. The Yellowstone National Park : historical and descriptive : illustrated with maps, views and portraits . d a large pack train. They were notdesignated as engineers, though doing the work of engineertroops, but as skilled laborers. This long name wasquickly condensed by the troops into skillets. The com-pany started out every morning half an hour after the * Captain William F. Spurgin, Twenty-first Infantry.—Thisofficer performed important duty, first at the depot in Lewis-ton, and afterwards on the field in command of the PioneerCompany. His work in clearing the obstructed trails throughthe
. The Yellowstone National Park : historical and descriptive : illustrated with maps, views and portraits . d a large pack train. They were notdesignated as engineers, though doing the work of engineertroops, but as skilled laborers. This long name wasquickly condensed by the troops into skillets. The com-pany started out every morning half an hour after the * Captain William F. Spurgin, Twenty-first Infantry.—Thisofficer performed important duty, first at the depot in Lewis-ton, and afterwards on the field in command of the PioneerCompany. His work in clearing the obstructed trails throughthe forests, and in making roads practicable for his bridge,wagons, and other impedimenta, over precipitous heights andyawning ravines, was often arduous in the extreme, and ac-complished with extraordinary quickness. His labors were ofeuch a character as to call forth energy, determination andskillful adaptation of the means to the end. All these quali-ties he displayed In a high degree, and succeeded in instillingthe same into those under his command. Report of Gen. Howard on Nez Perces CAPTAIN SPURGIN AND HIS SKILLETS. 171 scouts, and about an hour before the main body. Theirduty was to make a road for the army, and it involved con-stant work, great activity, and called forth every practicalexpedient for overcoming difficulties with alacrity. After the Park was reached these difficulties became toogreat to open the road as fast as Howard wished to move,and on the second day the army passed on over MaryMountain, leaving Spurgin and the train to follow as fastas they could. The Captain made the prodigious ascentof the mountain, opening a road through the timber, andreached the ford of the Yellowstone very soon afterHoward did. The General asked him how many wagonshe had to abandon, and was greatly pleased to learn thatall had gotten through. Captain Spurgin crossed to the right bank of theYellowstone at the Mud Geyser Ford, as it was expected tofollow the Indian
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