One Man Scalped and Two Others Shot -- The Cheyennes and Kiowas - Movements of Other Tribes.

New-York Times / July 19, 1870

WASHINGTON, July 19. -- Commissioner Parker is in receipt, through the Adjutant-General’s office, of a report from Brevet Major-Gen. and Col. B. H. Grierson, commanding at Fort Sill, Indian Territory, June 24, that a small party of Indians killed and scalped one man a mile north-west of his post, who belonged to an ox train and was herding stock. The citizens (Texans) forming the train had gone to this spot for the purpose of hauling wood, but had no authority to be there, the Colonel having no knowledge of their being in the vicinity.

Ohio Democrat / March 26, 1875

The Story of the Kansas Girls who were Recaptured from the Indians -- An Explanation of the Frontier Murders of Last Summer.

TOPEKA, Kan, March 13 -- In the latter part of September last a scouting party from Fort Riley, operating on the Smoky Hill River, in Western Kansas, came upon three or four dead bodies, partially decayed and mangled by wolves, and near them the debris of what appeared to have been an emigrant’s outfit. A party of Indians had been out prowling around in that location for several days before, and the conclusion was clear that they had come upon a party of white “movers” and murdered them. Among other things found about the scene of the tragedy was

Elyria (Ohio) Weekly Republican / November 26, 1885

WICHITA, Kan., Nov. 12. -- A special from Cantonment announces the death of the noted and cruel Cheyenne chief, Stone Calf, who died yesterday at his camp near Cantonment, of spinal meningitis. Stone Calf was widely known and influential with the tribe of which he was principal chief. He was the leader in the troubles of last spring, always lived in remote parts of the reservation, and never

Miners McMillan and Hubbard got their game near Deadwood during the winter of 1887 and 1888. One miner, we'll call him McMillan, sits next to the camp fire offering direction while Hubbard carries into camp a dead deer over his shoulder. View full size