The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-09-22

Here are interesting excerpts from Mr. Little's
address:
Gen. Philip II. Sheridan, the greatest cavalry
chef the world ever saw, and one of the greatest
Indian fighters ever had on the border said
In his report of November l, 1862 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 regl-
ments carried on the campaign against the south
western Indians-the Cheyennes, Apaches, Kio-
and the Comanches. The Eighteenth Kansas
cavalry organized under circular of June
81, 1867, from military headquarters for the Dl-
vision of Missouri and was mustered in at Fort
Harker, Kan, from July 10 to 10, 1867, and mus
tered out there November IS, 1867 An epidemic
of cholera attacked the Eighteenth Immediately
at Fort Harker and twenty of them died
Companies and fought the Cheyenne In
dians Prairie Dog creek August q and %
Major Armes of the Tenth United States cavalry
commended the officers and men in the highest
terms They preserved the state of Kansas from
further Indian depredations at that time. On Au-
gust 80 Mai. H. L. Moore of the Eighteenth and
his men fought the same Indians again This
gentleman of my predecessors in the
congress of the United States having served in
the Fifty-thrd congress, and he afterwards served
as commanding officer of the Nineteenth Kansas,
being lieutenant colonel. believe. The lieuten-
ant colonies of both the Nineteenth and Tween
tieth Kansas have served in these halls. Inc
campaign made by the Eighteenth Kansas in 1901
drove the Indians to winter quarters and LETT the
frontier settlements of Kansas in comparative
peace.
The following year the Nineteenth Kansas was
mustered in by companies from October - 10 ~
1865 at Topeka, and mustered out at Fort Hays,
Rams April Is, 1S69-organized under authority
of q telegram from the secretary of war TO Lieut.
Can William Tecumseh Sherman, dated october
q 1868 On November 3. 1868, the regiment
moved from Topeka toward the Arkansas rl'er.
crossing at Wichita, marched southwest ana Joiileu
the Seventh United States cavalry near the Junction
of Beaver creek and North Canadian IL miles
south Of Fort Dodge at the Camp Supply canton
uent Owing TO severe snowstorms and the en-
tanq,ements OF the Cimarron canyons, the regi-
ment reached Camp Supply at the end OF the
month General Sheridan says
.sThe regiment lost It's way, and, becoming en-
tangled in the canyons Of the Cimarron ana IN
the deem snow, It could not make its way OUT ana
- IN q h.d fix II had been subststing
on buffalo for eight nine days oincers
and men behaved admirably in the trying cohui'
ton in which they were placed
General sheridan tells of their march down the
Washita and says: -, a..
,ho- verv cold but the officers and men were
orr cheerful although the men had only she''er
,snts We moved due south until we struck the
woshita near Clusters fight of November - nav
ing crossed the main Canadian, with the ther-
'.er,o,er about IS degrees below zero on the
nov, day we started down the Washita' Following
rho Indian trail; but finding so many deep raN'hes
and canyons thought we would move out on 'hs
a ~ hrt q hIinding snowstorm coming on. and
sf,, m get lost >ith large command ana
.t ,-oins Of wagons on treeess prairie without
n.o,or we were forced back to the banks OF the
washjto, where we at least could get wood ana
water. ~, co,,onta
The result Of this campaign was that santana
ond Lone Wolf, chiefs Of the hioWas- were '3AeN