None of these parties discovered Indians, and they all returned to camp at about the same time.

They found it in a state of excitement.

A few hours before the return of the scouts the camp had been attacked by a party of redskins, who had killed two men and made off with sixty horses belonging to Company H.
That evening the command started on the trail of the horse thieves.
Major Brown with two companies and three days' rations pushed ahead in advance of the main command.

On the eighteenth day out, being unsuccessful in the chase, and nearly out of rations, the entire command marched toward the nearest railroad station and camped on the Saline river, three miles distant from Buffalo Tank.
While waiting for supplies we were joined by a new commanding officer, Brevet-Major-Greneral E.A.Carr, who was the senior major of the regiment and ranked Colonel Royal.

He brought with him the celebrated Forsythe Scouts, who were commanded by Lieutenant Pepoon, a regular-army officer.
While in this camp, Major Brown welcomed a new lieutenant, who had come to fill a vacancy in the command.