. The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union . CAPTURE OF A WHITE CHILD. The garrison at Fort Kearney was surprised by IndiansDecember 21, 1866, and 100 soldiers were slaughtered. The Indians have many peculiar customs. One of them is,their habit of daubing on the war paint and indulging in a wardance whenever they resolve to attack the whites. Once seen. INDIAN SCHOOLS OF TO-DAY 341 342 INDIAN WARS. they can never be forgotten, for their lithe forms, hideouslypainted faces, and demoniac yells would startle the brave
. The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union . CAPTURE OF A WHITE CHILD. The garrison at Fort Kearney was surprised by IndiansDecember 21, 1866, and 100 soldiers were slaughtered. The Indians have many peculiar customs. One of them is,their habit of daubing on the war paint and indulging in a wardance whenever they resolve to attack the whites. Once seen. INDIAN SCHOOLS OF TO-DAY 341 342 INDIAN WARS. they can never be forgotten, for their lithe forms, hideouslypainted faces, and demoniac yells would startle the bravest. September of 1867 the Indians on the North Platte calleda council to confer with General Sherman. They demandedthat the building of several roads should be stopped, and par-ticularly the work on the Southern Pacific, as it interfered withtheir hunting. The General would not accede to these demands,but promised that any loss they suffered should be made goodto them. September 18, 1868, the Indians attacked our troops atRepublican River, and Lieutenant Beecher and several otherofficers were murdered. In 1871 the Apaches killed over 200white settlers, not in battle, but skulking in ambush, and shoot- ing them whereverthey met them. The whites metthe Indians at WashitaRiver, and defeatedthem, November 27,1868. Thus the continualoutbreaks of the In-dians, have been asource of trouble andanxiety to the govern-ment, which has
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