v eas it dashed itself to foam came softly * later the anchor was let go off the mouth 5 'he General. B A, . Thrills BY LAWRENCE MOTT. Wopyright, 1912, by the New York Herald Co. AN! rights reserved.) i hight, zur!" Skipper AM, of the little schooner that I had char! tered, spat vigorously to lée'ard-- "Breeze 'll freshen ap a bitty--my think!" he added. _« At last the long winter months of wait- fog and of longing were behind us; my] Lady Dainty and I were once more bound down the grim Labrador coast, this year : ELL he there come day: . &6 to cest our flies for salmon in as yet untried streams. Although it was July the night air was very cold, made the more so by huge ice- bergs whose massive forms and mina- vetted peaks seemed to appear myste- riously from the hazy, moonlighted dis- tances ever our bows and, as strangely, to vanish astern, = : : To port the black line of the Labrador swung past as a whole sail sou'westerly wind hurried us on, to the drone and swish of. disturbed waters and the com- plaining creak of an ungreased main- throat halliard block. "Pass the word below, Skip, when yout make Alexis Bay." "Aye, sur---g'night, zur." But the sun was just coming over the rim of the workf as I stepped on. deck. "We were slipping easily "down 'long." Grby and green, green and grey--alwayy the same monotony of rock and barren tundra. A trecery of white at the foot of the cliffs showed clearly and the pon- derous roar of the heaving ground swell over the laughing, sun-kissed waters. First "White Water." "Yon's he," the skipper sung out, as we rounded a bald beadland, and an hour of Alexis River, of whose wealth of salmon 1 had so often heard from the Montaigoais Indians. My boys took all the camp dunnage in the two big dories, the Lady Dainty and 1 following by canoe. . "Good Juck an' good fishin', zur. TU hang on opless it comes fer t' blow, then I'll stan' out till de wind sity (fo de lan'. : Our hungry eyes feasted on the mag: nificent stretches of river as it came rush. ing from the hinterland in a wide sweep to the sea. The first "white water". above] the tidal pool glistened brilliantly, and we blessed' the day that we weré born, A most comfortable little bank, that was protected fro easterly winds, offered an excellent eaniping place for the first night, aud while the boys were uptenting I put the rods together. "What shall it be? "A sifver Doctor, No. 6, double," she ® H rr ---- st = HRERE cfficers of the United States stood, the target for more than a hundred rifles tired at them al close range by Apache Indians. Two of the officers fell, 'their bodies riddled with bullets. One escaped ang fought the battle to its tragic Giese, aud at the' enl of it the Congres- taal Medal of Honor for "distinguished uifivery" was awarded to him. The hero ot that fight was Major General William 11. Usrier, uotil recently in charge of the American forces on the Mesicowtriiting ai present acting © stall In W Ee Sea A ved So little does be look 'like an Indian - figater that it is told how a young attaché of ti State Department went to General] "Lurter's office soon after he was appointed te Washington, and after watching the verkly looking man working at the desk. fr some time he went 10 him and asked :-- "Cae you tell me what time Gemeral Carter ls expected In?" : _ tle expinined afterward that he thought be tad been talking to a civilian friend ¥ 4 1581 ugneral Carter of Landing 2 Big Salmon in + the Alexis River of Labrador ' : ; THE DAILY a WHIG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, e : attlin Chg 1 1942, said, fastening the cast on her line epn try my luck wit then." | We crossed a long, pe h 5 Je k Scott, i bar to the} | i i bead of the jower poo! 2 such a po Beginning at the top heavy whirling] rapids 'it slowed bit by bit until it"wasj, lost in the weight of the © Camp on lie Alexis ,_ - . @ | An jdeal spot for salmon. Here and the silver fish like to rest and accustom bop bowlders cregted groat'silies, where | | themsélyes to the taste of fresh water. | Long ribbons of foam trailed away down| stream in which sea trout broke re- .| peatedly; over it all the bluest Yt blue skies and a genidl sun, "73 ® ® tan. PRIN I whooped gleefully. sil ad "First fish," she called In return, as her reel's music came shrilly over the rush of the river. Tey Out of water he hopped. = "Nice one! About twelve pounds!" What life and go tuat fish bad! He started at once for the open sea, my Lady keeping pace as best shy could over the rough shore until she could #6 no further. "Snub hicz!" 1 yelled. She did. The rod tip flew back and a limp line dangled forlornly from it. CT -- "Gone, by thunder!" "First: rise!" Whe-e-e-e-ee! = She replaced the broken cast, put on another fly and silently took up her old position. I could not find it in my heart to chuckle, even quietly, for the loss of the first fish hurts, --- Casting from a Light Dory. v . I wagled across, and my Lady Dainty "Here goes for the first fish," she called. reached a flat rock just under the quick | shouted. water, - i {of a silver side and the flirt of a black # Very slowly my fly swept across the salmon that I had risen, and he took it of stopping. On the Upper Waters 2! {Down stream? { her, y | t i sriously, motioning to be careful. 1 crept "About the same size as yours." This chap few all. over skittering vu the surface like a mad thiag, then the pool, now pluaging recklessly backward awd a : Little by litle Horn fe ure him out until he us content i t in an eddy, his Sos | babely wiovi ! My galler « » across. A quick, delt {Jerk and a beautiful fresh run female fish | 'lying on was the peboles, tue sunlight causing its scales 0 radiate all the colors iof the rainbow ' 1 looked for my Lady, but she was gone! Xo; 1 should bave scen With my red I scrambled up the low clif that (ay bétween me and the next pool, and thére she was, lying flat on a | projecting ledge, staring jute the crystal {clear water below. She beckoned impe- beside her, 'See him?' she breathed. Whea my eyes became used to the wavering of the eddies I, too, sa® "him." "Thirty pounds if an ounce!" 1 began to shake. > Slowly moving to and: fro as the Water! pushed him, lay a huge salmon, whose] dark length was magnified by the angle from which I looked, until he seemed a veritable monster. > "Slip off and get out on that point; you can reach him from there, and 1'll watch." She wriggled out of sight, and with my gaffer at her side to steady. her, reached | the desired position. As her line length ened I could see the fly plainly, drifting nearer and nearer to giant. He saw it, made a hplf hearted lunge upward, then settled ba. Three times more she tried, but he refused te move. "Try a 'Dusty Miller'!" No result. : : : "Darham Ranger No. 4," I advised as a last resort, though this is a large, gaudy fiy, rarely used except when the water is heavy and dark from rain. King Salmon's Fight. Rush! Splash! It was done so quickly that I could not see it, but she had him! In my excitement and delight 1 slipped, and rolled comfortably head over heels into the river, When my head came up the first thing that appeared was the monster, as he leaped full and clear of the surface and not fifteen feet from me. With that I made for the shore, fear ing that I might foul the live. The battle was on in earnest, and i = Where the wilter slid smoothly from tHe welt pool it was rather shoal He crossed it in a clond of foam er spray and sank heavily in a nearly still, very deep bole, "My arms! My arms" . "They will be worse than that before Angus galls him.» Ir was a sort of truce for a few mo- ments, neither side apparently ready to commence hostilities. A stone Bung over him stadted matters, and out of water he for the second time. 1 ra guid Tush. "Twaull gang pun," Adgus said slowly. Jtvund aud round thé Big One weal hanging deep and shaking his head dog gedly. 1 crossed *o beside My Lady, and there was a pitiful little look of pain on her face. : "My arms" she whispered, but 1 shook my head. She did not ask again. Monotonously the salmon kept 'up his itinerary of circling the péol, and she could not gain a foot of 'line. Sometimes he would stop, sulking, but afew sharp rape on the rod but: jarred him into moving on, Then she- gained a few Inches, a few inches more--whizs! He had it all back. Bat after forty minutes' fighting My Lady began to gain steadily. } ' "You gaff him, please," she almost wept. I wa knee deep. In the strong sun 1 jadghed ca ne \ ava ye thir light 1 could see his great length rolling from side to side, and as he came nearer the convulsive moveme:. of his gills flashed bit: of reflection, Nearer still. By Jove, what a fish! Now I could see the "Durbam Ranger," and, :to my horror, the hook had wora throngh_ the tough jaw and- was holding him by what seemed the merest thread of behind his rock. | skin. "Steady, steady!" I begged of my lady as I reached under water, took a deep breath and struck the gaff home through the sélid shoulders, : Rg No one spoke as the nixgnificent: fish lay on the rocks, his fins feebly quivering at: their very tips. The crimson staia from the gaff wound ran slowly across the sliver, dark ruby in contrast, "You are the winner for the season, O Big One!" 1 sald respectfully, and so it proved when the 'trip was over. He weighed thirty-six pounds five ounces and was as handsome in proportion a fish as any Restigouche salmon that 1 ever saw. So ended that which we always Speak of as the "big fight" 4 Our success on the Alexis was most gratifying, the pools being full of fish that were keen on rising. The next day we poled and struggled right royally did this salmon uphold the title of his kind, viz, the king of sweet 'water game fish, As 1 wrung the icy cold water from | my clothes it seemed as if he took advan-| give him. No matter how warily my lady | tried to get below him, he always dropped | down stream as she moved, using the cur-| rent to help his fight and setting bimsel| across it. Suddenly he began upstream. : "This is your finish, O Big One!" 1 | muttered. But was 1t? : With almost incredible strength be bored | At my sixth 'cast, thé fiy well out in With a vicious rush, tearing off twenty-|,. way sullenly against a seething rapid, | Partridge Bay, Black Bear and the rivers "Done with you for ay amount!" 1! the stream, 1 saw the old familiar flash five yards of line without the least idea); Lady butting him all that she dared. [in Gros Water Bay, the voyage taking us . [ue and up, and still up without a falter. ow General Carter Won the Medal of Honor Fighting the Apache Indians. to pound his wo) away up river, camping when night dropped down, : But it must be admitted that we boarded our little "shippie" for further north one evening wunder deep, far tage of every assistance that Nature could off skies and a sinking sun that glim- merad from between fleece lined dark clouds, with a feeling of gratitude for her solid, simple comforts, as the black fies and mosquitoes gn the Alexis are devil ishly attentive and persistent * » » * . --r Re The rivers that we fished later Include the Fortean, Pinware, Red Bay, Mary's River (in St. Lewis Bay), North East River, White Bear Arm, Hawk Bay, well north of 53 degreed & Colonel Carr was ordered to arrest the wedicine man. a bad come nobody knew, but it had not 2 Knowing that the "Indians were al taken bim long to gain a complete ascen-| dancy over the minds of the Indians. ready inflamed, Colonel Carr telegraphed Prior to the appearance of discontent! for additional troops. He belidved that among the Apaches the medicine mian by » show of overwhelming force he could bad succeeded in obtaining for himself overawe the Indians and prevent an up- much of the Indians" wealth, in return rising. . for which he had promised to make his, The additional troops were denied, and prophecies me true. He Lad been lavish as no move was made immediately the with promises as to what was going to!medicine man tried to convince his fol bappen in the way of good fortune to'lowers that the white soldiers were the tribe, and as up-to date nothing un-!afraid. His influence grew and spread usual had happened, he determined to in-jto nearly all the Indian camps in the flame his followers still more.' {White Mountain reservation. To make Among other ef his promises had been Matiers worse the prophet of evil ad- one to the effect that he would bring to Vised the Indians to brew and Jdrink life all the ancestors of those who faith-| "tizwin," a strong-intoxicant made from fully believed fn him. but as an excuse corn. With the liquor and the incanta- named Nockay det Kline. Whence ] for mot at once bringing about this re-itions of the medicine man together they! markable resurrection' be said nothing Were ready for any crimes. cold be done uatil the whites had either, Ou - recelving the order from head been murdered or drives out. iquarters to arrest Nockay det Klinne When this was learned Ly the Ameri..Colonel Carr seat a runner to the camp can troops it was at once plain that im- of the medicine man, telling him that mediate interference was necessary. The Bo harm was intended, but thal he must medicine man and several of the chiefi obey orders and report to the .gent. To were called to an interview with Coloné] this message an evasive reply was sent, Carr, who explained to them the folly aud so on Monday, August 29, the little He told them nothing but disaster could Carr eft the fort and took the trail to come of it and privately warned ° the Civiou Creek ! chiefs pot to believe 'the predictions of ~The next morning. as the soldiers were the medicine man. v ia few miles from the camp of the medi that Colone! Carr had said, bun the creck bottom an Apache chief a few Jays later he was summoned named Sanech report at San Carlos to the Indian friend, Bands with the A geut of the government he not only officers und slowly rode along 3 order rican lites, Bub tired to his eamp apparently counting the men as he went about forty miles from Orders had been given that the Ameri ¥ i leans should mot appear as if looking for #9 this: move was reported a fight, as it waa still deped an uprising . $e oe : % A - ee might be averted; so, although the actions of the chief were suspicious, he was al lowed to count up the command unham- pered, and when he had finished he gal loped back to the creek below: ~Arrived at-the camp a little later, the American. officers: were surprised fo find that the medicine man surrendered wiir ingly and appeared to have no thought of resistance. It was explained to the rest of the Indians that Nockay det Klinne and his family were only being {taken to the post and would be well treated, but it was also explained that if there was any attempt at a rescue he would be killed at once. ' * That this threat had so- little influence on subsequent events is Cue to the fact that the medicine man himself bad as sured them that he could never really die and that if he were killed by the whites {Be would come back to life again. Through high willows and underbrush { to the other. Jndians to go away. As be raised his arm to motion to them one half- witted young Indian fired and gave the War cry. -- yg In an !ustant the redskins were fren- gied, and levelling their rifles at Captain Hentig, his orderly and Lieuténant Car- sar, who stood together, began firing into the group. The first volley brought down Captain Hentig and his orderly, and bul- lets whistled by Lieutenant Carter from every direction. With his two comrades shot down, Lieutenant Carter stood mo mentarily facing mote than ome hundred Indians, besides the scouts in camp. He knew that fhe first move would be made toward capturing his fallen comrades' - With his fighting blood aroused he emptied his revolver at his enemies in the hope that he would last long enongh to vescie. the wounded and rob the Apaches of their prey. Standing his ground, he managed to-carry the wounded men to the the command moved with its prisoners, and a camp was selected to spend the night It had beén noticed were coming up the creek from the guiches that mounted Indians! , : jwith' Sergeant Alonzo Bowman in the rear, while the dismonated men of troop D, seeing one of their comrades facing general attack, seized their rifles and guard, shot the Medicine Man through both thighs, but McDonald was immedi ately shot by the Indian scouts. The Medicine Man even after being shot called loudly to the Indians to fight on and made efforts to reach the scouts. Lieutenant Carter's orderly trumpeter, | seeing that the Medicine Man was still alive, drew his revolver and, thrusting, the. muzzle into the mouth of this yelling Apache, fired all the cartridges. { The scouts and other Indians were Soally driven from the camp, but they drew off into the underbrush to remew| the battle. : i With every man onder his command] on the firing line Colonel Carr began an was to tax to thewut-| of his mei As durk- dead, including Captain orderly, were buried in| ig inside Colonel Carr's' I' was done by the few! temporarily spared The Indians lurking' full o. fight, and, re | w be | CRIT. and began making signe to him. In spite of the fsct that he had been literally riddled with bullets he was still alive. It was immediately apparent that 1 the followers of the medicine wan should learn that be was alive in spite of his many wounds it would stir them on to renewed frenzy and action. - If by any chance the Indian « fall into the hands of his friends and recover it would give him a commanding influence over bis superstitious followers, which might end the long drawn out war By the time Lieutenant Carver bad rer ported his uncanny discovery tw Colonel Carr there had been a cessation of sbots, and it was judged most praodent sot start another volley, as might have Leen done by a shot heard in the camp. It be necessary to. kill the mediciae man by some ofber means than shosting Ove of the guides named Burné was lustructed to accompany LiSutenant Carter and pot the medicine man to death with & knife The superstition that the ladigs bore a charmed fife and could not die bad to a éertain degree taken hold of the men in the camp, and Burns, fearing that a knife which the column had carefully avoidedilesd, Dashed to the rescue. and that they were collecting sbout the! Tii& astonishing spectacle of one young and 'futility "of rising agsinst the whites, 'command under the leadership of Colonet medicine man's guard. Colonel Carr, fear-| officer facing more than 3 buoadred In- ing trouble, directed Capiain E. C. Hentig dians farily overawed the red- .lquietly to warn these Indians away from sking and causel® them to paose in their Nockay 'det Kliane, Lieutenant Cte | might not slay Bim, took an axe and sent out on the hazardous duty of ied in the skull of the fa anatic, finding his body wo tht his followers) «qu, 4 gushes dater learned of what bad could not carry it away, been dont, aad from that fim: forward Groping toward th spot where kis or-| every persos murdered by them was killed 'out of harm's way. {the situation required delicate baadling,!snd made for cover. . be put in camp The scouts left the other! te where the 3 reluctant about going. Capris Heatig, Medcide Man" the camp, 3nd he directed Licutenant Cer-jattack. This pause, it was afterward tér, who was regimental quartermaster, to said, probably saved the entire camp, det Klinne pretended to agree one man, thers rode out of the brush separate the scouts and get them in camp from amniliilation. It give the necessary [reached there J6at a rifles amid the! riven ff, and finally they wcatfered and {breathing spell for the: Americans to rush woods sent missiles of death sbbut him, came to terms. But in the meantime there He cane forward as a} Licutenant Carter, fully realizing thatito fhe attack 'The Apaches fell back! as, if to remind bim that the medicine called the scons and directed that they! Colonel Carr weanwhile walked calmly! d 'been standing! danger. kaelt down "o get a good losk at the ndians, but it was noticed that they were and commanded the guards to "kill the! caljed' Sargeant McDonald, 76 charge of (Qe prise the medicine Gas opeved Ns eyes derly had figed the last shit into the bead in the same wanter as their chief had died of the medicine man, the young officer The Indians oun the following day were were some ot] incidents in the campaign man's person was eacred {which reminded all present that they were Lieutenant Carter, uomindful of the professional fighters and wefe secing all | the horrors and sirocities of war ; what was left of the medicine man's) To Lisutenaal Carter. Sergeant Alonzo features, To bis constersation abd aur Bowtaat ant Richard Heartery were awarded the medal of hosor.