All Were Suffering More Or Less
From Frozen Feet And Hands.
In every case the Indians fed and cared
for them until the storm was over, and then they told them to go - and
go fast and far, or it would not be well with them.
Faye says that it
was truly noble in the Indians to keep alive those men when they knew
they had been stealing so much from them. But Faye can always see more
good in Indians than I can. Even a savage could scarcely kill a man
when he appeals to him for protection!
There is some kind of excitement here every day - some pleasant, some
otherwise - usually otherwise. The mail escort and wagon are here two
nights during the week, one on the way to Fort Dodge, the other on the
return trip, so we hear the little bits of gossip from each garrison.
The long trains of army wagons drawn by mules that carry stores to the
post always camp near us one night, because of the water.
But the most exciting times are when the big ox trains come along that
are taking oats and corn to the quartermaster for the cavalry horses
and mules, for in these sacks of grain there is ever a possibility of
liquor being found. The sergeant carefully punches the sacks from one
end to the other with a long steel very much like a rifle rammer; but
so far not a thing has been found, but this is undoubtedly because
they know what to expect at this place now.
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