THE OMAHA STINT) AY BEE I JUNE 5, 1917.
STORY OF FIGHT AT rrri
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CAMP COTTONWOOD
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Anderion Kills Him Indiani
Before . He Is Slain by
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ITtam PUK OorrwpanaMt.)
Lincoln, Juni -(Special.) Land
Commissioner Shumway i much of
historian and continually digging up
history of the past which at a time
when the itate ii about to celebrate
iti semi-centennial ii interesting read'
in. Following it hit latest:
"Memorial day exercises held at the
National cemetery at Cottonwood,
few miles aaat of North Platte, call
to mind many of the stirring events
thst occurred at this place. Here it
was that Eugene Ware, in the fall of
1864, was authorised to construct a
fort for the protection of emigrants
passing over the trails. .
''The story of Camp Cottonwood
was full of adventure. Probably one
of the most thrilling episodes in con
nection with the camp was described
by James Belden. tht white chief. An
epidemic of smallpox made on of its
periodical raids along the trail to the
west in the year 1865. It was more
deadly with Indians than with white
people, so that for a ahort time hoitili
t hiH raft in this vicinity.
"Feeling secure, Captain Mitchell,
with party namely, Bent, naer.
inn and Gramer and a number of con
valescent soldierr-went up Cotton
wood canyon to gather plums, Mit
chell and Anderson were the only
nnea ta carrv arms. ,
"When (hey started to return on
. that heautiful autumn afternoon the
Indiana wares observed pouring into
canyon to head them off. Mr. Bents,
who was mounted on fine black
horse, rode ahead with such rapidity
' and suddenness that he oassed the
closing gap of Indians and escaped
unharmed amid a fusilade of bullets
and flying arrows.
"Captain Mitchell saw that tht
slowly moving ambulance could not
hope to thus escape, and he ordered
the driver to turn sharply up the slop
inn hank of the canvon. hooint to
reach the level land over Its rim, and
- then it would be. a running fight in, the
open, toward the camp. ,
. Driver Shot from Seat.
''The Indiani pursued and the driver
was shot from his seat. Anderson
seized tht reins and held them until
Cramer could com forward; then he
turned to the us of his rifle, Tht
horses with heavy ambulance eould
not keen sac was the light-tooted
Indian mustang and it toon became
tvident that tht Indiani would close
around them. Captain Mitchell and
Anderson were shooting, -but tht
roughness of tht prairie and the shak.
ing of the ambulance made their aim
uncertain. Tht captain finally deter
mined to stop upon an eminence ahead
and fight it out or stand off tht In
dims until Bent could return with
assistance.
''Cramer, tin driver, lost his head
and disobeyed. He kept on lashing
the horses past the strategic point
Anderson sprang forward to Jam his
' lurch of the coach lent him rolling
' upon the prairie. Then , Captain
Mitchell attempted to reach the driv
er's scat, but another jolt sent him
to the ground and the undefended
ambulance with its wild driver ant
tick aoldiert went lumbering on, ,
Mitchell Roll Into Gully.
tgi uoon me dh. due iuuiiir
"Mitchell rolled Into gully near
: uhr hm fll. and aa ha did ao ha
saw Anderson hide in the scrub brush,
The Indiani immediately following
came to the ridge and stopped, it be
,: ing plain that those ahead were close
in en tht luckless ambulance and its
cccunants.
"One of the Indiani dismounted and
atoed looking intently on the ground
as though in a brown atudy. He
wore a spotted head dress of wild
turkey feathers, gayly colored and
. reaching nearly to the ground. Cap.
tain Mitchell knew him to be none
other than the famous Spotted Tail,
and then he Used, a good mark not
. tnort than thirty yards distant,
t "The death of the chief would have
demoralising effect upon the Indiana,
, and Mitchell thought it would more
than compensate for the lota - of
twenty captains, He was directing hit
- pistol in the direction of the breast
of the farhoua warrior when a shout
arose and the chief disappeared be.
. hind the breast of a jutting rock.
One of the tribetmsn had detected a
movement in the brush when Ander
son wai hidden and all the Indian
had taken to hUr. : , ?
Indian Attack Andsnon.
"Then began general movement
toward Anderson, and his rifle
cracked. One Indian quit moving for-
ward Another shot and another In
dian stopped, but saw then wert re
turning shots, A sudden rash waa
uiaifn Ely uonn w ui ( ,-
' diane, but three shots in quick sue
cession sent them back, dragging with
them three companions. The deadly
aim wai disconcerting. ! "
"Captain Mitchell sayi he deter
mined it was time for him to take
part, as he saw torn thirty Indiani
' preparing to make a rush. It was
then he heard the voice of Anderson:
"My arm is broken, keep quiet
Can't work the Spencer any more."
"From this it would appear that
' Anderson thought it would be useless
to bring Mitchell into the fight
Mitchell Keeps Quiet.
"Mitchell remained quiet and the
Indiani mad the rush. Notwith
standing hi disabled condition, An
derson did work the Spencer to the
effect that four more Indiana died
before the dragged him from the
bssish and killed him. He was. laid
upon hit back and nine elashci made
.across his breast one for each of the
nine Indiana he had killed.
- "Captain Mitchell lived and told the
' story to Bentr and the soldiers that
soon arrived from Camp Cottonwood,
but the dead Indians told it better.
We havt never heard that tht valor
of Captain Mitchell ever advanced
' him among his brothers in tht mili
tary service."
Mexican Soldiers Who
Cross Line to Be Interned
San Antonio, Tex, June l.-Gen-erel
Parker hat ordered Colonel J. A.
Gaston of the Sixth cavalry, to Pres
idio to take charge of the situation
there following occupation of Ojin-
aga by valutas. iolonel (jaston bas
been instructed to intern all Mexican
soldiers taking refuge on the Texas
side of the river, whither they art
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After looking over the automobiles
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Killy, 2066-68 Farnam street Tbil
car ll built on beautiful linetw-looks
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troit. I im going to make my trip
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: look it over, I will appear at The
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I am much pleased with the Hen
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ai can be obtained and pre
pared. The Henshaw ii a very classy
hotel, and yet the prices art well
within the reach of everybody, I
understand that traveling men are as
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live right hen in Omahi. In the aft
ernoon tack and I have decided to
rest awhile from pur shopping and
we will be at the Henshaw between
3 and 4 o'clock and will dance a
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Will Buy Trunk nd Bag. ; -
After breakfast w are going right -
i up to Freling & Steinle, JSW Farnam
' ' street, and buy our trunk and bags,
S I didn't have any trouble, deciding this
point because ' this firm haa the ex
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Banking Arrangement! Next .
While we re in this neighborhood
we are going into the American State
, bank, corner Eighteenth ind Farnam,
and Jack wilt fix it up to 1 will have
my own checking account Tht Amer
ican State bank is a new institution,
but hat made a wonderful growth and
the deposits hsve increased marvel.
i ously of late. I am sura I have made
a good choice of banks, because they
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besides it i luch a convenient ,
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write checks myself. Mr. Swindler; :
said h would help me with any little)
business matters I might have to aU
tend to- - -
Will Visit Alamito Dairy. ,
Jack has never been up to the Ala'4
mito dairy, Twenty-sixth and Leaven
worth, so we are going to go up there!
next and inspect the milk-white plants
Milk ii a very wholesome food when
free from all contamination and very
dangerous if not properly handled. JD
understand that tht scientists, doctors,
universities and even the United
States government endorse pasteuri.
cation as being a perfect safeguard for
users of milk. I wa surprised to find ,
that the Alamito people produce and
market fifteen different products, and
after I looked through their plant.! .
decided I would buy everything in
dairy products Jrom this wonderfully;
sanitary, sunshine plant. V ', M,
Must Have Good Garden. ','..,
I have heard so much about the ne
cessity of r eonle raising gardens that
Jack and I have decided that although :
it is a little late we will plant a good ;
garden. After investigating I decided. ,
that I could just buy all of our garden ,
seed and equipment from the jNe,
brska Seed company, 1613 Howard :
street Thev nave a complete line of
seeds, garden tools, dandelion rakes, .
pOWqCT HH I'HU111 puiuw BpiJwo, ,u-
BecHCiues, pie i can gci mbihuu
one store even tp the (ipse for irrigal
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Strong for "Delicia" Ice Cream.
Several' timet this last week my
friend and 1 have gone into a drug!
store and ordered Delicia ict crearn
made by the Fairmont Creamery conn
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