When day dawned the next morning the Indians, who had camped on a lower piece of ground than the soldiers, looked up into the mouth of several pieces of field artdlery. Under this persuasive argument the Indians peaceably accompanied the soldiers to the Fort.

Once here, they were confined in the old barracks, which were later replaced by new ones for the soldiers. Here they were kept from September until the following January. They would not return to their southern reservation, and all overtures in this direction availed nothing.

General Larrabee then resorted to other and more severe tactics. He first took their fuel away, and as this failed of its purpose, their rations were also taken. The Indians, without either fire or rations, became savage. On the night of January 10, 1879, they broke through the windows of their barracks and attacked the guards with knives and war clubs, which they had made out of the floor of the barracks. The guards were killed and their guns taken.

By this time the soldiers, who had retired for the night, awoke to the awful realization of the fate of their comrades. Hastily they dressed, and without waiting for orders, grabbed their guns and fiercely attacked the belligerent Indians. The dawn of morning showed that twenty-eight Indians and a number of soldiers were lying dead on the commons east of the barracks. The remaining Indians fled up White River. The women and children were induced to return to the fort, where their wounds were dressed. Many of the women and children had been badly wounded. One squaw was shot twenty-two times,