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STORY DECIDED TO FOLLOW THE NEW BOZEMAN TRAIL. KNOWING
IT WAS FULL OF PERIL, HE BOUGHT MODERN RIFLES AND SUPPLIES
FOR HIS MEN AND THEY HEADED DIRECTLY INTO - -
IN WYOMING, RED CLOUD'S WARRIORS ATTACKED STORY'S
LONGHORNS AND MADE OFF WITH SEVERAL OF THE HERD.
NEVER BACKING DOWN FROM A FIGHT, STORY AND HIS MEN
RAIDED THE TRIBE AND STOLE HIS CATTLE BACK.
STORY'S TEAM FINALLY
GOT TO THE SAFETY OF
FORT PHIL KEARNY,
ONLY TO HAVE COLONEL
CARRINGTON ORDER HIM
TO STOP THE DRIVE.
DESPITE PROMISES TO KEEP THEM
SAFE, THE OFFICER MADE THE MON-
TANA-BOUND GROUP STAY IN A PAS-
TURE MILES AWAY FROM THE FORT.
FROM THAT DISTANCE, THE ARMY WOULD NOT BE
ABLE TO HELP IF THE LAKOTA ATTACKED AGAIN,
BUT STORY FOLLOWED THE COMMAND.
AFTER TWO WEEKS OF WAITING
WHILE THE ARMY DITHERED,
STORY WAS OUTRAGED.
HE DECIDED THEY
WOULD PUSH
ON TO MONTANA
THAT NIGHT!
SO UNDER THE STARRY WYOMING NIGHT SKY, STORY
AND HIS MEN RETURNED TO THE TRAIL HEADED NORTH.
THEY DEVELOPED A SCHEME TO TRAVEL AT NIGHT TO AVOID
BOTH THE U.S. ARMY AND RED CLOUD'S WARRIORS!
THEIR PLAN WORKED, AND STORY'S 600, OR 1,000, OR 3,000
TEXAS LONGHORNS ALMOST MADE IT TO MONTANA!
AT LEAST UNTIL THE - -
- - OGALA LAKOTA CHIEF RED CLOUD'S
WAR ON THE U.S. ARMY!
