Life and adventures of "Billy" Dixon of Adobe Walls, Texas panhandle
CHAPTER XI.
Dixon's Most Perilous Adventure--Buffalo Wallow Fight-- Terrible Suffering of Wounded Companions--Rescues Amos Chapman--Indians Charging Upon all Sides--Saved by a Cold September Rain--The Long, Dreary Night--Death of Smith--Dixon Starts for Aid--Meets Wagon Train Escorted by Major Price--Heartless Indifference to Wounded Men--Help Comes from General Miles--The Medal of Honor Awarded 254