The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-31

l 70 DCiuS vel Olte1
directly opposite, caused great perplexity
1t was evident that
| THE OBJECT OF THE cHEYENNEs
was to cross the Platte at some point out o.
resch OF the military, and that their Object
could best be frustrated by keeping The
troops massed in one position and throwing
them as quickly as possible upon the enc
my the moment authentic information
should be received # a passage being at.
tempted.
so other course was possible with the
small number of soldiers at hand. To at
tempt to guard each little station which
reported itself in danger would be to rem
der the whole command powerless.
On October 4, about ii o'clock, word was
received from Ogalalla that the Oheyennes
were Just crossing the South Platte river,
and the Union Pacific railroad near Alkali
1--we miles to the east of Osalalla)
The command was Immediately put on
board the train held in readiness for the
purpose, but an hour was consumed in get
ting men and horses in the cars. At l2:25
the train started, reaching Ogalalla (seven-
ty-hve miles at p. u,. AT 4:25 the caval-
ry and mounted infantry moved out at a
iart kdit, thc ioti lDltOW
with the wagons. Efforts were made in
Sidney and Ogslalla to obtain guides, but
no person could be found acquainted with
the country north Of the Nor'h Platte. BY
dark the mounted portion of the command
had & iined the North Platte at a point ten
or twelve miles from Ogalalla, where a ford
was found, crossed with great difficulty by
the wagons and f"ot soldIers
The m"unreI troops were all across by
Q m, bu, the infantry, with the wagon
train. did not resch crn !. until alter mid
ni.h', 5nd hen with such damages 10 some
of the ;rsusror atm rom the passage of
the river hat il Ea- seeu TO be
UsGLEss To ATTEMPT To CoSTI>UE THE
PURSUIT
uuless cur yebici,s were abandoned.
la tn. mt ,hIime Scouts hsd been sent ont
iT the direction # the head OF White Tail
creek; these returned about 3 =. m, on the
h, reporting having t'Iud the trail and
-eg p.Hi.s grazing o. VI ,se they sup
posed ID" biS"usc of the Indians TO be. 4
aes-e mist prevented q Very close re onnois-
ssncp
Al $50 a M. the camp was aroused, ard
a. sooa IA could b. ia the obs,urity Of the
leg horses were saddlei and Ibe ,n.Gnted
p'r; cf tie comm"ad i,,.,hed forward The
iif=n'ry was = nt back wigh all the trans
poria ioa. .x.p5in one light wagon aud
o,,- h. =. t., w,.b ,s
On, T,,o--sss g ~ ,,,;,;,,ob ..
,te ,;,n,. ~ ,,llo,, al r,y.r a. sInxsr
yri, ma, ,ror
The c,lumu b..d.d bv NJ Mare ,nd
fv. o,bsr r,r,ia men x6o mod rs 1T
,ro.,;u, nu.b.d am in 1o,,h.r, eo,,r-s
nr ,;f,.sr nil. ,n 49,. - Of
Whi :. Ta;I whsr. he h,I,in, Lac. of The
.oamr W. f,und a. VOL - ~, c.rcsss.s
-; nv ssv..n si,u.,b,.r..d h..rss Ths
h;,an,. II ba.n chn.an ~ an .In,os. ;n
~. -, 80, I'll, - 80,
Ipa,aj;,,o,v .f,., l.,r;,o Wh;,a T.u
The Chsvann. ,r.;I hsasn 10 h,e.L hn, ,bs
-, ,or,;a,, -; a., .,;o,,I..
,;ms A.. vs,v d:.,;nc, In - ,rarat la ,ha
pnr.nit 10 ali no;nts ot the comn.ss hnt
sehe'aiiy 10 'iie sou'n Snu ives, ior between
d, and the command halted on
the trail
'-1>'
could be judged from the horses found on
the trail, still wet with the sweat of riding,
and from the number of abandoned packs
strewn over the plain. One horse was
found with the pack still on him. At the
place OF halting was a small, frtshly-ab
doned rife-pit, excavated as a place Of de-
fense against any attack We might make.
To guard against any stampede of our herd,
we bivouacked in the form of a square, our
horses picketed on the inside.
On Oct. 6 the trail had decreased very
much. We followed what was left of it in
a southerly course to a creek emptying into
North Platte river The citizen volunteers
had left ms the day before in the afternoon,
No one in TIE command knew where We
were, but one Of Lient. Youpg's scouts came
across Mr.. Barngrover, who said We were
north of Big Springs, or Julesburg, and on
Ash creek. Having first watered our ami
mails, an operation attended with some diff
Guilty, as ttey we're
FRANTIC WITH THIRST
hs ..; ill.
sAN.L e.. ~ d.. W., it'
M ,'nei W ."e neau y, 800
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Is'e ma iIom n:s ou y. e.s
o,G In,I a, " -. ,L~.,sL IL, -,
go W:i,. In Jul ns - S.H
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eu euousu " oe @aa.u moIu'Ains' nav
,us no ., ~H.. eAP' ~ in'e,s % vas, ,es ol
IAAes moe'ly sAline OF alkaline, and no
Sese..'iou eAP' so%e s'HS .nu "us
ins e'u our amoulanoe snu Nssou ve
ien yen.no. Vur men "ers cayins nse
IS,u Ts .. iI n.u oIeAd :au pssI:,, psJ on
I, ~. .o,,,ha,, t., - ~. S,nS Hill
Our officers we're almost entirely out OF
food and suffered rs much - the men, or
even more than they did.
On the 9TH, after march Of forty-hve
miles, We camped by the side OF q m.rshy
salt lake, without wood and with but little
grass. Cur experience on the S!h, was al
most id.ntically the same as that OF the
9Th This day We took up Col Cartons
trail going east. On the 9Th alter hard
march over sand ridges, We struck Snake
river near Its head; communicated with
Col Carlton. who sent US some supplies
Cav creeE thirty miles and ON Of.tohpr | ,