In the years 1867-68, all the horse Indians of the plains were at war with us, and many battles were fought with varying fortune.

Two were especially noteworthy.

In each a small body of troops and frontier scouts, under the command of a regular army officer who was also a veteran Indian fighter, beat back an overwhelming Indian force, which attempted to storm by open onslaught the position held by the white riflemen.

In one instance fifty men under Major Geo.

H.Forsyth beat back nine hundred warriors, killing or wounding double their own number.
In the other a still more remarkable defence was made by thirty-one men under Major James Powell against an even larger force, which charged again and again, and did not accept their repulse as final until they had lost three hundred of their foremost braves.