Complex sentence: In 1866 President Andrew Johnson authorized a force of Indian scouts with the signing of the Indian Scout Enlistment Act and only two years later, in May of 1868, Bloody Knife enlisted at Fort Stevenson with the U.S. Army's Indian scouts as a corporal.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1866 President Andrew Johnson authorized a force of Indian scouts with the signing of the Indian Scout Enlistment Act. In May 1868, Bloody Knife enlisted at Fort Stevenson with the U.S. Army's Indian scouts as a corporal.