There was no sincerity in the Indians' promises.

I will see that the promises we made to them are carried out to the letter, but when the grass grows in the spring they will be, as usual, on the warpath.

As soon as the regular army is organized it will have to be sent out here on the border to quell fresh Indian uprisings, because these Indians will give us no peace till they are thoroughly thrashed." The General thanked me for my services, and told me he was very lucky to find me.

"It is not possible that I will be with the troops when they come," he said.

"They will be commanded by General Philip Sheridan.