. Indian history for young folks . 67, for the settlement of all Indian diffi-culties, starvation staring them inthe face, some dissatisfied Chey-ennes, in the fall of 1868, wentupon the war-path, committing out-rages against the whites on the Sa-line River. This was the oppor-tunity that General Sheridan, whothen commanded in that quarter,desired, and he at once preparedfor a vigorous winter campaign.• Experience, said he, has taughtus the lesson, that the Indian,mounted on his hardy pony andfamiliar with the country, is al-most as hard to find while the grass lasts as the Alabama on the ocea
. Indian history for young folks . 67, for the settlement of all Indian diffi-culties, starvation staring them inthe face, some dissatisfied Chey-ennes, in the fall of 1868, wentupon the war-path, committing out-rages against the whites on the Sa-line River. This was the oppor-tunity that General Sheridan, whothen commanded in that quarter,desired, and he at once preparedfor a vigorous winter campaign.• Experience, said he, has taughtus the lesson, that the Indian,mounted on his hardy pony andfamiliar with the country, is al-most as hard to find while the grass lasts as the Alabama on the ocean. The Indians were supposed to beon the head-waters of the Red River, immediately south of the AntelopeHills. On the morning of November 23d, Lieutenant - colonel George , with the Seventh Cavalry, moved in this direction, through thefalling snow, from his camp on the North Canadian River, ^ ^and on the evening of the 26th struck the trail of a war-party,which proved to be Black Kettles band of Cheyennes. Corralling his. PHILIP HENRY SHERIDAN. •MO INDIAN HISTORY FOR YOUNG FOLKS. wagons, and leaving a small escort with them. Ouster followed the trail,and before daylight came upon Black Kettles village. It was this chief who. at a council held at Fort Ellsworth, Kansas, inthe winter of 1866-67, had with great eloquence entreated the GreatFather—for such is the title by which they know the President—to stopthe building of the iron road, which would soon drive away the buffaloand leave his red children without food. Mo-ka-ta-va-ta, or Black Kettle, was described at this time as a fine-looking man, of middle age, with heavy features and frame. lie possessedgreat influence with his tribe, and by his wise counsels had more than onceaverted war. His dress was simple, with the exception of a massive neck-lace of crescent-shaped silver plates, from the front of which depended aheavy silver medal bearing the profile in relief of Washington. It hadbeen presented long ago t
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