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DAILY BAST OREGONIAK, PKJTDLBTOW, OHB0O5, FRIDAT, NOVEMBER IMS.
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STORY OF CUSTER
BY ELBERT HUBBARD
MASSACRE.: RETQLp
Tlie thrilling story of the Cutter
massacre, that Incident In western
history which will ever atir the blood
and moisten the eye of the pioneer,
Is beautifully retold by Elbert Hub
bard in the Philistine and the East
Oregonlun republishes the story once
more.
After a somewhat tedious Intro
duction, Hubbard says of the famous
battle with the Sioux:
The command of 1000 men em
barked on six boats at Blsmarcfc.
There a. bunuuet was held In honor of
Terry and Custer. "You will hear
Irom us by courier before July 4,"
said Custer. He was still moody and
depressed, but declared his willing
ness to do his duty. Terry did not
like his attitude and told him so.
Poor Custer was stung by the repri
mand. He was only a boy, 7 years
old, to be sure, but with the whim'
steal, loving, ambitious and jealous
qualities of the center rush. . Custer
at times had his eye on the White
House why not? Had not Grant
been n soldier? Women worshiped
Cutter, and men who knew him never
doubted his earnestness and honesty.
He lacked humor. He was both sin
cere and serious.
The expedition moved on up the
tortuous Missouri, tying up at night
to avoid the treacherous sandbars
that lay In watt. They had reached
the Yellowstone river and were get
ting Into the Indian country.
To lighten the boats, Terry divided
his force Into two parts. Custer dis
embarked on the morning of the
2D til of June with 443 men, besides
a dozen who looked after the pack
train.
Scouts reported that the hostile
Sioux were camped on the Little
B'g Horn, 7b miles across the coun
try. Terr' ordered Custer to march the
75 miles In two duys and attack the
Indians at the head of their camp at
daylight on the morning of the 27th.
There was to be no parley panic
wns the thing desired, and when Cus
ter had started the savages on the
run Terry would attack them at thj
othr end of their village, and the
two fleeing mobs of savages would
be driven on each other and then
they would cust down their arms and
the trick would be done. To throw a
cordon of soldiers around the camp
and hold it would be easy.
Custer nnd his men rode away at
about S o'clock on the morning of the
26th. They were in high spirits "the
cramped nuurters on the transports
made freedom doubly grateful. They
disappeared acroSH the mesa and
through the gray-hrown hills, and
soon only a cloud of dust marked
their Fummge.
After five miles had been turned off
on a walk. Custer ordered a trot, and
then where tho ground was level
canter. On they went. They pitched
furr.p at 4 o'clock, having covered 40
miles. Horses were unsaddled, fed
and supper was cooked and eaten.
But sleep wns not to be these men
shall sleep no more! The bugles
sounded "Hoots and saddles." Bo-
fore sunset they were again on their
way.
By 3 o'clock on the morning of the
26th they had covered over TO miles.
They halted for coffee. The night,
waiting for the dawn, was doubly
dark.
tast ruling scouts nad gone on
ahead, and now reported the Indians
camped Just over the ridge, four miles
awn v.
Custer divided his force Into two
parts. The Indians were camped
along the river for three miles. There
were about 2000 of them and the
women and children were with them.
Reno, w ith 250 men, was ordered to
swing around and attack the village
from the south. Custer, with 195
men, would watch the charge, and
when the valiant Reno had started
the pnnlo nnd the Indians were In
confusion, his force would then
sweep urouml nnd charge them from
tho other end of the village.
This was Teny's plan of battle
only Cosier was going to make the
capture without Terry's help.
When TVrry came up the following
day he would find the work all done
and neatly, too. Results nre the only
things that count, and victory justl
fles Itself.
The battle would go down on the
records as Custer's triumph!
lleno took a two-mile detour, and
Just at the peep of dny, ere the sun
had gilded the tops of the cotton
woods, charged, with yells and rapid
firing. Into tho Indian village. Custer
stood on the ridge, his men mounted
nnd impatient just below on the other
side.
He could distinguish Reno's soldiers
as they charged Into the underbrush.
Their shouts and the sound of firing
filled this fighter's heart.
Tho Indians were In confusion he
could see them by the dim mornln
light stampeding. They were runnln
In brownish masses right around the
front of the hill where he stood. He
ordered the bugles to blow the
charge.
The Foldlers greeted the order with
a yell rtlred muscles, the sleepless
night, with Its 75 miles of hard rid.
Ing, were forgotten. The battle would
be fought and won In less time than
a man takes to eat his breakfast.
Down the slope went Custer's men
to meet tho fleeing foe.
But now the savages had ceased to
flee. They lay In the grass and fired,
Several of Custer's horses fell.
Three of his men threw up thel
hands and dropped from their sad'
dies, llinp like bags of oats, and their
horses ran on alone.
The gully below was full of Indl
ans, and thes sent a murderous fire
at Custer as ha came. , His horses
swerved, but several ran right on and
disappeared, horse and rider, in the
sunken ditch, as did Napoleon's men
at Waterloo.
The mad, headlong oharge hesitat
ed the cottonwoods, the water and
the teepees were a hundred yards
away.
Custer glanced back and a mile dis
tant saw Reno's soldiers ' galloping
wildly up the steep slope of the hill.
Reno's charge had failed Instead
of riding straight down through the
length of the village and meeting
Custer, he had gotten only (0 rods,
and then had been met by a steady
fire from Indians who held their
ground. He wedged them back, but
his horses, already overridden, refus
ed to go on, and the charging troops
were simply carried out of the woods
Into the open, and once there they
took to the hills for safety, leaving
behind dead, one-third of their force.
Custer's quick glance realized the
hopelessness of charging atone Into
a mass of Indians, who were exult
ant and savage In the thought of vic
tory. Panic was not for them. They
were armed with Springfield rifles,
while the soldiers had only short'
range carbines.
The bugle ordered a retreat, and
Custer's men rode back to the top of
the hill with Intent to join forces
with Reno.
But Reno was hopelessly cut off.
Determined Sioux filled the gully that
separated the two little bands of
brave men.
Custer evidently thought that Reno
had simply withdrawn to reform his
troop, and that any moment Reno
would ride to his rescue.
Custer decided to hold the hill. The
ndlans were shooting at him from
long range, occasionally killing a
orse. He told off his fours and or
dered the horses sent to the rear.
The fours led their horses back to-
ard where they had left their pack-
mules when they stopped for coffee at
o'clock.
But the fours had not gone half a
mile when they were surrounded by a
mob that Just closed In on them.
Every man was killed, and the horses
galloped off by the squaws and children.
Custer now realized that he was
caught In a trap. The ridge where
his men lay face down was half a
mile long nnd not more than 20 feet
across at the top. The Indians were
everywhere In the gullies, In the
Brass, in little scooped-out holes. The
bullets whizzed above the heads of
Custer's men as they lay there, flat
tening their bodies In the dust
Tho morning sun came out, dazzling
nd hot.
It was only 9 o'clock.
The men were without water and
without food. The Little Big Horn
danced 'over Its rocky bed and shim
mered In the golden light, only half a
mile awny. and there In the cool,
limpid stream they had been confi
dent they would now swim and fish,
he bottle over, while they proudly
held the disarmed Indians, against
General Terry's coming.
nm the fleht had not been won
nd death lay between them and wa
er. The only tning to ao was 10
Reno or Terry, Reno might come at
anv time, and Terry wouia arrive
without fall at tomorrow's dawn he
had said so, and his word was the
word of a soldier.
Custer had blundered.
The flEht was lost.
Now it was Just a question of endur
ance.
Noon come, and the buzzards began
o Bather In the azure.
The sun wns blistering hot tnere
was not a tree, nor a busn. nor
ereen blade of grass within reach.
The men had censed ro joKe ana
hnnter. The situation was serious.
Some tried to smoke, but their parchi
ng thirst was thus only aggravated
thev threw their pipes away.
The Indians kept up an occasional
shooting. They were plnying wun me
soldiers as a cat plays with a mouse.
The Indian Is a cautious fighter
hi mnkes no sacrifices In order to
win. Now he had his prey secure,
Soon the soldiers would run out or
ammunition, and then one more day,
or two at least, and thirst and fatigue
would reduce brave men Into old
women, and the squaws could rush in
and pound them on the head with
clubs.
The afternoon dragged along us
awful length time dwindled and daw.
died.
At last the sun sank, a ban or tire
In the west.
The moon came out.
Now and then a Sioux would creep
up Into a shadowy view, out a snot
from n soldier would send him back
Ir.to hldlntr.
Down in the cottonwoods the
squaws made camptires ana we
holding a dance, singing their songs
of victory. .
Custer warned his men that sleep
wns death. This was their second
sleepless night, and the men were fe
verlsh with fatigue. Some babbled In
strange tongues, and talked with sis
ters and sweethearts and people who
were not there reason was tottering.
With Custer was an Indian boy, 15
years old. "Curley the Crow." Custer
now at nbout midnight told Curley to
strip himself and crawl out among the
Indians, and If possible, get out
through the lines nnd tell Terry of
their position. Several of Custer
men had tried to reach water, but
none came back.
Curley got through the lines his
boldness In mixing with the Indians
and his red skin saving him. He took
a long round and ran to tell Terry
the seriousness of the situation.
Terry was advancing, but was ham
pered and harassed by Indians for 20
miles. They fired at him from gullies,
ridges, rocks, prairie dog mounds, and
then retreated. He had to move
with caution. . . '
Instead of arriving at daylight as
ho expected, Terry was three hours
behind.
The Indians surrounding Custer saw
the dust from the advancing troop.
They hesitated to boldly charge
Custer as he lay on the hilltop, in
trenched by little ditches dug In the
night with knives, tin cups and bleed
ing fingers. '
It was easy to destroy Custer, but
It meant a dead Sioux for every white
soldier, ' '
The Indians made sham charges to
draw Custer's' fire, and ' then with
drew. ' l- -
They circled closer. The squaws
came up wtth sticks and stones and
menaced wildly."
- Custer's fire grew less and less. He
was running out of ammunition.
Terry was only five miles away.
The Indians closed In like a cloud
around Custer and his few survivors.
It was a hand-to-hand fight one
against a hundred.
In five minutes every man was
dead, and the squaws were stripping
the mangled and bleeding forms.
In
BIO GAME INCREASING.
Elk and Deer Found In Wyoming In
Large Numbers.
A special correspondence from Lan
der. Wyo., says of the game In that
greatest of the game states
The reports of the many hunters
who have returned from the hunting
grounds and from those who are now
engaged In the sport, are encouraging,
especially to the future hunter, inas
much as It Is entirely contradictory
to the statements of a few wno say
that the elk and deer are nearly all
gone and that the allowance to each
hunter should not be so great.
The old-time hunters say that elk
are on the Increase and so are deer,
and that this year both these animals
seem to be In very good condition. As
to the allowance to each hunter it is
certainly enough but not too much,
so long as the law Is strictly adhered
to and enforced where necessary.
Tt is said that an unusually severe
winter would destroy more elk than
0 years of hunting under the present
restrictions. Tusk hunters, or men
who kill elk for their tusks and
heads, have heretofore destroyed
many of the animals unlawfully, but
of late these cases have been fewer
and the state game warden feels con
fident that he con eventually net me
country of this class of vandals.
-Reneated warning, much patrol au-
ty and some severe punishment has
done much towards this end and
doubtless the tusk hunter will soon be
thing of the past
Not many mountain sheep are left
Wvomlne. but there has Deen no
otlceable decrease In their numbers
for some years. The increase oi i
nnimnia is not nrevented by slaugh
ter, however, as very few are Kinea
by hunters, the cause being laid to
nrertntorv animals and eagles which
riestrov the young. Moose continue
to Increase as they are protectee uii'
tu mis. Antelope are rapidly dlsap
peering. The Green River band of
antelope, which Is the largest In the
United "Stales, will soon dwindle to i"'
iBiilflcnnt proportions, It is saia, un
less more drastlce protective measures
are taken.
TIRED OF REGENT'S JOB.
Voliner Discusses normal
School Question.
The Evening
Tony
Telegram discussing
the state normal school question, says
Anthonv Noltner. who nas Deen a
member of the board of regents of
he state normal school at Monmoutn
for 1 years, says he Is getting tired
f the Job. as he Is out more money
thnn he eels from It.
As chairman of the executive Doara
he is obliged to attend to all the little
dotnlls of the Institution, at the ex
npnup of much of his time. He has
lust Bnent several weeks at Monmouth
attending to the erection of various
additions nnd improvements rendered
necessary by the growth of the instl
tution. For this he Is allowed (2 i
lay and expenses while actunlly en
cased In the work.
L'l was appointed to me Doara oy
Oiovernor Pennoyer," he said today
'and I 3erved two terms under him.
was continued under Governors Lord
and Geer, and am now serving trie
second term under Governor Cham
berlain. I have tried to tender my
resignation to Governor Chamberlain,
but he told me to sit down and keep
my mouth shut."
Mr. No'tner thinks Oregon has too
many normal schools, and that the
one at Drain might be dispensed with.
That at Weston, he says, Is In an out
of-the-way place. It should. In his
opinion, be at Pendleton, Baker City
or La Grande.
"We have 200 students at Mon
mouth," he said, "and If we counted
the attendance in the same manner as
other institutions do, we could call
It 600. We have the graded schools
of Monmouth In our care, and
branch known as the training school
A number of our senior pupils teach
In the verlous schools of the state at
timer, and this reduces the actual at
tendance."
He looks for the next legislature to
change the laws so that one board of
regents will control all four schools,
but does not approve of the change.
It will, he says, foster a monopoly and
probably create a ring of all the fac
ultles. He thinks that each school
while kept separate, will do Its very
best out of rivalry with the others.
as he lives In Seattle.
The rules of the water department
makes a family rate only for not more
than eight persons and there Is an ad
ditional charge of 10 cents for eacn
person over that number. Thus It has
occurred that month after month Mr.
Hansen has been fined 40 cents which
he has regularly paid.
Yesterday afternoon the matter
came to the attention of the mayor,
Councilman Murphy and Councilman
Crichton, and all three of these offi
cials gave their unqualified approval
to the scheme to give Mr. Hansen
free water.
It Is now talked around the city hall
that an ordinance should be passed
granting free water to all families
with eicht children or over, council
man Crichton Is the author of this
move. If such an ordinance Is passed
a certified copy of the same is to be
sent to President Roosevelt to show
his Seattle's appreciation of the anti
race suicide sentiment.
An ordinance will be passed soon
granting Mr. Hansen free water ana
the council will probably at the same
time take some definite action or
stand on the question of free water to
large families.
FREE WATER FOR BIG FAMILIES
Some attractive dishes are made
p with Lard. It's like serving
indigestion with a sugar
coating
How. can .you . expect ... digestible
food to be made from a product ob-
"l tamed from swine? It isn't reasonable
to expect And yet many people keep
on using lard an enemy of good,
digestion through ignorance of some-
a thing better. . It doesn't, pay. Your
stomach is your best friend, and 'twill
. be a sorry day for you when it goes
' back on you.
Cottolene is the product which will
, ,, set you right It is the best and pur
est frying and shortening medium in
the .. world far , superior, to .lard or
cooking butter.
Cottolene is a vegetable, not an
animal product
For your stomach's sake, use
Cottolene for cooking. Youll never go
back to lard. Cottolene is never sold
in bulk it comes only in sealed white
tin pails with a red label and band. In
the center of the label is our trade
mark a steer's head in cotton plant
wreath.
Take no substitute. A
COTTOLENE was granted a GRAND PRIZE (highest
possible award) over all other cooking fats at the
recent Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and food cooked
with COTTOLENE another GRAND PRIZE. -
"Horn Httpt" a book of 300 choict recipes, ff
by Mrs. Jtortr, it oa tor a 2 emnt tamp, if oa
addnt 77i N. K. Faubanh Company, Chicago.
A NEW FEATURE The patent air-tight top on this pad is for
the purpose of keeping COTTOLENE dean, fresh and wholesome
it also prorata it from absorbing all disagreeable odors of tho
grocery, such as fish, oil, etc.
Nature's Gift from the Sunny South
the various forest reserves for the im
provement of wagon roads In the
counties In which the reserves are lo
cated, says the Boise Capital News.
The revenue from the Sawtooth re
serve for the fiscal year ending last
June was about $7000, 10 per cent of
which under the new law is to be de
voted to the public schools and the
Improvement of roads in the counties
of Custer, Boise and Elmore. The
money Is not available, however, until
legsllatlve action is taken.
The condition of the roads In these
counties is very unsatisfactory at pres.
ent and much complaint is being made
by those Interested in mining in the
north and east of the Sawtooth re
serve. The revenue from the Sawtooth re
serve for the fiscal year ending next
June will amount to nearly 110.000.
That would make the sum available
for road work In the three counties
of such consequence that much could
be accomplished.
MONEY FROM RESERVES.
Mnho Will Collect Front Forest Serv
ice for Benefit of Roads.
The next legislature will be asked
to make available the revenues from
THREE FACTS
For Sick Women
To Consider
Seattle City Council Will Not F.ncour
, ago Race Suicide.
Robert Hagen, who lives out on
Eighteenth avenue, with a small fonv
lly of 12, while believing In the doc
trine advocated by . President Roose'
vclt touching race suicide, thinks It Is
no part of that wholesome law to be
fined month after month because he
follows the president's advice, says the
Seattle News.
Mr. Hagen Is taxed, and taxed
monthly, for four of his children by
the city water department
The mattor has been called to the
attention of the city officials and so
much Interest Is being taken In the
subject that Mr. Hansen is now in a
fair way to get free water for as long
Fnurr. That almost every operation
In our hospitals performed upon women
becomes necessary through neglect of
such symptoms as backache, Irregular
and painful periods, displacements
oi the female organs, pain in the side,
burning sensation In the stomach,
bearing-down pains, nervousness, dls
sines and sleeplessness.
Second. The medicine that holds
the record for the largest number of
absolute cures of female ills is Lydia
K. Pinkham Vegetable Compound.
It regulates, strengthens and cures
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nothing else can.
For thirty years it has been helping
women to be strong, curing backache,
nervousness, kidney troubles, inflanv
mation of the female organs, weak'
ness and displacements, regulating
the periods perfectly and overcoming
their pains. It has also proved itself
Invaluable In preparing women for
childbirth ana the change of life.
Tbthd. The great volume of unso
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at the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass., many of which are from time to
time published by permission, give ab.
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4. Through Washington, Montana, the Dakota,
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i It will be a pleasure to give too full detaus.
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New Through Service
Over the Northern Pacific-Burlington Railways, East
To
Omaha,
Kansas
City,
St. Louis.
St. Joseph
and
Lincoln.
In addition to ths present through Northern Pacific-Burlington
transcontinental passenger service, a second train has been adde ,
thus providing two daily trains between Oregon, Washington and
Idaho and the Missouri river cities and St. Louis. All trains carry
through Pullman standard and tourist slee.ug cars, chair cars and
dining cars.
; For full Information call upon or write to
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Pendleton Oregon.
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