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East Oregonian Round-Up Souvenir Edition Pendleton, Oregon, Saturday, September 24. 1021. Page Fire r ii ' I I i i i mill pnumi i i f - itt iiinnipi' i lw,lliiiinmiiwiwiwi " r '' B T.P.T 'm BUCK (Continue front" page'4.) the middle geyser. taa:n., Here we - found a troon of the 1st cavalry eamp- Voody:, I only, tired seven times all ed, under the command of old friends ay; l reckoneooh setting meat every 0f mine,' Captain Frank Edwards and me I pulled trigger. "They had an Lieutenant (now : Captain) John nmense advantage over their enemies pitcher. They gaveus hay for our i that whereat they lay still and en- homos and insisted upon our stopping reiy concealed the Indians ot course, tar iunch, with tho ready hospitality ad to move ffom cover to cover In rder to approach, and so had at times expose themselves. When the hites fired at all they fired at a man, liether moving or motionless, whom always shown by army officers. Aft er lunch we began Exchanging stories. My traveling companion, the surveyor, had that spring performed a feat of note, going through one of the can iy could clearly Bee, while the I-J yens of the 1 Horn for the first time. ians couia oniy snoot at tne smoKe, hlch Imperfectly marked the posl on of their unseen foes. In conse nence the assailants speedily found iat it was aitank of hopeless danger try in such a manner to close in on iree plains veterans, men of Iron f'.rve and skilled tn the use of the fie. Yet some of the more daring -ept up very Iclose to the patch, of rush, and one actually got Inside of and was killed among the bedding i at lay by the smouldering campfira. he wounded and such of the dead as d not lie In 'too exposed positions ere promptly: taken away by their mrades; but seven bodies fell Into e hands ot the hunters. ' I asked oody how many he himself had klll- 1 He said ha could onlv be sure of that he got; one he shot In the hi as he peeped over a bush,. .and e other he shot through the smoke he attempted to rush In. "My, w that Iniliah did yell,' said Woody trospectlvely,i,"he was no great of a olci After two or three hours of is deadly skirmishing which result i In nothing', more serious to the hites than in two of them being ghtly wounded, the Sioux became sheartened by the loss they were rrenng and , withdrew, confining He went with an old mining Inspector, the two of them dragging a cotton wood sledge over the ice. The walls of the canyon are so sheer and the water is so rough that it can he de scended only when the stream Is froz en. However, after six days' labor and 'hardship the descent was accom plished; and the surveyor. In conclud ing described his experience In going through the Crow reservation. An Indian "Mffwliili." This turned the conversation upon Indians, and It appeared that both of our hosts had been actors In Indian scrapes which had attracted my at tentlon at the t'me they occurred, as they took place In tribes that I knew and in a country which I had some times visited, either when hunting or when purchasing horses for the ranch. The tirst, which occurred to Captain iBdwards, happened late In 1886, at the time when the Crow Medicine Chief, Sword-Bearer, announced him self as the Messiah of the Indian race. during one of the usual epidemics of ghost dancing. Sword-Bearer derived his name from always wearing a med Icine sword that is a sabre painted red. He claimed to possess magic power, and thanks to the perform The Last Word in Blouses 3? emselves thereafter to a long range ance of many dexterous feats of Jur- d harmless fusillade. When It was'icltng, and tho lucky outcome of ccr rk the three men crept out to the i tain prophecies, he deeply stirred the ver bed, and taking advantage of the Indians, arousing the young Warriors tchy night hrtoke through the circle in particular to the highest pitch of their foes; they managed to reach excitement. They became sullen, be- e settlements without further mole- Ran lo paint, and firmed themselves; latlon. having lost everything except and the agents and the settlers nearby elr rifles. grew so-apprehensive that the troops West Pointers Play Part. '' ; jwere ordered to' go to the reservation. For many years one of the most lm- A b"dF cavalry .Including Captain r-nwaras' troop, was accordingly marched thither, and found the Crow warriors, mounted on their war ponies and dressed m their striking battle garb, waiting upon a hill. The position of troops at the be ginning of such an affair is., always peculiarly difficult. , The settlers round about are suro to clamor against them, no matter what they do, on the aches In the. South. Even In the ;ground that they are not thorougn rth, however, there have been oc-jenough and are showing favor to the ilonal uprisings which had to be savages, while on the other hand, oiled by the regular troops. even If they fight purely in self-de- Vfter my elk hunt m September, tense, a largo number or worthy but 191. I came out throuch the Yellow- iweak-mindcd sentimentalists in tne nc Park, as' l have elsewhere relat- East are sure to Bhrlek about their riding In company with a surveyor j having brutally attacked the Indians, the Burlington and Quincy railroad, (The war authorities always Insist that o was Just Coming In for his sum- they must not fire the first shot un r'a work, tt was the first of Oc-jder any circustances. and such were er. There end been a heavy snow- the orners at tnis time. me vrowa rm and thff snow was still falling, on the hilltop showed a sullen and Ung a stoutnony each, and leadlrori threatening- front,. and the troops ad- other packed with our bedding, etc., vanccd toward them and then halted broko our ay from the upper to j for a parley. rtant of the Wilderness dwellers was e West point officer, and no nun h played a greater part than he in fi wild Warfare which opened the re- ms beyond the MIsMisslppi to white tlement. Since 1879, there has I n but little regular Indian fighting the North, though there have been n or two very tedious and wenrl- hie campaigns waged against the 1 AKDON-w I ' ' Tailored blouses change very little from the standard forms: Given 'tb long-pointed neck and the rcund pter Pan neck or tl.e high collar we have tb same general effects this year as last. But Forsytae models havt many original touches. One tailored blouse of silH Iroadcloth baa a cellar almost Don Juanesque. Beneath the rolling co'lar is a blue tie. Another hand made blouse has exquisite drawn wort, with dot em brtmlery In a panel. This work also la on the Peter Pan collar i od cuffs. Still another dimity model with tiny fluting shows the tucked shirt Brings Cloudburst. Meanwhile a, maps of black thun derclouds gathering on the horizon threatened one of those cloudbursts of extreme severity and suddenness so characteristic of the plains country. While 'still trying to make arrange ments for a parley, a horseman start ed out of the Crow ranks and galloped headlong down toward the troops. It was the medicine chief. Sword -Bearer, He was painted and in his battle-dress. wearing his war-bonnet of floating, trailing eagle feathers, while the that the esarch party would shortly f;nd him, two or three of the chiefs Joined them, and piloted them to where the body lay; and acknowledged that he had been murdered by two of their band, though at first they re fused to give their names. The com mander of the post demanded that the murderers bo given up. The chiefs said that they were very sorry, that this could not be done, but that they were willing to pay over any reasonable number of ponies to make amends for the death. " This of- plumes'of the same bird were braided jfer was of course promptly refused In the mane and tail of his fiery little horse. Once he came to a gallop al most up to the troops and then be gan to circle around them, calling and singing and throwing his crimson sword into the nir, catching it by the and the commander notified them thnt If they did not surrender the murder ers by a certain time he would hold the whole tribe responsible and would promptly move out and attack 'them. TTpon this the chiefs, after holding full hilt as It fell. Twice he rode com-1 counsel with the tribe, told the com Tbe Pendleton Drag Co. If For us to simply attempt to PLEASE a confid ing public is to fall short in the execution of a sacred charge. We aim to do more than PLEASE because we feel that the relations between the druggist and the public border more closely on the profession al than do many other business associations. f When you come intothe Rexall Store you will get what you ask for unless it happens to be out of stock in our complete stocks a very rare oc currence. '" . 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Then payihg no further heed tb them he rode back toward the Crows. It appears that he had told them that he would rldo twice around the hostile force, and by his incantations would call down rain from heaven, which would rage the hearts of the white man like water, so that they should go back to their homes. Sure enough', while the arrangements for the par ley were going forward, down came the cloudburst, drenching the com mand and making the ground on the hills In front nearly Impassable; and before It had dried a. courier arrived with orders to tho troops to go back to camp. This fulfillment of Rword-Bearer's prophecy of course raised his reputa tion to the zenith and the young men of the tribe prepared for war, while the older chiefs, who more fully real ized the power of tho whites, still hung back. When the troops next ap peared they o.ime upon the entire Crow force, the women and children with their tepees being off to one side beyond a little stream while al most ali the warriors of the tribe were gathered In front. A Second. Performance. -Sword-Bearer then started to re peat his tormer ride, to the intense irritation of the soldiers. Luckily, however, this tlmo some of his young men ceuld not be restrained. They, too, began to ride near the troops, and one of them was' unable to refrain from firing on Captain' Edward's troop, which was In the van. This gave the soldiers their chance. They in stantly responded with a volley, and Captain Edwards' troop charged. The fight lasted but a minute or two, for Sword-Bearer was struck by a bullet and fell, and as he had boasted him self invulnerable, and promised that his warriors should be invulnerable also If they should follow him, the hearts of the latter became as water and they broke in every direction. One of the amusing, though irritating, incidents of the affair was to see the plumed and painted warriors race headlong for the camp,1 plunge into the stream, wash off their paint, and remove their feathers: In another mo ment they would be stolidly sitting. on the ground, with their blankets over their Bhouldcrs, rising to greet the. pursuing cavalry with unmoved com posure and calm assurances thnt they had always been friendly and had much disapproved the conduct of the young bucks who had Just been scat tered on the field outside. It Was miicH to the credit of the discipline of the army that no bloodshed follow ed the fight proper. The loss to the whites was small. i - Murder Herfler. The other incident, related' by Lieu tenant Pitcher, took placo, In 1890, near Tongue River, In Northern Wyo ming. Tho command with which he I was serving was camped near the jchoyenne reservation. One day two i young Cheyenne bucks, met one of the government herders, and prompt ly killed him In a sudden fit, half of jungoverned blood lust, half of mere ferocious llghtheartedness. . They then dragged his "body Into the brush and !left It The disappearance of the jherdor of course attracted attention. ;and a search was organised by the icavalry. At first the Indians stoutly Idenled all knowledge of the missing 'man: but when it became - evident mander that they had no power to sur render the murderers, but that the latter had said that sooner than see their tribe involved in a hopeless struggle they would -of their own ac cord come in and meet the troops anywhere the latter choose to appoint, and die fighting. To this the com mander responded: "All right: let them come into tho agency In half an hour." The chiefs acquiesced, and withdrew. Indians Are Shot. t . Immediately the Indians sent ' "'- sfo V mwWMWli mm. Js M&'m'$p . w.'Klitii (Continued on page 6.) There's a A B for You. 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