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acquainting him with the tacts, and received 

 in reply orders to send hlty men and four 

 scouts to chastise the marauders. The four 

 scouts were Hank Campbell, Louis Allred, 

 Bill Peach and myself. 



We took up the trail wdiere we had left it, 

 and had follow^ed it some miles, when one of 

 the soldiers said, ''Yonder is a herd of buffalo." 

 The captain examined the herd through his 

 tield glass a moment and then said, ''There 

 they are, boys ; if you want meat, here is a 

 chance for it. They are Indians, and well 

 armed." He ordered a halt, rolled out several 

 boxes of cartridges and told us to take all we 

 could carry. The Indians, meanwhile, Avere 

 collecting, and making preparations for an 

 attack. We were ordered to get into line. 

 The teams were left under guard, and we 

 moved on the enemy. The ground was level 

 for two miles, and we went at a gallop until 

 within a half a mile of them, when the chief 

 raised a flag of truce and came toward us 

 followed by four of his men. We stopped, 

 and w^hen they w^ere within a few hundred 



