s
to Quiet the Malcontents and His Subsequent Campaign Against Them.
The Battles in White Bird and Clearwater Canyons. The Renegades'
Retreat over the Lo Lo Trail. Intercepted by Captain Rawn, They
Flank His Position and Continue Their Flight Through the Bitter Root
Valley Toward the "Buffalo Country". General Gibbon in pursuit 9

CHAPTER II.

Gibbon Reinforced by Citizen Volunteers. Heroic March Across the
Rocky Mountain Divide. His Men Apply Drag Ropes to the Wagons and
Aid the Mules in Pulling Them up the Mountain. Lieutenant Bradley
and His Scouts Scale the Divide by Night and Locate the Indian Camp.
The March Down Trail Creek. Soldiers' Fare. Hard Tack and Raw Pork.
A Brief Sleep Without Blankets. Perils of the Situation. Less Than
200 Soldiers and Citizens to Attack 400 Trained Indian Warriors.
Implicit Confidence of Officers and Men in One Another Nerves Them
to the Task. 29

CHAPTER III.

The Stealthy Midnight March. Whispered Commands and Cat-like
Movements. Passing Through a Herd of Ponies. Looking Down on the
Hostile Camp. Squaws Keep the Fires While Their Warriors Sleep. The
Barking of Indian Dogs and Howling of Coyotes. Heroic Assault on the
Nez Perce Camp at Day-Break. Temporary Surprise and Subsequent
Rally. Terrific Struggle Among the Teepees. The Fighting Muzzle to
Breast. Driven from Their Tents, the Indians Take Cover Under the
River Banks. The Water Runs Crimson With the Blood of Contending
Forces. Squaws and Children Fight Like Demons. Captain Logan Shot
Down by One of the She Devils. Rallying Cries of White Bird and
Looking Glass. The Soldiers Take Position in the Mouth of "Battle
Gulch". Gallant Conduct of Officers and Men. 42

CHAPTER IV.

Stubborn Resistance of Indians in the Pine Woods. Sharpshooting at
Short Range. The Struggle for the Howitzer. Assaulted by Thirty
Mounted Indians, Four Soldiers Stand by it until All Shot Down. The
Two Survivors, Though Sorely Wounded, Throw the Gun from the
Trunnion and Crawl Away into the Brush. How Gibbon's Sharpshooters
Drove an Indian Marksman from a Pine Tree. The Redskins Fire the
Grass, but a Lucky Turn of the Wind Saves the Soldiers from the
Intended Holocaust. A Supper on Raw Horse. Heroic Conduct of Captain
Browning and Lieutenant Woodbridge in Rescuing the Supply Train and
Bringing it up to the Command. 64

CHAPTER V.

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