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with the government. Througiiout this whole period the Arapaho 

 caini)ecl near the agency, in spite of sUort rations and all the other 

 difticulties of their position, had maintained untarnished their treaty 

 obligations. 



PRISONERS SENT TO FLORIDA 



It had been determined, on the sm-reiider of the hostiles, to select 

 some of the most prominent leaders from each tribe concerned for a 

 term of confinement at some military prison in the east. Accordingly 

 thirty-three of the Cheyenne were selected, with two Arapaho, who, 

 though not concerned in the outbreak, had been guilty in otlier ways. 

 Among the Cheyenne selected was one woman, who was identified as 

 having participated in the murder of the Germaine family. While 

 ironing the prisoners on April G, a young warrior named Black-horse, 

 stung by the taunts of the women, kicked over the blacksmith and 

 attempted to escape, but was immediately shot down by the guard. 

 The Cheyenne at once attacked the guard with guns and arrows. A 

 troop of cavalry was quickly ordered up from Fort Reno, 2 miles 

 away, when the Cheyenne fled to the sandhills on the river bank across 

 from the agency, where they had secreted a quantity of firearms and 

 ammunition, and, digging pits in the sand, opened fire on the troops. 

 A severe engagement ensued, the Indians holding their position until 

 dark, several being killed or wounded on each side. During the night 

 they fled, and when dayliglit came nothing remained of the prison camp 

 but a few worn-out tipis. Most of the Indians soon afterward surren- 

 dered ; but a band of about sixty, including the murderers of the Ger- 

 maine family, attempted to escape to the Dakota country, and had made 

 their way to the vicinity of Fort Wallace, Kansas, when they were inter- 

 cepted by a detachment under Lieutenant A. Henley, Sixth cavalry, 

 who cut off about half of them from the rest. On their refusal to sur- 

 render, he attacked them and killed nineteen, captured over one hun- 

 dred and twenty-five ponies, and burned their camp, with the loss of 

 two soldiers killed. The remainder escaped to the northward. The 

 thirty-five Cheyenne and Arapaho ])risoners selected for imprisonment 

 were sent to Fort Marion, near St Augustine, Florida {Record, 9; 

 Report, 49). 



THE GERMAINE FAMILY 



The Germaine girls referred to were pait of a family of that name 

 who had been attacked by the Cheyenne at their home on Smoky 

 Hill river, Kansas, on September 13, 1874. The father, mother, brother, 

 and one sister were killed, and four other sisters carried oft", two of 

 whom were young women. On November 8, 1874, the two little girls, 

 aged five and seven, were rescued by Lieutenant Baldwin, as already 

 noted, in an encounter on the edge of the Panhandle. The two elder 

 sisters were held until the Cheyenne under Stone-calf surrendered, 

 after having been prisoners nearly seven months, during which time 

 they had sufiered all the horrors of Indian captivity. General Miles 



