A Timely Call.
In the year 1872, during a skirmish with the Sioux Indians, the Third United States Cavalry formed an encampment in a valley on the southern border of Dakota. At nightfall the horsas were tethered by a long line to the ground. Toward daybreak a Violent storm of rain and hail burst over the valley, when the terrified animals broke loose from their fastenings and tore away up the Steep sides of the valley into the territory of the enemy. Without horses, at the mercy of the enemy, we would have been lost ; yet it was impossible in the darkness to go after them into an unknown country, probably full of Indians. The commanding officer, as a last resource, ordered the stable call to be sounded. In a few minutes every horse had returned to the encampment, and we were saved.
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Manawatu Herald, 3 June 1897, Page 2
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143A Timely Call. Manawatu Herald, 3 June 1897, Page 2
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