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Buffalo Bill and Custer Ride West Across Indian Pass
Scout narrator recalls 1867 march with General Custer from Fort Haya to Fort Larned riding a mule named to match the general's horse. He details the tough ride across sandy hills, the mule’s staying power, and Custer's praise. The account also covers battles with the Dog Soldiers under General Carr and a dramatic episode at Elephant Rock where Buffalo Bill narrowly survived a bullet to the scalp, plus Cody and scouts relaying messages and pursuing the Indians across the plains.
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Department of the Missouri
Custer
Seventh Cavalry
United States Army
Port Larned
Pawnee Fork
Arkansas River
Generil
Fort Haya
Fort Starker
Reneral
Ovonshiue
Tle
Fort Larnch
Crenshine
M George A. Custer
Tod
Kentucky
West Larned
Lere
Orderney
Pawnee Park
Esla
Cody
Fort Larned
Daingerfield Parker
Shou
Fort Ifnys
Agalo
Eagene A. Carr
Carr
West Point
New York State
Colonel Royal
Bin
Tall Bull
Whytesh
Ony
Elephant, Rock
Elephant Rock
Beaver Valley
Beaver
Ward
Garr
Brown
Kirmishing
Indiana
Schenofsky
Ase
Babrock
W. P. Lal
Bugler
Thay
Babcock
Brady
Buffalo Bill
Republcan
Gody
Todinna
Fort Kearny
Platte River
Gcomen
Ike Cody
Great Plains
Ody