Chapter 23

HANCOCK'S EXPEDITION. General Hancock's Expedition against the Plains Indians--Terrible Snow-storm at Fort Larned--Meeting with the Chiefs of the Dog-Soldiers--Bull Bear's Diplomacy--Meeting of the United States Troops and the Savages in Line of Battle--Custer's Night Experience-- The Surgeon and Dog Stew--Destruction of the Village by Fire-- General Sully's Fight with the Kiowas, Comanches, and Arapahoes-- Finding the Skeletons of the Unfortunate Men--The Savages' Report of the Affair.