Black Powder, Gray Hope by Marty Duncan

Author:Marty Duncan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Publish on Demand Global LLC

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

On the Prairie

On Monday evening at eight o'clock, 2nd Lieutenant Thomas P. Gere wrote the following dispatch. Sergeant Jones found the best horse and mounted Private William J. Sturgis to carry the message to Fort Snelling, a journey of eighteen hours across rough trails to Henderson thence up the Minnesota River to Fort Snelling. Gere's dispatch:

“Head Qtrs Fort Ridgely Minn Aug 18th 8 P.M. Comdy officer Ft Snelling. Capt Marsh left this post at 10½ this morning to prevent Indian depredations at the Lower Agency. Some of the men have returned - from them I learn that Capt Marsh is killed and only thirteen of his company remaining. The Indians are killing the settlers and plundering the country. Send reinforcements without delay.”40

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