. Omaha illustrated : a history of the pioneer period and the Omaha of today embracing reliable statistics and information, with over two hundred illustrations, including prominent buildings, portraits, and sketches of leading citizens . a rumor thatOuantrells band ofbushwhackers fromK msas intended toni ik(. a raidOmiha. One morn-ing in the latte. TRINITY CATIIEIIRAL. part of August, settlers in the vicinity of Elkhorn became frightened at the appearanceof Indians, and they flocked into Omaha. Great excitement ensued. Business was suspended,and a strong guard was at once organized to protect
. Omaha illustrated : a history of the pioneer period and the Omaha of today embracing reliable statistics and information, with over two hundred illustrations, including prominent buildings, portraits, and sketches of leading citizens . a rumor thatOuantrells band ofbushwhackers fromK msas intended toni ik(. a raidOmiha. One morn-ing in the latte. TRINITY CATIIEIIRAL. part of August, settlers in the vicinity of Elkhorn became frightened at the appearanceof Indians, and they flocked into Omaha. Great excitement ensued. Business was suspended,and a strong guard was at once organized to protect the city. This guard was maintainedfor two weeks. Owing to the depredations of Indians along the overland stage andmail route in the western part of the territory, Governor Alvin Saunders made a call for OMAHA ILLUSTRATED. militia. Two regiments of mounted infantry, each composed of six companies of sixty-fourmen, were called for — one north of the Platte and the other south of the Platte — theterm of service being four months. Under this call seven companies were raised, amongthem being the following at Omaha: Company A — R. T. Beall, captain; George C. Yates,first lieutenant; J. H. Barlow, second lieutenant. Company B—-John Taffe, captain; Edwin [Charles W. Hamillon, president of the United States NationalYork. Until he was about
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