In Barracks and Wigwam — page 135: what you’re looking at

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Se acres A Messenger from the Front. 125 the face of the constantly growing peril, and now that the War Department had wakened up to the situation, he pro- posed to waste no more time. At heart he was more ~ than half convinced that the delay was irretrievable, and — that what could be done now would not check the out-— break. But he resolved to do his best, and as a first step he or- dered three troops of the Seventh Cavalry to the relief of Red Rock agency, fully equipped for long and active field service. He also wired to the commander of Fort Bennet—which was forty miles noffh of Red Rock, on the upper Missouri—asking that a detachment of cavalry be sent down there to join the detachment from Fort San- diman. If this plan worked all right, Gray Fox and his braves would be hemmed in between two forces, and might be brought to see the folly of his conduct. ‘This was unlikely, however, and the main object of the move was to protect the agency. The colonel proposed to deal with Rosebud agency in a different fashion. He knew that Flying Thunder was a _ far moré powerful chief than Gray Fox, and that the lat— ter was counting on the support of his formidable ally. The chances were ten to one that Gray Fox, if deprived of this support, could be easily subdued and hak | to terms. So, relying on the fact that Flying Thunder was accom- panied by only fifty of his warriors, the colonel deter- mined to get possession of that dangerous chief and hold him as a hostage for the good behavior of his tribe. He ordered two troops of the Seventh to ride in haste to Rosebud agency, and accomplish the arrest of Flying Thunder, if possible by craft, otherwise by force of arms. bi oe ‘The colonel had not been blind to the possibility that a large band. of. the ek Sioux might bi in hiding in com cboo S.cO Se ; Basic Yee PN