CHAPTER XXI.
A MILITARY EXPEDITION.
The Fifth Cavalry is Ordered to the Department of the Platte—Liquids
vs. Solids—A Skirmish with the Indians—Arrival at Fort
McPherson—Appointed Chief of Scouts—Major Frank North and the Pawnee
Scouts—Belden the White Chief—The Shooting Match—Review of the Pawnee
Scouts—An Expedition against the Indians—"Buckskin Joe."
CHAPTER XXII.
A DESPERATE FIGHT.
Pawnees vs. Siouxs—We strike a Large Trail—The Print of a Woman's
Shoe—The Summit Springs Fight—A Successful Charge—Capture of the
Indian Village—Rescue of a White Woman—One hundred and forty Indians
Killed—I kill Tall Bull and Capture his Swift Steed—The Command
proceeds to Fort Sedgwick—Powder Face—A Scout after Indian
Horse-Thieves—"Ned Buntline"—"Tall Bull" as a Racer—Powder Face wins a
Race without a Rider—An Expedition to the Niobrara—An Indian Tradition.
CHAPTER XXIII.
ADMINISTERING JUSTICE.
I make my Home at Fort McPherson—Arrival of my Family—Hunting and Horse Racing—An Indian Raid—Powder Face Stolen—A Lively Chase—An Expedition to the Republican River Country—General Duncan—A Skirmish with the Indians—A Stern Chase—An Addition to my Family—Kit Carson Cody—I am made a Justice of the Peace—A Case of Replevin—I perform a Marriage Ceremony—Professor Marsh's Fossil-Hunting Expedition.