Big Horn Expedition Journal Notes Hard March to Independence Rock
A dated, first person account of Col. Anson Mills 34 Cavalry leading the Big Horn Expedition. The trek from a supply rendezvous on August 27 to the Powder River and Salt Creek route covers storms, scarce rations, and encounters with scouts, a buffalo kill, and a dead hill man. The march traces ridges of the Big Horn range to Old Fort Casper and finally toward Independence Rock with a relief supply party arriving to lift hunger.
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Korrons
Faerront Journal
Big Horn
Anson Mills
2D Cavalry
3D Cavalry
4Th Infantry
13Th Infantry
Buffalo Bill
Arapahoe
Pumpkin Butter
Independence Rock
Old Fort Reno
Cheyenne
Rattlesnake Hills
Big Horn Mountains
Powder River
Reno
North Platte River
Bitter Spring Creek
Bii
Big Horn Range
Thenx
Old Reno
Black Coal
Black Coal and Family. But, Alas! Mr. B. Coal
Salt Creek
Platte
Buffalo Mill expedition journal fragment ends with march note
A fragmented diary passage describes a march toward Horn Creek near the Rock with a snow storm overnight. It mentions a swing setup by a Mormon woman and a stage driver on the Overland route. The narrative ends mid chapter with hope for future entries.
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Buffalo Mill
Bill
Horn Creek
Rock
Noble Red Men hunt massacre tale from Freeport area
W J VayEuay recounts a buffalo hunt gone wrong near Hutchinson Kansas. A party of ten hunters is attacked. five men are killed and four horses butchered, with scant clues and accusations against government agents and Indians. One hunter is injured. the survivors seek aid at Fort Dodge and Sun City as the massacre is investigated.
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Hurcwinson
Kansas
Borious Journal
Freeport
W.W. Deisher
Hutchingon
Hutchinson
James Custard
J. B. Thatcher
A. V. Fleming
R. C. VanEman
A. W. VanEman
James Crippen
J. Crippen
W. W. Deisher
W. OC. Bowies
W. Camp
Ft. Dodge
Fleming
van Emans
Dodge
Ito
R. C. van Eman
W.S. Deisher
Sun City
S. W
Deisher
R. C. VW
W. J. VayEuay
Indian troubles and troop movements reported in Kansas
The Globe's Topeka special details General Miles and General Davison coordinating three columns against the Indians. Heavy rains hamper supplies from Fort Dodge, over 200 miles away, while a Fort Wallace scouting party finds the murdered remains of three men and a woman. Eleven people killed in the last two weeks across Western and Southwestern Kansas.
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St. Louis
Globe
Miles
Fort Dodge
Davison
Fort Sill
Wichita and
North Fork
Rollo River
Price
McKenzie
Buell
New Mexico
Fort Wallace
Smoky Hill River
Kansas
Blue Ridge
Chattanooga Convention and the Third Term Debate
A Southern Republican meeting at Chattanooga is urged to discuss the political South and draft a broad address. The piece warns the gathering could be swayed by third term aims, with Ku Klux threats, carpetbaggers, and white Southerners torn between federal control and racial resentments. The Chicago Journal notes the convention's heavy responsibility amid deep regional tensions.
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Chattanooga
Arkansas
South
Grant
North
Chicago Journal
American Homes magazine praised for tone and popularity
The October issue of American Homes magazines shows growing reader interest with Achaah the New England story gaining impact, Verne's The Mysterious Island continuing, and strong short stories poems and editorials. A petition in New York calls Congress to make Lincoln’s birthday a national holiday.
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Achaah
New England
Jules Verne
Friends of
President Lincoln
New York
Cit
Congress
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Indians
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Rose & Co
Broadway
Nathaniel Mayfair
P.O. Box
Brooklyn
N.Y
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Masonic Relief Association
Norfolk
Virginia
Ohn L. Roper
Henry V. Moore
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G. A. Huff & CO
General Northwestern
Washington Bt
National Life Ins. Co
United States OF America
U.S
Parnitiana
Folco Sey
BU Bpluse
Es Sss
Esser Secsssrseseresee
Naiional
Republic
National
John V. Karwell
L. D. Cortright
Paul Cournell
JF. Crank
Emerson W. Phet
Chicago NL
la Salle Street
Republic Site
GEO
J. Bliss
Chicago and
Bridge Streets
Illinois
A. B. Landis
Mount Joy
Penn
Call
Seeme
Diy
F. Taylor
Freeport, Ill
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Lye
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