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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE SIOUX OUTBREAK IN SOUTH DAKOTA We discussed the vague reports of the Wounded Knee fight in the upper camps of the cordon, and old hands said it could be no ordinary affair because of the large casualty. Two days after I rode into the Pine Ridge Agency, very hungry and nearly frozen to death, having ridden with Captain Baldwin, of the staff, and a Mr. Miller all night long. I had to look after a poor horse, and see that he was groomed and fed, which require considerable tact and hustling in a busy camp. Then came my breakfast. That struck me as a serious matter at the time. There were wagons and soldiers?the burial party going to the Wounded Knee to do its solemn duty. I wanted to go very much. I stopped to think; in short, I hesitated, and of course was lost, for after breakfast they had gone. Why did I not follow them ? Well, my natural prudence had been considerably strengthened a few days previously by a half-hour's interview with six painted Brule Sioux, who seemed to be in command of the situation. To briefly end the matter, the burial party was fired on, and my confidence in my own good judgment was vindicated to my own satisfaction. I rode over to the camp of the Seventh United States Cavalry, and met all the officers, both wounded and well, and a great many of the men. They told me their stories in that inimitable way which is studied art with warriors. To appreciate brevity you must go to a soldier. He shrugs his shoulders, and points to the bridge of his nose, which has had a piece cut out by a bullet, and says, Rather close, but don't amount to much. An inch more, and some youngster would have had his promotion. I shall not here tell the story of the Seventh Cavalry fight with Big Foot's band of Sioux on the Wounded Knee; that has been done in the...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217866965 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217866964 |
| Weight | 0.37 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.25 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 106 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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