The mail-carrier reported his lhaving been fired at by a Chey enne Indian, and the next day troopa fron Fort Kearny at tacked the Indians and killed six of the war-party. The rest rcfused to fight, and ran away, leaving their camp and all it The war-party, thoroughly exasperated, attacked an emigrant traiu, killed two men and a child, and took one woman captive. The noxt day they killcd her, because she could not ride on horscback and kccp up with them. a short time two more small war-parties had Ieft the band, at- tacked trains, and killed two men, two women, and a child. The chiefs at first conld not restrain them, but in September dclegation to the agoney to ask their agent's assist ance and advice. They said that the war-party was now com contained. Within they sent a pletely under 1heir control, and they wished to know what they conld do. They implored the Great Father not to be an- gry with them, "for they could not control the war-party when they saw their friends killed by soldiers after they had thrown down their bows and arrows and begged for life."

In October the agent reported that the Cheyennes perfectly quict and peaceable, and entircly within control, and obedient to authority." sort of police, whose duty was to kill any war-parties that might attempt to lcave the camp.

Throngh the winter the Cheyennes remained in the south and south-eastern parts of the ageney, and strictly obscrved the conditions which thcir agent had imposed upon them. In the following August, however, a Sumncr was sent out "to demand from the tribe the perpetra- tors of their late outrages on the whites, and ample security for their good conduct." eral Sumner as Were The chiefs had organized a military force under Gencral The Cheyenncs wcro reported by Gen- no disposition to yicld to these de- showing mands; he therefore attaeked them, burut thcir village to the ground, and destroyed their winter supplies-some fifteen or twenty thousand pounds of buffalo meat.