His instructions to keep well in the rear I understood.

ridge, seemingly to enjoy the fire that had been so generously built

for their benefit, and with renewed taunts and gestures continued to

Our camp that night was strongly picketed, and when we awoke in the

morning the Indians still occupied their position on the hill. At

daylight we advanced against them, two or three companies of infantry

moving forward to drive them from the summit, while our main column

passed through the canon into the upper Yakima Valley led by my

dragoons, who were not allowed to charge into the gorge, as the