. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . hreatenthat in ten days the general would send his troops after them to continue thepursuit until they would be glad to surrender. If this message should causethem to grow angry, we were to endeavor to make our escape and return tothe post. We found the Indians in camp on the north fork of the Red River, nearthe Webster Mountains, and on the same evening of our arrival I repeatedthe generals message. AMERICAN HEROISM. 739 Not until a very
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . hreatenthat in ten days the general would send his troops after them to continue thepursuit until they would be glad to surrender. If this message should causethem to grow angry, we were to endeavor to make our escape and return tothe post. We found the Indians in camp on the north fork of the Red River, nearthe Webster Mountains, and on the same evening of our arrival I repeatedthe generals message. AMERICAN HEROISM. 739 Not until a very long and excited talk, which lasted four days andnights, did they decide to accept the terms. As soon as this decision wasarrived at. I sent a runner in to the general, and, a few days later, escortedthe whole tribe to General McLaughlin, who had under his command fourtroops of the -ith Cavalry, and was in camp about five miles from Fort Sill. When the news of the massacre of General Custers command reached us^^e were stationed at Camp Supply, I. T., and received orders to startimmediately for Camp Robinson, form a portion of a new expedition. Bringing in thk Tribe. to operate against the hostile Sioux. On our arrival at that post we wentinto camp, and while there heard that a party of hostiles had made a descentupon Hay Camp, about ten miles from the post. A detail of fifty men under Lieutenants Budd and Bellis of the 4thCavalry were sent in pursuit. I was one of the numlier. We struck the trailat the Hay Camp, and I was sent ahead as trailer and scout. The countrybeing of a sandy soil there was not much difficulty in following the trail,which led by a winding route through the sandhills and mountains of theLittle Blue Canon, where, the trail becoming very warm, 1 notified the V 740 THE STORY OF lieutenant to go slowly. About half way out of the canon we came toa sharp bend, fringed with bushes, and rising above this was a lightsmoke. I threw up my hands for the detai
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