CHAPTER XI.
A SOLDIER.
Scouting against the Indians in the Kiowa and Comanche country—The
Red-Legged Scouts—A Trip to Denver—Death of my Mother—I Awake one
Morning to Find myself a Soldier—I am put on Detached Service as a
Scout—The Chase after Price—An Unexpected Meeting with Wild Bill—An
Unpleasant Situation—Wild Bill's Escape from the Southern Lines—The
Charge upon Price's Army—We return to Springfield.