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Axifky*“In 1877 I was appointed as a circuit rider, a missionary, traveling between Bannack and Sheridan. There had been occasional disturbances on the reservation of the Nez Perces in Idaho and finally in the spring of that year the Indians, then a powerful tribe, threw down the gauntlet to the whites and went on the warpath.Sky Pilot Turns Scout“Then followed tremendous excitement. Stories would come to the little mining camps of the wanton outrages committed by the redskins. These tales fired the blood of the white men who resolved to defend their homes to the last ditch. The miners and ranchmen were so much engrossed by the war that they did not need the services of a sky pilot. So I decided to turn soldier. I resolved to volunteer as a scout on the staff of Gen. O. O. Howard, who had been placed in command of the United States army to operate againstthe hostiles.“Howard had fought several indecisive actions with the Indians. These battles only served to stir the Indians to action. Under Chief Joseph, Looking Glass and Blackbird, they moved in force through the Lolo pass into the Bitter Root valley. General Gibbon,in command of a force of regularsand a company of Bitter Root volunteers, attacked the Indian encampment early one morning in August. The battle raged furiously throughout the day, both sides losing heavily. When darkness came on the Indians with-Read These Important Facts!Quivering nerves can make you old. haggard, cranky—can make your life a nightmare of jealousy, self pity and “the blues.’*Often such nervousness is due to female functional disorders. So take famous Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to help calm unstrung nerves and lessen functional ‘irregularities.** For over 60 years relief-giving Pinkham’s Compound has helped tens of thousands of grandmothers, mothers and daughters “in time of need.'* Try it!ROOMS BATHSCOFFEE SHOPUnetr Hattl Monoqtrr+r*Wonderful food or moderate prices...lARL HUNGERFORD Owner ond Monomer
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Thompson Falls Sanders County Independent Ledger
Thompson Falls, Montana, US
Wed, Apr 10, 1940
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