Identifier: deedsofvalorhowa02beye (find matches)
Title: Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Beyer, Walter F Keydel, Oscar F. (Oscar Frederick), b. 1871
Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Perrien-Keydel Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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lMiles, and on the 10th of October a train of ninety-four wagons started for it fromGlendive Creek* with supplies, but was attacked and driven back. With a newescort of 185 men of the Twenty-second Infantry, under Colonel E. S. Otis, the trainagain started out, but was a second time attacked by 700 Indians on Spring Creek.The train, however, formed in compact lines, pressed on, the infantry escort charg-ing the Indians repeatedly and driving them back, while the wagons slowly advanced.Three or four scouts from Colonel Miless command were met here, having beenattacked by Indians, and one of their party killed. The train proceeded, with theescort skirmishing, until Clear Creek was reached. Here the Indians made a mostdetermined attack, firing the prairie, and the wagons were obliged to advancethrough the flames. Compactly arranged in four lines, the wagons proceeded, theentire escort being engaged in alternately charging the Indians, driving them backand then regaining the moving teams.
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— -29 — While the train was thus advancing, an Indian runner approached and left upona hill the following communication : Yellowstone :T want to know what you are doing traveling on tliis road. You scare all the buffalo away. T wantto hunt in this plaee. 1 want you to turn back from here. If you dont, I will fight you again, f wantyou to leave what you have got liere and turn back from iiere. T am your friend, SiTTINd Bl 1,1.. T mean all tlie rations you liave got and sonu powder. Wish you would write as soon as you can. Colonel Otis sent out a scout, with a reply to Sitting Bulls note, stating that heintended to take the train through the Tongue River and would be pleased toaccommodate the Indians with a fight at any time. The train again proceeded, the Indians surrounding it and keeping up firing atlong range, but after a short time two Indians appeared with a flag of truce andcommunication was again opened with the hostiles, who stated they were hungry,tired of the war and want

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