Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1913 — Pioneer Indian Fighter, Crippled, Seeks Aid [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Pioneer Indian Fighter, Crippled, Seeks Aid

SAN FRANCISCO.—WiIIiam Kincaid, pioneer Indian fighter and veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, applied lately at the Central Emergency hospital for aid. A resident of nearly every state this side of the Rockies, Kincaid has Been the making of the west. With perfect memory he recalled historical events that had occurred during his lifetime. Kincaid was born in Santa Fe, N. M. His mother was a Castilian, hie father an American. The aged man speaks both languages, as well as a number of Indian dialects. When fourteen years old Kincaid ac«, companied hie father to Mexico and fought with the United States army at Buena Vista and pther memorable fleldß. He was present at the capture of the Mexican general Santa Ana.

At the conclusion of the Mexican war Kincaid came north and was employed aB a rider on the pony express. Countless fights with the hostile Sioux, adventures with the Apaches and other Indians are Kincaid’s remembrances of thie period of his life. In 1858 Kincaid went to Missouri and raised horses near Booneville. The Civil war broke out and to escape military service'he took to the brush. At night, if the coast was clear, the young man’s sister would display red, whjte and blue lights from the house and would come in for dinner. While at the table one evening he was surprised by a detail Of ten men from General Fessenden’s command and enlisted for service. Following two years of soldiering, Kincaid and his partner came west and engaged in transporting horses across the plains for the federal cavalry. In 1865 Kincaid’s father was governor of Nevada and the son came west again. Kincaid’s father, also was a federal representative of Alaska. The later years of his life Kincaid "punched” cattle, drove stages, “rode line,” logged in the northwest and lived a general outdoor life.