The Indian War of 1864: Being a Fragment of the Early History of Kansas, 
Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming, by Eugene Ware

Published: Crane & Co., Topeka, Kans., 1911

Note: Also has a lot of Native American, area, and Civil War history

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          The Indian War of 1864
                              by Eugene Ware


                  Being a Fragment of the Early History
                of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming.


                               Crane & Co.,
                              Topeka, Kans.
                                  1911.




TABLE OF CONTENTS.

"I kept a daily journal ..."

CHAPTER I. [1]
THE SUMMER OF 1863.--GETTYSBURG AND VICKSBURG.--PEA RIDGE.--INDIAN 
PRISONERS.--MARCH TO ROLLA.--THE SEVENTH IOWA CAVALRY.--SEPTEMBER 19, 
1863.--OMAHA.--THE CAMP.--SOLE IN COMMAND.--DRILLING BY BUGLE.--THE LOYAL 
LEAGUE.--GENERAL H. H. HEATH.  

CHAPTER II. [2]
SEPTEMBER 26, 1863.--MARCH FROM OMAHA.--THE ELKHORN RIVER.--TWO BROTHERS.--
SEPTEMBER 27, 1863 FREMONT.--SEPTEMBER 28, 1863.--SHELL CREEK.--MAJOR 
WOOD.--SEPTEMBER 29, 1863.--THE CAPTAIN AND THE FIRST LIEUTENANT.--LOUP 
FORK.--COLUMBUS.--PAWNEE AGENCY.--SEPTEMBER 30, 1863.--LUSHBAUGH.--THE 
AGENCY.--THE PAWNEE INDIANS.--THE PAYMASTER.--THE MONEY.  

CHAPTER III. [3]
OCTOBER 1, 1863.--HUNTING PRAIRIE-CHICKENS.--A ROW IN CAMP.--THE TEXTURE 
OF THE COMPANY.--THE O. K. STORE.--ANTELOPE.--A CROWDED STAGE.--WOOD 
RIVER.--THE CENTER.--LAZY INDIANS.--GREYHOUNDS.--BUFFALO.--CENTER.-- 
ARRIVE FORT KEARNEY.  

CHAPTER IV. [4]
FORT KEARNEY.--DOBYTOWN.--SHOOTING TELEGRAPH POLES.--QUARTERMASTER 
STORES.--COMMISSARY STORES.--POST BUILDINGS.--THE CHIMNEY REGISTER.--POST 
GARDEN.--THE BUFFER STRIP.--GREYHOUNDS.--TO START A FRONTIER POST.--
SUPPLIES.--THE BUFFALO HUNT.--THE POKER GAME.--THE START.  

CHAPTER V. [5]
OCTOBER 9, 1863.--FRENCH'S RANCH.--BUFFALO.--CAPTURED A PRAIRIE-DOG.--
BOUGHT BUGLER.--A DRY RIVER.--THE UPLAND.--THE CANYONS.--INDIAN GRAVE.--
PRAIRIE-FIRE.--VOUCHER FOR BEEF.--THE PLATTE.--CHILLY NIGHT.--INDIAN 
TRADE.--GILMANS' RANCH.--COTTONWOOD SPRINGS.--THE ISLAND AND CANYON.--
OCTOBER 11, 1863.  

CHAPTER VI. [6]
THE SETTLEMENT AT COTTONWOOD SPRINGS.--MACDONALD'S RANCH.--CUTTING TREES.--
OCTOBER 31, 1863.--BUILDING BARRACKS.--BUILDING QUARTERS AND STABLES.--
NOVEMBER 3, 1863.--THE ELECTION.--THANKSGIVING.--THE GILMANS.--INDIAN 
NAMES.--MASONIC CEREMONIES.--SKUNKS.--ARTILLERY AND INDIANS.--INDIAN 
VISITORS.--LOYAL LEAGUE.--DECEMBER 15, 1863.

CHAPTER VII. [7]
RETROSPECT.--THE WIND STORM.--RECONNOITERING.--THE LAST BUFFALO.--AN 
INDIAN SPY.--PILGRIM WHISKY.--SALES TO INDIANS.--THE LOCAL POPULATION.-- 
THE IRON-GRAY HORSE.--CANTONMENT MCKEAN.--FORT MCPHERSON.--THE CANNON 
TARGET.--DESCRIPTION OF CANNON.--ARRIVAL AT FORT OF A NEW COMPANY.--THE 
SUPPLIES.--PRICES OF ARTICLES.--THE GOVERNMENT RATION.

CHAPTER VIII. [8]
THE STAGE SERVICE.--THE CONCORD COACH.--THE POST COMMANDER.--JACK MORROW'S 
DINNER.--HEWEY MORGAN.--BURKE AND THE CORDWOOD.--THE MORMONS.--THE WRECKED 
MULE TRAIN.--GARDNER AND THE CHEYENNE.--GILMAN'S ADVICE.--THE LETTER IN 
THE BLOUSE.--THE CLOSING LETTER.--CORRESPONDENCE OF THE SOLDIERS.

CHAPTER IX. [9]
TELEGRAPH AND TELEGRAPHERS.--INDIANS AND THE WIRE.--MARCH 1, 1864.--
COMMANDING THE COMPANY.--SKIRMISH DRILL.--THE CONFEDERATE.--NEWSPAPERS.-- 
JIMMIE CANNON.--NOSTALGIA.--ACCIDENTAL SUICIDE.--JOHN RYAN.--ROBERT 
MCFARLAND.--A CONFEDERATE DESERTER.--RECRUITS.--CASUALTIES.

CHAPTER X. [10]
RATIONS OF WHISKY.--ERA OF BITTERS.--ARTEMUS WARD.--MAJOR HEATH.--
LIEUTENANT HEATH.--HIS DEATH.--MACDONALD'S DANCE.--INDIAN INVITED IN.--
JOHN DILLON.--TOM POTTER.--CAPTAIN LOGAN.--THE FIRST COLORADO CAVALRY.--
HARRY DALL.--THE TRAVEL ON THE PLAINS.--THE WAGONS.--THE BULLWHACKERS.--
THE WAGON-BOSS.--THE DENVER TRADE.--THE MISSOURIAN.

CHAPTER XI. [11]
APRIL 16, 1864.--O-WAY-SEE'-CHA COMES.--GENERAL MITCHELL ARRIVES.--INDIANS 
COME IN.--THE GREAT COUNCIL.--"SNELL".--SHAN-TAG-A-LISK.--THE BIG MANDAN.--
INDIAN PECULIARITIES.--OGALLALLAH.--INDIAN SPEECHES.--THE DEBATE.--THE 
BLUFF AND COUNTER-BLUFF.--THE NIOBRARA.--THE POSTPONEMENT.--THE DOG FEAST.

CHAPTER XII. [12]
BARON DE WATTEVILLE.--ELEVENTH OHIO CAVALRY.--COL. COLLINS.--LIEUT. CASPER 
COLLINS.--THE DANCE AT MACDONALD'S.--THE CINCINNATI GIRL.--THE FIDDLING 
LIEUTENANT.--SMALLPOX.--JIMMIE O'BRIEN.--JUDICIAL DUTIES.--THE JUDICIARY 
SYSTEM.--BETTING.--"LINTY" AND THE LAUNDRY.--THE WEDDING AND CHARIVARI.--
CO. "G" DEPARTS.--ELLSWORTH.--CO. "C" ARRIVES.--PROFESSIONAL GAMBLERS.--
MAPS.--LETTERS FROM EASTERN GIRLS.--SALT LAKE KATE.--GILMAN DEMANDS 
PROTECTION.--THE TRAVELING TAILOR.  

CHAPTER XIII. [13]
MAY 17, 1864.--THE INSPECTOR.--THE REPORT.--THE IRON-GRAY HORSE.--THE 
RUNAWAY.--THE HOSPITAL.--THE HORSE SALE.--FAIRNESS OF CAPTAIN O'BRIEN.--
PRIVATE MURPHY.--ARMY AS A SCHOOL.--JOHN SMITH.--GRAY, THE HUNTER.--THE 
OTTER SLIDE.--GAME IN THE MOONLIGHT.--THE BULL ELK.--ANIMAL LANGUAGE.

CHAPTER XIV. [14]
MAY 21, 1864.--JOE JEWETT AND SHARP.--RUMORS FROM TURKEY CREEK.--INDIAN 
ALARMS.--CONFEDERATE OFFICERS AMONG THE INDIANS.--PICKETING COTTONWOOD 
CANYON.--MYSELF AND RYAN.--DESERTION OF RYAN.--JACKSON AND MCFARLAND.--
INDIANS APPEAR.--WAGON CAPTURED.--INDIAN SIGNALS.--MAY 25, 1864.--MITCHELL 
APPEARS.--SECOND COUNCIL.--THE DISCUSSION.--THE POSTPONEMENT.--O-WAY-SEE'-
CHA PRESERVES ORDER.  

CHAPTER XV. [15]
THE TRAVEL.--THE MORMON TRAIN.--THE COURT-MARTIAL.--ONE HUNDRED MILES IN 
42 HOURS.--PROCEEDINGS AT COURT-MARTIAL.--AN OFFICER COURT-MARTIALED.--
RETURN TO COTTONWOOD.--THE DANCE.--THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE TRIP.--JULY 
18, 1864.

CHAPTER XVI. [16]
JULY 18, 1864.--RETURN FROM FORT KEARNEY.--INDIANS AT COTTONWOOD.--COUNCIL 
OVERDUE.--PREPARATION TO MARCH.--GENERAL MITCHELL ARRIVES.--PAWNEE 
BATTALION.--THE COUNCIL MEADOW, JULY 19, 1864.--THE COUNCIL.--THE FLIGHT 
OF THE INDIANS.--THE RETURN TO COTTONWOOD.--START FOR FORT LARAMIE.--CAMP 
AT JACK MORROW'S.--BEN GALLAGHER AND JOHN SMITH.--LINE OF MARCH.


CHAPTER XVII. [17]
THE CAMP AT JACK MORROW'S.--JOHN SMITH'S STORY.--THE SOLDIERS' SUGGESTION


CHAPTER XVIII. [18]
JULY 20, 1864.--TRAINS CORRALLED.--THE INDIAN PEACE PROPOSITION.--GENERAL 
MITCHELL'S DISAPPOINTMENT.--O'FALLON'S BLUFF.--THE PINCHBECK WATCH.--SMOKE 
SIGNALS.--HOWLING OF WOLVES.--THE PLATEAUS.--THE ASH HOLLOW ROUTE.--JULES' 
RANCH.--FLOUR-AND-WHISKY MORTAR.--THE CALIFORNIA CROSSING.--THE MORMON 
CROSSING.--THE STROKE OF LIGHTNING.--JULY 22ND.--MAJOR WOOD.--THE 
CROSSING.--THE LAST WAGON.  

CHAPTER XIX. [19]
A STUDY OF THE PAWNEES.--THEIR PECULIARITIES ON THE MARCH.--THEIR 
PHYSIQUE.--THEIR HABITAT.--THE SMOKY HILL ROUTE.--JULY 23, 1864.--MARCH
UP LODGEPOLE.--CAMP ON LODGEPOLE.--JULY 24TH.--JULES STRETCH.--WELL ON 
SUMMIT.--MUD SPRINGS.--PAWNEES SENT BACK.--COURT HOUSE ROCK.

CHAPTER XX. [20]
ASCENT OF COURT HOUSE ROCK, JULY 25TH.--FICKLIN'S.--THE AGENCY.--FORT 
LARAMIE.--JULY 27TH.--BORDEAUX.--CHAMPAGNE.--THE POST SUTLER.--MR. 
BULLOCK.--THE SQUAW CAMP.--GRASSHOPPERS.--JULES COFFEY.--CHARLES ELSTON.--
LEO PALLADIO.--BRIDGER.--BRIDGER'S STORIES.

CHAPTER XXI. [21]
FORT LARAMIE.--THE INDIAN DASH.--THE PURSUIT.--THE RETURN.--MAJOR TWIST.--
VISITING INDIANS.--ISSUE OF RATIONS.--THE DAUGHTER OF SHAN-TAG-A-LISK.--
INDIAN WIVES.--MAJOR BRIDGER'S BEAR STORY.--THE BUFFALO DAM STORY.--CASPER 
COLLINS.--THE FINAL DRESS PARADE.--THE START FOR JULESBURG.

CHAPTER XXII. [22]
DEPARTURE FROM LARAMIE.--POINTS ON THE ROAD.--CAMP SHUMAN.--SHAD-BLOW.--
CHIMNEY ROCK COURT HOUSE ROCK.--TABLE OF DISTANCES.--MUD SPRINGS.--CAMP ON 
LODGEPOLE.--SEPTEMBER 4, 1864.--JULESBURG.--THE INDIAN SITUATION.

CHAPTER XXIII. [23]
JULESBURG.--WOOD.--ASH HOLLOW.--SEPTEMBER 7, 1864.--WOLF AND BACON.--THE 
SHOOTING STAR.--BANCROFT RANCH.--BUILDING-SOD.--PAID OFF.--DOCTOR NOSELY.--
THROWN FROM HORSE.--BUGLER.

CHAPTER XXIV. [24]
THE HERMITAGE.--"OLD BILL".--ELDER SHARPE.--COLONEL SHOUP.--THE DEVIL'S 
DIVE.--ATTLEBORO JEWELRY.--LIEUTENANT WILLIAMS.--TRIP TO LARAMIE.--THE 
HEAD WIND.--BRIDGER.--THE GLEE CLUB.--ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON.

CHAPTER XXV. [25]
JULES COFFEY AND THE JACKS.--SNAKE FIGHT.--INDIAN FIGHT.--OCTOBER 29, 
1864.--SAM DION.--THE INDIAN BABY.--CAMP SHUMAN.--THE "SIMPLE INSTANCE".--
53-MILE RIDE.--THE SNOW-STORM.--THE MORMON TRAIN.--THE BLACK-TAILED DEAR.--
SERGEANT LIPPINCOTT.--STEPHENSON AND THE WOLF.--VENISON.--ARRIVAL AT 
LODGEPOLE.

CHAPTER XXVI. [26]
DESCRIPTION OF LODGEPOLE CREEK.--THE DESERTED WAGONS.--NO CLUE TO 
OWNERSHIP.--THE ELECTION.--THE POLITICAL SITUATION.--TRIP TO ASH HOLLOW.--
ADVENTURE OF LIEUTENANT WILLIAMS.--CANNON'S PUZZLE.--THE STABLES 
FINISHED.--THE INDIAN SCARE OVER.

CHAPTER XXVII. [27]
NOVEMBER 10, 1864.--JIMMIE CANNON.--THE SOBRIETY DRILL.--THE STAGEDRIVER'S 
ARROW.--THE WAGON TRAIN FINE.--THE QUALITY OF THE EMIGRATION.--COMMISSARY 
MEASUREMENTS.--THE RATION.--DESICCATED VEGETABLES.--PRICKLY-PEAR SAUCE.--
DENVER AND THE CHEYENNES.--THE WOOD TRAIN.--THE ENGLISHMAN.--THE BETS..--
THE TRIAL.

CHAPTER XXVIII. [28]
THE UNFRIENDLY DINNER.--APOSTLE CANNON.--JOE SMITH.--THE MORMON DOCTRINE.--
ALKALI STATION.--THE MORMON TRAIN.--THE RIVER CROSSING.--CHAMPAGNE WITH 
BANCROFT.--ELSTON'S PROPHECY.

CHAPTER XXIX. [29]
CHRISTMAS, 1864.--THE TWO BANDITS.--THE MIDNIGHT RAID.--THE MIDNIGHT 
PARLEY.--THE RETURN TO QUARTERS.--MY NEW ORDERLY.--MY NEW PONY.--AN 
ARAPAHOE WAR PONY.--AN INDIAN CAPTIVE.--THE ORDERLY'S STORY.--HIGH 
PRICES.--IDAHO TERRITORY.

CHAPTER XXX. [30]
BEN HOLLADAY.--COLD GAMBLING.--SUMMARY OF CONDITIONS.--DECEMBER 31, 1864.--
COLONEL CHIVINGTON.--HIS BATTLE WITH CHEYENNES.--P. EDWARD CONNOR.--
TERRITORIAL DIVISIONS.--TROOPS EMPLOYED.--LOCATION OF POSTS.--THE ESCORT 
LINES.

CHAPTER XXXI. [31]
JANUARY 1, 1865.--ORDERED TO COTTONWOOD SPRINGS.--NO ESCORT.--DRIVER DRUNK 
ON PRAIRIE.--THE NEW RECRUITS.--FEBRUARY 6, 1865.--DETAILED AS AIDE-DE-
CAMP.--THE MAN-FROG.--THE PREMONITION.--DRILLING CO. "I" ORDERED TO 
JULESBURG.--ORDERED BACK.--ALKALI.--RETURNED TO COTTONWOOD.--INDIAN 
EXPEDITION FORMING AT COTTONWOOD.

CHAPTER XXXII. [32]
CHIVINGTON FIGHT.--JULESBURG FIGHT.--LIST OF LOSSES.--PRICE.--INCIDENT OF 
THE BUTTE.--JANUARY 15, 1865.--GENERAL MITCHELL'S ORDER.--THE FROGMAN AND 
THE PREMONITION.--GENERAL MITCHELL'S VIEWS.--CAPTAIN O'BRIEN'S VIEWS.--THE 
TRADER'S TRAIL.--THE FIRST NEB. V. V. CAVALRY.--THE NEBRASKA MILITIA.--THE 
BUTTE.--THE MEDICINE RIVER.--MARCHED 33 MILES.

CHAPTER XXXIII. [33]
JANUARY 16, 1865.--MEDICINE RIVER.--THE RED WILLOW.--INDIANS IN DISTANCE.--
THE LO-CA-PO.--THE SKULL.--PLACE FOR A FORT.--THE BIG TIMBERS.--THE SCOUT 
INTO KANSAS.--THE REE FORK.--THE BOUNDARY.--THE SPLIT HILL.--THE INDIAN 
DASH AT NIGHT.

CHAPTER XXXIV. [34]
JANUARY 21, 1865.--BACK TO REPUBLICAN RIVER.--ZERO WEATHER.--GENERAL 
MITCHELL'S OPINION ON INDIANS.--A TERRIBLE NIGHT.--TWENTY FULL DEGREES 
BELOW ZERO.--LIEUTENANT TALBOT KILLS A BUFFALO.--JANUARY 25TH, TURNED 
BACK.--ARRIVE AT COTTONWOOD SPRINGS.--MARCH OF FORTY-TWO MILES.--THE 
INDIAN COURIER TO FORT KEARNEY.--GENERAL MITCHELL DISLIKES THE INDIAN 
SERVICE.--ITINERARY OF THE MARCH.--DISTANCES MARCHED.--THE GENERAL'S FINAL 
ORDER.

CHAPTER XXXV. [35]
RETURN OF COMPANY TO JULESBURG.--ORDERED BACK TO JULESBURG.--CAMPED AT 
MORROW'S RANCH.--ALKALI.--ANDY HUGHES.--BEAUVAIS'S RANCH.--DICK CLEVE.--
INDIANS IN SIGHT.--DRIVING OFF CATTLE IN THE VALLEY.--THE PRIMING-WIRE.--
DISCOVERY OF THE BURNING STATION.--THE RUSH FOR THE FORT.--INDIANS TAKING 
SHELLED CORN.--SAFE IN THE FORT.--INDIANS CAMPED ACROSS THE RIVER.

CHAPTER XXXVI. [36]
INDIANS AROUND THE POST.--DUEL AT LONG RANGE.--FIGHT AT GILLETTE'S RANCH.--
THE BIG HAYSTACK.--BIG INDIAN CAMP-FIRE.--CAPTAIN AND I ON GUARD.--THE 
FIRE-ARROW.--JIMMIE O'BRIEN.--THE INDIAN DANCE.--THE WILD-FIRE.--THE 
RETREAT.--THE INDIAN HERD.--COLONEL LIVINGSTON COMING.--GILLETTE'S RANCH.--
THE TRAINS OF MACHINERY.--THE POISONED WHISKY.--THE WASTED FLOUR.--DIAGRAM 
OF POST.

CHAPTER XXXVII. [37]
ARRIVAL OF COLONEL LIVINGSTON.--POLES ORDERED FROM COTTONWOOD.--"CHIEF OF 
ARTILLERY".--NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.--REBUILDING THE TELEGRAPH LINE.--BUFFALO 
SPRINGS.--VALLEY STATION.--THE SHELLED-CORN BASTION.--GERMANS AND 
OYSTERS.--FORTY HOURS' WORK.--LINE REESTABLISHED.--RETURN TO JULESBURG.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. [38]
ANOTHER EXPEDITION.--FIGHTING ON NORTH PLATTE.--THE INDIANS GET AWAY.--
COLONEL LIVINGSTON STARTS BACK.--I RETURN TO KEARNEY.--THE POKER GAME.--
ORDERLY TURNS UP.--DANCE AT COLUMBUS.--HUNTING PLUMB'S REGIMENT.--THE 
POSTOFFICE AT BEATRICE.--PRAIRIE-GRASS.--GALVANIZED YANKS.--GENERAL CONNER 
ASSUMES COMMAND.--DECLINED APPOINTMENT AS AIDE-DE-CAMP.--MARCH 30, 1865.--
STARTED FOR OMAHA.--ARRIVED AT OMAHA.--RICHMOND SURRENDERED.--TRIP TO 
LEAVENWORTH.--THE WAR ENDED.--LINCOLN ASSASSINATED.--LIEUTENANT-COLONEL 
HOYT.--TROOPS SENT WEST.--MADE CAPTAIN AND AIDE-DE-CAMP.--GENERAL 
GRENVILLE M. DODGE.  

APPENDIX A
THE DAUGHTER OF SHAN-TAG-A-LISK.--A PIECE OF WESTERN HISTORY.

APPENDIX B
LIEUT. FITCH'S REPORT ON THE SMOKY HILL ROUTE.--FORT LEAVENWORTH, SEPT. 
25TH, 1865.

APPENDIX C
From Kansas City Star, Feb. 24, 1911.
JAMES BRIDGER.--PIONEER.