neb. (aoj-MftM
Montana.
17,f00 acrea of eastern Montana farm lands
for sale at 4 R0 per acre. A snap for a
quick buyer. Billing Loan and Title corn
puny. Billings. Wont (20 M9sl
Mluuurl.
CORN LANDS for ,ta,e ma.
report, sent free.
BAZEL J. MEEK. CHILL1COTHE. MO.
v20)-
Nebraaka.
FARM of 320 acres In Boone Co., Neb.,
240 under cultivation, good Improvements
Price $50. per aire, easy terms. Crelgh
Bona & Co.. 5o8 Bee Bldg. (20) M!)t3 2S
For Sale
160 acres one mile from Ashland, Baun
flers county, Nebraska; 7-room house, barn
for ten horses, new double crib, hog house,
heds, etc.; small orchard, 5 acres of wal
nut grove, 120 acres In cultivation. Ntvr
failing water. Price, If taken at
nice buyer can have crop for this year.
80 acres lVa miles from Ashland: no Im
provements except 30 acres of orchard. All
fenced and flrst-clusi. building- site. Price,
6,2oo. Very chvup.
D. V. SHOLES COMPANY,
U0 BOARD OF TRADE BLDG.,
16th and Farnam Bts.
Telephone Doug. 4 Ind. A 2049.
FOR SALE.
40 acres fine fanning land, 7 miles from
Callaway; thriving mllioud town; about
JfM) acres under cultivation; all in one
body, nearly as let el as ttie tea and as
good and pretty land as you ever laid
your eyes on; & acita a ed J to alfalfa;
two thrifty groves, 7-roont franm houxe
and one of the largest barns in me coon
tr ; mow room tor luO ton of hay; large
granary, cattle sheds and oilier buildings;
4U1 fenced and crotts-frncfd; two wells and
trlndmllls; on rural mail route and tele
phone In house. This is a beautitul loca
tion and one that will make your declin
ing years happy. If sold within the next
thirty days, on easy trims, per acre. IM.
For further description and Hat of other
lands address R. E. Hrcga, Callawu).
Neb. 20 M317 2S
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
4So-aere Platte valley stock ranch, cen
tral Nebraska, fine hay and pasture; all
fenced; large frame house; iV miles from
railroad. Will exchange for clean stock
general merchandise or sell at a bargain,
r. 1. 01 sen, Grand Island, Neb.
(20 M402 2Sx
IMPROVED FARM
Washington County Nebraska.
IIS acres high land, well improved, fine
orchard, some good hardwood limber,
fenced and cross fenced, runn'ng water;
440 acres under cultivation; l'5 below the
market. Muet S; II quickly. Gocd terms.
Address I J. Adams, 318 B. l'nh St ,
Omaha, Neb. Ilii-UWM
Texas.
I.ANDSEEKERS.
Braios valley crops pay 3c to lo") per cent
on cost of land per year. The Hrar.-is
valley holds the Texas cot'.on record. We
can show the best rim in Texas. We
ran show the richest soli and prettiest
land in Texas. Abundant rainfall Level
land. Lowest freight rates Onlv V nitls
from Houston the "Chicago of the South"
to my office at Ros-nberg hO to 1 'ivt
aere tracts. Price fla M $2.i per acre.
Illustrated list free. inland P. Lock
wood, Owner, 43o San Antonio, Texas
l20-
AVaahiagton.
R'OITP vou locate on IdO a'-res givern
ment land? False anything, fine climate.
Send SI for tall Information. Western
Bureau Information, 617 B. Pike St..
4WIUI CU - Sx
REAL ESTATE
farm n rach i.ad for sale
(Continued )
Tit iseella neons.
'On AflER. Jl.'YO
Clne to rountj scat lm n, nil good, de p
Mirk noil, is worth 2" of any main
tv.onev. but o npr :i u.i eU. Ilf also has
nnoiher quir'ir Hint has I en acre? broken,
for which hi- wl.l take .U.loti fr. If yu
want prm'th'nK that Is firt-clnss anil
w irth twhe the mnpev. here's your chair e
WAIT 1NVES IMENT CO.,
4ol Pee 131 J. Omaha, Neb.
i2t; M1M
REAL ESTATE LOANS
LOANS on
l.i. proved Omaha property.
E. Co.. N. V. Life lila.
tJ-eJS
O Ke.ile K.
PRIVATE MONEY-CASH ON HAND-
NO DELAY. J. H. Mil HEN, t-3 IS t
NAT. BANK BILDG. TEL. DOUG. l.'IS.
(310 ttu
PRIVATE MONEY-NO DELA1.
GARVIN BROS., 10o4 FARNAM.
t22) tiJS
PRIVATE MONEY to loan. 3400 to 6V;
caah on hand; no delay. J. II Sherwood,
6;S Branch-is Bidg, (21) M3t
FIVE PER CENT
Money to lorn, on
Omiha business property.
THOMAS BHKNNAN,
Room 1, New York Lila Bids.
CD-CM
WANTED City loana and warrants. W.
Farnam Smith & Co., 13i0 Famam St.
C2 843
$100 to 110,000 mado promptly. F.
Wead Bids., ISth and Farnam.
D. Wead.
(22-C3i
WANTED City loana. Peters
Trust Co.
(.22) H3
LOWEST RATES Bemla.
Paxton Block.
J2) 644
PRIVATE and eastern iimny-J"0 to IJO0,-
0v loans for building purpos-.s.
W. H. THOMAS, 5o3 1st Nnt'l Bank Bid?.
(22) m JOx
MONEY TO LOAN--Payne Investment Co.
REAL ESTATE WANTED
WANTED Real osta'e. nr other property
In exchange fur my unrk In a fast grow
ing Industrial corporation. Describe what
you have and state vnlue. Address Mary
j. Espy. 321D N. Capitol Ave.. Indiana
polls. Intl. (L3) Mlo: 2x
WANTED Information regarding a (rood
farm for sale; not particular about lo
cation: wish to hear from owner only,
who will sell direct to buyer; give price,
riescrlpton and state when possession
onn be had. Address L. Darbyshlro, Box
Iimi. Rochester. N. Y. (231
WANTED TO BUY
HIGHEST prices for 2d-har.d furniture, r.r
pels, clothec and shoes. Tel. Douglas 8!71.
:S)-6I6
BEST price paid for 2-hand furniture, car
beta, stoves, clothing, shoi-a. Tel. Red bl.
(2i)-646
WANTED Newfoundland dog or pup.
Ross Hollman, Ansley, Neb.
(25) M 428 2Sx
WANTED To buy rooming house. In good
location. Prl"e must be right. Give price
and location In first letter. Address 0-W4,
care Bee. U5)-M522 30
WANTED To buy 5 to "-room rooming
house. Must be priced right. Give price
and number In first letter. Address L-ilSl,
care Bee. (-6) M521 30
WANTED-T0 RENT
WANTED
MODERN 8 OR 9 ROOM
HOUSE IN DUNDEE OR
"WEST FARNAM DIS
TRICT. ADDRESS L 612,
BEE.
(K1-M33J 30
WANTED by man and wife, room and
board In private family, close In. Address
M-6S, care Bee. (2C)-M32S 2i
WANTED SITUATIONS
YOUNG woman, travelled, cultured, ver
satile; old family references. Illustrate
social, household, business abllltlea,
thorougness. iniatlve. good Judgment;
successful since reverses aa companion
and In literary lines; wants wider op
portunities; employment, ousinesn open
lng. L. put ma n, Kooin iai, ro,
108 Ful-
ton. St., New York.
(i7) 46 2x
SALESMEN All desire first class spe
cialties to handle In Chicago and Phila
delphia on commission basis. A. M.
Llndauer, 1S5 Adams St., Chicago, 111.
(27) ljx
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS SEALED
bids will be received at the office of the
city clerk of David City. Neb., up to 8
o'clock p. m.. July Sth, 1"8, for furnishing
material and labor and Installing a sewer
e siem for the City of David City. Plans
and specifications are on file and may be
seen at the office of the city clerk and at
the office of the engineers. 1416 First Na
tional Bank building. Chicago, 111. Each
bid must be accompanied with a certified
check of 10 per cent of the amount of the
bid as a guaranty that the bidder will en
ter into tontract and furnish the proper
bond if awarded the contract. The city
reserves the right to reject any or allblda.
For further information address W . 8.
vi ,-.r-r v citv iiera. m. a. .uh oc w
Engineers.
J14-21-HI
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS PROPOd
als for the erection of a library building
in Onawa. Iowa, will be received by the
undersigned at his office In Onawa. Iowa
(where plans and specifications may be
seen), until 1 o'clock p. m.. July 13, lSnS. at
which time the contract will be awarded
to the lowest restKinsible bidder. The
board reserves the right to reject any or all
bids. F. E. LARK. Secretary. Jun24d7t
NOTICE OF ROND SALE SEALED BIDS
will be received by the citv of David City,
Nebraska, until Julv th. W, at 8 o'clock p.
nr. for the sale of 817.0OO registered sewer
bonds. The bonds are of ! denomination
.u..i. KoaHnir R ner cent annual interest;
principal and Interest payable in the city
of New York. Bonds dsted June 1st, I(i8.
due In twenty years from tneir aaie. nui
payable and redeemable after five years
from their dale. All bids must be sealed
and addressed to the city clerk. David City,
Nebraska. The council reserves the rlEht
to retect any or all bids. W. S. McCOY,
CltyCU jk; J-SJyS
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
V II lam Wordnnan to Henrv Peters, n.
l t 1. blo k 77. South Omaha $
Fr.mk A. Furay. county treasurer, to
Joseph Doi-piva. lot 8. block 7, Arbor
PMrd ,vt,nilnn
:oo
I Fam t J same lot 9, blo-4 7. Arbor
PI ice txten'on
Rt Rev. Rlcharl Scannell to Mary
R Kl-ntall. lots 14. 17 and 18. Cm-.
veni Place
George F. ll'lnrre ar.d w.fe to L. J.
Mil rV lots 9 and 10, blo-k . Trora-
Iv.rg Plce
Wi'.. am Gaslln to J hn i t 8 erner. I t
3. bio. k P. Myers. Richards & Til-
i.en s addit'on
D C. Patterson and w fe ti Henry
O'.s.n. lot 4. block 1. Folsom PUce
375
2
Ant in Grelmr and w.fe to Peter
Isiaoer. lois ;. r and 2, Mock 2.
W. L Felij's 1st sdditlm 9r
p. A. Huston and wife ti K J WI'.
k nicn, let 4. rl ck 2. Maxwel s sdd -tio
l 1
Truiran W. Wl eler el al. to same, lot
4. ti -ck 2. Maxwells addition 1
Cl aries A Bltck and wife to Fred J.
H1 and wife, lot 14. block 3. Marys
vlllc. 1.1 0
Gera'd M. Drew to Mary A Wlkox. lot
l: block 4, Saundsis A Hlniebaugh s
addition 1 CO)
Total
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OLD WARRIOR FOES TO MEET!
General Carrinjton and Eed Cloud
Will Be at Sheridan Reunion.
FIE ST MEETING SINCE MASSACRE
One of the Snrt Ivors of that Anfnl
Tranril) Defends American
Itflloer Asjnlnst Charges
of Error.
Meeting In peace and In the evening of
their lives their firft meeting In forty
two years, nr since thrv met as deadly
foes on the frontier of the west Brigadier
General. Henry B. Cnrrlngtr.n. leader of
the white forces and Chief Red Cloud,
leader of the Indians, at the battle out
of which grew the masracre of Fort Phil
Kearney, December 21. IKi'.fi, will be the
centra! figures of the reunion of the Fort
Fhl! Kearney survivors at Pherldan, Wyo.,
July 3 and 4. General Carrlngton, past
Nti yenrs of age and Red Cloud, past flo,
will lead the remnant of the general's old
g lard to the scene of that terrible traaedy
where this Ogalalla Pinux and his braves
killed and scalped so many of the heroic
nvn who fought under General Carrlngton.
The latter now lives nt Hyde Park, Mass.,
and the wrinkled old Indian warrior, totally
blind. Is passing his last days on the
Pine Ridge agency In South Dakota.
The celebration la under the direction of
the Chamber of Commerce of Pherldan,
nd the program will comprise an enter
tainment of the good old western variety,
with a realistic production of the Fetter
man massacre, participated In by United
States regulars and Crow Indians. There
will also be a genuine frontier day cele
bration of broncho busting contests, Indian
war dances and weird Indian mu?lc.
t'nrrlngton In Oinahn Monday.
General Carrlngton will pass through
Oinahn, with Mrs. Carrlngton Monday
afternoon, and will be Joined here by two
or three of his old command, who will
accompany General and Mrs. Carrlngton
to Pherldan. Mrs. Carrlngton, formerly
Mrs. Grummond Is also a survivor of the
Fetterinan massacre, her husband, Lieu
tenant Oeoi gi' . Grummond, having been
one of the victims of the massacre.
Here are the survivors of that massa
cre who will meet old Chief Red Cloud
at Sheridan: General Carrlngton, Colonel
Sam M. Horton. Hyde Park, Mass.; Wil
liam E. Caldwell, hospital steward, now
Grand Army of the Republic post com
mander, 20 South Diamond St., North Side,
Pittsburg; Orderly Archie Sample, same
address; bugler John Bradford, same ad
dress; D. W. Bradford. Glenshaw, Pa.;
Sergeant George D. Ward, Denver; Ser
Geant George B. Graham. Arvada, Col.; G.
II. Graham, Denver; Anthony D. Maxwell,
Denver; Henry Bhackly, Mechanics Falls,
Maine; John Smith, Omaha; Sergeant Sam
S. Peters, of the Bee, Omaha; Drummer
Barnes, Omaha; John Finn, 628 Twenty
third St., N. W. Washington, D. C;
Frank Gordon, Lodge Grass, Mont.; Elijah
S. Rice, Morrison, Col.; Dennis Drlscoll,
Dieti, Wyo.; William Day, Rawlins, Wyo.;
William Murphy, Spokane.
neal Story of the Massacre.
The causes leading up to the Fettermon
massacre have been written up In various
phases by correspondents who were 1.500
utiles from Jthe scene, end their own
constructions put upon the affair were
generally based on hearsay and the stories
of Interested parties who have sought to
lay the blame upon General Carrlngton
nd the Imprudence of Lieutenant Colonel
Fetterman.
The essential facta of the affair are
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these, as related by 8
8. Feters. one of
the Carrlngton soldiers:
"The Inst year of th Civil war, various
volunteer regiments. largely recruited
from Confederate prisoners of war from
the prison camps of Camp Morton. Ind.,
Cairp Douglas. HI.. Camp Chap.-', Ohio,
and other points with several other volun
teer regiments, notably t'.e 11th Ohio
Cavalry. 6th West Virginia. 7th Iowa. 21st
New York, nth Kansas, 1st Colorado. 2d
California and 2d Nebraska. wer sent to
the plains under th general command of
General Patsy fdward Conner. These
regiments had various encounters with the
Indians, but It was understood that they
would be mustered out at the close of
the Civil war and b replaced with J egular
army troops. Most of these volunteers gar
risoned the western posts and were
engage,, In keeping the Indians In check.
The fighting with the Indians was desult
ory, though the volunteers had many
notable engagements with the Indians in
the North Platte and Towder River
country, the scene of the actual warfare.
Ten Thousand Troops.
"There wern about lf.noo of these volun
teer ttoops scattered over the plains, gar
risoning a number of posts and stations
along the Platte. North' Platte and South
Platte rivers. Powder river and along
the old California trail to Camp Douglas.
I'tah. ThChe Included Old Ford Kearney,
near Kearney, Neb.. Flum Creek, r.ow
Lexington, Neb., Fort McPherson, Neb.,
Fort Sedgewick. Col., Fort Sanders, Col.,
Fort Halleck. Col., Fort Fred Steele, Col.,
and Fort Brldger, Vtah. In the Platte
country; Fort Mitchell (Scotts Rluffs) Neb.
Fort Laramie. Wyo.. Fort Casper, Wyo.
and Hrldger's Ferry on the North Tlntte;
and Fort Reno, on Powder river. Porta
Omaha, Neb., D. A. Russell, and Fotter
nian were not then built.
"In 18S5 it became necessary to relieve
these volunteers with the then decimated
regular army, the civil war having ended.
The Eighteenth I'nltcd States Infantry,
consisting of a three battalion teglment
(the First battalion being afterwards known
as the Eighteenth, the Second battalion as
the Twenty-seventh and the Third battal
ion as the Thirty-sixth infantry) with two
battallona of the Second United States cav
alry, were ordered to relieve the volun
teers. Four companies of the Eighteenth,
with the Bccond battalion, afterwards the
Twenty-seventh, were ordered to the North
Platte and Powder river country, with two
companies of the Second cavalry. There
were scarcely 1,0(0 men In both commands.
Two of the companies of the Eighteenth
were ordered to take station at Fort Lar
amie, with one company of the Second cav
alry. Two other companies of the Eigh
teenth and another company of the Second
cavalry were ordered to garrison Fort
Reno, whle the second battalion, or Twenty-seventh
Infantry, was ordered Into the
Big Horn country to establish two new
posts in that vicinity.
Union Pacific Being; Bnilt.
"The building of the Union Pacific rail
way was then under way from Omaha,
but had not yet reached Columbus. When
the command, under the direction of Gen
eral Henry B. Carrlngton, then colonel of
the Eighteenth Infantry, started on the
march, General Carrlngton was designated
as the commander of the new Mountain
district, to be established In the Big Horn
country. The command encountered no
trouble with the Indians until reaching
Fort Mitchell, across the North Platte from
the present town of Scott's Eluff. where
they had a light skirmish, but met with
no casualties. Reaching Fort Laramie,
about 8,000 Sioux Indians were encamped
there for the purpose of holding a treaty,
the Issue of which was the opening of the
Platte river road and North Platte road
to Salt Lake City for the building of the
Union Pacific. This treaty was held In
the spring of 1868. The proposition was
agreed to b'y the Indians. The chiefs at
this treaty were Red Cloud, Spotted Tali.
Standing Elk, American Horse, Man-Araid-of-Hls-Horse
and others of equal em
inence, all of whom were Sioux Indians.
Sherman and Sheridan.
"The United States peace commissioners
were Felix R. Brunot, Generals W. T. Sher
man, Phil Sheridan, Henry E. Maynadler,
Colonel Chivlngton, Jules and Marcus
Escoffey, Henry Boudlnot, Dan Butterfleld
and Marcus Beauvals, with Jim Brldger,
Jim Beckwith and Peter Boussinet as
spokesmen for the Indians.
"It was agreed by the Indians that they
would leave the Platte routes unmolested
if no other effort was made to penetrate
the northwest route to Montana, known aa
the Brldger Cut-off, that extended up the
North Platte, crossing at Bridger's Ferry
at the mouth of Horseshoe creek, and
thence northwest to the Powder river
crossing at Fort Reno, first established In
165 by General Connor, but now abandoned;
thence westward to the Big Horn moun
tains and onward to Bozeman, Mont. This
route lay through the very heart of the
best hunting landa of the Ogalalla and
Brule Sioux, of which Red Cloud was the
chief. The Sioux were very Jealous of this
game reserve and wanted It continued un
molested
"NotwitHstandlng the pending treaty ne
gotiations, the Eighteenth infantry and
Second cavalry then arriving on the scene
under General Carrlngton, was directed by
the War department to continue their
march Into the disputed territory. Red
Cloud was Indignant. He claimed this
country as belonging to his people, and
rose from the treaty and announced In an I
eloquent speech, interpreted through Leo
Pallardy. a half breed, that the 'whites
were liars." Continuing, he said: 'Y'ou
have no honor. Y'ou ask us to come here
to treat with you. Y'ou promise us you
will keep your soldiers out from our last
hunting grounds, and while you are here
talking with your lying tongues you send
your soldiers Into my territory. I will not
treat with you. Me and my people and
my young men will go out this day and
we will mark every mile of your way to the
Big Horn with the graves of your dead
soldiers.'
Red Cloud Stood Pat.
"All efforts to dissuade Red Cloud and
his band from leaving the treaty were un
availing. The troops had two days' start
of him, but in the meanwhile he sent the
alarm out among his people and the war
was on.
"Standing Elk, Spotted Tail, American
Horse. Man-Afrald-of-Hls Horses and the
other chiefs were leaders of the Southern
Sioux, including the Blsseton, Minnecon
Joux, Cheyenne River and other tribes of
Sioux, whose tribal territories lay east
ward of the forks of the Platte, and along
the main Platte river. They signed the
treaty and remained peaceable.
With the Bloux, under Red Cloud, were
Joined the Northern Cheyennea and Arapa
hoe, and these constituted the hostlles be
tween the North Plstte. and the Big Horn
country. Including the Black Hills region
The firH pitched battle between the
regulars and Indians under Red Cloud, took
place at Crazy Woman Creek, a fork of
Powder river on July 21, W6. It was an all
day fight, and for Its severity and the
numbers engaged has scarcely ever ben
equalled In Indian warfare. The troops
were under commend of IJeutensnt A. H.
Wsnds. and consisted of but twenty men,
who were aclng as escort to a det.l. of
officers Just appjlr.ted to the reg.Uar army.
and er.route to Join the Eighteenth at Fort
Phil Kearney, which had arrived there but
a day or two before.
Few Esrsr Some Wound.
"Lieutenant N. H. Daniels wss killed In
the fight, as was Sergeant Collery and one
citizen teamster. Nearly every other man
in mi command wae wounaeo. ana cut tor
the opportune arrive! of a rt-llef rsrty
thst had made a forced march, the entire
command would have been annihilated In
the few hours) following. 80 desperate was
the condition of the heleaugiired command
that they decided to first kill the two
women, ere the wife of Lieutenant Wand,
and another, a Mr. Fessrnden, and then
themselves before submitting to wnat
seemed almost inevitable capture.
"Strange as It may appear, the two
women, who wer angels of mercy during
the entire alt-day fight, caring for the
vounded. they agreed to the proposition
of their own deaths. The Indians engaged
were under command of Chief Red Cloud,
and while not numbering hut about 100
at the heglnning of the fight at 9 o'clock
that morning, had received reinforce
ments to the number of nearly 1.000
by sundown when the battle ended. The
troor had retreated to a small knoll
about a quarter of a mjle from where the
attack began In the morning, and fortified
It by digging rifle, pits In the sand and
thus held their own, until rescued about
sundown, by a party of 3m men under
General Burroughs, who was enrottte back
from Fort Fhll Kearney to Fort Reno for
supplies.
Fights Almost Dally.
"Skirmishes and battles followed almost
daily with the Indians both a Fort Reno
and Fort Phil Kearney. In the meanwhile
new post. Fort C. F. Smith had been
established In the Crow country, ninety
miles west of Fort rhll Kearney, and was
garrisoned by two companies of the
Twenty-seventh Infantry. All of these
posts were stockaded posts, and neither
had more than 300 men to garrison them
at the beginning of the fall of l'fi.
"Fort Phil Kearney was In the very
heart of the hostile Indian country and
encounters with the Indians were of dally
occurrence. Twenty-five or thirty men
were killed during the early fall and win
ter. Including Lieutenant II. F. Bingham
of the Second Cavalry, a gallant and noble
fellow. Several men weru killed while
on guard duty on the stockades and pickets
were constantly ambushed and killed.
Cllninx of the Trnsredy.
"The climax of the tragedy of those
terrible years of war was reached on
December 21, l'S06, when a detachment of
eighty-three men under Lieutenant Colonel
W. J. Fetterman, Captain Fred H. Brown
and Lieutenant George W. Grummond.
with two citizens, Jim Wheatlcy and Jim
Fisher, were massacred by the Indians
under Red Cloud, while out to relieve the
wood train which had been attacked by
the Indians. The entire command was
annihilated within three hours after leaving
the stockade at Fort Phil Kearney, and
within less than four miles of the post.
The firing could be distinctly heard from
the fort, at which was left scarcely a
hundred souls, Including the sick In hospi
tal, citizens, women and children. The
long roll was sounded and every man who
could carry a gun fell in, to go to the
rescue of Fetterman's party. A detach
ment of fifty soldiers under command of
Captain T. E TenEyck hurried out to
whero the filing was heard, on the double
quick. Before the party reached the ridge
west of the fort, which had obscured Fet
terman's command from the view of the
outlook on Pilot Hill, the firing had
ceased.
Great Numbers of Reds.
"Great numbers of Indians were observed
going off toward the northwest, carrying
their dead and wounded with them, while a
party of 200 or 300 braves dashed down
toward Ten Eyck's relief party and defied
them to come on. Captain Ten Eyck was
prudent and, fearing the worst, refused to
march down toward the ambuscade, and
the Indians drew off. The relief command
moved on cautiously and within a short
while found the dead bodies of Fetter
man's command lying In two groups about
an eighth of a mile apart. The furthest
detachment of about twenty men were
found huddled closely together, all dead,
scalped and nameleesly mutilated. The re
maining part of the 111 fated command
was piled up on an area of scarcely more
than an acre in area, all dead, scalped and
mutilated. Captain Brown and Colonel Fet
terman were lying close together, eacn
with a bullet hole in the temple,
the wound powder-burned, which In
dicated that they had killed themselves
or each other, when all hops had fled.
Lieutenant Grummond! body was found
nearer the farther group. Wheatley and
Fisher were lying close together, and about
them were a hundred or more empty Henry
rifle shells, Indicating how dearly they had
sold their lives
"The bodies oi the dead were brought
Into the post. The remaining men of the
command contributed of their own scanty
clothing to clothe the naked bodies of the
dead, and on Christmas day the poor fel
lows were burled in two long trenches on
a little rise back of the fort.
Snd (hrlntmii Day.
"It was a sad funeral, that Christmas
day. For the command had been making
arrangements for weeks before for a grand
Christmas festival, only as such an enter
tainment could be designed In the remote
and Indian besieged fort. But Instead of
a day of Joy, It was the saddest day that
any similar number of aouls had had to
experience.
"Still no reinforcements came to the be
leagured and decimated force, though Gen
eral Carrlngton had made repeated re
quests for them. For the remainder of
the winter It was one of Incessant skirm
ish with the Indiana, and so desperate had
the situation become that the following
summer and fall the tattered remnants
of the Eight nth Infantry and Second cav
airy abando 1 Forts C. F. Smith. Phil
Kearney am. Reno and came down onto
the Platte river. Several months later the
belated reinforcements came. Fort Casper
was abandoned and Forts Fetterman and
D. A. Russell were built.
"The two regiments that for nearly three
years were trying to do the work assigned
to 10,000, were at last given a little rest In
the posts nearer civilization, but not until
they paid the penalty of over 8C0 lives for
someone's blunder.
"It wss not General CarsJngton'f blundrf .
"Neither did Captain Ten Eyck blunder
In going to the relief of Fetterman. Ho
and Carrlngton did all that mortal men
could do, and did more than their critics
would have dared to undertake."
This Poodle a Horseman.
Frank M. Holden drove up to the post
office at Morristown, N. J., recently
with a French poodle on the seat of
the buggy with him. The dog weighs
thirty pounds. Mr. Holden left the dog
on the seat and went Into the postofflee.
The horse's reins were lying over the
dashboard.
The horse was frightened by a passing
automobile and started to run.
At the first move of the horse the poodle
Jumped from the seat, grabbed the :ains
and sprang out or the buggy. w lien
the dog lan. led on the ground he had the
reins wrapped about his body. and. al
though under the wagon, he kept nold of
them and cheeked the horse.
Patrolman Mesler saw the affair, ran
Into the street and caught the horse. The
dog then unwrapped the reins from his
body snd Jumped back in the buggy, ready
for another drive New York World.
Very Much So
"That girl Is a peach!" enthusiastically
"Ts'ald'oVh.r. "and she u the
apple of her father's eye"
"She and young Blnks would make a
fine pair, suggested a third
"But." obletted another In the arouD
"a fellow like Binks would find her some
thing of a lemon in the garden of love
The cynical bystander who had been
listening butted In st this point
"I don t know the young woman." he
ZcZBVS,
Amsrlcan.
TRAGIC STORY OF A TOWN
WTiy the Pacific Railroad Passed St.
Jos and Anchored in Omaha.
REBEL YELLS DID TILE BUSINESS
l.raend that la Mlhtr Interestln
If Trne Reflections on tfc
rathoa of Blasted
Hopes.
The pathos of human regrets and blasted
hopes pictured by the eminent Quaker port,
John Greenleaf Whlttler, in his famous
lines:
Of all the sad words of tongue and pen.
The saddest are these, "It might have
been."
have for one community In the Missouri
valley a sobful meaning as deep as that
which wrung gobs of tears from the hearts
of Maud Muller and the Judge. St. Joe Is
the afflicted community. No one would
suspect from Ps look that silent grl f
gnaws at the vitals, unless the present
superabundance of ws'er provokes the h'g
gard face. But from Lake Contrary to th
summit of Rohadiettx s bluff the s .bs of
what might have been well up whenever
the distant rumble of a Pacific railroad
train Is heard. The reason occasionally
crops out In a sml-histor!cal way, and
the latest version of It is set forth with
much detail in Will L. Vlsscher's recently
published story of "The Pony Express."
St. Joe's sorrowing tale stretches back to
the early days of the civil war when tho
sainted town Imagined It was destined to
be the esstern terminus of the overland
route, but Its expectations were blasted
by the rebel yells of one Jeff Thompson.
Hopes Built High.
Mr. Vlsscher's statement Is more In the
nature of a suggestion than a fact estab
lished, and Is predicated on the assumption
that the pony express route from St. Joe,
the most practicable then In operation,
would have been chosen as the route of
the Pacific railroad had not the flag Inci
dent changed the route of destiny. The
legend. In substance, states that Senator
Charles Sumner of Massachusetts was a
stanch supporter of the claims of St. Joe
as the eastern terminus of the proposed
Pacific railroad, which had been under
consideration In congress for years prior to
the date of the Incident in ISM. The city
possessed constructive advantages superior
to any other settlement on the Missouri
river. The Hannibal & St. Joe railroad
had Its terminus there, a fact of tre
mendous Importance In transporting mate
rial for the new road. "St. Joe,'" say the
writer, "was at that time easily the most
Important city on the Missouri river. Ksn
sas City was little known other than West
port Landing, a straggling village under
the bluffs, most Important as the steam
boat landing for Westport, a smsll town a
few miles Inland, In Missouri, the outfit
ting depot for much overland traffic.
Omaha was then little more than a trading
post opposite Council Bluffs, la. But there,
as In Kansas City, another great city has
grown."
What Struck the Town.
The Incident which changed Senator
Sumner from an Intense partisan of St.
Joe to an enemy of the city was precipitated
by the rebellious conduct of some of the
residents. "After the election of Mr. Lin
coln In 1860, and his Inauguration in 1S61, aa
president, which precipitated the secession
Of the southern states," continues the nar
rative, "Jeff Thompson, a prominent citizen
of St. Joe, committed an act that, though
apparently a trifling affair, comparatively,
resulted In many wondrous changes.
Thompson bectme an Intense secessionist
and was afterward an officer of the con
federate army. The tradition Is that he,
with some other young men, tore down the
United States flag from the St. Joseph post
office and replaced It with the flag of the
southern confederacy. The story, which
seems to be of strong foundation In truth
and vouched for by many persons of tho
time and place, further relates that Mr.
Sumner, when Informed of the St. Joe Inci
dent, became as strenuously opposed to
that city. In the premises, as he had been
In Its favor theretofore, and that he had
much to do with Influencing Mr. Lincoln
to name Omaha as the beginning of the
'Iron Trail' westward."
Jeff Was a Terror.
Supporting the statement of Thompson's
traitorous act Is the verified fact that
John L. Blttinger, for many years a lead
ing Journalist of the city, and who was post-
master at the time, apprehended Thompson
In the act of destroying the flag that he
had pulled down, and recovered the frag
ments at the muzzle of a revolver.
Thompson was not content with his first
act of treason to the government. His
rebel yell was hearj wherever the union
flag was raised. He was the leader of a
rebel mob which compelled the occupants of
Turner hall to haul down the flag which
the Turner society floated from the flag
staff on the building. These acts of dis
loyalty and contempt for the government
are supposed to have Incensed the authori
ties at Washington and caused the Massa
chusetts champion of human liberty to put
the hot Iron to rebel flesh of Bt. Joe and
place the city on the Pacific railroad "has
been'' list.
This Is conceded to be the saddest chap
ter in the melancholy romance of Bt. Joe.
Why historian of the Pacific railroad and
of Omaha have overlooked the tragic epi
sode and neglected to festure It as a fit
ting penalty for disloyalty Is a mystery the
local historians can solve at their leisure
It may help Bt. Joe and partially vindicate
Jeff to point out that as early as 1853 the
route now occupied by the pioneer trans
continental railroad from Omaha to the
Rocky mountains was substantially located
by Hon. Peter A. Dey, General Grenvllle M.
Dodge, J. E. House and George House. The
nine succeeding years were years of talk
years of destruction rather than construc
tion. In 1863 these eminent railroad path
finders confirmed the original route and
the constructive administration of President
Lincoln set the machinery In motion, estab
lished the "Initial point" between Omaha
and Council Bluffs, and that settled It.
Jeft Thompson appears to have beer
Ignored as completely as St. Joe.
CHOIR HAS PICNIC AT MANAWA
Singers front All Saints Spend a
Pleasant Dnr at Lake
Heaort.
The members of the All Saints' choir of
Omaha held their fifth annual picnic at
Lake Manawa yesterdsy, under the direc
tion of J. H. Slmms. The outing was given
at the kursasl, where many of the party
took a cool plunge, after which a supper
was served.
About thirty participated in the pastimes,
which Included the numerous concessions
of the park, with the velvet roller coaster
in greatest favor.
POLICE HAVEAQUEER MIXUP
Matrlsaoalal Mlsup and Case of Paaa.
Inst Forged Checks Inter
woven. A rase rather complicated In nature came
to the notice of Ue police Friday night.
F. V. Mapes of Hampden, la., B. E.
Crowell and woman giving the name of
Nellie Dwyar were arrested at 1104 North
Twenty-fourth street by Officer Wilson.
Mapes claims to be the husband of tho
woman and It Is charged that the pair have
passed a number of forged checks Ir. dif
ferent parts of the country. The complica
tions arise over the fact that Crowcll has
been living wl'h the woman whom Mapes
claims as his wife, and It Is said that ciu
or more divorces also figure prominently it
the affair, it Is understood that the latter
two are wanted by the police of several
cities.
NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY
Quaint and Cnrloua Features of l.lfe
In a Rapidly Growing
State.
Don't Drop the Whip One of our young
gentlemen, a member of the dry Sunday
crowd. Is sitting on the topmost seat of
the water wagon. Hang on. kid. Hubbard
Items, North Nebraska Eagle.
Another Version of the Fish Btory Newt
Jarvls was up from Nemaha, Monday, aad
told the biggest fish story of the season.
He says that the German carp have been
swimming along the Burlington right-of-way
at Nemaha, and on Monday one larg'i
specimen, weighing seventeen pounds, came
tip alongside the passenger train at the de
pot and endeavored to board It. A man
named Glllispie, saw the fish and grasping
a board, hit It over the head and killed It.
During the rise carp have been as thick
on the bottoms as bees at swarming
time and people have been killing them
with every conceivable kind of weapon,
merely to gratify the desire to kill. The fish
are then hauled out of the water and
thrown on the bank to decay. Auburn Re
publican. Expert Shootlst They any that Mr. Fent.
the drug compounder at Cottlng's phar
macy. Is the most accurate shot In the
world. One day this week (wo shall not
name the day) he, In company with several
others, visited the cyclone district, and to
keep the young cyclones from battering
him too much ho took a rifle with him.
During the time the party was picking
cherries, and while Stace Morhart was
busy, and Frank Miner was keeping hi
eye on the neighbor's dog, a poor "cotton
tail' trotted by Fent's rifle. Blaze went
the rifle and the rabbit nibbled at tho
grass, bang went the second load, and the
tiny cotton tall winked the other eye. took
another bite and walked away, as much as
to say "It didn't hurt a bit." The Kansas
nimrode are laughing In their sleeves about
our Red Cloud shoot ists.- Red Cloud Com
mercial Advertiser.
Rained Then The rain of Saturday
night, while not so heavy as the week be
fore, was greater In extent south and
west. By noon yesterday Salt creek ami
Its branches wore out of their banks and
continued rising caused the people on ti.e
bottoms to once more seek higher ground.
A telegram was received at Union Pacific
headquarters yesterday instructing the of
ficers to be prepared for a big rise In
creeks. Consequently the yards today pre
sented a lively appearance, a full force rt
hands being busy filling sand bags to bal
last the bridges north of the city. A gen
tleman from Roca reports water at that
point higher than nt any time this spring
and still rising and all the bridges swept
away that were left from the last freshet.
The Burlington Is meeting with much
trouble. No trains over the Nebraska City
or A. A N. line yesterday, and no time
can be given when there will be. Tho
freight depot resembles a floating barga
and drays receiving and delivering goods
meet with many difficulties. Lincoln News,
Twenty-five Years Ago.
DEED IS HELD TO BE) FRAUDITLEXT
Half Section of Merrlek. County LanC
la Involved.
CENTRAL CITY, Neb., June 27.-(Spe-clal.)
A deed, which the decree of the
court declares to be fraudulent and to
bear the seal and signature of a fictitious
notary public and which involves the title
to a half section of good Merrick county
land, was the feature of a suit which
was decided by Judge Hollenbeck In the
district court here this week. The parties
Involved In the suit are residents of
Omaha and It was there that the fraudu
lent deed Is alleged to have been mado.
John W. Dlllrance died in Omaha Sep
tember 22, 1891, possessed of a consider
able amount of personal and real property.
His will was admitted to probate and hla
wife, Sarepta, and his son, Allen Bertls,
were appointed executor of the estate.
Besides the son who was named as one
of the executors there were three other
children, Elizabeth L. Henlon, Fannie V.
Coots and Nathan Eugene Dlllrance. It
was provided In the will that the txecu
tors should take charge of the estate for
five years, managing as they deemed beat,
and. If necessary, should sell part of the
property In order to keep up and repair
the other portion. At the expiration of
the five years the estate was to be
divided, the widow to receive one-third
and the remaining two-thirds to be
divided equally among the four children,
except that Allen Bertls Dlllrance was to
receive $5,000 more than the others, the
will stating that during his lifetime the
deceased had given each of the other
three that amount In excess of what M
had given Allen Bertls.
According to the evidence In the cas
the executors had never made any attempt
to finally settle the estate or make a final
accounting. On November 16, 1901. tho
wife, Sarepta Dlllrance, died, leaving no
last will or testament.
Sixteen years after the death of the
father, Nathan Eugene Dlllrance began an
Investigation of the affairs of the estate
In order that he and hla sisters might se
cure their portion. Their father had owned
a fine half-section of land in this county,
located near Clarks and described as the
south H of section 11, towr.sMp 14, range 6,
west titl P. M. To his surprise he found
that tfce.t was a deed on record from tho
mother, Sarepta Dlllrance, to John D.
Btlckley, as trustee. He at once made au
Investigation of the circumstances attend
ing the pretended deed and last fall Insti
tuted a suit in which he made some serious
allegations.
In his petition he claimed that tho deed
was dated but two days before his mother's
death, when she was on her death bed and
Incapable of transacting any business. The
allegation was also made thai the Instru
ment was witnessed and sworn to before
one John T. Dlllrance, a pretended notary
public in Douglas county, while as a mat
ter of fact no one of that name ever held
a notarial seal In the county. The allega
tion was set up that the deed was fraudu
lent. The title of the suit instituted was Nathan
Eugene Dlllrance, plaintiff, against Eliza
beth L. Henlon. Fannie V. Coots, Allen
Bertls Dlllrance and John V. Sllcklny, de
fendants. In his suit the plaintiff asked
that the pretended deed on the Merrick
county records be set aside and declared
to be of no effect and that the cloud on the
title of the land be removed. It was
claimed that Allen Bertls Dlllrance had al
ready taken from his father's estate more
than the 15,000 which he was to receive In
excess of the others, and the petition prayed
that the court decree that the half-section
of land be partitioned equally between the
four children. Nathan Eugene Dlllrance,
Elizabeth L. Henlon, Fannie V. Coots and
Albert Bertls Dlllrance, or that the land be
old and the proceeds divided.
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