CHAPTER XII.

1862.--General Sibley's Expedition.--I Go as Chaplain.--At Fort Ridgely.--The Burial Party.--Birch Coolie Defeat.--Simon and Lorenzo Bring in Captives.--March to Yellow Medicine.--Battle of Wood Lake.--Indians Flee.--Camp Release.--A Hundred Captives Rescued.--Amos W. Huggins Killed.--We Send for His Wife and Children.--Spirit Walker Has Protected Them.--Martha's Letter 188