Rae i 9 By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ECEMBER 28 is the anni- versary of one of the most inspiring deeds in the his- tory of the American army. If you go to the United States Military academy at West Point you will see there, opposite the library. a tall white shaft, capped by the carved likeness of an eagle, and with these words engraved upon one face of the base “To com- memorate the battle of the 28th of December, 1833, between a detachment of 108 United States troops and the Seminoles of Florida In which all of the detachment save three fell without an attempt to retreat” On another side of the monument the inscription reads “Dade and his command: Ma- Jor Dade, Fourth Infantry; Captain Gardiner, Second artillery ; Lieutenant Bassinger, Second artillery: Lieuten- ant Mudge, Third artillery; Lieuten- ant Keais, Third artillery: Lieutenant Henderson, Second artillery: Doctor Gatlin, medical staff.” The third side tells that the monument was “Erected by the three regiments and the medi cal staff whose comrades fell on the 28th of December, 1835, serving thelr country and promoting their profes sion,” and the fourth records that “The remains of the dead repose near 8t. Augustine, Fla.” Stich Is the simple record of herolsm in a now almost-forgotten battle of one of the costliest wars ever waged by the United States. The war orig- inated in the détermination of the United States to remove the Seminole Indians from their ancestral home in Florida to beyond the Mississippi riv- er. The result was protracted warfare extending over seven years, during which time Osceola, a young Seminole war chief, and his warriors, some two or three thousand in number, had tak- en the lives of more than 1.500 regu- lar army soldiers and at least that number of settlers and volunteers and the war had cost the United States twenty millions of dollars. Early in December of 1835 two of the ten companies of the regular army stationed in Florida were ordered from Fort Brooke, on Hillsboro bay near the present Tampa, to meet a force from Fort King, in the center of the state, near the forks of the Withia- coochee river for a punitive expedition against the Seminoles, At Fort Brooke enough men were drafted from Maj, Francis L. Dade's Fourth infantry de- tachment to complete two full compa nies of 50 men each of the Second ar tillery and the Third Infahtry, com. manded by Captains Gardiner and Fra- zer respectively, Lieutenants Bassin- ger, Henderson, Mudge and Keals and Assistant Surgeon Gatlin were the subordinates. Captain Gardiner was to command the expedition, but when it was ready to start it was discovered that his wife was seriously il. Major Dade thereupon volunteered to lead the party so that Gardiner could re main with his wife. On the morning or nied by a six-pounder drawn vy four oxen and one light horse wagon set out with a Spanish negro to guide it to the rendezvous on the Withla- coochee, Soon after they left, Captain Gardl- ner found that he could send his wife to her family on a transport, which was just ready to sail for Key West and, having done that, he hastened aft- er Dade's party. In the meantime the ox team had broken down and Dade had sent back for horses to pull the cannon. Because of this delay Gar. diner was able to eatch up with the detachment that evening, little realiz ing that what he regarded as a forto- nate circumstance in reality meant his doom. The progress of the expedition was slow, it taking Dade four days to make 65 miles. During that time, no Seminoles had made their appear ances, although unknown to him the negro guide was a traitor who had betrayed the route of the expedition to the Indians and Chief Osceola had resolved to ambush the oncoming soldiers. The Seminole leader had intended to direct the attack In person, but on that day be had been busy elsewhere— making a swift rald near Fort King, where he shot down General Thomp- son, the Indian agent who had once put him in irons, and four others. So it was Micanopy, the head chief of the Seminoles, who was In charge that day. On the morning of December 28 Dade and his men had crossed the fork of the Withlacoochee and were marching along a trall which ran across an open barren. On one side of the trail was a stretch of swamp overgrown with grass five feet high and in this grass Micanopy had hid den 200 warriors with strict orders to hold their fire until he gave the sig- nal, Unmindful of the hidden danger, Dade’'s force marched along the trail with Captain Frazer and Lieutenant Mudge leading the advance. Not a sound came from the Indians until the whole column was under their guns. Then taking careful aim, Mi canopy shot Major Dade, killing him instantly. At that signal the tall grass was ablaze with flame. Captain Fraz- er was killed at the first fire and Lieu. tenant Mudge mortally wounded. Lieu- tenants Henderson and Keals were se- verely wounded and Captain Gardiner, Lieutenant Bassinger and Doctor Gat. lin were the only officers who were un- hurt. Under the clrcumstances—the surprise of the attack and the appal ling losses—it would not have been surprising if the whole column had been thrown Into a panic Immediately, Such a thing had happened more than once before when white troops were ambushed by thelr red enemies. But it is to the everlasting glory of these Detroit Publishing @. regulars that there was no stamped? on this occasion. The soldiers left the road Instantly, took to the trees which stood on the other side of the rond and poured a heavy fire upon thelr nssallants. Then for forty min- utes they stood firm there, fighting as as though there had been no surprise, and holding their Are an:il caaght sight of zn Indian and knew that they could make thelr shots effective. As a result the Seminoles withdrew their forces and the fighting ceased, coolly they tut Captain Gardiner, who had as sumed command after Dade's death, knew that this was not the end of the affair. Hastily collecting the wound. ed, he moved back a short distance and immediately set his men, now less than fifty in number, at work felling trees and throwing up a triangular breastwork. But before this had risen three small tree trunks high, the In- dians, heavily reinforced, returned to the attack. In a few moments a fu- rious battle was In progress. Sur rounded on all sides by the Indians who poured their fire into the depres sion In which the little fort had been built, the result was inevitable. Cap tain Gardiner, mortally wounded, cried out, “I can give you no more orders, lads. Do your best!” Outside the breastwork Lieutenant Bassiner and a small detall of artil- lerymen continved to fire their six- pounder until every man except the lieutenant was killed. Then, serious ly wounded, he dragged himself inside the logs and fired a musket until a bullet cut him down, broken arm, Lieutenant Henderson did the same. By two o'clock the fire of the defenders had been silenced. the Indians swarmed into the little fort would arrive any minute, the Semi- noles fled. After they left the battlefield a party of some fifty renegade negroes appeared to plunder the dead. They found Lieutenant Bassinger still alive and, despite his appeal for mercy, cut him down with their hatchets. Three of the privates, who were severely wounded, feigned death and the ne groes left without molesting them. Two others, although wounded, had managed to get away during the con. fusion of the fight, and although one was killed by an Indian, who discov ered them during their flight toward Fort Brooke, the other finally reached the fort—a tragic messenger of the defeat. It was not until the following Feb roary that an expedition from Fort King was able to visit the scene of the Dade disaster and in the report of Capt. EB. A. Hitchcock of the First lo- fantry on what he found in the little log fort, one reads this statement: “Within the triangle . . . were about thirty bodies, mostly mere skeletons . . . lying, every one of them, In precisely the same position they must have occupied during the fight; thelr heads next to the logs over which they had delivered thelr fire, and their bodies stretched with striking regularity parallel to each other. They had evidently been shot dead at thelr posts . . ” “Shot dead at thelr posts”-—shat better American soldier than ———— —-——— “lI have only just a minute Only sixty seconds in it Forced upon me--can't refuse it Didn't see it—didn't choose it But It's up to me to use it I must suffer if I lose it Give account if I abuse it Just a tiny little minute jut eternity is in it" WINTER DISHES As the colder wcather comes on we boiled dinners, fish, clam and oyster chowders and pork in various ways such as: Pork Loaf—Take three pounds of lean pork from the shoulder, and one-half cupfuls of bread crumbs, one tablespoonful of one-half teaspoonful of pepper, well beaten eggs, one can of | slmento, one and one-half cupfuls of | sweet milk. Mix and put to roast In | i one lt, two { Sheet Chocolate Cookies.—Take one | of sugar, one-third of a cup- | ful of melted butter, one beaten egg, | cupful of milk, two cupfuls of | one of one | upful of raisins and one-half cupful of | teaspoonfu soda, Mix and spread on a bak. | 1 and bake in a moderate | When cool cover with the fol. shocolate, Chocolate Frosting.~Take one cupful | iwo tablespoonfuls of flour, two-thirds | a cupful of milk, cook and stir | antil the mixture hairs, then add a ablespoonful of butter and cool. Beal | antil thick and cream. Add chocolate | 0 suit the taste. Spread over the | of cookies and when ato any desired shape, Harvard Beets—Mix ful of sugar with tablespoonful of corn and ten spoonful Add one-third of a rupful of cider vinegar and one-third | supful of boiling water. until he sauce Is clear. Add two cupfule of freshly cooked, drained, diced beets Set In a warm place for half an hour Add two tablespoonfuls of butter and | erve, i sheet cool cut | one-half cup one starch one-eighth of salt, Cook Oyster Stuffing.—Take twenty oys ‘ers, drain, rinse and place in a square | san with two tablespoonfuls of but | ter; bring to the point, add four cupfuls of bread crumbs, one-half | of salt and taste. Add a tablespoonful of minced | parsiey and stuff turkey. Thoughts and Things, aim of the variety for within tablespoonful pepper tc i i constant thrifty table The housewife is the the she has to spend for food, i The using of | every particle of | food with no | waste and serv ing wholesome | well balanced | limit est attention of the capable house | wife. The saving of all liquors In which vegetables have been cooked Is not saving waste, but it is saving | many of the valuable mineral matters | which give vegetables their value Ir Such liquors may be served | tub a little fat into the skins of the | potatoes before putting them into the | to bake, The skins will pee | Save the rice water when cooking if any is left. It makes fine Dip the broom into hot suds after dry. This cleans the broom, and keeps it straight and makes it last longer, Change the folds In table linen oc Fold Proper fitting shoes will save much and irritability. Higt for many disagreeable dispositions, Keep a pair of shears in the kitchen for cutting raising, marshmallows parsley or other things. They are easier to clean than the chopping bowl or food grinder. Turn mattresses often to keep them level and comfortable, Beware of pacifiers. When mothers learn that thumb-sucking and paci filers cause enlarged tonsils and ade nolds, children will have less troubls with them, A long bottle will answer for » rolling pin when one has nothing else to take~the place of a real one, Talcum powder is a great conven fence when traveling. If a grease spot appears, cover with talcum and Ie stand for a day or two. The spot will be absorbed. = Sprinkle talcum inte shoes to relieve tired feet, dust new shoes with it before wearing, it helps the breaking In process. : Metal sponges, scouring soaps and vegetable brushes are indispensable to most housewives; however, other uten: sils should be bought when one finds them useful. Many of the so-called conveniences are only an annoyance and a room-taker-never used. Reach of All skin and soft, lustrous and the Talcum im- Sample each free, Whiskers Not Likely to Return to Fashion! Some men (a few) look whiskers, but fashion doesn't whit for that. It says, Nay. well in care a The un- | few mustaches survive, small remind. | ers of the pericd following the Civil | war, when they gradually superseded | the beards the generals and many sol- | diers In the ranks brought back from | the camp and the battlefield, { President Harrison was the last of | the Presidents to wear a beard. There | was a general ruck of hair In the lat- | er 1800s ; even college students in pho- | tographs can be geen wearing more or | transparent burnsides. The de- | spoilation began soon after that, The | hair on the caput became shorter, | and the manfolk generally be- gan to be “down on hair,” It was a wrench for the elder masculine popu. lation to give up thelr chin whiskers, but they yielded and compromised on | keeping the upper lip unshaven. Now, few men living know what their whis- kers would look like if they “turned many of them less algo: curious it. hirsute as about The tide may turn almost physiognomical dec bloom Leuls of H. granddads St our again. —¥F, Collier In the Vessels May Be Older An In archeological discov. teresting r an old Louth, made hy ditch at Mormington, Ireland, a village a Cities’ Many Bridges In its course of seven miles through crossed there Boyne, ' Seaarh ‘ "i ol hv ra Mornington Is connected by tre St. Patrick, who in 432, with oral] of successful € efforts y effect a entered the his vessel inte ns the harbor at Boyne there and ran Colpa, now called Co In within living form. ing a natural workmen un earthed the timbers of several onken the stream The fecer a diteh into which harbor, vessels ving at an angle to nge. cannot be after further exeava ’ and apparently of great length of the vessis tained until The serve oak for thousands i ye fact that ands iI will pre Ars opens ibility that the ve Patrick's time. up the pu be even older than St Lteng have until ti by an enlog Super Talk Udell, Follies fo enter a convent, a night club. 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