Identifier: absarakaorwyomin00carr (find matches)
Title: Ab-sa-ra-ka; or, Wyoming opened:
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: (Carrington, Margaret Irvin Sullivant) 1831-1870. (from old catalog) Carrington, Henry Beebee, 1824-1912, ed
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life Indians of North America Indians of North America Crow Indians Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866
Publisher: Philadelphia (etc.) J.B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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^ heartfelt prayers were offeredthat he might return in safety. The colonelwas on the lookout, on headquarters build-ing, and gave his orders before coming down. It seemed long, but was hardly twelve minutesbefore Captain Ten Eyck, Lieutenant Matson,Dr. Hines, and Dr. Ould, with a relieving party,were moving, on the run, for the scene of action.We had all watched Captain Fetterman until thecurve of Sullivant Hills shut him ofi, and thenhe was on the southern slope of the ridge, ap-parently intending to cut off the retreat of the In- 204 ABSAEAKA
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FORT PHILIP KEARNEY AND SURROUNDINGS, FROM ORIGINAL SURVEYS. * Indicates block-houses in Tvoods for working parties. Dotted line, roads to Pine Island and Mountain. Broken line, road to Virginia City, crossing narrow divide where bodies of Fet- terinans command were found.C, cemetery at foot of Pilot Hill.□ Corral, on road to woods, where train was attacked December 21st, 1866. FETTERMANS MASSACRE. 205 dians from the train. Wagons and ambulanceswere hurried up; the whole garrison was on thealert; extra ammunition for both parties wasstarted, and even the prisoners were put on dutyto give the guard and all available men theirperfect freedom for whatever might transpire.Couriers were sent to the woods to bring backthe train and its guard, to secure its support, aswell as from the fear that the diversion of Cap-tain Fetterman from his orders might still in-volve its destruction ; and shortly Captain Arnoldcame to report that the whole force of armedmen left at the post, including guard

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