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there. Maybe he been filled in! a fight probabU/*“I hardly think ^«. \ cry iew peoplein the country would care to engige him, and he never sought trouble. On the other hand, he always avoided personal encounters, though when he was tbrced into one he could take care of himself admirably. No, 1 do not think he has fallen in a fight.*’I suppose there were occasions when he was invaluable to you r'■Yes, indeed, and never more so than when I crossed the river in order to go to Miles* relief, fearing that Sitting Bull might come to the rescue of the captured Indians. I heard that he had Intercept* cd the Nez Perces, so I crossed the river with the whole command to the scene!ofthe fight. Johnson was my guide on that occasion. Everything depended on him —no one else in the command knew anything about the country we had to traverse—and he led us straight to our destination/*“What sort of a man was he socially ?’* “These men are .pretty much alike. They live from hand to mouth; make a little money and spend it as soon as made; live principally by the chase and seem to have no care lor the future/*“Married or • single ?**“Oh, I’ve no doubt he was, or had been married. The marriage relation is not very seriously regarded in that country. Such men marry squaws generally ac* cording to the Indian custom, but the relation is not considered \erjr binding, and Johnson m ty have been married more thjn once ”
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Bismarck Tri Weekly Tribune
Bismarck, North Dakota, US
Thu, Feb 07, 1878
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