On the battle field of the dead a cavalryman was riding across it when he saw an Indian move, and turned his horse that way. The battle was over, and he no doubt intended to see what could be done for the wounded man. But the Indian raised his arm, and with his pistol shot the cavalryman from his horse. Another rushed up to sabre the Indian, but broke his sabre, both parts of which fell near the prostrate Indian. A third horseman rushed, and succeeded in ending the redman, but not until he had taken a broken portion of the sabre beside him, and severed a foot from the horse and damaged the man.

On the succeeding days the army crossed the river to Ash Hollow. On the bank of the river, was built a large sod house, which was named "Fort Grattan." This structure will be remembered by a few of the older people of the valley, but at the time I saw it, the roof had been removed, and the sod walls with

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the square port holes were all that remained. It was about twenty feet north and south by forty east and west.

After this battle, and Harney had passed on to Fort Laramie and Fort Pierre, he undertook to show the Indians what a superior man he was, by chloroforming a dog. He told them that he could kill a dog, and then bring it back to life. Accordingly he administered the chloroform, and the dog went to sleep. Then he undertook to revive it, but the dog was too dead for that and the Indians had the laugh