By Richard Martin
A research of mid-twentieth-century American sports clothing.
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Private Louis Curran, one of the captives, lost his life in the rescue attempt, but his comrade was successfully recovered. The Indians, encouraged by this near success and the capture of four horses, harassed Elliott's column for the next ten miles. About two hundred Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, fully armed and supplied, attacked under bugle-call orders but were driven off with a loss of eight warriors. At the site of a deserted Indian village, six miles from Beaver River, the Indians again struck Elliott's column in great force but were repulsed with heavy casualties.
M. Lookouts were posted in daylight hours and replaced at night by sentries ordered to fire upon anyone who approached without waiting to challenge. The work was strenuous, the weather unseasonably mild, and the food fresh and fit for hardy men. Game abounded near the camp. The immediate vicinity yielded grouse, ducks, wild turkeys, elk, antelope, deer, bears, buffaloes, rabbits, and squirrels, in addition to a wide assortment of wild fruits and berries. Hunters daily brought in enough meat to feed one thousand men.
29, 1868, S-S Papers, 69; General Field Orders No. 6, Headquarters, Dept. , Nov. 29, 1869, S-S Papers, 67. 40 Spotts, Campaigning with Custer, 6566; Keim, Sheridan's Troopers, 122; Custer, My Life on the Plains, 268; Sheridan to Nichols, Dec. 23, 1868, S-S Papers, 7173; Shirk, "Campaigning with Sheridan," loc. , 8687; Hadley, "The Kansas Cavalry," loc. , 442. Page 25 assembled their equipment and command for a new expedition. That evening Camp Supply was treated to an Osage scalp dance in honor of the victory.