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Standing Bear's trip with the bones had gained him many new friends. Now he traveled straight to the Niobrara, and nobody dared to stop him. The next winter he made a tour of the East, with interpreters, and with Mr. Tibbles the newspaper ally. He spoke from many platforms, telling of the wrongs of the Indians. The newspapers everywhere spread his talk wider.
They crosses the Heart an' the Cannon Ball an' the Cheyenne an' the White an' the Niobrara an' the Platte an' the Republican an' the Solomon an' the Smoky an' the Arkansaw, to say nothin' of the hundreds of forks an' branches which flows an' twines an' twists between; an' final, you runs up on boys along the Canadian who's come from the Upper Missouri.
Briefly the young officer rattled off the details for the morrow, and then announced: "The following communication is published for the information of the battalion of cadets: "FIELD HEADQUARTERS, "FORT NIOBRARA, NEB., December , 1890. "COMMANDING OFFICER, TH CAVALRY, "In the Field, near Wounded Knee.
He also permitted himself more ease and freedom in that house a sort of intimacy sans façon even a certain jocularity. He also gave himself the privilege of inviting the Ruthvens on board the Niobrara; and Ruthven went, furious at being forced to stamp with his open approval an episode which made Neergard a social probability.
Five of Gunnison's pack-mules, sent on with the troop, had so lightened the wagon of its load that the lately abused horses, given a good feed of oats and a swallow of water, were able to trundle it lightly along. With another day it was started under escort for Niobrara, its late owners, cursing their fate, unwilling passengers inside.
Sunday night they camped in the breaks of the big divide, some fifteen miles north of Braska, and still no tidings came from beyond the Niobrara.
Siouxs We strike a Large Trail The Print of a Woman's Shoe The Summit Springs Fight A Successful Charge Capture of the Indian Village Rescue of a White Woman One hundred and forty Indians Killed I kill Tall Bull and Capture his Swift Steed The Command proceeds to Fort Sedgwick Powder Face A Scout after Indian Horse-Thieves "Ned Buntline" "Tall Bull" as a Racer Powder Face wins a Race without a Rider An Expedition to the Niobrara An Indian Tradition.
The Poncas, numbering 735, have a reservation of 576,000 acres, near the confluence of the Niobrara and Missouri Rivers, in the south-eastern part of the Territory, provided for them in their treaty with the United States, made in 1858.
"The major writes me from the Niobrara crossing that the regiment has had some sharp chasing to do already, and that they will be across the trails in two days, when they will certainly have fighting," she said, looking intently at Mr. Gleason. "What news do you get?" "Well, my mail has all gone on to Wallace, you see, Mrs.
He and his adjutant had reduced the statements of the hunters to writing, and a brief, soldierly report was now ready to go to the general commanding the department, who had come out to Fort Niobrara to be nearer the scene of action.
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