THE OEMTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. ’ FEBRUARY 25, 1909. BY W ILLIA mE BY BUFFALO BILL FROM JRL Li TALES OF THE PLAINS J HILE Romar Kettle, Tall Dull, Hand and nun great Indian chiefs rece ging defeats and the ! hunting grounds themselves, the | of frontier history sanguinary successes which will show that the red man did not al ys y ft in the neck.” One of these ful red warriors who for | known as the “Terror of the Plains” well earned that title, and that is my present Indian friend, Red Cloud, now Hving at Pine agency, over elghty years Among his many feats was wily cun th Yellow bers ed stin were sent teem with Ridge old. the ning which he engineered as the Fort Phil Kearny massacre. Red Cloud was then a young, ambi tious and a most powerful rising chief of the Ogalalla Sioux and ignored the actions of the older Indian chiefs. In 1865 at the Harney-Sar treaty he Yad) y det NOUN borne ed the white man's Is frat iron notw tie con of ex found stripped Colonels Fe found lying side by ing that at the lax! moment, than be captured, they died by other's hands, The news was received all over the country with great hor tterman ome belles rather each ror, while from one end of the plains | to the other among the red men rang peans of praise for the great young Red Cloud, and his achievements gave Mm a power In the Bloux councils | that he held through many long years Red Cloud's continued success drew to his ranks ambitious braves from every section until he had such a for midable organization that, If It were as many nations as distinet In a way as among the white races, one-half of his followers would be entitled to the name and devilish recklessness of the most famed “foreign legions” To may that he kept the vast theater of con. | elght us stew of ve as a plen t 's not exagger {1 Kearny prac ear, and with sent here and there the plains, he carried devastation and des on to the most ur ed preda over expect quarters, possessing as he did an that, permit 18 force as effective alry. However, and commercl a pis it in shop ar iit] cond Ous 5 of 1860 to 1872 Ind could not til he suffered fr hilate the aren n at Fort He nearly for this purpose, th carbines and muz 1ssemb led 1 i“ had magnificently and lead of Cag Lieutenant Jems n paring for defe In hauling the wir used, the w under the James W. Pow had been long nse in case of surprise timber and wood for beds were not od and timber being car the running gears, and the used to form an ob 1] ons, ter use the wagon ried upon beds were real, with opening so that In en they could closed by the on them were to stor ing, comn i'r forced that = met Orr with boller iron, with rifle As preliminary to the attack on the fort, Red Cloud thought to repeat the Fetterman result about 500 picked men to surround the little cor ral, to which Powell and the wooden had retreated, numbering thirty-two in all. Wagon sheets were thrown over the tops of the wagon beds to screen the defenders from observation and save them perhaps from the ill effects wagon long e« h end be beds used a nt ens ergency wagons which had The wagon beds all the eamp equipage, los. ete. while and uld stop a bul tot , and, tly. they were with sandbag anything if! re lined nhole loop TAA | her « : and sent | of the arrow fire at close quarters | There was plenty of ammunition and | plenty of rifles. Every man bad at | least three and some no fewer than Some men who were not con sidered deadly shots were told off to keep cleaning up for the others. There | was a quartet of old frontiersmen, led | derstood th h i ¢ by one renowned as a dead shot, Joe | understood that these tribes were of | Meriville, and others whose names at the present time | sincerely regret that | I eannot remember, who averaged elght or ten weapons aplece. Powell himself took one end of the corral and | Jenness the other, and everything was prepared to give the haughty Sioux a lesson in the range, power and won derful rapldity of fire which the new rifle permitted. At the same time, the Indians had really surprised them and appeared in such numbers that the lit tle garrison, from commander down, hasty consultation decided that it a forlorn hope to think of es though all were determined to fig the last breath The Indians spre on wns Cape, ht to 1d out and gallantly wed, while the maln body of In ns between them and the fort look fully prepared to take advantage of any opening. Powell had led y fired until ded is men with ed on exultantly, yvintnad his orders, an l his own coolness, it was reserved until the y¢ 1 0), then 100, then 50 them, when “Fire, uted, and a perfect of flame burst forth. Horses and riders tumbled, and a driv- ing sleet of bullets struck the mass. To the Indlans’ astonlsl the fire did not stop at one voll usual, but continued to belch forth un- Interruptedly. Then the foe clrcled around at a mad gallop; but, like the blazing spark from a fir pin wheel, the corral responded with death ling effect, which 1st the sur- hurried! aped from. The to the nders was ol a mass of horses nded Indians, lay In all direc forest of trees falls » within 10 yards from fire!” was she boys sheet rita OKs Ww ith 1 ¢ again rode A few feet more a would have been all over In a hand to hand conflict But so cle had thes come that some of the men threw mis wwe tex] for six t Deserted Prohibition for Older Party. | Pro Wooley, of After years of affiliation with the hibit lon party, John GG. Omaha, Neb As candidate for the has d that no longer connected ed A pre dency in 1600, Announce he with tl ’e rty and will work for the ise in one of the ol Four MOY SAYS ‘1 believe } 1 al i para Struck Oil 1¢ Prohibition d I biti W. H. 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The principal effort the Ind made then to carry off their wounded, which they eventually ceeded In doing after making a stand for awhile against Emith's command when, disheartened and dismayed they sullenly retreated. Captain Pow ell In his report says that another at tack would have been successful, ow ing to the exhausted condition of arms, ammunition and men. The In was exhna rot an y, from 1 een In the d was LL | dlans had a splendid opportunity In | | the open to check Smith's command, but, believing In the Great Spirit's an ger and that there was “Bad Med! leine” In the neighborhood, thought it beat to retire from the In fluence of the “Evil Spirit.” The Ind} ans lost 1,137 men NEXT WEEK: CUSTER'S FIGHT AND FORSYTH'S SIEGE. J TO ——. | - . FLORIDA WINTER TOURS PENNSYLVANIA R. R. Mar 9 1909 $49.60 M BELLEFONTE Special Pullman Trains FR( 1.48 Special Bargains in Men's all Solid WORKING SHOES Lace, and Blucher, Black, and Tan, 48 A PAIR. 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