H N M Z E A N JO . BO M athbr ak r of th B oz an Tr a il P e e e em . Th e Boze man Trail His to ri cal A ccou n t s o f the Blazing o f t h e O e r a n d Rou t s n o h N rth s t v l e i t t e o we , ’ a nd the Fights with R e d C lou d s Warrio rs by Gra ce Raymon d Ié ebard and E A Brini n l . stoo with Introduction by Ge neral Charles K n S i g , U . V Volum e II h e l k o T Arthur H . C ar C mpany Cleve land : 1 9 2 2 COPYRIGHT I 2 2 31 , 9 , GRACE RAYMOND HEBARD and E . A. BRI NINSTOOL To THE PION EER ’ [by Theodore O Hara ] A dirge for the brave old pioneer ! Th e patriarch of hi s tribe ! — no He sleeps pompous pile marks where, N o hi lines s deeds describe . T no s hey raised tone above him here, Nor ca rved hi s deathless name ; An empire is his sepulchre , His epitaph is fame . C on t e n ts of V olum e I I PHI LLIPS F P I K A JOHN , A HERO O FORT H L E RNEY THE WAGON Box FIGHT PERSONAL E! PERIENCES IN AND AROUND FORT PHIL KEAR NEY ROUTE OF THE BOZ EMAN TRAIL ; DESCRIPTION OF FORTS R C. F. S I ENO, M TH , AND FETTERMAN ’ A PRIVATE S REMINISCENCES OF FORT RENO H H . F F I FORT C . SMIT AND THE AY IELD F GHT R C H G O L SIO Ux AR C I F ED LOUD, T E REAT GALLA A W H E JIM BRIDGER THE GRAND O LD MAN OF THE ROCK IES AFTERWORD I N DEx u ra o n V o u m I I Ill s t ti s, l e Z A THE A HFI OP THE B Z A . B JOHN M O EM N , P T NDER O EM N TRAIL Frontispiece “ JOHN ( PORTUGEE PHILLIPS 1 7 SERGEANT SAMUEL GI BSON 4 1 rom a oto ra ta en at am Proctor on the e o F ph g ph k C p , Y ll w stone er e tem er 1 8 1 Riv , S p b , 9 G AL H . CA I U . s . A . ENER ENRY B RR NGTON , rom an or nal oto ra i n oss es s on of hi s s on F igi ph g ph, p i , ames B . C arr n ton Es . J i g , q WA Box I H A S 2 1 86 A GON F G T, UGU T , 7 ( PL N ) rom or na s etc er e ant amue son re ra n F igi l k h by S g S l Gib , d w by Grace Raymond Hebard M . 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SMITH ( PLAN ) r e ar r Dr awn by G ace R. H b d f om information furnis hed Vi e l ts ar er and F. urnett by Wil i G b , G B HAY I L I A S 1 1 86 A F E D F GHT, UGU T , 7 ( PL N ) re are r ace R. e ar rom ata urn P p d by G H b d f d f ished by F. G. B urnett l 2 I ll us tm ti on: C I S H. OOK I SC I G IG 1 8 APTA N JAME C , N OUT N R , 79 CHIEP RED CLOUD AT THE AGE OP 75 rom a o r t oto ra b D F B arr F c py igh ed ph g ph y . y “ JIM BRIDGER THE GRA ND OLD MAN OP THE ROCK IES ’ THE SUTLER S OLD ADOB E STORE AT FORT LARAMIE MAP OP THE BOZ EMAN TRAIL r He ar Prep ared by G ace R. b d ohn Ph ll s a He ro of F o rt J i ip , Phil K e arn e y If ever a roll Of honor i s made Of the unnumbered heroes Of the great American Western Frontier who performed deeds Of valor without thought of recom “ ” e h was pense or reward , but whose sol thoug t duty, for o t prompted by the necessity instant acti n , hat the “ Of lives Of others might be saved , the name John ( Por ” tugee ) Phillips should be written high on the scroll - Of fame . For lofty self devotion and sacrifice it stands for unparalleled , and bravery and physical endurance has the seldom , if ever, been equaled . And this is story “ ” ’ of Portugee Phillips courageous deed : The 2 1 1 866 Fetterman disaster Of December , , had dropped like a thunderbolt on the little garrison at “ K E - Fort Phil earney. ighty one men from the hated ” fo rt on the Little Piney had fallen victims to Red ’ Cloud s strategic cunning in less than a brief half- hour G Of combat. lutted and drunken with their bloody ’ Fetterman s victory over command , the triumphant Sioux now felt that it would be a matter Of hours only before the balance of the already- depleted force behind l o w the g Stockade would be in their po er . And doubt w less nothing but the a ful , yet providential , severity Of the weather prevented this . Th e Of 2 1 811 night December , the weather became i ts - fie rceness to unprecedented in Arctic like , as if add he The to the horror of t great tragedy. temperature 1 6 The B oze ma n Tra il to t - fi w z dropped more han twenty ve degrees belo ero , and a terrible blizzard swept down from the Big Ho rn M w ountains , while the s irling snow piled high about l o the g stockade , as the winds howled and shrieked in So was was wild glee . heavy the snowfall that it nec essary to keep a continual force Of men shoveling away t the huge drifts hat formed against the stockade , least it should pile so high as to fo rm a foundation over which the Indians might easily climb the log barricade . 8 0 intense was the cold that it was necessary to relieve E r . t the sentries eve y fifteen minutes ven hen , many Of - the soldiers were badly frost bitten . The situation of the little garrison was desperate ’ o Re c indeed . N ne knew at what moment d Cloud s x ultant savages might descend in swarms upon the stri ck was h t en post. It a question whet er hey would attack h the fort, or if t ey would consider that, by the over ’ Fette rman s for whelming of brave men , their thirst h for t e . blood had been satiated time In any event, of h relief was urgent and t e greatest necessity, if Fort Phil Kearney was to be expected to defy the Sioux hordes and maintain its position as one of the defenses the B oz T Of eman rail . the r w i n i i In all quarte s lights ere burning, ant c pa o T was no tion f an attack at any moment .