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CHAPTER IX. 



THE WAY SOLDIERS CHASE INDIANS DRESS 



PARADE A GREENY CATCHES A BUFFALO 



CALF ''HELP ME TO LET IT GO." 



The soldiers mentioned in the preceding 

 chapter had received a dispatch that eighty 

 Indians had crossed the K. & P. railroad, near 

 Monument station, evidently bent on mischief, 

 and w^ere ordered to overhaul them. They 

 WGTG commanded by Captain Payne, who 

 asked me if I saw them. I answered that I 

 had. 



''When?" asked he. 

 "This morning." 

 "Where were they?" 

 "Out near the head of Pawnee River." 

 "Will you go with us to find them?" 

 "Do you w^ant to take them some blankets ? " 

 "No, by G — d ; we do not. We have some 

 pills lor them, and if you are a good hand to 

 prescribe them you can have a chonce. Can 

 vou go? " 



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