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tonight's episode Wyoming August 2nd
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1867 just before 7 a.m. 18-year-old
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Samuel Gibson peers out from over the
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top of a wagon box eyes wide and pulse
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quickening as he surveys the horrifying
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scene that lies before him hundreds of
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Sue Cheyenne and arapo warriors swarm
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all around the enclosure made of simple
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wooden wagons detached from their wheels
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from here Gibson and 31 other men a
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combination of soldiers and civilian
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laborers will now in very short order be
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forced to fight for their very lives
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they are a mix of veterans old hands and
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teenagers all from a variety of
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backgrounds they have all however heard
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the accounts of what happened to the men
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who had been killed by many of these
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same Warriors less than a year earlier
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on December 21st of
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1866 the day after the Dreadful battle
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the commanding officer of the nearby
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Fort Kerney then Colonel Henry
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Carrington led a Detachment of Cavalry
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to the side of the battle where they
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were greeted with the horrifying sight
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of their comrades bodies strewn about a
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frozen landscape in various stages of
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degradation his personal account of the
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event included descriptions of the
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bodies of soldiers that had been scalped
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eviscerated emasculated their tongues
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ears and noses cut off and bludgeoned
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until their faces were unrecognizable to
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even their close comrades news of the
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massacre had been the talk of a gast
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easterners in cities like New York and
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Philadelphia for weeks in the early part
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of
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1867 all across the territory settlers
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and soldiers alike kept their eyes
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nearly perpetually cast to The Horizon
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in search of the Sue Cheyenne and arapo
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warriors known to be riding under the
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command of the legendary Red Cloud the
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mere mention of the name redcloud often
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stirred up simultaneous feelings of
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intense rage and Primal Terror Amongst
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the inhabitants of Fort Phil Kerney to
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some degree or another nearly all feared
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bef falling a fate like that of their
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cohorts in the Federman Massacre now for
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the men trapped inside this ad hoc
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fortification of wagons and Supply boxes
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the reality staring them starkly in the
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face is that they might suffer the same
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fate today as their unfortunate comrades
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had only months earlier as the young
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Gibson surveys the horrifying scene he
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and the others busy themselves with the
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cold hard necessities of preparation for
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combat with several thousand rounds of
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ammunition on hand they are in fact
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amply armed in combination with their
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Springfield repeating rifles to combat
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the threat at hand despite their
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numerical disadvantage in what initially
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seems to be an inexplicable scene Gibson
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sees several of the older veterans
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hurriedly stripping off one of their
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boots and tying a 3-ft length of cord to
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their big toe while tying a larger Loop
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left hanging inside the trigger guards
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of their rifles in the event that they
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are overrun the men intend to slide the
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larger Loop over the trigger and deprive
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their attackers of a live
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prisoner the Sue Cheyenne and arapo
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warriors now amassing all around them
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have already completed their battle
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preparations having dobbed themselves
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and their ponies in their bright war
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paint filled their quick wers loaded
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their rifles and checked to see that
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their bow strings are taught the Sue
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known amongst themselves as the Lota are
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the largest amongst them in number
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hailing from their ranks in addition to
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their leader Red Cloud is a young
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Warrior rapidly building a reputation as
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a Fierce and fearless fighter known as
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tashunka Witco or Crazy Horse the
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Cheyenne and arapo hail from the
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northern ranges of present day Colorado
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and Wyoming and though they are too
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decided ly distinct cultures they have
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been longtime allies and are often seen
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by many as Inseparable entities these
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Mighty tribes each comprising their own
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highly capable and highly consequential
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patch on the proverbial quilt of the
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Northern Plains peoples have come
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together and put aside any lingering
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disputes in order to pursue their common
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enemy in the Americans though the
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driving force in this desire is the
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decades if not centuries of encroachment
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on these lands they claim as their own
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they are also Keen to build their own
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reputations as Warriors unafraid to
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fight and die for their people these
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Warriors are actually the larger
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contingent of a group that is split off
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from another roving band of Sue Cheyenne
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and Arapaho who unbeknownst to their
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comrades at this moment have spent the
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previous day engaged in a vicious fight
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against another contingent of Civilian
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workers and army soldiers outside Fort
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CF Smith in present day Montana that
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fight had resulted in many of the Sue
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Cheyenne and and arapo warriors being
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cut down by the ultimately overwhelming
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Firepower the Americans were able to
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wield with the Advent of their new
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rifles in the preceding Decades of
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warfare between the tribes of the
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Northern Plains and the US Army and
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American settlers the Americans had been
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at the mercy of their diminutive rate of
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fire prior to the invention of the
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breach loading repeating rifle rifles
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were loaded via a cumbersome loading
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process that limited even experienced
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users to but a few rounds in a minute
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until now the tactics of most Plains
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tribes have consisted of essentially
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evoking and then weathering the first
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volley of rifle fire after which an
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advance could be made while the
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Americans hurried to reload in time
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comparatively though they also possessed
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the rifles the rate of fire that could
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be produced by a well-trained warrior
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with a traditional bow and arrows
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dwarfed that laid down by the American
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rifles countless times on the American
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frontier from Texas to Montana soldiers
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and settlers alike were overrun and cut
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down suffering Fates much the same as
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those of the Unfortunate Souls at
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fetterman's Massacre while advancements
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in weapon technology had certainly been
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made perhaps most notably with the
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Advent of the rise of the Colt Patterson
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and Colt Walker revolvers the need for a
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rifle capable of a greater rate of fire
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had long been an apparent one on the
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frontier now though in a scant few years
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since the Americans great civil war had
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concluded and so many more had flooded
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Westward the repeated rifle had
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drastically altered the landscape of
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pl's warfare Dynamics but while the
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Americans have their new weapon in their
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rifles the Sue Cheyenne and arapo
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warriors assembling all around the
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desperate men inside the ring of wagon
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boxes have an invaluable weapon of their
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own the thus far incomparable leadership
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of their trusted leader red clap though
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his presence at the Battle today is
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disputed by historians his leadership
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and command are regardless palpable as
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the Young Warriors whip themselves into
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a fury knowing that many will inevitably
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meet their ends today they filled the
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air with cries of Hokah or it is a Good
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Day to Die back inside the wagon box
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Fort the commanding officers Captain
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James Powell and Captain John janess
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survey the situation at hand janess has
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one eye closed the other tucked snugly
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into the eyepiece of his army telescope
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he informs Captain Powell that he
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believes he has indeed spotted Red Cloud
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understandably this adds another layer
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of dread to the men preparing themselves
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to engage the Sue Cheyenne and Lakota in
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battle as the officers discuss any final
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Necessities in hushed tones an appalling
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silence Falls over the rest of the men
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as they peer out in all directions at
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the Warriors intent on ending their
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mortal stay before the sun sets on this
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day the teenag private Samuel Gibson
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though already a veteran of several
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small skirmishes but wholly new to
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combat on this level attempts to
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question his older cohorts as to what
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they think their chances might be in the
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fight to come you're going to have to
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fight like the Dickens if you want to
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get out of today alive kid remarked one
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referring to him under his deceptively
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endearing nickname finally overcome by
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the same resolve as his Elder companions
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the young man begins the process of
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removing one of his own boots and tying
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a cord to his big toe just as Gibson
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finishes tying his first Loop however
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the call comes down from Captain Powell
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men here they come take your places and
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shoot to kill the following is an
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excerpt from private Gibson's personal
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Recollections of the events that
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followed resting my rifle on top of the
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wagon box I began firing with the rest
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the whole plane was alive with Indians
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all mounted and visible in every
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direction they were riding madly about
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and shooting at us with guns bows and
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arrows first on one side and then on
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another of the
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coral then they would Circle and each
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time coming in closer uttering the the
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most piercing and unearthly war cries
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some of the most venturesome would ride
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in close and throw Spears at us and
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others still more daring would ride in
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within a 100 yards and then suddenly
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drop off one side of their ponies and
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all we could see would be an arm or a
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leg sticking up above the pony's back
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and whiz would come their arrows they
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paid dearly for their daring for we had
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steady rests for our rifles and the
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Indians were all within easy Point Blank
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Range and we simply mowed them down by
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scores the tops of the wagon beds were
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literally ripped and torn to slivers by
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bullets how we ever escaped with such a
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slight loss I have never been able to
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understand after we had commenced firing
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a great number of Indians rode in very
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close probably within 150 yards and
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sitting on their ponies waited for us to
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draw Ram rods for reloading as they
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supposed we were yet using old muzzle
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loaders but thanks to God and Lieutenant
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General Sherman the latter had listened
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to the appeals of Colonel Carrington the
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commander of Fort Phil Kerney the
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previous year and we had just been armed
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with a new weapon and instead of drawing
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ramrod and thus losing precious time we
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simply threw open the breach locks of
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our new rifles to eject the empty shell
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and slapped in fresh ones this puzzled
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the Indians and they were soon glad to
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withdraw to a safe distance though the
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attacking Sue Cheyenne and arapo
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warriors are indeed incensed at the
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intruding Americans incursions into
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their lands the American soldiers and
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civilians fighting from behind the wagon
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boxes are themselves angered though they
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have all felt a sickening dread at the
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thought of being caught alive by these
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Mighty Warriors of the northern PL s
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most have also burned for revenge
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against those who had tormented and so
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cruy dispatched their friends and
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comrades at the Federman Massacre the
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year prior also most prominent in many
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of the men's Minds is the fact that a
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mere 6 miles away at Fort Phil Kerney
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are many of the men's wives and children
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who will be the next Target in line
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should they fail to repulse the Sue
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Cheyenne and a rapo here meanwhile the
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attacking Warriors now do their best to
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rescue their comrades who are wounded
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wed but still alive out on the coverless
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open ground in front of the wagon box
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Fort the sheer daring of their Ventures
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Sparks feelings of admiration in their
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adversaries Even In the Heat of the
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Dreadful fight continuing from private
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Gibson's account after recovering a
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great number of their dead and wounded
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at a fearful sacrifice of Life the
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Indians withdrew to a safe distance but
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while recovering their injured we
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witnessed the most magnificent display
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of horsemanship imaginable two mounted
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Indians would ride one on each side of
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the Wounded Savage reach over and pick
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him up on the run and carry him to a
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place of safety this was done many times
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and we could not help but admire their
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courage and
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daring during this relative Lull in the
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action the men scrambled to resupply
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themselves with ammunition literally
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crawling on their hands and feet to the
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ammunition boxes in order to procure
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themselves more cartridges some of the
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men take on these resupply duties While
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others continue to fire at the Wounded
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Warriors and their Rescuers at the same
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time on the Bluffs to the east and west
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of their position
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two parties of Sue Cheyenne and arapo
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warriors are trading flashes from small
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signal mirrors determining their next
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move Gibson's account continues we did
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not know what to expect but we knew that
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they would soon attack us again
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something desperate had been determined
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upon by the Savages all we could do was
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wait and watch not a word was spoken it
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was a moment of suspense that was simply
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terrible as we sat and waited for what
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we thought would be the finish of us I
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looked along the wagon heads and saw my
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comrades sitting there watching the
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assembling Indians every man had his
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Jaws firmly closed with a grim
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determination to fight until we were
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overpowered we did not know what time it
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was and nobody cared the fight had
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commenced about 7:00 in the morning and
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I did not hear any man ask about the
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time of day during the fight nearly all
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of us were bareheaded as we used our
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caps and hats to hold ammunition the Sun
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Beat Down with the pitiless glare that
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terrible August day and it seemed like
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an eternity to us all suddenly L someone
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on the north side of the Corral yelled
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look out they're coming again a cry goes
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out amongst the men in the wagon box
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Fort the tents the line of tents had
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thus far presented a significant problem
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in firing upon the charging Warriors as
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they blocked the view of the Defenders
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until the Warriors came around their
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edges now seeing one last chance to
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improve their odds before the next
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attack several of the Defenders
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including Gibson hurriedly take down as
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many of the canvas structures as they
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can
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before being called back by their
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officers again from Gibson's account
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with the tense down we could see the
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Indians to much better advantage and
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were enable to deliver a more effective
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fire the whole plane was again alive
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with countless swarms of the Warriors
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assembling for another grand charge upon
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us our fire was terribly destructive and
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deadly in accuracy and we repulsed them
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again but our gun barrels were so
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overheated from the rapidity of our fire
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that the metal burned our hands and we
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were obliged to open the breach blocks
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during this lull to allow the barrels to
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cool off during one of these momentary
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lulls Grady asked me to go out for more
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ammunition I crawled out of the wagon
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box Westward and saw several other men
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after more ammunition and as I looked
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towards the West End I saw the body of
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Lieutenant janess shot through the head
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and heart within a few feet of the
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corpse private Jim Condon was fighting
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between a barrel of beans placed in
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between the interval of Captain Powell's
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wagon bed and the one wagon with the
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cover on horrified Gibson crawls back to
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his wagon with the ammunition and
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informs the others that Lieutenant
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janess has been killed good God the
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menic slam anyone else Gibson replies
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that he does not know and amidst the
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men's Terror grief and confusion they
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must now keep up their fire against
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their attackers young men of often
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similar ages to them and themselves in
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deep states of grief and rage at the
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loss of their own friends and comrades
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Gibson's account continues about this
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time word passed around that privates
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Henry Hagerty and Tommy Doyle had been
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killed on the north side of the Corral
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The Brave Little jerseyman Hagerty had
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been shot through the left shoulder
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earlier in the fight but the fact had
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been kept secret by the other men in the
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wagon pet lest some other man become
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disheartened the man in the wagon box
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with Hagerty wanted him to lie down
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after getting shot through the shoulder
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but with his left arm hanging useless at
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his side he had used his good right and
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kept on loading and firing for over 2
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hours until the Indians on the North
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Ridge finally killed him by sending a
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bullet through the top of his head Doyle
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had been killed sometime after the first
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charge while bravely fighting behind a
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breast work of oxes he was struck in the
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forehead in addition to the casualties
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water is now running low as well prize
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for water ReSound inside the confines of
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the wagon box Fort and just when it seem
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like the plight of the thirst stricken
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men cannot possibly become worse the
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native Warriors begin to rain down
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arrows with flaming tips into the fort
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Catching Fire to the dry grass and
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manure pile used as fire fuel one of the
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water barrels lies roughly 20 ft outside
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the West End of the Corral and is now
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nearly empty after being perforated by
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numerous bullet holes however when it
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seems like all hope is lost for The
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Thirst stricken men the Camp's cook a
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man referred to as Mr Brown in Gibson's
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Memoirs informs the men of two of the
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Camp's coffee pots which had been filled
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early in the morning but he had not yet
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had time to boil the coffee pots are
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however precariously located underneath
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the camp Chuck Wagon a few yards outside
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the ad hoc Fort walls Gibson and another
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man named Johnny Grady volunteer to make
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a Scramble for the water and with the
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covering fire of their cohorts on the
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Northern wall they are able to secure
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both coffee pots albeit so narrowly that
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one pot is hit and largely drained by a
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native Warrior's bullet now another Lull
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in the attacks drags on taking its toll
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on the Defenders inside the wagon box
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Fort both mentally and physically
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returning again to Gibson's account the
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time between each charge dragged heavily
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the days seemed almost endless yet the
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Indians on the North Side Of Us hidden
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under the ridge kept us constantly on
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the alert and some of them on the East
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Ridge about 200 yds from the east side
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of the Corral would run out towards us
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once in a while armed with Spears and
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tomahawks each carrying a big shield
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made of Buffalo hide there they would
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brandish their weapons in a menacing
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Manner and utter shrill war cries there
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was one big giant of an Indian who had
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thus run out several times from the
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ridge to the east and he always managed
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to escape our fire until he apparently
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thought he bore a Charmed Life and that
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we could not kill him he had L all the
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previous charges from the East End Of
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The Ridge and must have been a subchief
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the last time he appeared must have been
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at about 2:00 in the afternoon and this
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time he came out slowly but grandly with
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his big buffalo shield in front of him
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brandishing his Spear and chanting a war
00:17:50
song then he would hold his shield on
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one side and run toward us jumping into
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the air and alternating this Movement by
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dodging to one side side the sight was
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fascinating and we could not but admire
00:18:02
this superb courage several of us had
00:18:04
fired at him but without effect when one
00:18:07
of the boys at the East End remarked we
00:18:09
have simply got to get that fellow asz
00:18:11
he thinks we can't hit him we carefully
00:18:14
adjusted our sights taking accurate aim
00:18:16
and just as he shifted his shield aside
00:18:18
and began running towards us we fired
00:18:21
together and he leaped into the air and
00:18:23
came down limp as a rag fairly riddled
00:18:26
with bullets we all breathed easier
00:18:28
after this Warrior was killed for his
00:18:30
death seemed to put a stop to any more
00:18:32
charges from that
00:18:33
direction the Sue Cheyenne and arapo
00:18:37
again draw back again momentarily
00:18:39
content to take pot shots at the men in
00:18:41
the wagon box Fort but avoiding major
00:18:43
charges by Gibson's account redcloud is
00:18:47
indeed present and commanding the battle
00:18:49
from a top of rdge to the east of the
00:18:50
wagon boxes where the largest
00:18:52
Congregation of Warriors are presently
00:18:55
coalesced we could plainly hear him or
00:18:57
some other chief hanging them in a loud
00:18:59
voice presently a great number of
00:19:01
Indians rode down the Big Piney Valley
00:19:03
out of sight another party several 100
00:19:06
in number rode out on the plane toward
00:19:08
us evidently for another charge we all
00:19:10
knew that they had lost scores of their
00:19:12
Braves and killed and wounded and their
00:19:13
maddened frenzy would make another
00:19:15
attempt to overwhelm Us by force of
00:19:17
superior numbers and they would take a
00:19:18
horrible revenge on us if they captured
00:19:20
us it must have been after 3: in the
00:19:22
afternoon when straining our eyes for
00:19:24
sight of that line of skirmishers in the
00:19:26
Glorious blue uniform meaning the
00:19:29
reinforcements we could distinctly hear
00:19:31
a sort of humming sound seemingly made
00:19:34
by many voices below us in the Big Piney
00:19:36
Valley some of us thought it was the
00:19:38
squals Wailing over their dead Warriors
00:19:41
and as the sound grew louder some of the
00:19:43
men on the north side of the coral rose
00:19:44
to their feet to see if they could
00:19:46
discern anything below them in the Big
00:19:47
Piney Valley but they had no sooner
00:19:49
risen to their feet than the others
00:19:51
yelled at them down down down or you
00:19:53
will get hit as we waited in the silent
00:19:56
wonderment of this strange sound unlike
00:19:58
anything we had ever heard before the
00:20:01
echo appeared to come from the northwest
00:20:02
of the Corral the Indians to the east
00:20:05
and south of us had come out on the
00:20:07
plane where they were circling and
00:20:08
coming nearer all the time brandishing
00:20:11
their Spears and War clubs at us and
00:20:13
giving voice to their war cries those of
00:20:16
the Warriors who were armed with guns
00:20:18
immediately opened fire again upon us
00:20:20
and we at once replied killing and
00:20:22
wounding many more of them during this
00:20:24
time that awful humming chanting sound
00:20:27
grew in volume intensity coming nearer
00:20:30
and nearer now directly west of us the
00:20:33
Indians to the South had withdrawn off
00:20:35
the range and seem to be waiting for
00:20:37
something to happen then something
00:20:40
happens a cry comes out from the west
00:20:42
side of the wagon box here they come as
00:20:45
yet another charge of the Sue Cheyenne
00:20:47
and arapo warriors Cascades down upon
00:20:50
the
00:20:51
Defenders suddenly a site appears that
00:20:54
according to Gibson no one present will
00:20:57
live to forget
00:20:58
his account continues it chilled my
00:21:01
blood at the time we saw hundreds upon
00:21:03
hundreds of Indians swarming up a ravine
00:21:05
about 90 yards to the west of the Corral
00:21:08
they were all on foot formed to the
00:21:10
shape of a letter V or wedge and were
00:21:13
led by Red Cloud's nephew who wore a
00:21:15
gorgeous War Bonnet immediately we
00:21:17
opened a terrific fire upon them under
00:21:20
which nothing could stand and at the
00:21:22
first Folly red Cloud's nephew fell
00:21:24
pierced by many bullets nothing daunted
00:21:27
the forces came on slowly and in great
00:21:29
numbers the places of those who fell
00:21:31
under our fire being taken immediately
00:21:33
by others so close were the Indian
00:21:36
hordes by this time that the heavy rifle
00:21:38
bullets from our guns must have gone
00:21:40
through two or three bodies they were
00:21:42
soon so near us that we could even see
00:21:44
the whites in their eyes as they swarmed
00:21:47
toward us with the shrill cries and
00:21:48
piercing whoops private Jim Condon
00:21:50
jumped to his feet from behind his
00:21:52
barrel of beans and shouted as he waved
00:21:55
his rifle over his head come on you bla
00:21:57
and Sons of guns we can lick you the
00:21:59
whole damn bunch of you Captain Powell
00:22:02
who was close by Condon at once ordered
00:22:04
him to lie
00:22:05
down despite condon's challenge or
00:22:08
perhaps partly in response to it the dog
00:22:11
at onslaught of Sue Cheyenne and arapo
00:22:14
warriors continues until they are merely
00:22:16
yards away from the wagon boxes at this
00:22:19
point the men inside the confines of the
00:22:21
ad hoc Fort open fire yet again yet
00:22:24
again falling Warriors by the dozens
00:22:27
Gibs account continues our fire was
00:22:30
accurate cooly delivered and given with
00:22:32
most telling effect but nevertheless it
00:22:35
looked for a minute as though our last
00:22:36
moment on Earth had come just when it
00:22:39
seemed as if all hope was gone the
00:22:41
Indians suddenly broke and fled they
00:22:44
could not stand before the withering
00:22:45
fire we poured into their ranks the
00:22:48
several hundred mounted Indians on the
00:22:50
plane south of us who were intently
00:22:52
watching this foot charge never offered
00:22:54
to assist their red Brothers by making a
00:22:56
mounted charge but discretely remained
00:22:58
out of rifle range according to Gibson
00:23:01
redcloud himself continues to survey the
00:23:03
battle from the ridge to the east Gibson
00:23:05
and several others made shots at the
00:23:06
party situated on the ridge even
00:23:08
claiming to have killed some but no
00:23:10
substantiation for this action Beyond
00:23:12
Gibson's menoir can be
00:23:14
assertain suddenly much to the confusion
00:23:17
of the Defenders the warriors on the
00:23:18
Eastern Ridge begin to break off riding
00:23:21
out of sight in groups of twos threes
00:23:24
and fours seeing this their foot bound
00:23:27
comrades also Retreat the men in the
00:23:30
wagon box Fort are momentarily unsure of
00:23:32
the cause until they too hear the
00:23:35
resounding War of the hoarder field
00:23:36
cannons now being utilized against the
00:23:39
Sue Cheyenne and arapo by the US army
00:23:42
forces in route to reinforce the wagon
00:23:45
box Defenders no native plan of attack
00:23:47
in history involved the purposeful loss
00:23:49
of warriors in order to hold strategic
00:23:52
ground and with this in mind the Sue
00:23:55
Cheyenne and arapo depart on under the
00:23:58
plains almost as suddenly as they have
00:24:01
appeared in their stad scant minutes
00:24:04
later are the Silhouettes of their
00:24:06
reinforcements eliciting all manner of
00:24:08
reactions from the Overjoyed Defenders
00:24:11
we all jumped to our feet and yelled we
00:24:12
threw our caps in the air we hugged each
00:24:14
other in the Ecstasy of our joy we cried
00:24:17
laughed and fairly sobed like little
00:24:19
children in the delirium of our Delight
00:24:22
the awful strain was over the bodies of
00:24:25
Lieutenant janess private Doyle and
00:24:28
private Hagerty are laid with great care
00:24:30
in the field ambulances brought by the
00:24:32
reinforcements Captain pow is informed
00:24:34
that they are shocked to find any
00:24:36
survivors at all the survivors make
00:24:38
their way back to Fort Phil Kerney eyes
00:24:41
still wide and nerves at the're ready
00:24:43
the entirety of the six-mile Trek Gibson
00:24:46
would go on to a long career in the Army
00:24:48
but for himself and the men who had
00:24:50
survived this hellish day this fight
00:24:53
that would come to be known to history
00:24:54
as the wagon box fight would mark their
00:24:57
most most trying day I have served in
00:24:59
the Army 48 years taken active part in
00:25:02
the Sue campaign of 1876 and also in the
00:25:04
Wounded Knee campaign of 1890 to 91 at
00:25:07
Pine Ridge agency but never before or
00:25:10
since have my nerves ever been put to
00:25:11
the test they sustained on that terrible
00:25:13
second of August
00:25:14
1867 when we fought red Cloud's Warriors
00:25:17
in the wagon box crown for redcloud as
00:25:20
well as the Sue Cheyenne and a rapo the
00:25:23
wagon box fight would spell the
00:25:25
beginning of the end despite his
00:25:27
tactical and strategic Brilliance the
00:25:29
Americans weaponry and sheer numbers are
00:25:32
beginning to take an irreparable toll on
00:25:34
all the plains tribes within a few
00:25:36
decades the way of life for the Sue
00:25:39
Cheyenne and aapo that they had come to
00:25:41
know and love so deeply would be brought
00:25:44
to an end after Decades of brutal
00:25:46
conflict but though the end may be in
00:25:49
sight for Red Cloud and his Warriors
00:25:51
their story is not yet over the Sue
00:25:54
Cheyenne and arapo though there will
00:25:56
scarcely have ever ever see this level
00:25:58
of military success again have plenty of
00:26:01
ir left for The Intruders coming to take
00:26:02
their lands it will be many years before
00:26:06
anything like peace will be seen on the
00:26:07
Northern Plains years replete with
00:26:10
Bloodshed and atrocities committed on
00:26:13
both sides but the stories of those
00:26:15
battles war crimes and other tragedies
00:26:18
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On a hot August day on the remote plains of Wyoming, a group of US Army soldiers and civilian laborers are caught off-guard by a contingent of Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe warriors under the leadership of the legendary Red Cloud. Surrounded, cut-off from reinforcements, and massively outnumbered, the Americans do however have the advantage of a defensible position, and their repeating Springfield Model 1866 rifles. What follows is one of the most brutal battles in the history of the old west, replete with cold-blooded killing as well as acts of tremendous courage and charity on both sides. For all those who survived that horrible day, their lives would be forever changed. Don't miss this legendary story of one of the most important battles to take place in the history of the Old West, only here on History At The OK Corral: Home Of History's Greatest Shootouts & Showdowns! BECOME A MEMBER ON PATREON www.patreon.com/hokc SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Patreon : patreon.com/hokc Instagram : @historyattheokcorral X : @historyokcorral Tik-Tok : @historyattheokcorral E-Mail : [email protected] LINKS TO SOURCES “The Wagon Box Fight” by Sgt. Samuel S. Gibson. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43535635-the-wagon-box-fight “The Wagon Box Fight: An Episode Of Red Cloud’s War” by Jerry Keenan. https://a.co/d/dwF7OqX https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Wagon_Box_Fight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Box_Fight https://sheridanmedia.com/news/111992/accounts-of-the-wagon-box-fight/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetterman_Fight https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/locating-past-marking-site-wagon-box-fight

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