. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . s success. Chief Joseph and his band startedeastward to the buffalo country, but were met by Gen. Sturgis,with the Seventh Cavalry. All day long t|jey fought, and theIndians, badly cut up, retreated, followed by Gen. Sturgis, whohad now been reinforced by Gen. Howard. The last day ofSeptember Gen. Miles made a sudden attack upon the enemy,whose camp w^as on the level ground of the river bottom. TheIndians fled to the crests of the surrounding hills, and thence re-pulsed the charges of the Seventh Cavalry. A roAv of dead hor-ses marked the line of a
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . s success. Chief Joseph and his band startedeastward to the buffalo country, but were met by Gen. Sturgis,with the Seventh Cavalry. All day long t|jey fought, and theIndians, badly cut up, retreated, followed by Gen. Sturgis, whohad now been reinforced by Gen. Howard. The last day ofSeptember Gen. Miles made a sudden attack upon the enemy,whose camp w^as on the level ground of the river bottom. TheIndians fled to the crests of the surrounding hills, and thence re-pulsed the charges of the Seventh Cavalry. A roAv of dead hor-ses marked the line of attack, and nearly all the officers werekilled or disabled. Finally the Indians took to the pits and ra-vines, whence it was almost impossible to dislodge them. The arrival of Gen. Howard, Oct. 4th, was followed, the nextday, by the surrender of Joseph and his band. I am tired of fighting, said he; our chiefs are killed; theold men are all dead; it is the joung men who say yes or who led on the young men is dead. It is cold^ and we have. O. HOWARD. 646 THE UTES. no blankets; the little children are freezing to death. I am tired;my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I willfight no more forever. The outbreaks of the succeeding years are mainly due to the badfaith of the Indian agents. The Utes, particularly, had alwaj^sbeen notably peaceable, submitting to many indignities ratherthan go to war with the whites. The inveterate enemies of theSioux, it was their earnest desire to travel the white mansroad, as the Indian expresses it. In July they set fire to the
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