Lakota Flower
“Advanced scouts reported that the encampments of Little Thunder and Spotted Tail—plus those of a few Oglala, Minneconjou, and Cheyenne—were sprawled on the left side of the snaking bank of Blue Water Creek, which traversed a long valley with rocky bluffs, rolling hills, ravines, sandy draws, an abundance of grass, and various trees and scrubs. To their advantage, the outriders related that the “Injuns” had no lookouts posted and were unaware of the army’s arrival only a few miles away in the ho...llow. Harney plotted his shrewd strategy, divided his troops into various companies, and ordered those groups to take positions at both ends of the canyon for a surprise assault at predawn the next morning.
Ordered to be careful so as not to alert the Indians—estimated at about 250 by the stealthy scouts—to their presence, the soldiers ate a cold supper of near-tasteless rations, washed down with fresh water. Even if they had been allowed to build fires to cook a hot meal and brew coffee, the sudden thunderstorm that struck the location would have extinguished their flames.MoreLess
Ordered to be careful so as not to alert the Indians—estimated at about 250 by the stealthy scouts—to their presence, the soldiers ate a cold supper of near-tasteless rations, washed down with fresh water. Even if they had been allowed to build fires to cook a hot meal and brew coffee, the sudden thunderstorm that struck the location would have extinguished their flames.MoreLess
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