242 BUFFALO LAND. 



And then the poor woman, having finished he* 

 story, began sobbing piteously. 



The Solomon had numberless tales of these ter- 

 rible massacres equally as harrowing as this, and I 

 could fill pages of this volume with chapters of woe 

 that terminated many a family's history. The re- 

 sult of these and other Indian atrocities is probably 

 yet remembered throughout the entire country. Kan- 

 sas well nigh rebelled against a government which 

 left her unprotected. The War Department author- 

 ized vigorous measures, and the Governor of the State 

 raised a regiment and at its head took the field. 

 Through blows from Custar and Carr, the savages 

 found out, at last, that the dogs of war which they let 

 loose might return to bay at their own doors. 



Two women from the Saline were carried into cap- 

 tivity by the Indians, and taken as wives by two of 

 their chiefs. One day Carr, at the head of his troops, 

 looked down into the valley upon the encampment of 

 a band especially noted for its hostility, now lying in 

 fancied security below him. The two white captives 

 were in the wigwams. Suddenly, to the ears of the 

 savages, came a murmur from the hill-side like the 

 first whisper of a torrent. 



Instantly, almost, it increased to a roar, and, as they 

 sprung to their feet and rushed forth, the blue waves 

 of vengeance dashed against the village, and broke in 

 showers of leaden spray upon them. Mercy put no 

 shield between them and that annihilating tempest. 

 Every savage in the number was a fiend, and, as a 

 band, they had long been the scourge of the border. 

 Their hands were yet red with the blood of the 



