Cavalry, si ruck tin* trail of a band of
Indian warriors, where the Texas
| boundary line crosses the Canadian
1 river. '1 he trail was fresh and sin.wed
| the p irty to be traveling toward t'ie
South-east, and as there was
I about t a elve inches of snow on the
ground, no difficulty was experienced
■in following the Indigos line ‘of
I march. This docs not much look as
; though those warriors were for any
’ alarming length of time in “ peaceful
possession of their reservation. Wa
gon-tents and other impediments
wer at npee abandoned ami from
daylight in the morning until nine
at night the pursuit-was continued
without interndsslon. I'tien one hour
was allowed for rest and refreshment,
for man and beast; at ten p. nj., the
! march was renewed and continued,
j till 1 a. m., on tin.* 27th, when it was
, discovered lhe band was encamped,
. about a mile from the advance. The
I column was counter-marched and
withdrawn to a rifle «listanee, to give
opportunity for reconoitering, after
which the command was divided in
to four columns, for as many points
of attack ; and at dawn the battle com
menced, with what result is already
well known. The report showed also
that the Kiowas under Satanta, and
Arapahoes under Little Raven, were
encamped six miles below Black Ket
tle’s forces, and came to his a-sistance,
making'a des) orate effort to recover
rhe effects captured from the latter.
The troops were then marched for
eighty hours, in .search pf the Kiowa
and Arapahoe villages, without suc
ceeding in capturing them. B fore
reaching their wagons ami tents,
they ha.l'b -en five days on the march
tighiing and camping in the snow,
.luring the most severe weather.
