The trail of the Loup; being a history of the Loup River region . I s It 40 THE TRAIL OF THE LOUP doing business between the river and the mountains, we shall readily com-prehend the enormous proportions of the traffic. The first outbreak of the war occurred at Plum Creek in Dawsoncounty on the 17th day of August, 1864. This point was at that time themost important stage and telegraph station between Fort Kearney and After leaving the station and the broad vallev the route led. Sioux Mother and Babe; Early Trailers of the Loup. to a point where steep bluffs and wood covered canyo
The trail of the Loup; being a history of the Loup River region . I s It 40 THE TRAIL OF THE LOUP doing business between the river and the mountains, we shall readily com-prehend the enormous proportions of the traffic. The first outbreak of the war occurred at Plum Creek in Dawsoncounty on the 17th day of August, 1864. This point was at that time themost important stage and telegraph station between Fort Kearney and After leaving the station and the broad vallev the route led. Sioux Mother and Babe; Early Trailers of the Loup. to a point where steep bluffs and wood covered canyons afforded excellentconcealment to a prowling foe. In this death tj-ap the Indians planned theirambuscade., and fell upon an unsuspecting wagon train, killing the entireparty of eleven, plundering the wagons and then setting fire to the Indians had neglected to cut the telegraphic communica-tion egistward, and this alone prevented the general massacre, long planned. THE ABORIGINES 41 Settlers and ranchmen received timely warning and generally succeeded inreaching some point of refuge. For weeks all was panic and , with the aid of the military, some degree of reassurance wasestablished and many of the fugitives returned to their homes. For almostfive years did the war drag on, involving terrible loss in life and these years numerous pitched battles were fought between thegovernment regulars and the Sioux. The last and decisive fight t
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