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| Keywords: WRIGHT(1913) Battle of Little Coon Creek (14780062331).jpg September 1868 Battle of Little Coon Creek Fort Dodge was the pivot and distributing base of supplies in 1868 and thrilling events were taking place all the time All trains were held up and some captured and burned and all who were with the train were killed or captured and the captured were subjected to the most excruciating torture and abuse When we arrived near Little Coon creek we heard firing and yelling in front of us We went down into a ravine leading in the direction we were going cautiously approaching nearer where the firing was going on and made the discovery that the Indians had surrounded what we supposed to be a wagon train We knew somebody was in trouble and could at this time see objects seated all around on the nearby plains which proved to be Indians but as yet we had not been seen by the Indians or if they did see us they took us for some of their own party as it was night They were so busy with the wagon train that they didn't know we were whites until we went dashing through their midst whooping and yelling like Comanches and firing right and left Instead of being a wagon train as we thought it was it proved to be the party we last met at or near Big Coon creek with the wood wagon and we arrived just in time to save them from being massacred At this time the Indians made a desperate charge but were repulsed and driven back in good style When I looked the ground over and saw what a poor place it was to make a fight against such odds I knew that as soon as it got daylight we were sure to lose our scalps and that at any moment they might get in some good shots on one of their desperate charges and disable or kill all of us It was reported after peace was declared that Satanta head chief of the Kiowas admitted that in the Little Coon Creek fight the Indian warrior losses were twenty-two killed besides a number wounded https //archive org/stream/dodgecitycowboyc00wrig/dodgecitycowboyc00wrig page/n394/mode/1up Flickr stream Internet Archive Open Library Collections of the University of California Libraries WRIGHT Robert Marr 1840-1915 1913 https //archive org/about/terms php Internet Archive Book Images Flickr Commons Flickr-no known copyright restrictions PD-old-70-1923 Files from Internet Archive Book Images Flickr stream Dodge City the cowboy capital 1913 by WRIGHT Uploaded with VicuñaUploader History of Dodge City Kansas Native Americans of Kansas 1868 in Kansas | ||||
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