and tobacco ash, being the most untidy smoker I have ever

unparalleled outrage which nothing can justify or extenuate. With as

little delay as possible after the horrible discovery, I returned to

camp, had boxes made, and next day buried the bodies of these hapless

victims of misdirected vengeance.

The summary punishment inflicted on the nine Indians, in their trial

and execution, had a most salutary effect on the confederation, and

was the entering wedge to its disintegration; and though Colonel

Wright's campaign continued during the summer and into the early