The herald., 1922-09-28

Here are interesting excerpts from Mr. Little's
address:
Gen. Philip III. Sheridan. the greatest cavalry
chief the world ever saw, and one of the greatest
Indian fighters we ever had the border. said
In his report of November l. 1860. that in the
last six years the Indians along the border had
murdered more than eight hundred men, women
and children. The Seventh United States cavalry
and the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Kansas reS-
ments carried on the campaign against the south
western lndans-the Cheyennes Apachcs. Kio-
was and the Comanches. The Eighteenth Kansas
cavalry organized under a circular of June
81, 1867, from military headquarters for the D-
vision Of Missouri, and mustered in at Fort
Harker, Kan, from July 13 TO 10 1867 and mus
tered out there November II. 1867 An epidemic
of cholera attacked the Eighteenth Immediately
at Fort Harker and twenty of them died
Companies and fought the Cheyenne In
dams on Prairie Dog creek August 81 and %
Major Armes of the Tenth United States cavalry
commended the officers and in the highest
terms. They preserved the state of Kansas from
further Indian depredations at that time On Au-
gust 30 Maj. III. L. Moore Of the Eighteenth and
his men fought the same Indians again This
gentleman was one of my predecessors in the
congress of the United States having served in
the Fifty-third congress, and he afterwards served
as commanding officer of the Nineteenth Kansas
being lieutenant colonel, l believe The lieuten-
ant colonies Of both the Nineteenth and Tween
uetn Kansas nave served IN these halls. The
campaign made by the Eighteenth Kansas in 1867
drove the Indians TO winter quarters and left the
frontier settlements Of Kansas In comparative
peace.
The following year the Nineteenth Kansas was
mustered in by companies from October 20 to 90,
1865, at Topeka, and mustered out at Fort HAYS
KanS, April IS 1S69-Organized under authority
of a telegram from the secretary of war 10 Lieut.
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman dated October
no
moved from Topeka toward the Arkansas river
crossing at Wichita, marched southwest and joined
the Seventh United States cavalry near the junction
of Beaver creek and North Canadian 112 miles
south of Fort Dodge, at the Camp Supply canton
ment. Owing to severe snowstorms and the en-
tanclementS Of the Cimarron canyons the regi-
ment reached Camp Supply at the enc of the
month. General Sheridan says:
"The regiment lost It's way, and becoming on.
tangled in the canyons Of the Cimarron and in
the deep snow, 1t could not make Its way out and
was in bad fix. Ii had been Subsistinr
on buffalo for eight nine days Officers
and men behaved admirably in the trying condi-
ton in which they were placed"
General Sheridan tells of their march down tho
Washita, and says:
1.-THE snow still on the ground and tba
weather very cold, but the officers and men were
very. cheerful, although the men had only shelter
tents. we moved due south until we struck the
"ashlta near clusters fight of November 81 hav-
Ing crossed the ,main Canadian with the thor
mometer about Is degrees below zero On tho
next day we started down the Washita following
the Indian trail but finding many deep raynes
and canyons thought would move out on the
divide, but binding snOwstorm coming on and
fearing to get lost with a large command and
ana trains or wagons on treeless prairie without
water. we were forced back to the banks of tho
Washlta where we at least could get wood and
water.
Inc result Of this campaign was that Santanta
and Lone Wolf, chiefs of the Kiowas were taken