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Title: Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Beyer, Walter F Keydel, Oscar F. (Oscar Frederick), b. 1871
Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Perrien-Keydel Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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d retreat, carrying off their dead and disabled. The troops cap-tured three ponies from the redskins, who numbered about 300. Troop K wasrelieved without the loss of a man. It was a very cold day, and as the march back to camp was about fourteen miles,it was a decidedly worn out and hungry lot of troopers that arrived there justbefore midnight. The clothing of many was frozen stiff. In addition to Lieutenant Cheever, Captain John B. Kerr and Sergeant Joseph F.Knight fought with such distinction and gallantry as to receive the highest praisefrom the general commanding. General Miles, besides being awarded the Medal ofHonor. Others who won the Medal in this engagement were Lieutenant Howze,Sergeant Frederick Myers and Corporal Cornelius C. Smith. Following this affair there were numerous other engagements and encounters,but lack of provisions, internal dissensions, the death of Sitting Bull and, above all,General Miless masterly handling of the situation—displaying his strength rather
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MEN AND HORSES BATTLED WITH THE ICE. — 332 — than using it—soon had their effect upon the Indians and it was not long beforeit became clear that the backbone of the movement was broken and the reac-tion had set in. Tribe by tribe came in and surrendered; one chief after anothersubmitted to the inevitable, until at the end of January the war, which hadthreatened to assume gigantic proportions, was completely ended and General Milesclosed the campaign with a magnificent midwinter parade of the troops under hiscommand—a military spectacle such as the assembled and completely cowed Indianshad never seen before, and in all probability will never see again. So much adverse criticism of the methods employed in treating with the Indianswas directed against the authorities that steps were taken by the latter to give theIndians fair and better treatment, and consequently there were fewer uprisings, thiscampaign of 1890-91 being the last war against the Sioux and in fact the lastagainst

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