Sheridan High School - Bronc Yearbook (Sheridan, WY)

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fr mm-ifisjusi A '2f '-76 F13 9 --:7 T ' . ' 2-955' RFMINISC I Xf FS OI IHI BIG HORN TYPI DIIIOX UI 1810 The Blg Holn exped1t1on of the summer of 1876 was commanded by General George Crook 1n person It was one of thlee columns of tloops sent out to quell the S1 .xx upr1s1ng Old Fort Fettelman on the North Platte RIVQF was the pomt of departure from the Yellow stone and 1tS sev Q1 al t11butar1es The command comprxsed flfteen troops of Unlted States cavalrv and ten co1npan1es of lnfantry A tram of sxx mule army wagons numbeung one hundred and SIX con Xe ed our supphes and ammun1t1on There was besldes a pack mule tram employed by scoutlng partles I accompanled th1s expedltlon and lepre sented the ChlC3gO Inter Ocean newspaper Thls was my th11d exped1t1on to the then Northwestern front1er Our route led us along the Bo7eman Tra1l from Fort Fetterman to the abandoned posts of Fort Reno and Fort Ph1l Kearney Our f1rst and most lmportant camp was at the confluence of the two mam branches of Goose Creek where the clty of Sher1dan now stands We arr1ved at th1s place on June 10 Over on the Tongue R1ver we had had a brush w1th a Zhong band of SIOUX sent out bv Crazy Horse the m1l1ta1y genlus of the ost1les The day we pltched our tents on the banks of the Goose Creek was one of those dlamond days for whlch the eastern 11m of the B1g Horn range IS noted A sharp raln had struck us eaxlv IH the folenoon but as we wound along the Goose the sun came out and summel seemed born 1n an hou1 Our camp was flnely chosen It had the three pr1me requ1s1tes a plentlful supply of clear cool water an abundance of r1ch grass fo1 our 3Il1II'13.l9 and wood sufflclent for all ou1 needs The Goose at thls polnt was about twenty f1ve vards w1de and several feet deep The news of the B1g Holn M0uHt3lHS were magn1f1cent Cloud Peak snow hooded and towermg reflected mvuads of colols IU the attelnoon sun Between lt and our camp the vast dark forests st1 etched full as we latel. d1sc0w ered of many klnds of game The dax we made camp half a dozen buffaloes had been shot and our S9291 al messes w exe w ell stocked w1th fresh meat The Goose was ahve w1th flsh Hx if s ,f 'J' Q Message? K X '-. fy I X v 1 1 s - w 1 4 w y w 1 - U L L , 'A . A L 4 44 . w 1 w - x s .sa s 44, 'A L ' 1 I L DL L n L Q L ' L ' 9' L . ' , 1 - , L . L Y I . . N , L . . . - 7 Q. '. - L v v . . . V A . K - . . - 1 L . , ' - 1 v 4 L . 44 - xv L 4 L . L , v L g L 1 . 7 . . V . ' . U 1 L . L L LN L . 7 . .. . 1 . . Q . 1 Y . L L , L , L 's L a L i , L . . . 1 , . . L , L . L L Y 1 v ' v. v ' ' L , L . . 1 . v . . V . ' , ' v , . . K .A . K l v 1 1 1 I I w I 7 L L L , . L L , 1 v . . L . t - 1 Y 0 u v w v - . , L L L L, L . Y . . . 1 L L L . f - X f V Z K , 'f 3 as N fn.. fe Z i RS X 4 5 40111. L .. W, H ' ' L ' ' Q - '- W X xx ff- Ill f- S ,4 ' - X sv- f-' . f gl L . , - X - X , i .. eg. fl.. X S 4 g l - f x+ L J- ,f,,. '.:,a - .L- Qifi' 1 Z ,-f ,.:- 'Q '5- L 1 ,v g 1 4. P NINE

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-1: mv-SL'-'I f' . .si sl 'Fl K gr Some of our spo1tsmen brought IH f1ne bags of grouse and curlew Deer antelope and elk were added to our tables Bear meat gave us a val 1ety of d1et Some of our troopers brought IU wlld berrles which proved most d9llLlOLlQ Dally huntlng partles made trlps northward and westward along, the lowel hllls Onlv one 1llC1d9Y'1t out of the ordlnary occurred during Uu flrst week here and that was the stampede of our beef herd whxch we had drlven along, wlth us to fLl1H1Sl'1 flesh meat for the command We had among the offlters sex e1al who employ ed then spare tlm ln maklng collectlons of blldq and flowels General Clook added flne speclmens of eggs to h1s collettlon It was durlng ou1 stax hele that we were 1o1ned by the war partles of C1 ows and Shoshones These numbered respectlvely one hundred seventy s1x and elghtv s1x and had come to co operate W1th us agalnst thelr heredl tary enemles the SIOUX The clows w ere led bv Old Crow Medlclne Crow Good Heart and I1 on Bull men of acknowledged ab1l1ty and standmg IH the tube The Shoshones were led bv Tom bosgrove who had been a sol dler IH the Confedel ate A1 my fl om Texas and under whom the Shoshones had been well drllled On thelr w av to meet us these Indlans had kllled nearly two hundred buffaloes and left them for then people to dlspose of The evemng the Shcshones reathed ou1 camp thev had uclden upwa ds of S1YtX mlles And Vet all the mght followlng, thev kept up a war dance wlth songs and speethes bv then head men and the next dav seemed to be as fresh as though they had had a good mght s lest The evenlng of the arrlval of these 1ec1u1ts was spent IH 1 counc1l on the banks of Goose Creek Gen 61 al C1 ook addlessed them and explalned as much of hxs plan of campalgn as It was necessarv for them to know Each band responded W1th a speech tlom one of thelr nurnbel Our new allles were well armed W1th Cthenj modern weapons and ap peared to unde1 stand then use 'lhe Shoshones who were of W3Shak1B s people had kept then weapons 1n flrst class cond1t1on The most of them had two pomes each all stout mounts Among our offlcers were several who understood the slgn language and carrled long and lnterestlng 1n tervlews w1th the Ind1ans Our flfgt and most lmportant trlp from Goose Creek was undertaken on June 16 W1th four days ratlons IH our haversacks a slngle blanket and a hundred rounds of ammun1t1on each man was to take care of hlmself Hr Zffisxx i f as -:jaws 17 X 2075 g i -? ,ff-S XXX? is f 2 f P as-f h -.i- n 1 , 1. g f s : rfj -rv--' T- 3 7'-f ' ' S -2512 ' ' Q X ' xx..- , F . N U 1 'I - is ' ' ' fi ss .eq ' .T j 4 w D ' . . , Y 1 1 ' Y 1 . . . . . . X . 1. . . .L . ' . . . . . T T . A I . . . . -nn . . a L 1 l 1 u I l , . t, 1- S 1 K. . L . ' s K L v .-f v v ' - 1 ' e ' ' ' I u v 'vw 1 ' ' ' . l . L t I . ' . 1 7 ' 7 . . - . A A, n 1 7 Y w ' - . L . . w. . -w. i - . . . .- L I . , ' 7 9 - . 9 7 N M Y . . . . 7 1 Q. w Y ' , 1 Y a . 7 Y A . . 1 LT X Q k L' u 1: s ' ' 5 ' 1' .. , . j x r v Y . - 7 ' L' 1 I Av 1 1 7 A x A y- 3 v 4 . . ,- r 'S Q L. I L. - 1. A. v A. K- r . L . - . . , 'V I 1 1 1 V . r . . L . ' a . 1 Y . v I . - l . ' . ' ' 'K , . v - . L , r . Ac ' 77 - ' ' ' K 1 . , . . . . . . , , f d 3 g -X 5 7' .f ' NS X 4611's N 'ff-' I i K ., Z -fi Ng, Min fff,,,,,,, Zn, 1 - X -.l , , , x QS 1 74 sl 1 N .. Wx... -2-,J li- X E X 1 K N f--f::..' ,, l .. -3- X xx -3, X - f N T s .- ' f ,.. .L 4 -s- . ,: 2 '-' 11 J ff' 'li-'-' EQ