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14PAWNEE BILL'S FAR EAST THE BATTLE OF SUMMIT SPRINGS ([?]) BUFFALO BILL TO THE RESCUE, JUST IN TIME TO SAVE THE CAPTIVES. which had been creating terror and dismay among the settlers living in the frontier counties of Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. The chase lasted for nearly three onths and the frontier was completely rid of the renegade band of marauders. In this campaign "Buffalo Bill" acted as General Carr's chief of scouts, and it was through Col. Cody's vigilance and skill that the camp of "Tall Bull" was discovered and the subsequent victory at Summit Springs was attained. The Last Indian War Chiefs and The Last Indian War At the time of the originating of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" the history that it depicts was passing, but had not entirely passed, and practically the last chapter of "bloody war" was written in the campaign of 1891 and 1892. This will be remembered as the "Ghost Dance War," a fanatical craze that acted on the red men from the extreme north to the extreme south as would a sweeping prairie fire on the dry grasses of early autumn. This war will be remembered as having its finale in the battle of Wounded Knee. In this campaign, further north, the noted Chief "Sitting Bull" was killed. "Kicking Bear" and "Short Bull," the first being a war chief, and the second a Messiah-crazed religious "Medicine Man," were among the hostages demanded by General Miles after the surrender as a guarantee of peace. "KICKING BEAR" AND "SHORT BULL" 15 | 14PAWNEE BILL'S FAR EAST THE BATTLE OF SUMMIT SPRINGS ([?]) BUFFALO BILL TO THE RESCUE, JUST IN TIME TO SAVE THE CAPTIVES. which had been creating terror and dismay among the settlers living in the frontier counties of Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. The chase lasted for nearly three onths and the frontier was completely rid of the renegade band of marauders. In this campaign "Buffalo Bill" acted as General Carr's chief of scouts, and it was through Col. Cody's vigilance and skill that the camp of "Tall Bull" was discovered and the subsequent victory at Summit Springs was attained. The Last Indian War Chiefs and The Last Indian War At the time of the originating of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" the history that it depicts was passing, but had not entirely passed, and practically the last chapter of "bloody war" was written in the campaign of 1891 and 1892. This will be remembered as the "Ghost Dance War," a fanatical craze that acted on the red men from the extreme north to the extreme south as would a sweeping prairie fire on the dry grasses of early autumn. This war will be remembered as having its finale in the battle of Wounded Knee. In this campaign, further north, the noted Chief "Sitting Bull" was killed. "Kicking Bear" and "Short Bull," the first being a war chief, and the second a Messiah-crazed religious "Medicine Man," were among the hostages demanded by General Miles after the surrender as a guarantee of peace. "KICKING BEAR" AND "SHORT BULL" 15 |