. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . h the breech-loading gun, which had just been introduced in the army. He now began to encircle the corral, sending out first his sharpshooters, who,creeping forward, dodging behind stump and boulder, hiding in the hollows, slowlycame nearer and nearer to the wagon-beds, and by constant firing occupied theattentio
. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . h the breech-loading gun, which had just been introduced in the army. He now began to encircle the corral, sending out first his sharpshooters, who,creeping forward, dodging behind stump and boulder, hiding in the hollows, slowlycame nearer and nearer to the wagon-beds, and by constant firing occupied theattention of the few defenders. Charge after charge was made, five times in succes-sion, every time with the same result—death and defeat before the murderous gunof the accurately firing soldier. For three long hours did Red Cloud lead his horde offollowers before the fatal muzzles of the mysterious gun, but when hundreds of hisbraves had been slain on the field, hundreds wounded and he had lost nearlyhalf his force either by death or wounds, he desisted from further attack and gaveup the hopeless task. He retired to the hills, just as re-enforcements arrived forCaptain Powell and his band of heroes, who had lost one officer—LieutenantJenness—and five men killed and two ou z<s (£ ZO ou UJQCO < (A < UJ X I- 137 ON THE ARICKAREE WHEN after the War of the Rebellion disbanded soldiers and others flocked ingreat numbers into the northwest and the railroads began to build their lines,the warlike Indian tribes who considered that vast region their own and indisputableterritory became greatly aroused. From mere excitement and turbulence to actualaggressiveness it was only a small step with these fierce aborigines. Towards theend of 1866 the situation on the border was ripe for the crisis, and from many signsand sources the military garrisons took their warning and prepared the best theycould for the gathering outbreak. The storm center was felt developing withinthe ha
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