. 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 . is shattered leg amputated and was put on the retiredlist. The Indians said afterwards that their whole force against the fifty men hadamounted to 900 warriors, of whom 75 were killed. EXCITING SCOUT FOR A TRAIL A PRETTY little Indian story tells of the dangers which beset the explorer who indays not far remote d
. 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 . is shattered leg amputated and was put on the retiredlist. The Indians said afterwards that their whole force against the fifty men hadamounted to 900 warriors, of whom 75 were killed. EXCITING SCOUT FOR A TRAIL A PRETTY little Indian story tells of the dangers which beset the explorer who indays not far remote dared to follow an Indian trail. The scene of action was in picturesque Arizona. The time was in the early springof 1868—a few months before the great Indian uprising. The Apaches had become unruly. They harassed and annoyed the settlers andstole and plundered. An expedition was expected to restore peace and safety andpunish the offending savages. Two cavalry troops, B and L, of the Eighth United States Cavalry, and two com-panies of the Fourteenth United States Infantry, left Camp Verde, Arizona, sometime during the latter part of May, 1868, on their mission. A large pack train, con-veying a sufficient supply of rations, ammunition and other accessories to an expedi- 142 —. EDGAR L. ASTON, Private, Co. L,8th U. S. Cavalry. tion, greatly impeded the progress of the command, especially since the route itselfoffered an abundance of obstacles. The destination was the Tonto Basin, where the rebellious Indians were supposed to be in hiding. The •^^ wf -ym^ J march to the edge of the Basin consumed five days. The first stop was made at San Carlos River not far distantom the edge of the basin; just near enough to re-mind the troops that they were almost within sight ^^^BHE^flH fi^4^ ^^ their field of operations, and to make some^^^^^c^^Hh m\ \Ti i\ Qf ^YiQ soldiers, who knew the Indians only by reputation, tremble with fear. Seven men ofTroop B stole away from camp and deserted.
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